Melfort (provincial electoral district)

Melfort
Saskatchewan electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA	Kevin Phillips; Saskatchewan
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District created	1971
First contested	1971
Last contested	2016
Demographics
Electors	9,880
Census division(s)	Division 14, 15
Census subdivision(s)	Melfort

Melfort is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. The city of Melfort (population 5,192) is the largest centre in the constituency.

Smaller communities in the district include the towns of Watson, Star City, Leroy, and Naicam; and the villages of Quill Lake, Spalding, Beatty, Englefeld, and Annaheim.

A provincial constituency of the same name existed from 1912 to 1952. The modern riding was last contested in the 2016 general election, when it returned Saskatchewan Party MLA Kevin Phillips.

History

The riding initially returned primarily NDP members, starting with Arthur Thibault. Since then, it has returned MLAs from all three major parties. Most recently it has returned Saskatchewan Party MLAs, since 1997.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Melfort-Kinistino
17th	1971–1975	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP \|	Arthur Thibault	New Democrat
Melfort
18th	1975–1978	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP \|	Norman Vickar	New Democrat
19th	1978–1982		Norman Vickar	New Democrat
20th	1982–1986	rowspan="2" Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives \|	Grant Hodgins	Progressive Conservative
21st	1986–1991		Grant Hodgins	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1991–1995	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP \|	Carol Carson	New Democrat
Melfort-Tisdale
23rd	1995–1997	Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal \|	Rod Gantefoer	Liberal Party
23rd	1997–1999			Saskatchewan Party
24th	1999–2003			Saskatchewan Party
Melfort
25th	2003–2007		Rod Gantefoer	Saskatchewan Party
26th	2007–2011		Rod Gantefoer
27th	2011–2016		Kevin Phillips
28th	2016–present		Kevin Phillips

Election results

2016 Saskatchewan general election

2016 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Kevin Phillips	5,579	77.08	+3.98
	New Democratic	Linsey Thornton	1,406	19.42	-5.26
	Liberal	Bruce Ber	150	2.07	+2.07
	Green	Tanner Wallace	102	1.40	-0.82
Total valid votes			7,237	100.0
Eligible voters			–
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		-
Source: Elections Saskatchewan^[1]^[2]

2011 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 2011: Melfort electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Kevin Phillips	4,736	73.10	+7.85 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row	NDP	Ivan Yackel	1,599	24.68	-5.41
	Green	Melvyn Pylypchuk	144	2.22	–
Total			6,479	100.00
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		-

2007 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 2007: Melfort electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Rod Gantefoer	4,751	65.25	+10.35 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row	NDP	Dale Renneberg	2,191	30.09	-8.06
	Liberal	Sarah Koskie	339	4.66	-2.29
Total			7,281	100.00
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		-

2003 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 2003: Melfort electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Rod Gantefoer	4,037	54.90	+3.02 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row	NDP	Garnet Davis	2,805	38.15	+6.62
	Liberal	Bernie Yuzdepski	511	6.95	-9.64
Total			7,353	100.00
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		-

1999 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 1999: Melfort-Tisdale electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Rod Gantefoer	4,096	51.88	– Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row	NDP	Carol Carson	2,489	31.53	-6.70
	Liberal	Ken Magnus	1,310	16.59	-30.25
Total			7,895	100.00
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		-

1995 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 1995: Melfort-Tisdale electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rod Gantefoer	3,882	46.84	+22.32 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row	NDP	Carol Carson	3,168	38.23	-2.89 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row	Prog. Conservative	Bill Ripley	1,237	14.93	-19.43
Total			8,287	100.00
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		-

1991 Saskatchewan general election

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Saskatchewan general election, 1991: Melfort electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
NDP	Carol Carson	3,011	41.12	+3.55 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row	Prog. Conservative	Ken Naber	2,516	34.36	-21.74
	Liberal	Rod Gantefoer	1,795	24.52	+18.19
Total			7,322	100.00
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-

1986 Saskatchewan general election

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Saskatchewan general election, 1986: Melfort electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Grant Hodgins	4,433	56.10	+0.66 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row	NDP	Keith Davis	2,969	37.57	+0.43
	Liberal	Jerry Derkatz	500	6.33	+4.77
Total			7,902	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-

1982 Saskatchewan general election

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Saskatchewan general election, 1982: Melfort electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Progressive Conservative	Grant Hodgins	4,626	55.44	+11.52 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row	NDP	Norman Vickar	3,099	37.14	-11.85
	Western Canada Concept	Brian Bedard	489	5.86	–
	Liberal	Helen Hamilton	130	1.56	-5.53
Total			8,344	100.00
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		-

1978 Saskatchewan general election

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Saskatchewan general election, 1978: Melfort electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
NDP	Norman Vickar	4,181	48.99	+11.61 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row	Progressive Conservative	Bill Warner	3,749	43.92	+7.76
	Liberal	John Calderwood	605	7.09	-19.37
Total			8,535	100.00
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-

1975 Saskatchewan general election

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Saskatchewan general election, 1975: Melfort electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
NDP	Norman Vickar	3,102	37.38	-22.02 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row	Progressive Conservative	Bill Warner	3,001	36.16	–
	Liberal	Herbert Whitley	2,196	26.46	-14.14
Total			8,299	100.00
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-

1971 Saskatchewan general election

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Saskatchewan general election, 1971: Melfort-Kinistino electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
NDP	Arthur Thibault	6,103	59.40	–
	Liberal	Herbert Whitley	4,171	40.60	–
Total			10,274	100.00
	New Democratic pickup new district.

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly – Melfort (1912–1952)

	#	MLA	Served	Party Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row	1.	George Balfour Johnston	1912–1925	Liberal Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row	2.	Olin Drake Hill	1925–1929	Liberal Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row	3.	Rupert James Greaves	1929–1934	Conservative Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row	4.	John Duncan McFarlane	1934–1938	Liberal
	5.	Oakland W. Valleau	1938–1948	CCF Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row	6.	John Egnatoff	1948–1952	Liberal

Member of the Legislative Assembly – Melfort-Tisdale (1952–1971)

	#	MLA	Served	Party
	7.	Clarence Willis	1952–1971	CCF-NDP

References

^ "Register of Official Candidates by Constituency - March 19 - FINAL" (PDF). Elections Saskatchewan. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
^ "2016 General Election Results". Elections Saskatchewan. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.

External links

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[1] "Register of Official Candidates by Constituency - March 19 - FINAL" (PDF). Elections Saskatchewan. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

[2] "2016 General Election Results". Elections Saskatchewan. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.

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