Yukon—Mackenzie River was a federal
electoral districtAn electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...
in
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that was represented in the
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from 1949 to 1953. It covered the
YukonYukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....
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, and the southwestern part of the
Northwest TerritoriesThe Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...
. This riding was created in 1947, and was only used in the
1949 federal electionThe Canadian federal election of 1949 was held on June 27 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 21st Parliament of Canada. It was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had...
. The Northwest Territories had not been represented in the House of Commons since 1905 following the creation of
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and
SaskatchewanSaskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
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 RiverMackenzie River was a federal electoral district in Northwest Territories, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1963.This riding was created in 1952 when Yukon—Mackenzie River riding was split into two...
and
YukonYukon is the only federal electoral district in Yukon Territory, Canada. It has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1902 to 1949 and since 1953....
ridings.
It consisted of the Yukon Territory and the part of the District of Mackenzie in the Northwest Territories lying west of the
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longitude. The remainder of the District of Mackenzie, as well as the Districts of Keewatin, Franklin and Ungava, had no representation until 1962.
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James Aubrey SimmonsJames Aubrey Simmons was a Canadian politician and notary.Born in Revelstoke, Saskatchewan, Simmons would go on to sit many times in the Canadian House of Commons representing the Yukon Territory....
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Arthur Massey BerryArthur Massey "Matt" Berry was a pioneering Canadian bush pilot.-Early years:Born on a farm in March, Ontario, near Ottawa, on June 19, 1888, Arthur Massey Berry entered the First World War as a Captain with the 153rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force...
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See also
- List of Canadian federal electoral districts
- Past Canadian electoral districts
- Yukon (electoral district)
Yukon is the only federal electoral district in Yukon Territory, Canada. It has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1902 to 1949 and since 1953....
- Mackenzie River (electoral district)
Mackenzie River was a federal electoral district in Northwest Territories, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1953 to 1963.This riding was created in 1952 when Yukon—Mackenzie River riding was split into two...
- Northwest Territories (electoral district)
Northwest Territories was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1962 to 1979. It was composed of the territory of the Northwest Territories.This riding was created in 1962 from Mackenzie River riding...
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