- Yukon—Mackenzie River
Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Yukon—Mackenzie River
province = Yukon
caption =
fed-status = defunct
fed-created = 1949
fed-abolished = 1952
fed-election-first = 1949
fed-election-last = 1949Yukon—Mackenzie River was a federal electoral district in
Canada that was represented in theCanadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1953. It covered theYukon Territory, and the southwestern part of theNorthwest Territories . This riding was created in 1947, and was only used in the 1949 federal election. The Northwest Territories had not been represented in the House of Commons since 1905 following the creation ofAlberta andSaskatchewan two years earlier. Yukon had been represented continuously since a byelection in January 1903.It was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Mackenzie River and Yukon ridings.
It consisted of the Yukon Territory and the part of the District of Mackenzie in the Northwest Territories lying west of the 109th meridian of west longitude. The remainder of the District of Mackenzie, as well as the Districts of Keewatin, Franklin and Ungava, had no representation until 1962.
Election results
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SIMMONS, James Aubrey ||align=right|3,284
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BERRY, Arthur Massey ||align=right|2,283
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STEPHENS, James Elwyn ||align=right|1,140See also
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List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*Past Canadian electoral districts
*Yukon (electoral district)
*Mackenzie River (electoral district)
*Northwest Territories (electoral district) External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=860 Riding history for Yukon—Mackenzie River (1947–1952) from the]
Library of Parliament
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