Swift Current (provincial electoral district)

The city of Swift Current (pop. 14,946) is the largest center in the constituency. Smaller communities in the district include the villages of Pennant, Stewart Valley, Wymark and Success.

Two Saskatchewan premiers have been elected from this constituency – Thomas Walter Scott, the first premier of the province; and Brad Wall, the current premier.

Election results (1908–present)

Saskatchewan general election, 2016
Preliminary results — Not yet official
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Saskatchewan	Brad Wall	5,898	–	–
	New Democratic	Hailey Clark	1,083	–	–
	Green	George Watson	98	–	–
	Liberal	Glenn D. Smith	76	–	–
Total valid votes			–	100.0
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Saskatchewan^[1]^[2]

Saskatchewan general election, 2011: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Brad Wall	6,021	80.97%	+10.09
	NDP	Aaron Ens	1,223	16.45%	-6.95
	Green	Amanda Huxted	192	2.58%	+0.40
Total			7,436	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 2007: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Brad Wall	6,006	70.88%	+12.47
	NDP	Robert Hale	1,983	23.40%	-13.20
	Liberal	Justin Orthner	300	3.54%	-1.45
	Green	Gail Schroh	185	2.18%	–
Total			8,474	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 2003: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Brad Wall	4,293	58.41%	+3.69
	NDP	Dean Smith	2,690	36.60%	+6.41
	Liberal	Mike Burton	367	4.99%	-10.10
Total			7,350	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1999: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Brad Wall	4,600	54.72%	–
	NDP	John Wall	2,538	30.19%	-12.53
	Liberal	Rhonda Thompson	1,269	15.09%	-10.88
Total			8,407	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1995: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	John Wall	3,515	42.72%	-8.24
	Progressive Conservative	Allan Bridal	2,576	31.31%	-0.32
	Liberal	Terry Brodziak	2,137	25.97%	+8.56
Total			8,228	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1991: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	John Penner	4,399	50.96%	+7.77
	Progressive Conservative	Lawrence Bergreen	2,731	31.63%	-19.08
	Liberal	Archie Green	1,503	17.41%	+11.87
Total			8,633	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1986: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Patricia Anne Smith	4,444	50.71%	-3.34
	NDP	John Penner	3,785	43.19%	+9.77
	Liberal	Archie Green	486	5.54%	+1.95
	Western Canada Concept	Orland McInnes	49	0.56%	-8.38
Total			8,764	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1982: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Patricia Anne Smith	4,756	54.05%	+7.90
	NDP	Spencer Wooff	2,941	33.42%	-8.50
	Western Canada Concept	Henry Banman	787	8.94%	–
	Liberal	Anna Patricia White	316	3.59%	-8.34
Total			8,800	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1978: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Ham	3,620	46.15%	+0.66
	NDP	Spencer Wooff	3,288	41.92%	+9.99
	Liberal	Stew Tasche	936	11.93%	-10.65
Total			7,844	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1975: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Dennis Ham	3,494	45.49%	-
	NDP	Murray Walter	2,452	31.93%	-27.45
	Liberal	Len Stein	1,734	22.58%	-18.04
Total			7,680	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1971: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Everett Wood	6,423	59.38%	+9.28
	Liberal	Jackson A. Running	4,394	40.62%	+5.67
Total			10,817	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1967: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Everett Wood	4,825	50.10%	-2.89
	Liberal	T. Lawrence Salloum	3,366	34.95%	-12.06
	Progressive Conservative	Donald McGowan	1,439	14.95%	-
Total			9,630	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1964: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCF	Everett Wood	5,238	52.99%	+8.22
	Liberal	T. Lawrence Salloum	4,647	47.01%	+19.56
Total			9,885	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1960: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCF	Everett Wood	4,292	44.77%	+1.53
	Liberal	Edmund MacKenzie	2,631	27.45%	-3.39
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Garland	1,683	17.56%	-
	Social Credit	Benjamin Letkeman	980	10.22%	-15.70
Total			9,586	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1956: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCF	Everett Wood	4,593	43.24%	-10.38
	Liberal	Robert C. Dahl	3,276	30.84%	-7.15
	Social Credit	Raymond Miller	2,753	25.92%	+17.53
Total			10,622	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1952: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCF	Harry Gibbs	5,171	53.62%	+2.74
	Liberal	Charles Lee	3,663	37.99%	-11.13
	Social Credit	John W. MacPherson	809	8.39%	-
Total			9,643	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1948: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCF	Harry Gibbs	5,273	50.88%	-2.56
	Liberal	Clarence J. Orton	5,091	49.12%	+14.03
Total			10,364	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1944: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCF	Harry Gibbs	4,756	53.44%	+16.24
	Liberal	James G. Taggart	3,123	35.09%	-16.32
	Progressive Conservative	Bryan M. Hill	1,021	11.47%	-
Total			8,900	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1938: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James G. Taggart	4,953	51.41%	+16.29
	CCF	Clarence Stork	3,584	37.20%	+4.75
	Social Credit	Alfred C. Butterworth	1,097	11.39%	–
Total			9,634	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1934: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James G. Taggart	2,531	35.12%	-13.62
	Farmer-Labour	Allan McCallum	2,339	32.45%	-
	Conservative	William Wensley Smith	2,337	32.43%	-18.83
Total			7,207	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1929: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Wensley Smith	2,851	51.26%	+9.83
	Liberal	David John Sykes	2,711	48.74%	-9.83
Total			5,562	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1925: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	David John Sykes	1,862	58.57%	+14.19
	Conservative	Thomas Graham	1,317	41.43%	-
Total			3,179	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1921: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David John Sykes	1,595	44.38%	–
	Government	Roy T. Graham	1,510	42.01%	–
	Labour	Allan McCallum	489	13.61%	–
Total			3,594	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1917: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David John Sykes	Acclaimed	100.00%
Total			Acclamation

Saskatchewan general election, 1912: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Scott	768	57.61%	-5.94
	Conservative	Frank G. Forster	565	42.39%	+5.94
Total			1,333	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1908: Swift Current
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Walter Scott	699	63.55%	–
	Provincial Rights	William Oswald Smyth	401	36.45%	–
Total			1,100	100.00%

Members of the Legislative Assembly

#	MLA	Served	Party
1.	Thomas Walter Scott	1908–1917	Liberal
2.	David John Sykes	1917–1925	Independent
3.	David John Sykes	1925–1929	Liberal
4.	William Wensley Smith	1929–1934	Conservative
5.	James G. Taggart	1934–1944	Liberal
6.	Harry Gibbs	1944–1956	CCF
7.	Everett Wood	1956–1967	CCF
8.	Everett Wood	1967–1975	New Democrat
9.	Dennis Ham	1975–1980	Progressive Conservative
10.	Dennis Ham	1980–1982	Unionest Party
11.	Patricia Anne Smith	1982–1991	Progressive Conservative
12.	John Penner	1991–1995	New Democrat
13.	John Wall	1995–1999	New Democrat
14.	Brad Wall	1999–present	Saskatchewan Party

References

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

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Coordinates: 50°22′N 107°48′W / 50.367°N 107.800°W / 50.367; -107.800

Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts

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Saskatoon	Saskatoon Centre Saskatoon Churchill-Wildwood Saskatoon Eastview Saskatoon Fairview Saskatoon Meewasin Saskatoon Northwest Saskatoon Nutana Saskatoon Riversdale Saskatoon Silverspring-Sutherland Saskatoon Southeast Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota Saskatoon University Saskatoon Westview Saskatoon Willowgrove

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South	Arm River Cannington Cypress Hills Estevan Indian Head-Milestone Kindersley Last Mountain-Touchwood Lumsden-Morse Melville-Saltcoats Moose Jaw North Moose Jaw Wakamow Moosomin Rosetown-Elrose Swift Current Weyburn-Big Muddy Wood River Yorkton

See also: 2011 election 2016 election List of elections Politics of Saskatchewan

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