Saltcoats (provincial electoral district)
Saltcoats was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered 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. It is now part of the constituency of Melville-Saltcoats.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
1905–1934
| # | MLA | Served | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Thomas MacNutt | 1905–1908 | Liberal | |
| 2. | James Alexander Calder | Jan. 1909 – June 1918 | Liberal | |
| 3. | George William Sahlmark | Sept. 1918 – 1929 | Liberal | |
| 4. | Asmundur A. Loptson | 1929–1934 | Liberal |
1938–2003
| # | MLA | Served | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Joseph Lee Phelps | 1938–1948 | CCF | |
| 2. | Asmundur A. Loptson | 1948–1960 | Liberal | |
| 3. | James Snedker | 1960–1971 | Liberal | |
| 4. | Edgar 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
| Saskatchewan general election, 1905:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Thomas MacNutt | 1,006 | 67.34% | – | |
| Provincial Rights | Archibald Crooke Thompson | 488 | 32.66% | – | |
| Total | 1,494 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1908:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Thomas MacNutt | 1,002 | 64.94% | -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 | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Alexander Calder | 1,101 | 81.25% | +16.31 | |
| Independent | Hugh Alexander Green | 254 | 18.75% | – | |
| Total | 1,355 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1912:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Alexander Calder | 1,357 | 74.07% | -7.18 | |
| Conservative | James Nixon | 475 | 25.93% | - | |
| Total | 1,832 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1917:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Alexander Calder | 2,699 | 71.14% | -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 | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | George Sahlmark | 1,495 | 57.48% | -13.66 | |
| Conservative | Amos Burkell | 1,106 | 42.52% | +13.66 | |
| Total | 2,601 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1921:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | George Sahlmark | Acclaimed | 100.00% | ||
| Total | Acclamation | ||||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1925:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | George Sahlmark | 2,376 | 62.41% | - | |
| Progressive | Johannes Einarsson | 1,431 | 37.59% | – | |
| Total | 3,807 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1929:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Asmundur A. Loptson | 2,620 | 52.16% | -10.25 | |
| Independent | Amos Burkell | 2,403 | 47.84% | - | |
| Total | 5,023 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1938:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| CCF | Joseph L. Phelps | 3,409 | 45.29% | – | |
| Liberal | Asmundur A. Loptson | 3,114 | 41.38% | - | |
| Social Credit | Alexander E. Sahlmark | 1,003 | 13.33% | – | |
| Total | 7,526 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1944:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| CCF | Joseph L. Phelps | 3,461 | 50.98% | +5.69 | |
| Liberal | Donald A. MacKenzie | 2,874 | 42.33% | +0.95 | |
| Prog. Conservative | Rae Melville Salkeld | 454 | 6.69% | - | |
| Total | 6,789 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1948:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Asmundur A. Loptson | 3,945 | 47.12% | +4.79 | |
| CCF | Joseph L. Phelps | 3,620 | 43.24% | -7.74 | |
| Social Credit | George A. Dulmage | 807 | 9.64% | - | |
| Total | 8,372 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1952:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Asmundur A. Loptson | 4,000 | 51.78% | +4.66 | |
| CCF | Linton A. McDonald | 3,725 | 48.22% | +4.98 | |
| Total | 7,725 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1956:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Asmundur A. Loptson | 3,097 | 42.63% | -9.15 | |
| CCF | Alexander Lukiwski | 2,684 | 36.95% | -11.27 | |
| Social Credit | C.F. Wagner | 1,483 | 20.42% | - | |
| Total | 7,264 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1960:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Snedker | 3,215 | 47.12% | +4.49 | |
| CCF | Frederick Rupert Kirkham | 2,251 | 32.99% | -3.96 | |
| Prog. Conservative | Thomas Jones Neal | 793 | 11.62% | - | |
| Social Credit | Anthony Batza | 564 | 8.27% | -12.15 | |
| Total | 6,823 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1964:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Snedker | 3,260 | 46.10% | -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% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1967:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Snedker | 3,639 | 52.47% | +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% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1971:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| NDP | Edgar E. Kaeding | 3,574 | 50.63% | +16.14 | |
| Liberal | James Snedker | 3,485 | 49.37% | -3.10 | |
| Total | 7,059 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1975:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| NDP | Edgar E. Kaeding | 2,887 | 40.93% | -9.70 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Wilfred J. Walker | 2,109 | 29.90% | - | |
| Liberal | William H. Peasley | 2,058 | 29.17% | -20.20 | |
| Total | 7,054 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1978:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| NDP | Edgar E. Kaeding | 3,354 | 45.95% | +5.02 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Walt Johnson | 3,265 | 44.73% | +14.83 | |
| Liberal | Gabriel R. Neumeier | 680 | 9.32% | -19.85 | |
| Total | 7,299 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1982:
Saltcoats electoral district | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Progressive Conservative | Walt Johnson | 3,921 | 49.83% | +5.10 | |
| NDP | Edgar E. Kaeding | 3,531 | 44.88% | -1.07 | |
| Liberal | James R. Coueslan | 416 | 5.29% | -4.03 | |
| Total | 7,868 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1986:
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 | |
| Liberal | Leslie Popp | 448 | 5.89% | +0.60 | |
| Total | 7,609 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1991:
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 | |
| Liberal | Leslie Popp | 1,033 | 14.48% | +8.59 | |
| Total | 7,134 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1995 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Bob Bjornerud | 3,635 | 45.53% | +31.05 | ||||
| New Democratic | Reg Knezacek | 3,053 | 38.25% | −14.24 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ken Johnson | 1,295 | 16.22% | −16.81 | ||||
| Total | 7,983 | 100.00% | ||||||
| Saskatchewan general election, 1999 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Bob Bjornerud | 4,688 | 62.47% | — | ||||
| New Democratic | Leo Fuhr | 1,884 | 25.10% | −13.15 | ||||
| Liberal | Vic Polsom | 933 | 12.43% | −33.10 | ||||
| Total | 7,505 | 100.00% | ||||||
See also
Saltcoats – Northwest Territories territorial electoral district (1870–1905).
- Electoral district (Canada)
- List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts
- List of Saskatchewan general elections
- List of political parties in Saskatchewan
- Saltcoats, Saskatchewan
References
Coordinates: 50°57′N 101°57′W / 50.950°N 101.950°W
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