Melville (provincial electoral district)

Melville was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly

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 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

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. Located in southeastern Saskatchewan, this constituency was created before the 8th Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 1934

The Saskatchewan general election of 1934 was the eighth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 19, 1934, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

in 1934. It was the riding of Premier James Garfield Gardiner

James Garfield Gardiner

James Garfield "Jimmy" Gardiner, PC was a Canadian farmer, educator, and politician...

. The Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan) merged this riding with parts of the Saltcoats

Saltcoats (provincial electoral district)

Saltcoats was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered on the town of Saltcoats. One of 25 districts created before the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905, it was abolished before the 8th Saskatchewan general election in...

electoral district to form the new riding of Melville-Saltcoats

Melville-Saltcoats

Melville-Saltcoats is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southeastern Saskatchewan, this constituency was created through the Representation Act, 1994 by combining the district of Saltcoats with part of the constituency of Melville.The...

Members of the Legislative Assembly

	\|MLA	\|Party	1.	James Garfield Gardiner James Garfield Gardiner James Garfield "Jimmy" Gardiner, PC was a Canadian farmer, educator, and politician...	1934–1935	Liberal	2.	Ernest Walter Gerrand	1935–1938	Liberal	3.	John Frederick Herman	1938–1944	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....	4.	William James Arthurs	1944–1948	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...	5.	Patrick Deshaye	1948–1952	Liberal	6.	Allan Brown	1952–1956	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...	7.	James W. Gardiner	1956–1967	Liberal	8.	John Kowalchuk	1967–1982	New Democrat	9.	Grant Schmidt	1982–1991	Progressive Conservative	10.	Evan Carlson Evan Carlson Evan Carlson is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Melville in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 1995.-Background:...	1991–1995	New Democrat	11.	Ron Osika Ron Osika Ronald Osika is a Saskatchewan politician.He was born in Hafford, Saskatchewan and educated in The Battlefords. A former officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Osika's first foray into politics was an unsuccessful bid for a Reform Party nomination in 1992.He was first elected from Melville...	1995–2001	Liberal	12.	Ron Osika	2001–2003	Independent

Election results

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|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|James Garfield Gardiner

James Garfield Gardiner

James Garfield "Jimmy" Gardiner, PC was a Canadian farmer, educator, and politician...

|align="right"|4,983
|align="right"|59.20%
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|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....