Canada 150: The changing face of P.A.’s riding
Like many Canadians, the federal riding of Prince Albert has gone through some changes.
The electoral district has changed names, political stripes and sizes over the country’s 150 years. The riding was first created in 1907 from portions of the Humboldt, Mackenzie and Saskatchewan ridings. Liberal William Winfield Rutan became its first elected Member of Parliment in 1908.
Over the years, the riding was able to produce a number of Prime Ministers; William Lyon Mackenzie King, Sir Wilfrid Laurier and most notably, John G. Diefenbaker.
In 1988, Prince Albert was broken apart into three separate electoral districts, one of them being Prince Albert-Churchill River. It was here that Ray Funk became the second NDP MP ever to represent the constituents of Prince Albert in Ottawa, the first being Stanley Hovdebo in 1980.