# Acadia (federal electoral district)

Acadia was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968.

## History

Acadia was created in 1924 from Battle River and Bow River ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Battle River, Crowfoot, Medicine Hat, Palliser and Red Deer ridings.

### Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:
* Robert Gardiner, Progressive/United Farmers (1925–1935)
* Victor Quelch, Social Credit (1935–1958)
* Jack Horner, Progressive Conservative (1958–1968)

## Election results

1925 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive | Robert Gardiner | 5,362 |
| Liberal | Robert Eaton | 1,552 |
| Conservative | George Harrison Wade | 1,481 |
1926 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | United Farmers of Alberta | Robert Gardiner | 7,041 |
| | Conservative | George Harrison Wade | 1,803 |
1930 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | United Farmers of Alberta | Robert Gardiner | acclaimed |
1935 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 6,166 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Robert Gardiner | 1,859 |
| Liberal | Arthur Melville Day | 1,444 |
| Conservative | Cyril Augustin Coughlin | 1,024 |
1940 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 3,767 |
| Liberal | Arthur M. Day | 3,740 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | George B. Smith | 802 |
1945 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 5,556 |
| Liberal | Lawrence Edgar Helmer | 2,035 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | John Kenneth Sutherland | 1,903 |
| Progressive Conservative | John Albert Williams | 1,211 |
1949 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 5,897 |
| | Liberal | Isber Frank Shacker | 4,186 |
1953 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 7,956 |
| Liberal | Arthur M. Day | 7,503 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Stuart McRae | 1,856 |
1957 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Social Credit | Victor Quelch | 10,348 |
| Liberal | Crawford Ferguson | 5,825 |
| Progressive Conservative | William R. Kent | 1,852 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Stuart McRae | 1,520 |
1958 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Horner | 9,669 |
| Social Credit | Meredith P. Bergman | 5,597 |
| Liberal | Crawford Ferguson | 2,995 |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Kenn S. Tory | 942 |
1962 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Jack H. Horner | 8,440 |
| Social Credit | G. Marshall Hewson | 7,565 |
| Liberal | Walter Peter Hourihan | 2,150 |
| New Democratic | Floyd A. Johnson | 1,021 |
| Independent Liberal | James A. Robinson | 311 |
| Independent | John Darby Naismith† | 189 |
† John Naismith campaigned under the All Canadian Party designation, the only candidate ever to do so.
1963 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Horner | 10,616 |
| Social Credit | G. Marshall Hewson | 7,018 |
| Liberal | Walter Peter Hourihan | 1,995 |
| New Democratic | Floyd A. Johnson | 840 |
1965 Canadian federal election :
| Candidate | Votes |
| Progressive Conservative | Jack Horner | 10,813 |
| Social Credit | Arthur Wiebe | 5,384 |
| Liberal | Walter Peter Hourihan | 1,786 |
| New Democratic | Art Bunney | 911 |