Melfort (former provincial electoral district)
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Melfort was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly
of the province of Saskatchewan
, Canada
. Created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election
in 1912, this riding was dissolved and combined with the Tisdale
district (as Melfort-Tisdale
) before the 12th Saskatchewan general election
in 1952.
It is now part of a reconstituted Melfort constituency.
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|George Balfour Johnston
|align="right"|818
|align="right"|55.87%
|align="right"|–
|Conservative
|Thomas Charles Spence
|align="right"|646
|align="right"|44.13%
|align="right"|–
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|1,464
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|George Balfour Johnston
|align="right"|1,661
|align="right"|62.21%
|align="right"|+6.34
|Conservative
|John Alexander McDonald
|align="right"|1,009
|align="right"|37.79%
|align="right"|-6.34
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|2,670
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|George Balfour Johnston
|align="right"|1,846
|align="right"|61.76%
|align="right"|-0.45
|Independent
|John Alexander McDonald
|align="right"|1,143
|align="right"|38.24%
|align="right"|+0.45
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|2,989
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Olin Drake Hill
|align="right"|1,469
|align="right"|40.51%
|align="right"|-21.25
|Progressive
|Robert McKay
|align="right"|1,324
|align="right"|36.51%
|align="right"|–
|Conservative
|Gilbert M. Irvine
|align="right"|833
|align="right"|22.98%
|align="right"|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|3,626
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
|style="width: 130px"|Conservative
|Rupert Greaves
|align="right"|3,411
|align="right"|57.41%
|align="right"|+34.43
|Liberal
|Olin Drake Hill
|align="right"|2,531
|align="right"|42.59%
|align="right"|+2.08
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|5,942
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|John McFarlane
|align="right"|3,972
|align="right"|54.98%
|align="right"|+12.39
|Conservative
|Rupert Greaves
|align="right"|3,252
|align="right"|45.02%
|align="right"|-12.39
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,224
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
|style="width: 130px"|CCF
|Oakland W. Valleau
|align="right"|3,024
|align="right"|36.37%
|align="right"|–
|Liberal
|John McFarlane
|align="right"|2,657
|align="right"|31.96%
|align="right"|-23.02
|Conservative
|Gilbert D. Eamer
|align="right"|1,604
|align="right"|19.29%
|align="right"|-25.73
|Social Credit
|Chrysostom J. Lewis
|align="right"|1,029
|align="right"|12.38%
|align="right"|–
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,314
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
|style="width: 130px"|CCF
|Oakland W. Valleau
|align="right"|3,396
|align="right"|50.62%
|align="right"|+14.25
|Liberal
|John McFarlane
|align="right"|1,862
|align="right"|27.76%
|align="right"|-4.20
|Conservative
|Stanley B. Caskey
|align="right"|1,450
|align="right"|21.62%
|align="right"|+2.33
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|6,708
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|John Egnatoff
|align="right"|4,065
|align="right"|50.18%
|align="right"|+22.42
|CCF
|Oakland W. Valleau
|align="right"|4,035
|align="right"|49.82%
|align="right"|-0.80
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,100
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
The 25th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was in power from 2003 until November 20, 2007. It was controlled by the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party under premier Lorne Calvert.-Members:-By-elections:...
of the province of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan 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....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election
Saskatchewan general election, 1912
The Saskatchewan general election of 1912 was the third provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on July 11, 1912 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Premier Walter Scott led the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan to a third term in office with...
in 1912, this riding was dissolved and combined with the Tisdale
Tisdale (provincial electoral district)
Tisdale was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered on the town of Tisdale, Saskatchewan...
district (as Melfort-Tisdale
Melfort-Tisdale (former provincial electoral district)
Melfort-Tisdale was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Created before the 12th Saskatchewan general election in 1952, this riding was split into the districts of Melfort-Kinistino and Kelsey-Tisdale before the 17th Saskatchewan...
) before the 12th Saskatchewan general election
Saskatchewan general election, 1952
The Saskatchewan general election of 1952 was the twelfth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 11, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....
in 1952.
It is now part of a reconstituted Melfort constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
|MLA | |Party |
1. | George Balfour Johnston | 1912 – 1925 | Liberal |
2. | Olin Drake Hill | 1925 – 1929 | Liberal |
3. | Rupert Greaves | 1929 – 1934 | Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories.... |
4. | John McFarlane | 1934 – 1938 | Liberal |
5. | Oakland W. Valleau | 1938 – 1948 | CCF Saskatchewan New Democratic Party The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s... |
6. | John Egnatoff | 1948 – 1952 | Liberal |
---|
Election results
|-|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|George Balfour Johnston
|align="right"|818
|align="right"|55.87%
|align="right"|–
|Conservative
|Thomas Charles Spence
|align="right"|646
|align="right"|44.13%
|align="right"|–
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|1,464
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|George Balfour Johnston
|align="right"|1,661
|align="right"|62.21%
|align="right"|+6.34
|Conservative
|John Alexander McDonald
|align="right"|1,009
|align="right"|37.79%
|align="right"|-6.34
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|2,670
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|George Balfour Johnston
|align="right"|1,846
|align="right"|61.76%
|align="right"|-0.45
|Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
|John Alexander McDonald
|align="right"|1,143
|align="right"|38.24%
|align="right"|+0.45
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|2,989
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Olin Drake Hill
|align="right"|1,469
|align="right"|40.51%
|align="right"|-21.25
|Progressive
Progressive Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Party of Saskatchewan was a provincial section of the Progressive Party of Canada and was active from the 1920s to the mid-1930s...
|Robert McKay
|align="right"|1,324
|align="right"|36.51%
|align="right"|–
|Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....
|Gilbert M. Irvine
|align="right"|833
|align="right"|22.98%
|align="right"|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|3,626
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
|style="width: 130px"|Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....
|Rupert Greaves
|align="right"|3,411
|align="right"|57.41%
|align="right"|+34.43
|Liberal
|Olin Drake Hill
|align="right"|2,531
|align="right"|42.59%
|align="right"|+2.08
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|5,942
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|John McFarlane
|align="right"|3,972
|align="right"|54.98%
|align="right"|+12.39
|Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....
|Rupert Greaves
|align="right"|3,252
|align="right"|45.02%
|align="right"|-12.39
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,224
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
|style="width: 130px"|CCF
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...
|Oakland W. Valleau
|align="right"|3,024
|align="right"|36.37%
|align="right"|–
|Liberal
|John McFarlane
|align="right"|2,657
|align="right"|31.96%
|align="right"|-23.02
|Conservative
|Gilbert D. Eamer
|align="right"|1,604
|align="right"|19.29%
|align="right"|-25.73
|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan
The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....
|Chrysostom J. Lewis
|align="right"|1,029
|align="right"|12.38%
|align="right"|–
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,314
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
|style="width: 130px"|CCF
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...
|Oakland W. Valleau
|align="right"|3,396
|align="right"|50.62%
|align="right"|+14.25
|Liberal
|John McFarlane
|align="right"|1,862
|align="right"|27.76%
|align="right"|-4.20
|Conservative
|Stanley B. Caskey
|align="right"|1,450
|align="right"|21.62%
|align="right"|+2.33
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|6,708
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|John Egnatoff
|align="right"|4,065
|align="right"|50.18%
|align="right"|+22.42
|CCF
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...
|Oakland W. Valleau
|align="right"|4,035
|align="right"|49.82%
|align="right"|-0.80
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,100
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
See also
- Electoral district (Canada)Electoral district (Canada)An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...
- List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts
- List of Saskatchewan general elections
- List of political parties in Saskatchewan
- Melfort, SaskatchewanMelfort, SaskatchewanMelfort is a small Canadian city in Saskatchewan, approximately southeast of Prince Albert, northwest of Saskatoon and north of Regina.According to The World Gazetteer, its population as of 2004 was 5,400...