Cumberland (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district)

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Cumberland

Saskatchewan electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA	Doyle Vermette New Democratic
District created	1912
Last contested	2016
Demographics
Population (2001)	18,988

Cumberland is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It was created for the 1912 election, and was abolished into Prince Albert East-Cumberland in 1967. It was re-created for the 1975 election. It is the largest electoral district in the province, and at the 2007 general election was the safest for the New Democratic Party.

History

The riding has a strong history of electing New Democrat MLAs, and that region has returned NDP MLAs since 1952. The closest that the NDP came to losing the riding was in the 2008 by-election, which was narrowly won with 49.73% of the popular vote and a majority of 164.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Cumberland
3rd	1912–1913
	1913–1917		Deakin Hall	Liberal
4th	1917–1921
5th	1921–1922		George Langley
	1922–1925		Deakin Hall
6th	1925–1929
7th	1929–1934
8th	1934–1938			Unknown
9th	1938–1944		Deakin Hall	Liberal
10th	1944–1948		Leslie Walter Lee	Co-operative Commonwealth
11th	1948–1952		Lorne Earl Blanchard	Liberal
12th	1952–1956		William John Berezowsky	Co-operative Commonwealth
13th	1956–1960
14th	1960–1964
15th	1964–1967
Riding dissolved into Prince Albert East-Cumberland
Riding re-created from Prince Albert East-Cumberland
18th	1975–1978		Norman MacAuley	New Democratic
19th	1978–1982
20th	1982–1986		Lawrence Riel Yew
21st	1986–1991		Keith Goulet
22nd	1991–1995
23rd	1995–1999
24th	1999–2003
25th	2003–2007		Joan Beatty
26th	2007–2008
	2008–2011		Doyle Vermette
27th	2011–2016
28th	2016–Present

Election results

Cumberland, 1975–present

2016 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 2016
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Doyle Vermette	3,337	–	–
	Saskatchewan	Thomas Sierzycki	1,577	–	–
	Liberal	George Morin	347	–	–
	Green	Mick Taylor-Lessard	74	–	–
Total valid votes			–	100.0
Eligible voters			–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-
Source: Elections Saskatchewan[1][2]

2011 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Doyle Vermette	3,319	63.19	+13.46
	Saskatchewan	Joe Hordyski	1,755	33.42	–11.10
	Green	Samuel Hardlotte	178	3.39	–2.37
Total valid votes			5,252	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+12.28

2008 Cumberland by-election

Saskatchewan provincial by-election, 25 June 2008 On the resignation of Joan Beatty
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Doyle Vermette	1,564	49.73	–16.23
	Saskatchewan	Dale McAuley	1,400	44.52	+21.55
	Green	Tory McGregor	181	5.76	–0.45
Total valid votes			3,145	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–18.89

2007 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Joan Beatty	3,124	65.96	–3.04
	Saskatchewan	Winston McKay	1,088	22.97	+1.24
	Green	Harold Johnson	294	6.21	–
	Liberal	Heath Muggli	230	4.86	–3.29
Total valid votes			4,736	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–2.14

2003 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Joan Beatty	3,268	69.00	+0.02
	Saskatchewan	Winston McKay	1,029	21.73	+12.08
	Liberal	Allan Adam	386	8.15	–9.86
	Progressive Conservative	Ari Avivi	53	1.12	–2.24
Total valid votes			4,736	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–6.03

1999 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Keith Goulet	2,402	68.98	–5.40
	Liberal	Winston McKay	627	18.01	–2.05
	Saskatchewan	Don Johannesson	336	9.65	–
	Progressive Conservative	Quentin Douglas Agnew	117	3.36	–2.21
Total valid votes			3,482	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–1.68

1995 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Keith Goulet	2,151	74.38	–6.35
	Liberal	John Dorion	580	20.06	+10.20
	Progressive Conservative	Tyson Delorme	161	5.57	–3.90
Total valid votes			2,892	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–8.28

1991 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Keith Goulet	4,135	80.73	+19.99
	Liberal	Lennard Morin	505	9.86	+1.51
	Progressive Conservative	Louis Bear	482	9.47	–17.63
Total valid votes			5,122	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+9.24

1986 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Keith Goulet	3,173	60.74	–4.37
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Wolkosky	1,416	27.10	+5.90
	Liberal	Robin W. Turner	436	8.35	+2.10
	Independent	Gordon "Popeye" Carle	199	3.81	–
Total valid votes			5,224	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–5.14

1982 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Lawrence Riel Yew	2,587	64.37	+5.17
	Progressive Conservative	Edward N. Charlette	852	21.20	–6.55
	Aboriginal People's	Leon E. McAuley	329	8.19	–
	Liberal	Roy Fosseneuve	251	6.25	–5.79
Total valid votes			4,019	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+5.86

1978 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Norman MacAuley	2,586	59.20	+14.57
	Progressive Conservative	George L. Horne	1,256	28.75	+14.89
	Liberal	Leon E. McAuley	526	12.04	–18.55
Total valid votes			4,368	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–0.16

1975 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Norman MacAuley	1,646	44.63
	Liberal	Winston McKay	1,128	30.59
	Progressive Conservative	Garry M. Houghton	511	13.86
	Independent	Frank R. Tomkins	403	10.93
Total valid votes			3,688	100.0
	New Democratic pickup new district.

Cumberland, 1912–1967

Saskatchewan general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William John Berezowsky	2,135	45.16	+0.70
	Liberal	Eldon William McLachlan	1,630	34.48	+11.96
	Progressive Conservative	Emanuel Sonnenschein	963	20.37	+2.80
Total valid votes			4,728	100.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth hold		Swing		–5.63

Saskatchewan general election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William John Berezowsky	2,030	44.46	–0.07
	Liberal	George Archie Anderson	1,028	22.51	–12.58
	Progressive Conservative	Roman John Brunwald	802	17.56	–
	Social Credit	Murray Grant Dennis	706	15.46	–4.91
Total valid votes			4,566	100.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth hold		Swing		+6.26

Saskatchewan general election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William John Berezowsky	2,035	44.53	–7.93
	Liberal	James H. W. Sanderson	1,604	35.10	–12.44
	Social Credit	Albert Goddue	931	20.37	–
Total valid votes			4,570	100.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth hold		Swing		+2.26

Saskatchewan general election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William John Berezowsky	2,538	52.46	+14.55
	Liberal	George W. Newell	2,300	47.54	–10.98
Total valid votes			4,838	100.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Liberal		Swing		+12.76

Saskatchewan general election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Lorne Earl Blanchard	656	58.52	+18.85
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Joseph Johnson	425	37.91	–20.61
	Independent	Joseph Maxim Buote	40	3.57	–
Total valid votes			1,121	100.0
	Liberal gain from Co-operative Commonwealth		Swing		+19.73

Saskatchewan general election, 1944
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Leslie Walter Lee	357	58.52	–
	Liberal	Deakin Hall	242	39.67	–50.91
	Progressive Conservative	Raoul Olier St. Denis	11	1.8	–7.62
Total valid votes			610	100.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Liberal		Swing		+54.72

Saskatchewan general election, 1938
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Deakin Hall	548	90.58	+5.10
	Conservative	George W. Smith	57	9.42	–
Total valid votes			605	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		–2.16

Saskatchewan general election, 1934
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Unknown	?	?

Saskatchewan general election, 1929
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Deakin Hall	365	85.48
	Independent	John Beda	62	14.52
Total valid votes			427	100.0

Saskatchewan general election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Deakin Hall	acclaimed

Saskatchewan provincial by-election, August 21, 1922 On the resignation of George Langley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Deakin Hall	132	54.55
	Liberal	Joseph Emile Lussier	57	23.55
	Liberal	Gordon MacDonald	53	21.90
Total valid votes			242	100.0

Saskatchewan general election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Langley	acclaimed

Saskatchewan general election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Deakin Hall	acclaimed

Saskatchewan provincial by-election, 8 September 1913 On the election being declared void
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Deakin Hall	57	52.29
	Conservative	William Charles McKay	52	47.71
Total valid votes			109	100.0
	Liberal pickup new district.

Saskatchewan general election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes
Declared void

Reerences

1. "Register of Official Candidates by Constituency - March 19 - FINAL" (PDF). Elections Saskatchewan. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
2. "Preliminary voting results". Elections Saskatchewan. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan