Moose Jaw County

Moose Jaw County was a provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The district was created as "Moose Jaw" before the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905. The riding was abolished into the districts of Gravelbourg, Bengough, Notukeu-Willow Bunch, and Milestone before the 9th Saskatchewan general election in 1938. It was the constituency of Premier Charles Avery Dunning.

It is now part of the Thunder Creek, Moose Jaw Wakamow, and Wood River constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

#MLAServedParty
     1. John Albert Sheppard 1905–1916 Liberal
  2. John Edwin Chisholm Dec. 1916 – 1917 Conservative
     3. Charles Avery Dunning 1917–1926 Liberal
     4. Thomas Waddell June 1926 – 1929 Liberal
  5. Sinclair Alexander Whittaker 1929–1934 Conservative
     6. Thomas Waddell 1934–1938 Liberal

Election results

1905 Saskatchewan general election: Moose Jaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalJohn Albert Sheppard75952.27%
  Provincial Rights Samuel K. Rathwell 693 47.73%
Total 1,452 100.00%
1908 Saskatchewan general election: Moose Jaw County
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalJohn Albert Sheppard1,12950.45%-1.82
  Provincial Rights Henry Dorrell 1,109 49.55% +1.82
Total 2,238 100.00%
1912 Saskatchewan general election: Moose Jaw County
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalJohn Albert Sheppard97361.00%+10.55
  Conservative Fred W. Green 622 39.00% -10.55
Total 1,595 100.00%
December 5, 1916 By-Election: Moose Jaw County
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative John Edwin Chisholm 2,148 51.07% +12.07
Independent LiberalJohn Albert Sheppard2,05848.93%-12.07
Total 4,206 100.00%
1917 Saskatchewan general election: Moose Jaw County
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalCharles Avery Dunning3,31664.63%-
  Conservative John Edwin Chisholm 1,815 35.37% -15.70
Total 5,131 100.00%
1921 Saskatchewan general election: Moose Jaw County
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalCharles Avery DunningAcclaimed100.00%
Total Acclamation
1925 Saskatchewan general election: Moose Jaw County
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalCharles Avery Dunning2,09471.49%-
ProgressiveJohn Flatekval83528.51%
Total 2,929 100.00%
May 25, 1926 By-Election: Moose Jaw County
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalThomas WaddellAcclaimed100.00%
Total Acclamation
1929 Saskatchewan general election: Moose Jaw County
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Sinclair Alexander Whittaker 2,381 50.95% -
LiberalThomas Waddell2,29249.05%-
Total 4,673 100.00%
1934 Saskatchewan general election: Moose Jaw County
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalThomas Waddell2,50047.27%-1.78
     Farmer-Labour Henry Milne 1,714 32.41% +32.41
  Independent Sinclair Whittaker 1,075 20.32% -30.63
Total 5,289 100.00%

See also

Moose Jaw – Northwest Territories territorial electoral district (1870–1905).

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.