Lake Centre was a federal electoral district

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada

Canada

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, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1935 to 1953. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Last Mountain

Last Mountain (electoral district)

Last Mountain was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1935...

, Long Lake

Long Lake (electoral district)

Long Lake was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1935.This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Last Mountain and Regina ridings....

 and Regina

Regina (electoral district)

Regina was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1935.This riding was created in 1907 from parts of the former Northwest Territories ridings Assiniboia West and Qu'Appelle ridings...

 ridings.

From 1940 to 1952, the seat was held by John Diefenbaker

John Diefenbaker

John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963...

, who later served as Prime Minister of Canada

Prime Minister of Canada

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.

It was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Melville

Melville (electoral district)

Melville was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1968. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Saltcoats riding....

, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre

Moose Jaw—Lake Centre

Moose Jaw—Lake Centre was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1968 and from 1988 to 1997....

, Rosetown—Biggar

Rosetown—Biggar

Rosetown—Biggar was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1968.This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Kindersley and Rosetown ridings....

 and Yorkton

Yorkton (electoral district)

Yorkton was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1968.This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Mackenzie and Saltcoats ridings....

 ridings.

Election results

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|JOHNSTON, John Frederick

John Frederick Johnston

John Frederick Johnston was a Saskatchewan politician.Johnston was born to a wealthy family in Bogarttown, Ontario that owned lumber and flour mills in Simcoe County....

 ||align=right|5,894
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|PETERS, Allan Armstrong ||align=right|4,100
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|FANSHER, William Russell ||align=right|3,909
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|HARTNEY, Russell ||align=right|1,474
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|DIEFENBAKER, John George ||align=right|5,974
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|JOHNSTON, John Frederick

John Frederick Johnston

John Frederick Johnston was a Saskatchewan politician.Johnston was born to a wealthy family in Bogarttown, Ontario that owned lumber and flour mills in Simcoe County....

 ||align=right|5,694
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|FANSHER, William Russell ||align=right|4,793
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|DIEFENBAKER, John George  ||align=right|6,884
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|BRIGHT, Leslie John ||align=right|5,875
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|LATTA, Frank Campbell ||align=right|3,812
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|DIEFENBAKER, John George  ||align=right|8,845
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|VALLEAU, Delmar Storey ||align=right|5,413
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|MACRAE, Donald Arthur ||align=right|3,061
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|HALDEMAN, Joshua Norman ||align=right| 856

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history for Lake Centre (1933–1952) from the Library of Parliament
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