Moose Jaw Wakamow

Moose Jaw Wakamow

Saskatchewan electoral district
Coordinates:	50.385°N 105.546°W / 50.385; -105.546
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA	Greg Lawrence Saskatchewan
First contested	1967 as "Moose Jaw South"
Last contested	2016
Demographics
Electors	9,599
Census division(s)	7
Census subdivision(s)	Moose Jaw

Moose Jaw Wakamow is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada.

This district was created for the 1967 election after the Saskatchewan government decided to retire a system of multiple-MLA electoral divisions for the cities of Regina, Saskatoon, and Moose Jaw.

The riding contains all of Moose Jaw south of Caribou Street, east of 9th Avenue and northwest of Thatcher Drive.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Moose Jaw South
16th	1967–1971		William Davies	New Democrat
17th	1971–1975		Gordon Snyder
18th	1975–1978
19th	1978–1982
20th	1982–1986		Arthur Leslie "Bud" Smith	Progressive Conservative
21st	1986–1991		Lorne Calvert	New Democrat
Moose Jaw Wakamow
22nd	1991–1995		Lorne Calvert	New Democrat
23rd	1995–1999
24th	1999–2003		Deb Higgins
25th	2003–2007
26th	2007–2011
27th	2011–2016		Greg Lawrence	Saskatchewan Party
28th	2016–present

Election results

2016 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Greg Lawrence	3,514	53.07	+3.97
	New Democratic	Karen Purdy	2,819	42.57	-3.31
	Liberal	Terry Gabel	182	2.74	+2.74
	Green	Shaun Francis Drake	106	1.60	-0.07
Total valid votes			6,621	100.0
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

2011 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Greg Lawrence	3,064	49.10	+12.40
	New Democratic	Deb Higgins	2,863	45.88	-6.45
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Steen	209	3.35	+0.51
	Green	Deanna Robilliard	104	1.67	-0.59
Total			6,240	100.00

2007 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Deb Higgins	3,887	52.33	-10.27
	Saskatchewan	Gwen Beitel	2,726	36.70	+6.37
	Liberal	Sharice Billett Niedermayer	436	5.87	-0.24
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Steen	211	2.84	-
	Green	Larissa Shasko	168	2.26	+1.30
Total			7,428	100.00

2003 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Deb Higgins	4,394	62.60	+8.68
	Saskatchewan	Gwen Beitel	2,129	30.33	-2.46
	Liberal	Robert Cosman	429	6.11	-5.46
	New Green	Marcela Gall	67	0.96	*
Total			7,019	100.00

1999 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Deb Higgins	3,111	53.92	-9.03
	Saskatchewan	Doris Dunphy	1,892	32.79	*
	Liberal	Marlin Belt	668	11.57	-14.54
	Progressive Conservative	Vanessa Slater	99	1.72	-9.22
Total			5,770	100.00

1995 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lorne Calvert	3,803	62.95	-4.29
	Liberal	Jim Carr	1,577	26.11	+6.22
	Progressive Conservative	Norma Donovan	661	10.94	-1.93
Total			6,041	100.00

1991 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lorne Calvert	6,083	67.24	+8.79
	Liberal	Randy Roman	1,799	19.89	+12.19
	Progressive Conservative	Lisa Acton	1,164	12.87	-20.40
Total			9,046	100.00

Moose Jaw South (1967 – 1991)

1986 Saskatchewan general election: Moose Jaw South
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lorne Calvert	4,959	58.45	+13.12
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Leslie "Bud" Smith	2,823	33.27	-14.40
	Liberal	Irene McKenzie	653	7.70	+3.89
	Western Canada Concept	Phoebe Dowhy	49	0.58	-2.61
Total			8,484	100.00

1982 Saskatchewan general election: Moose Jaw South
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Leslie "Bud" Smith	4,110	47.67	+16.14
	New Democratic	Gordon Snyder	3,908	45.33	-13.76
	Liberal	Bob Halter	328	3.81	-5.57
	Western Canada Concept	Jack Ashton	275	3.19	*
Total			8,621	100.00

1978 Saskatchewan general election: Moose Jaw South
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gordon Snyder	4,512	59.09	+5.19
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Leslie "Bud" Smith	2,408	31.53	+6.19
	Liberal	Terry W. Ocrane	716	9.38	-11.38
Total			7,636	100.00

1975 Saskatchewan general election: Moose Jaw South
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gordon Snyder	3,950	53.90	-9.74
	Progressive Conservative	Arthur Leslie "Bud" Smith	1,857	25.34	-
	Liberal	Faye Gordon	1,521	20.76	-15.60
Total			7,328	100.00

1971 Saskatchewan general election: Moose Jaw South
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gordon Snyder	6,461	63.64	+8.30
	Liberal	Herbert E. Taylor	3,691	36.36	+7.76
Total			10,152	100.00

1967 Saskatchewan general election: Moose Jaw South
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	William Davies	4,674	55.34	*
	Liberal	Harry P. Swarbrick	2,415	28.60	*
	Progressive Conservative	Nick Markewich	1,356	16.06	*
Total			8,445	100.00

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
• Map of Moose Jaw Wakamow riding as of 2016