Peace River (federal electoral district)

Peace River was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 2015. It was a rural riding in northwest Alberta, representing Clear Hills County, Saddle Hills County, Birch Hills County, the County of Grande Prairie No. 1, the County of Northern Lights, Mackenzie County, most of Northern Sunrise County, the Municipal District of Fairview No. 136, the Municipal District of Peace No. 135, the Municipal District of Spirit River No. 133, the Municipal District of Smoky River No. 130 and the northern portion of the Municipal District of Greenview No. 16. Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012 the riding abolished into Grande Prairie-Mackenzie (72%) and Peace River—Westlock (28%).

History

This riding was created in 1924 from Edmonton West riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:

Current member of Parliament

See Chris Warkentin

Election results

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Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

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Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election. Social Credit vote is compared to New Democracy vote in 1940 election.

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Note: UFA vote is compared to Progressive vote in 1925 election.

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See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• Template:SCref
• Riding history for Peace River from the Library of Parliament
• Elections Canada 2008 election results
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Federal Electoral District Redistribution Report

External links

• Elections Canada
• Website of the Parliament of Canada