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{{short description|Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=October 2024}}
{{use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox Canada electoral district
| province            = Alberta
| image               = Bow River (federal electoral district).svg
| caption             = Bow River in relation to other Alberta federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
| fed-status          = active
| fed-district-number = 48003
| fed-created         = [[Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012|2013]]
| fed-abolished       = 
| fed-election-first  = 2015
| fed-election-last   = 2021
| fed-rep             = Martin Shields
| fed-rep-party       = Conservative
| demo-pop-ref        = <ref>[[#2016fed|Statistics Canada]]: 2017</ref>
| demo-area-ref       = <ref>[[#2016fed|Statistics Canada]]: 2017</ref>
| demo-electors-ref   = 
| demo-census-date    = [[Canada 2016 Census|2016]]
| demo-pop            = 115022
| demo-electors       = 78,944
| demo-electors-date  = 2019
| demo-area           = 24036.47
| demo-cd             = [[Division No. 2, Alberta|Division No. 2]], [[Division No. 5, Alberta|Division No. 5]], [[Division No. 6, Alberta|Division No. 6]]
| demo-csd            = [[Brooks, Alberta|Brooks]], [[Chestermere]], [[Kneehill County|Kneehill]], [[County of Newell|Newell]], [[Rocky View County|Rocky View]], [[Strathmore, Alberta|Strathmore]], [[Taber, Alberta|Taber]], [[Municipal District of Taber|Taber (MD)]], [[Vulcan County|Vulcan]], [[Wheatland County, Alberta|Wheatland]]
}}

'''Bow River''' is a federal [[electoral district (Canada)|electoral district]] in southern [[Alberta]], Canada, that has been represented in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] from 1917 to 1968, from 1979 to 1988 and since 2015.

This [[Riding (division)|riding]] was first created in 1914 from [[Macleod (federal electoral district)|Macleod]] riding. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into [[Calgary North]], [[Crowfoot (electoral district)|Crowfoot]], [[Palliser (Alberta electoral district)|Palliser]] and [[Rocky Mountain (federal electoral district)|Rocky Mountain]] ridings.

It was re-created in 1976 from parts of Crowfoot, [[Lethbridge (federal electoral district)|Lethbridge]], Palliser and Rocky Mountain ridings. It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Calgary North, [[Calgary Northeast]], [[Calgary West]], Crowfoot, Lethbridge, Macleod, [[Red Deer (federal electoral district)|Red Deer]] and [[Wild Rose (electoral district)|Wild Rose]] ridings.

It was re-created by the [[Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012|2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution]] and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the [[42nd Canadian federal election]], scheduled for October 2015.<ref name=timeline>{{Citation|url=http://www.redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca/content.asp?section=info&document=index&dir=overview&lang=e|title=Timeline for the Redistribution of Federal Electoral Districts}}</ref> This newest iteration of the riding was created out of parts of [[Crowfoot (electoral district)|Crowfoot]] (53%), [[Medicine Hat (federal electoral district)|Medicine Hat]] (37%) and [[Macleod (federal electoral district)|Macleod]] (10%) ridings.

== Demographics ==
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ [[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in Bow River (2011−2021)
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]]<br>group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Bow%20River&DGUIDlist=2013A000448003&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="2016census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2021-10-27 |title= Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=48003&Geo2=PR&Code2=48&SearchText=Bow%20River&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="2011census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2015-11-27 |title= NHS Profile |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=48003&Data=Count&SearchText=Bow%20River&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
|-
![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
| [[European Canadians|European]]{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name=euro}}
| 83,840
| {{Percentage | 83840 | 113320 | 2 }}
| 85,535
| {{Percentage | 85535 | 109170 | 2 }}
| 82,105
| {{Percentage | 82105 | 98760 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
| 7,545
| {{Percentage | 7545 | 113320 | 2 }}
| 7,310
| {{Percentage | 7310 | 109170 | 2 }}
| 5,935
| {{Percentage | 5935 | 98760 | 2 }}
|-
| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
| 6,360
| {{Percentage | 6360 | 113320 | 2 }}
| 4,450
| {{Percentage | 4450 | 109170 | 2 }}
| 2,520
| {{Percentage | 2520 | 98760 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asia|Southeast Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name=SoutheastAsian}}
| 5,885
| {{Percentage | 5885 | 113320 | 2 }}
| 4,550
| {{Percentage | 4550 | 109170 | 2 }}
| 3,735
| {{Percentage | 3735 | 98760 | 2 }}
|-
| [[African-Canadian|African]]
| 4,345
| {{Percentage | 4345 | 113320 | 2 }}
| 2,820
| {{Percentage | 2820 | 109170 | 2 }}
| 1,405
| {{Percentage | 1405 | 98760 | 2 }}
|-
| [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name=EastAsian}}
| 1,685
| {{Percentage | 1685 | 113320 | 2 }}
| 1,805
| {{Percentage | 1805 | 109170 | 2 }}
| 1,450
| {{Percentage | 1450 | 98760 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
| 1,550
| {{Percentage | 1550 | 113320 | 2 }}
| 1,150
| {{Percentage | 1150 | 109170 | 2 }}
| 630
| {{Percentage | 630 | 98760 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name=MiddleEastern}}
| 1,110
| {{Percentage | 1110 | 113320 | 2 }}
| 950
| {{Percentage | 950 | 109170 | 2 }}
| 490
| {{Percentage | 490 | 98760 | 2 }}
|-
| Other/[[Multiracial people|Multiracial]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}}" and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name=Other}}
| 1,005
| {{Percentage | 1005 | 113320 | 2 }}
| 605
| {{Percentage | 605 | 109170 | 2 }}
| 495
| {{Percentage | 495 | 98760 | 2 }}
|-
! Total responses
! 113,320
! {{Percentage | 113320 | 119458 | 2 }}
! 109,170
! {{Percentage | 109170 | 115022 | 2 }}
! 98,760
! {{Percentage | 98760 | 103871 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 119,458
! {{Percentage | 119458 | 119458 | 2 }}
! 115,022
! {{Percentage | 115022 | 115022 | 2 }}
! 103,871
! {{Percentage | 103871 | 103871 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="15" |{{small|Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.<br>Demographics based on [[2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution]] riding boundaries.}}
|}

==Members of Parliament==
This riding has elected the following members of the [[House of Commons of Canada]]:

{{CanMP}}
{{CanMP nodata|Bow River<br />''Riding created from'' [[Macleod (federal electoral district)|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 (electoral district)|Crowfoot]],<br /> [[Palliser (Alberta electoral district)|Palliser]] and [[Rocky Mountain (federal electoral district)|Rocky Mountain]]}}
{{CanMP nodata|''Riding re-created from'' [[Crowfoot (electoral district)|Crowfoot]], [[Lethbridge (federal electoral district)|Lethbridge]],<br /> [[Palliser (Alberta electoral district)|Palliser]] and [[Rocky Mountain (federal electoral district)|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]],<br />[[Crowfoot (electoral district)|Crowfoot]], [[Lethbridge (federal electoral district)|Lethbridge]], [[Macleod (federal electoral district)|Macleod]], [[Red Deer (federal electoral district)|Red Deer]] and [[Wild Rose (electoral district)|Wild Rose]]}}
{{CanMP nodata|''Riding re-created from'' [[Crowfoot (electoral district)|Crowfoot]], [[Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner|Medicine Hat]] ''and'' [[Macleod (federal electoral district)|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 = 
}}
{{CanMP end}}

==Election results==
===2015–present===
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| content = {{Graph:Chart
 | width=400<!--Increase this number after the next election-->
 | 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
}}

[[Image:Bow River 2021 poll results.png|right|thumb|650px|A map showing the 2021 general election results by polling division in Bow River.]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021 federal election]] redistributed results<ref>{{Cite web| title=Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders|url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/tra/2023rep&document=index&lang=e|access-date=9 April 2024|website=[[Elections Canada]]}}</ref>
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] ||align=right| 33,292 ||align=right| 69.57
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|PPC|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[People's Party of Canada|People's]] ||align=right| 4,712 ||align=right| 9.85
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] ||align=right| 4,484 ||align=right| 9.37
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] ||align=right| 3,763 ||align=right| 7.86
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]] ||align=right| 2 ||align=right| 0.00
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|background}} | &nbsp;
| Others ||align=right| 1,604 ||align=right| 3.35
|}
{{2021 Canadian federal election/Bow River}}
{{2019 Canadian federal election/Bow River}}
{{2015 Canadian federal election/Bow River}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011 federal election]] redistributed results<ref>[http://www.punditsguide.ca/riding.php?riding=2098 Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections]</ref>
|-
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" | Party
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote
! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | %
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] ||align=right| 30,412 ||align=right| 83.39
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] ||align=right| 2,976 ||align=right| 8.16
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] ||align=right| 1,291 ||align=right| 3.54
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | &nbsp;
| [[Green Party of Canada|Green]] ||align=right| 1,244 ||align=right| 3.41
|-
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independents|background}} | &nbsp;
| Others ||align=right| 547 ||align=right| 1.50
|}

===1976–1987===
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| content = {{Graph:Chart
 | width=300<!--Increase this number after the next election-->
 | 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 (politician)|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 (politician)|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 (politician)|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}}

===1917–1968===
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 | 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}}
{{end}}

==See also==
* [[List of Canadian electoral districts]]
* [[Historical federal electoral districts of Canada]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{CanRiding|ID=1119|name=Bow River}}

{{Ridings in Rural Alberta}}
{{Ridings in the Prairies}}
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[[Category:Alberta federal electoral districts]]
[[Category:Brooks, Alberta]]
[[Category:Taber, Alberta]]