Saltcoats (provincial electoral district)

Saltcoats was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centred 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 1934.

The district was reconstituted before the 1938 election and abolished in 2003 into Canora-Pelly and Melville-Saltcoats. It is now part of the constituency of Melville-Saltcoats.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1905–1934

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     1. Thomas MacNutt 1905–1908 Liberal
     2. James Alexander Calder Dec. 1908 – June 1918 Liberal
     3. George William Sahlmark Aug. 1918 – 1929 Liberal
     4. Asmundur Loptson 1929–1934 Liberal

1938–2003

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     1. Joseph Lee Phelps 1938–1948 CCF
     2. Asmundur Loptson 1948–1960 Liberal
     3. James Snedker 1960–1971 Liberal
  4. Ed Kaeding 1971–1982 New Democrat
  5. Walt Johnson 1982–1991 Progressive Conservative
  6. Reg Knezacek 1991–1995 New Democrat
     7. Bob Bjornerud 1995–1997 Liberal
  8. Bob Bjornerud 1997–2003 Saskatchewan Party

Election results

1905 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalThomas MacNutt1,00667.34%
  Provincial Rights Archibald Crooke Thompson 488 32.66%
Total 1,494 100.00%
1908 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalThomas MacNutt1,00264.94%-2.40
  Provincial Rights Archibald Crooke Thompson 541 35.06% +2.40
Total 1,543 100.00%
December 7, 1908 By-election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalJames Alexander Calder1,10181.25%+16.31
     Independent Hugh Alexander Green 254 18.75%
Total 1,355 100.00%
1912 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalJames Alexander Calder1,35774.07%-7.18
  Conservative James Nixon 475 25.93% -
Total 1,832 100.00%
1917 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalJames Alexander Calder2,69971.14%-2.93
  Conservative Henry Leppington 1,095 28.86% +2.93
Total 3,794 100.00%
July 11, 1918 By-election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalGeorge Sahlmark1,49557.48%-13.66
  Conservative Amos Burkell 1,106 42.52% +13.66
Total 2,601 100.00%
1921 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalGeorge SahlmarkAcclaimed100.00%
Total Acclamation
1925 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalGeorge Sahlmark2,37662.41%-
ProgressiveJohannes Einarsson1,43137.59%
Total 3,807 100.00%
1929 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalAsmundur Loptson2,62052.16%-10.25
     Independent Amos Burkell 2,403 47.84% -
Total 5,023 100.00%
1938 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  CCF Joseph L. Phelps 3,409 45.29%
LiberalAsmundur Loptson3,11441.38%-
Social CreditAlexander E. Sahlmark1,00313.33%
Total 7,526 100.00%
1944 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  CCF Joseph L. Phelps 3,461 50.98% +5.69
LiberalDonald A. MacKenzie2,87442.33%+0.95
  Prog. Conservative Rae Melville Salkeld 454 6.69% -
Total 6,789 100.00%
1948 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalAsmundur Loptson3,94547.12%+4.79
  CCF Joseph L. Phelps 3,620 43.24% -7.74
Social CreditGeorge A. Dulmage8079.64%-
Total 8,372 100.00%
1952 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalAsmundur Loptson4,00051.78%+4.66
  CCF Linton A. McDonald 3,725 48.22% +4.98
Total 7,725 100.00%
1956 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalAsmundur Loptson3,09742.63%-9.15
  CCF Alexander Lukiwski 2,684 36.95% -11.27
Social CreditC.F. Wagner1,48320.42%-
Total 7,264 100.00%
1960 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalJames Snedker3,21547.12%+4.49
  CCF Frederick Rupert Kirkham 2,251 32.99% -3.96
  Prog. Conservative Thomas Jones Neal 793 11.62% -
Social CreditAnthony Batza5648.27%-12.15
Total 6,823 100.00%
1964 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalJames Snedker3,26046.10%-1.02
  CCF Baldur M. Olson 2,275 32.17% -0.82
  Prog. Conservative David Arthur Keyes 1,537 21.73% +10.11
Total 7,072 100.00%
1967 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LiberalJames Snedker3,63952.47%+6.37
  NDP Charles Woolfitt 2,392 34.49% +2.32
  Prog. Conservative Cliff Obre 904 13.04% -8.69
Total 6,935 100.00%
1971 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP Ed Kaeding 3,574 50.63% +16.14
LiberalJames Snedker3,48549.37%-3.10
Total 7,059 100.00%
1975 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP Ed Kaeding 2,887 40.93% -9.70
  Progressive Conservative Wilfred J. Walker 2,109 29.90% -
LiberalWilliam H. Peasley2,05829.17%-20.20
Total 7,054 100.00%
1978 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP Ed Kaeding 3,354 45.95% +5.02
  Progressive Conservative Walt Johnson 3,265 44.73% +14.83
LiberalGabriel R. Neumeier6809.32%-19.85
Total 7,299 100.00%
1982 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Progressive Conservative Walt Johnson 3,921 49.83% +5.10
  NDP Ed Kaeding 3,531 44.88% -1.07
LiberalJames R. Coueslan4165.29%-4.03
Total 7,868 100.00%
1986 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Progressive Conservative Walt Johnson 3,612 47.47% -2.36
  NDP Reg Knezacek 3,549 46.64% +1.76
LiberalLeslie Popp4485.89%+0.60
Total 7,609 100.00%
1991 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP Reg Knezacek 3,745 52.49% +5.85
  Prog. Conservative Rod Roden 2,356 33.03% -14.44
LiberalLeslie Popp1,03314.48%+8.59
Total 7,134 100.00%
1995 Saskatchewan general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBob Bjornerud3,63545.53%+31.05
New DemocraticReg Knezacek3,05338.25%−14.24
Progressive ConservativeKen Johnson1,29516.22%−16.81
Total 7,983100.00%
1999 Saskatchewan general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
SaskatchewanBob Bjornerud4,68862.47%
New DemocraticLeo Fuhr1,88425.10%−13.15
LiberalVic Polsom93312.43%−33.10
Total 7,505100.00%

See also

Saltcoats – Northwest Territories territorial electoral district (1870–1905).

References

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