Bow River (electoral district)

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

{{CanMP}}

{{CanMP nodata|Bow River
Riding created from Macleod}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1917

| ToYr = 1921

| Assembly# = 13

| CanParty = Unionist

| RepName = Howard Hadden Halladay

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1921

| ToYr = 1925

| Assembly# = 14

| CanParty = Progressive

| RepName = Edward Joseph Garland

| RepTerms# = 5

| PartyTerms# = 2

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1925

| ToYr = 1926

| Assembly# = 15

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1926

| ToYr = 1930

| Assembly# = 16

| CanParty = United Farmers of Alberta

| PartyTerms# = 2

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1930

| ToYr = 1932{{#tag:ref|Edward Joseph Garland was a founding member of the Co-operative Commonwealth, which was founded on 1 August 1932|group=nb}}

| Assembly# = 17

| #ByElections = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1932

| ToYr = 1935

| CanParty = CCF

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1935

| ToYr = 1940

| Assembly# = 18

| CanParty = Social Credit

| RepName = Charles Edward Johnston

| RepTerms# = 6

| PartyTerms# = 6

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1940

| ToYr = 1945

| Assembly# = 19

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1945

| ToYr = 1949

| Assembly# = 20

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1949

| ToYr = 1953

| Assembly# = 21

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1953

| ToYr = 1957

| Assembly# = 22

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1957

| ToYr = 1958

| Assembly# = 23

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1958

| ToYr = 1962

| Assembly# = 24

| CanParty = PC

| RepName = Eldon Woolliams

| RepTerms# = 4

| PartyTerms# = 4

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1962

| ToYr = 1963

| Assembly# = 25

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1963

| ToYr = 1965

| Assembly# = 26

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1965

| ToYr = 1968

| Assembly# = 27

}}

{{CanMP nodata|Riding dissolved into Calgary North, Crowfoot,
Palliser and Rocky Mountain}}

{{CanMP nodata|Riding re-created from Crowfoot, Lethbridge,
Palliser and Rocky Mountain}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1979

| ToYr = 1980

| Assembly# = 31

| CanParty = PC

| RepName = Gordon Taylor

| RepLink = Gordon Taylor (politician)

| RepTerms# = 3

| PartyTerms# = 3

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1980

| ToYr = 1984

| Assembly# = 32

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 1984

| ToYr = 1988

| Assembly# = 33

}}

{{CanMP nodata|Riding dissolved into Calgary North, Calgary Northeast, Calgary West,
Crowfoot, Lethbridge, Macleod, Red Deer and Wild Rose}}

{{CanMP nodata|Riding re-created from Crowfoot, Medicine Hat and Macleod}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2015

| ToYr = 2019

| Assembly# = 42

| CanParty = Conservative

| RepName = Martin Shields

| RepTerms# = 3

| PartyTerms# = 3

}}

{{CanMP row

| Assembly# = 43

| FromYr = 2019

| ToYr = 2021

}}

{{CanMP row

| Assembly# = 44

| FromYr = 2021

| ToYr = 2025

}}

{{CanMP row

| FromYr = 2025

| ToYr = present

| Assembly# = 45

| CanParty = Conservative

| RepName = David Bexte

| RepTerms# = 1

| PartyTerms# = 1

}}

{{CanMP end}}

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| content = {{Graph:Chart

| width=400

| height=300

| type=line

| xAxisTitle=Year

| yAxisTitle=Vote share

| xAxisMin=2013

| xAxisMax=2021

| yAxisMin=0

| yAxisMax=0.9

| yAxisFormat=%

| legend=Legend

| y1Title=Liberal

| y2Title=Conservative

| y3Title=NDP

| y4Title=Green

| y5Title=People's

| y6Title=Maverick

| linewidth=2

| x=2011,2015,2019,2021

| y1=0.0354,0.1368,0.058,0.076

| y2=0.8339,0.7742,0.839,0.698

| y3=0.0816,0.0525,0.056,0.092

| y4=0.0341,0.0184,0.015,

| y5=,,0.024,0.100

| y6=,,,0.027

| colors=#DC241f,#1c1cff,#FAA61A,#6AB023,#442d7b,#6ABB42

| showSymbols=true }}

| caption=Graph of election results in Bow River (2013-) (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

| align=center

}}

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| content = {{Graph:Chart

| width=300

| height=300

| type=line

| xAxisTitle=Year

| yAxisTitle=Vote share

| xAxisMin=1976

| xAxisMax=1987

| yAxisMin=0

| yAxisMax=0.8

| yAxisFormat=%

| legend=Legend

| y1Title=Liberal

| y2Title=PC

| y3Title=NDP

| y4Title=SC

| y5Title=Rhinoceros

| y6Title=CoR

| y7Title=Independent (<5%)

| linewidth=2

| x=1979,1980,1984

| y1=0.1125,0.1471,0.0720

| y2=0.6307,0.7660,0.7620

| y3=0.0534,0.0705,0.0931

| y4=,0.0165,0.0058

| y5=,,0.0416

| y6=,,0.0256

| y7=0.2034

| colors=#DC241f,#3686ff,#FAA61A,#71ff71,#ddbdda,#64c563,#999999

| showSymbols=true }}

| caption=Graph of election results in Bow River (1976-1987) (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

| align=center

}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1984|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Gordon Taylor |43,033|76.20|-0.40}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|William McCutcheon| 5,258|9.31|+2.26}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|B.C. Tanner|4,066|7.20|-7.51}}

{{CANelec|CA|Rhinoceros (historical)|Gordon D. Taylor| 2,349|4.16|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|CoR|Dean Oseen| 1,443|2.56|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Tom Erhart|326|0.58|-1.07}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|56,475|100.0}}

{{Canadian election result/hold |CA |PC | }}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1980|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Gordon Taylor |30,463|76.60|+13.53}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Neville Tilley|5,850|14.71|+3.46}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|David Radke|2,802|7.05|+1.70}}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Edward M. Kiddle| 656|1.65|–}}

{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|39,771|100.0}}

{{Canadian election result/hold |CA |PC | }}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1979|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Gordon Taylor |25,973|63.07}}

{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Stanley Schumacher |8,378|20.34}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Madeline J. Hombert|4,633|11.25}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Gale Burke|2,200|5.34}}

{{end}}

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| content = {{Graph:Chart

| width=700

| height=300

| type=line

| xAxisTitle=Year

| yAxisTitle=Vote share

| xAxisMin=1914

| xAxisMax=1966

| yAxisMin=0

| yAxisMax=0.8

| yAxisFormat=%

| legend=Legend

| y1Title=Liberal

| y2Title=Hist. Con./PC

| y3Title=NP/Progressive/UFA/CCF/NDP

| y4Title=SC

| y5Title=Communist/Labor–Progressive

| y6Title=Labor

| y7Title=Unknown

| linewidth=2

| x=1917,1921,1925,1926,1930,1935,1940,1945,1949,1953,1957,1958,1962,1963,1965

| y1=0.3517,,0.3328,,,0.0876,0.2571,0.1222,0.2466,0.3053,0.2375,0.0881,0.1704,0.1836,0.1523

| y2=0.4411,0.2313,0.2367,0.3705,0.4441,0.2180,0.2062,0.2289,0.1418,0.1753,0.3721,0.6312,0.4636,0.4586,0.5314

| y3=0.1706,0.7449,0.4305,0.6295,0.5559,0.1633,0.1395,0.1979,0.0848,,,,0.0704,0.0593,0.0774

| y4=,,,,,0.5311,0.3434,0.3839,0.4731,0.4757,0.3903,0.2807,0.2956,0.2985,0.2389

| y5=,,,,,,0.0538,0.0671,0.0537,0.0436

| y6=0.0366

| y7=,0.0238

| colors=#DC241f,#3686ff,#FAA61A,#71ff71,#EC1C24,#edbbbb,#000000

| showSymbols=true }}

| caption=Graph of election results in Bow River (1914-1966) (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

| align=center

}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1965|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Eldon Woolliams |12,611|53.14|+7.28}}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Ron Allen|5,671|23.89|-5.96}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|W. James Anderson|3,615|15.23|-3.13}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Doug Murdoch|1,836|7.74|+1.81}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1963|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Eldon Woolliams |11,461|45.86|-0.50}}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Francis J. Porter|7,460|29.85|+0.29}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Earl Hastings|4,589|18.36|+1.33}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Walter W. Siewert|1,481|5.93|-1.11}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1962|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Eldon Woolliams |10,733|46.36|-16.76}}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Francis J. Porter|6,844|29.56|+1.49}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Earl Hastings | 3,944|17.04|+8.23}}

{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Gordon Bowers|1,629|7.04|–}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1958|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Eldon Woolliams|12,695|63.12|+25.90}}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Charles Edward Johnston|5,646|28.07|-10.96}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Francis John Robert Olson|1,772|8.81|-14.94}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1957|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Charles Edward Johnston |7,383|39.03|-8.54}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Eldon Woolliams | 7,039|37.21|+19.68}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Arthur Cecil Bates|4,493|23.75|-6.78}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1953|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Charles Edward Johnston |7,320|47.57|+0.26}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|William Duncan MacDonald|4,698|30.53|+5.87}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Wilfred J. Wilde|2,698|17.53|+3.36}}

{{CANelec|CA|Labor-Progressive|Arthur Llewelyn Roberts|671|4.36|-1.01}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1949|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Charles Edward Johnston |8,537|47.31|+8.93}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|William Duncan MacDonald|4,449|24.66|+12.44}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|Wilfred John Wilde|2,558|14.18|-8.71}}

{{CANelec|CA|CCF|George Edwin Ellinson|1,530|8.48|-11.31}}

{{CANelec|CA|Labor-Progressive|Arthur Llewelyn Roberts|969|5.37|-1.34}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1945|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Charles Edward Johnston |6,569|38.39|+4.04}}

{{CANelec|CA|PC|John Angus MacKinnon |3,917|22.89|+2.27}}

{{CANelec|CA|CCF|John Herbert Coldwell|3,386|19.79|+5.84}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|William George Southern|2,091|12.22|-13.49}}

{{CANelec|CA|Labor-Progressive|John Blair Brown|1,149|6.71|+1.34}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1940|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Charles Edward Johnston |5,410|34.34|-18.76}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Austin Claypool|4,050|25.71|+16.95}}

{{CANelec|CA|National Government|M.E. Manning|3,248|20.62|-1.18}}

{{CANelec|CA|CCF|Aylmer Liesemer |2,197|13.95|-2.38}}

{{CANelec|CA|Communist|Lawrence Anderson|847|5.38|–}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1935|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Charles Edward Johnston |7,529|53.11|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Andrew Davison|3,091|21.80|-22.60}}

{{CANelec|CA|CCF|Edward Joseph Garland|2,315|16.33|-39.26}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Charles Ross Walrod| 1,242|8.76|–}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1930|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|AB United Farmers|Edward Joseph Garland|5,825|55.59|-7.35}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Dawson Graham|4,653|44.41|+7.35}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1926|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|AB United Farmers|Edward Joseph Garland|5,144|62.95|+19.90}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Acle Carman Scratch|3,028|37.05|+13.38}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1925|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Progressive|Edward Joseph Garland |3,773 |43.05|-31.44}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jesse Elmer Gouge|2,917|33.28|–}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|William James Douglass| 2,075|23.67|+0.55}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1921|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Progressive|Edward Joseph Garland |11,527 |74.49|+57.43}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|William Rose Fulton|3,579|23.13|-20.98}}

{{CANelec|XX|Unknown|Herbert Adolph Wiertz|369|2.38|–}}

{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1917|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Unionist|Howard Hadden Halladay |3,757|44.11}}

{{CANelec|CA|Laurier Liberals|Jesse Elmer Gouge|2,996|35.17}}

{{CANelec|CA|Non-Partisan League|Daniel Harcourt Galbraith|1,453|17.06}}

{{CANelec|CA|Labour|John Reid|312|3.66}}

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