Meadow Lake (provincial electoral district)

Meadow Lake

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan provincial electoral district
Member of the Legislative Assembly		Jeremy Harrison Saskatchewan Party
Population (2006)
Electors (2011)	9,638
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created	1934
Census divisions
Subdivisions

Meadow Lake is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Incorporated as a city in 2009, Meadow Lake (pop. 4,771) is the largest center in the constituency.

Smaller communities in the riding include the villages of Green Lake, Loon Lake, Leoville, and Godsoil; and the town of St. Walburg.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
22nd	1991–1995		Maynard Sonntag	New Democrat
23rd	1995–1999
24th	1999–2003
25th	2003–2007
26th	2007–2011		Jeremy Harrison	Saskatchewan Party
27th	2011–present

Election results

Saskatchewan general election, 2011: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan Party	Jeremy Harrison	4,207	61.97	+13.11
	NDP	Helen Ben	2,491	36.69	-11.66
	Green	Susan Merasty	91	1.34	*
Total			6,789	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 2007: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan Party	Jeremy Harrison	3,507	48.86	+4.59
	NDP	Maynard Sonntag	3,471	48.35	-1.92
	Liberal	Don Coupland	200	2.79	-2.67
Total			7,178	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 2003: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Maynard Sonntag	3,472	50.27	+3.54
	Saskatchewan Party	Ron Dosdall	3,058	44.27	+2.85
	Liberal	Don Coupland	377	5.46	-6.39
Total			6,907	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 1999: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Maynard Sonntag	2,846	46.73	-1.47
	Saskatchewan Party	Bob Young	2,523	41.42	*
	Liberal	Don Coupland	722	11.85	-24.39
Total			6,091	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 1995: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Maynard Sonntag	2,910	48.20	-3.09
	Liberal	Dennis Barnett	2,188	36.24	+29.80
	Progressive Conservative	Paul S. Pospisil	939	15.56	-26.71
Total			6,037	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 1991: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Maynard Sonntag	3,719	51.29	+16.33
	Progressive Conservative	George McLeod	3,065	42.27	-17.15
	Liberal	J. Burton Dougan	467	6.44	+0.82
Total			7,251	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 1986: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George McLeod	3,711	59.42	-2.74
	NDP	Bill Krasicki	2,183	34.96	+3.43
	Liberal	Henry Coupland	351	5.62	+3.70
Total			6,245	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 1982: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George McLeod	4,236	62.16	+14.60
	NDP	Dave Bridger	2,149	31.53	-12.45
	Western Canada Concept	Paul S. Pospisil	242	3.55	*
	Liberal	R. Hugh Currie	131	1.92	-6.54
	Independent	Ray L. Manegre	57	0.84	-
Total			6,815	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 1978: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George McLeod	3,016	47.56	+18.45
	NDP	Gordon McNeill	2,789	43.98	+8.23
	Liberal	Colin Campbell	537	8.46	-26.68
Total			6,342	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 1975: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Gordon McNeill	2,094	35.75	-10.84
	Liberal	Henry Coupland	2,058	35.14	-18.27
	Progressive Conservative	Leo Jeannotte	1,705	29.11	-
Total			5,857	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 1971: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Coupland	3,350	53.41	+10.68
	NDP	Paul Kuffert	2,922	46.59	+5.76
Total			6,272	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 1967: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Coupland	2,394	42.73	-7.44
	NDP	Martin Semchuk	2,288	40.83	+7.16
	Progressive Conservative	Leo Jeannotte	921	16.44	+0.28
Total			5,603	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 1964: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Coupland	3,149	50.17	+20.84
	CCF	Martin Semchuk	2,113	33.67	+1.73
	Progressive Conservative	Fred L. Dunbar	1,014	16.16	-0.92
Total			6,276	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 1960: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCF	Martin Semchuk	1,834	31.94	+5.15
	Liberal	Henry Coupland	1,684	29.33	+1.34
	Social Credit	A. Peter Weber	1,243	21.65	-23.57
	Progressive Conservative	Fred L. Dunbar	981	17.08	-
Total			5,742	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 1956: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Social Credit	A. Peter Weber	2,425	45.22	+22.05
	Liberal	H. Cliff Dunfield	1,501	27.99	-16.30
	CCF	Frank G. Warick	1,437	26.79	-2.81
Total			5,363	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 1952: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H. Cliff Dunfield	2,653	44.29	-2.80
	CCF	Gustav A. Malinowsky	1,773	29.60	-7.92
	Social Credit	William A. McRae	1,388	23.17	+7.78
	Independent	Louis M. Marion	176	2.94	*
Total			5,990	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 1948: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Lofts	3,307	47.09	+10.38
	CCF	Herschel L. Howell	2,635	37.52	-3.85
	Social Credit	John W. Evanishen	1,081	15.39	-
Total			7,023	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 1944: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCF	Herschel L. Howell	2,034	41.37	+17.10
	Liberal	Donald MacDonald	1,805	36.71	-6.21
	Labour-Progressive	Arthur J. Doucet	716	14.56	*
	Prog. Conservative	William Titley	362	7.36	-
Total			4,917	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1938: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald MacDonald	3,184	42.92	-17.84
	Social Credit	Judson B. Clark	2,434	32.81	*
	CCF	Robert C. Paul	1,800	24.27	+3.11
Total			7,418	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 1934: Meadow Lake electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Donald MacDonald	4,304	60.76	*
	Farmer-Labour	Charles Mycroft	1,499	21.16	*
	Conservative	J.H. Storry	1,281	18.08	*
Total			7,084	100.00%

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly

	#	MLA	Served	Party
	1.	Donald MacDonald	1934–1944	Liberal
	2.	Herschel L. Howell	1944–1948	CCF
	3.	Bill Lofts	1948–1952	Liberal
	4.	H. Cliff Dunfield	1952–1956	Liberal
	5.	A. Peter Weber	1956–1960	Social Credit
	6.	Martin Semchuk	1960–1964	CCF
	7.	Henry Coupland	1964–1975	Liberal
	8.	Gordon McNeill	1975–1978	NDP
	9.	George McLeod	1978–1991	Prog. Conservative
	10.	Maynard Sonntag	1991–2007	NDP
	11.	Jeremy Harrison	2007–present	Saskatchewan Party

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
• Elections Saskatchewan - Official Results of the 2011 Provincial Election
• Saskatchewan Archives Board – Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division