Swift Current—Maple Creek

For the provincial electoral district, see Swift Current (provincial electoral district).

Swift Current—Maple Creek (previously known as Swift Current) was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1988. This riding was created in 1914 as "Swift Current" from parts of Moose Jaw riding. The name of the electoral district was changed to "Swift Current—Maple Creek" in 1953.

The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was merged into Swift Current—Maple Creek—Assiniboia riding.

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

1. Ira Eugene Argue, Unionist (1917–1921)
2. Arthur John Lewis, Progressive (1921–1925)
3. Charles Edward Bothwell, Liberal (1925–1940)
4. Roy Theodore Graham, Liberal (1940–1945)
5. Thomas J. Bentley, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1945–1949)
6. Harry B. Whiteside, Liberal (1949–1953)
7. Irvin Studer, Liberal (1953–1958)
8. Jack McIntosh, Progressive Conservative (1958–1972)
9. Frank Hamilton, Progressive Conservative (1972–1984)
10. Geoff Wilson, Progressive Conservative (1984–1988)

Election results

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	Ira Eugene Argue	7,703
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Michael James Reilly	3,931

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Arthur John Lewis	9,848
	Liberal	William P. MacLachlan	4,223
	Conservative	Ira Eugene Argue	2,158

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Edward Bothwell	4,555
	Progressive	Arthur John Lewis	3,668

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Edward Bothwell	5,788
	Progressive	Arthur John Lewis	3,094
	Conservative	Archibald Livingston	2,097

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Edward Bothwell	6,382
	Conservative	Oscar M. Irwin	5,456
	Farmer–Labour	Joseph Gilbert Laycock	2,091

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles Edward Bothwell	5,682
	Social Credit	Oliver Reid	3,556
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Joseph Gilbert Laycock	2,927
	Conservative	James Oswald Begg	2,536

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Roy Theodore Graham	6,042
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Henry Peter Thiessen	5,507
	National Government	James P. Whyte	3,965

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thomas John Bentley	7,813
	Liberal	Roy Theodore Graham	6,169
	Progressive Conservative	Genevieve Ethel Begg	2,537

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Harry B. Whiteside	7,595
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thomas John Bentley	6,776
	Progressive Conservative	John Kinchen Rosa	1,761

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Irvin Studer	10,088
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Kenneth Rutherford	9,947
	Social Credit	John Wilfred MacPherson	1,471
	Progressive Conservative	John Wilkinson	1,432
	Labor–Progressive	Frederick James Schofield	392

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Irvin Studer	9,639
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Harry Gibbs	8,930
	Progressive Conservative	John K. Rosa	4,255
	Social Credit	Raymond G. Miller	3,028

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack McIntosh	11,618
	Liberal	Irvin Studer	6,932
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Arthur H. Johnson	6,921
	Labor–Progressive	Fred J. Schofield	196

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack McIntosh	10,814
	Liberal	Irvin Studer	7,809
	New Democratic	Art Johnson	6,009
	Social Credit	Ted Kouri	1,711

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack McIntosh	12,963
	Liberal	Irvin Studer	7,058
	New Democratic	Art Johnson	4,917
	Social Credit	Ted Kouri	1,444

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack McIntosh	11,227
	Liberal	J. Fred Polley	6,700
	New Democratic	Bev Currie	6,238
	Social Credit	Ted Kouri	923

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Jack McIntosh	11,237
	New Democratic	Bev Currie	10,207
	Liberal	Donald J. Strath	6,930

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Fletcher Hamilton	11,500
	New Democratic	Merv Johnson	9,275
	Liberal	George Leith	7,165
	Social Credit	Ted Kouri	584
	Independent	Charles Kieling	138

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Fletcher Hamilton	11,336
	Liberal	George Leith	8,091
	New Democratic	Ed Wallace	7,477
	Social Credit	Isaac Klaassen	390

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Fletcher Hamilton	15,213
	New Democratic	Ron Gates	8,720
	Liberal	Gene Maurice	5,171

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Fletcher Hamilton	12,917
	New Democratic	Ron Gates	8,338
	Liberal	Gene Maurice	5,673

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Geoff Wilson	14,590
	New Democratic	Don Beveridge	8,196
	Liberal	Jack Wiebe	5,967
	Confederation of Regions	Lorne Larson	582

See also

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

References

External links

• Riding history for Swift Current (1914–1953) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Swift Current—Maple Creek (1953–1987) from the Library of Parliament