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Donald Ferdinand Kellner

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Donald Ferdinand Kellner
Member of Parliament
for Edmonton East
In office
1921–1925
Preceded byHenry Arthur Mackie
Succeeded byAmbrose Bury
Member of Parliament
for Athabaska
In office
1926–1930
Preceded byCharles Wilson Cross
Succeeded byJohn Francis Buckley
Personal details
Born(1879-09-15)September 15, 1879
Ethel, Ontario, Canada
DiedApril 1, 1935(1935-04-01) (aged 55)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Political partyProgressive Party of Canada
United Farmers of Alberta

Donald Ferdinand Kellner (September 15, 1879 – April 1, 1935) was a politician from Alberta, Canada.

Kellner was elected as a Progressive/UFA candidate to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1921 Canadian federal election in the Edmonton East. He defeated Joseph Clarke and incumbent Henry Arthur Mackie in a 3-way race to serve his first term in office.

Kellner switched to the new Athabaska district in the 1925 Canadian federal election. Kellner was defeated by former Alberta Liberal MLA Charles Cross. A year later, in the 1926 Canadian federal election running for the UFA again, he defeated Cross.

Kellner was defeated by John Francis Buckley iwhen he ran for re-election in the 1930 Canadian federal election in the Athabaska district.

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