Morse (provincial electoral district)
Morse is a former provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered on the town of Morse, Saskatchewan. The district was created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912, and abolished before the 23rd Saskatchewan general election in 1995. It was the riding of Premier Ross Thatcher.
It is now part of the Thunder Creek, Swift Current, and Wood River constituencies.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| # | MLA | Served | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Malcolm L. Leitch | 1912 – 1921 | Liberal | |
| 2. | John Archibald Maharg | 1921 – 1925 | Independent Pro-Government | |
| 3. | William Paris MacLachlan | 1925 – 1927 | Liberal | |
| 4. | Duncan Morris Robertson | Aug. 1927 – 1929 | Liberal | |
| 5. | Richard Percy Eades | 1929 – 1934 | Conservative | |
| 6. | Neil John MacDonald | 1934 – 1938 | Liberal | |
| 7. | Benjamin T. Hyde | 1938 – 1944 | Liberal | |
| 8. | Sidney M. Spidell | 1944 – 1946 | CCF | |
| 9. | Jim Gibson | Sept. 1946 – 1960 | CCF | |
| 10. | Ross Thatcher | 1960 – 1971 | Liberal | |
| 11. | Jack Wiebe | 1971 – 1978 | Liberal | |
| 12. | Reg Gross | 1978 – 1982 | New Democrat | |
| 13. | Harold Martens | 1982 – 1995 | Progressive Conservative |
Election results
| Saskatchewan general election, 1912:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Malcolm L. Leitch | 876 | 61.52% | – | |
| Conservative | Henry M. Klassen | 548 | 38.48% | – | |
| Total | 1,424 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1917:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Malcolm L. Leitch | 1,553 | 34.45% | -27.07 | |
| Nonpartisan League | Edward Wright Grainger | 1,425 | 31.61% | – | |
| Conservative | Henry Edmund Houze | 871 | 19.32% | -19.16 | |
| Independent | John F. Wiebe | 659 | 14.62% | – | |
| Total | 4,508 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1921:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent Pro-Government | John Archibald Maharg | Acclaimed | 100.00% | ||
| Total | Acclamation | ||||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1925:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | William Paris MacLachlan | 2,480 | 65.26% | - | |
| Progressive | John Ferguson Byce | 1,320 | 34.74% | - | |
| Total | 3,800 | 100.00% | |||
| August 15, 1927 By-Election:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Duncan Morris Robertson | Acclaimed | 100.00% | ||
| Total | Acclamation | ||||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1929:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Richard Percy Eades | 2,814 | 51.51% | - | |
| Liberal | Duncan Morris Robertson | 2,649 | 48.49% | - | |
| Total | 5,463 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1934:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Neil John MacDonald | 2,717 | 46.06% | -2.43 | |
| Conservative | Richard Percy Eades | 1,752 | 29.70% | -21.81 | |
| Farmer-Labour | John McCaig | 1,430 | 24.24% | – | |
| Total | 5,899 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1938:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Benjamin T. Hyde | 2,861 | 43.59% | -2.47 | |
| CCF | Henry Peter Thiessen | 1,808 | 27.55% | +3.31 | |
| Conservative | Clifford B. Martin | 1,416 | 21.58% | -8.12 | |
| Social Credit | William E. Armstrong | 478 | 7.28% | – | |
| Total | 6,563 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1944:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| CCF | Sidney M. Spidell | 2,763 | 49.25% | +21.70 | |
| Liberal | Benjamin T. Hyde | 2,122 | 37.83% | -5.76 | |
| Prog. Conservative | Clifford B. Martin | 725 | 12.92% | -8.66 | |
| Total | 5,610 | 100.00% | |||
| June 27, 1946 By-Election:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| CCF | Jim Gibson | 3,006 | 46.15% | -3.10 | |
| Liberal | Herbert Wiebe | 2,410 | 37.00% | -0.83 | |
| Prog. Conservative | Rupert D. Ramsay | 1,098 | 16.85% | +3.93 | |
| Total | 6,514 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1948:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| CCF | Jim Gibson | 3,069 | 45.75% | -0.40 | |
| Liberal | Ronald D. Miller | 2,465 | 36.74% | -0.26 | |
| Social Credit | Fred Erhardt | 694 | 10.34% | - | |
| Prog. Conservative | John Kinchen Rosa | 481 | 7.17% | -9.68 | |
| Total | 6,709 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1952:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| CCF | Jim Gibson | 3,263 | 56.58% | +10.83 | |
| Liberal | David S. Gall | 2,504 | 43.42% | +6.68 | |
| Total | 5,767 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1956:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| CCF | Jim Gibson | 2,590 | 42.55% | -14.03 | |
| Liberal | Earl Burgess | 2,352 | 38.64% | -4.78 | |
| Social Credit | Gustav Pilzer | 1,145 | 18.81% | - | |
| Total | 6,087 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1960:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Ross Thatcher | 2,791 | 42.29% | +3.65 | |
| CCF | Robert Davis | 2,629 | 39.83% | -2.72 | |
| Social Credit | Peter Harder | 657 | 9.96% | -8.85 | |
| Prog. Conservative | George Gurney | 523 | 7.92% | - | |
| Total | 6,600 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1964:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Ross Thatcher | 3,188 | 51.92% | +9.63 | |
| CCF | Paul W. Beach | 2,952 | 48.08% | +8.25 | |
| Total | 6,140 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1967:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Ross Thatcher | 3,396 | 52.34% | +0.42 | |
| NDP | Louis H. Lewry | 2,398 | 36.96% | -11.12 | |
| Prog. Conservative | Earl Cooper | 694 | 10.70% | - | |
| Total | 6,488 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1971:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Ross Thatcher | 3,502 | 55.72% | +3.38 | |
| NDP | Paul W. Beach | 2,783 | 44.28% | +7.32 | |
| Total | 6,285 | 100.00% | |||
| December 1, 1971 By-Election:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Jack Wiebe | 2,700 | 47.75% | -7.97 | |
| NDP | James R. Murdoch | 2,274 | 40.22% | -4.02 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Edward Nasserden | 680 | 12.03% | - | |
| Total | 5,654 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1975:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Jack Wiebe | 2,517 | 36.66% | -11.09 | |
| NDP | Reg Gross | 2,502 | 36.44% | -3.78 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Martens | 1,847 | 26.90% | +14.87 | |
| Total | 6,866 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1978:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| NDP | Reg Gross | 2,587 | 37.97% | +1.53 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Martens | 2,203 | 32.33% | +5.43 | |
| Liberal | Jack Wiebe | 2,024 | 29.70% | -6.96 | |
| Total | 6,814 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1982:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Martens | 3,565 | 49.94% | +17.61 | |
| NDP | Reg Gross | 2,409 | 33.75% | -4.22 | |
| Western Canada Concept | Ray L. Bailey | 887 | 12.43% | – | |
| Liberal | Don Meyer | 277 | 3.88% | -25.82 | |
| Total | 7,138 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1986:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Martens | 3,694 | 56.12% | +6.18 | |
| NDP | Reg Gross | 2,209 | 33.56% | -0.19 | |
| Liberal | Al Harder | 605 | 9.19% | +5.31 | |
| Western Canada Concept | Burton Rempel | 74 | 1.13% | -11.30 | |
| Total | 6,582 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1991:
Morse electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Harold Martens | 2,682 | 44.42% | -11.70 | |
| NDP | Carl Siemens | 2,101 | 34.80% | +1.24 | |
| Liberal | Ken Nelson | 1,255 | 20.78% | +11.59 | |
| Total | 6,038 | 100.00% | |||
See also
- Electoral district (Canada)
- List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts
- List of Saskatchewan general elections
- List of political parties in Saskatchewan
- Morse, Saskatchewan
References
Coordinates: 50°27′N 107°00′W / 50.450°N 107.000°W
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