Athabaska

Alberta electoral district
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1924
District abolished	1966
First contested	1925
Last contested	1965

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

This riding was created as "Athabaska" in 1924 from parts of Battle River, Edmonton East and Edmonton West ridings.

Its first election was poorly conducted with many election irregularities. The culprits, two Edmonton lawyers, barely avoided criminal prosecution. ^[1]

The riding was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Athabasca, Peace River and Vegreville ridings.

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

† Joseph McCrae Newman ran under the Technocrat party banner.

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

• Canada. Parliament. House of Commons (1929). Evidence and report in respect to the Commissioner's reports on the alleged existence of corrupt or illegal practices in the election held in the electoral district of Athabaska, in the Province of Alberta, on the 29th of October, 1925. Ottawa: King's Printer.

• Riding history for Athabasca (1966–1966) from the Library of Parliament