Cypress (former Saskatchewan provincial electoral district)
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Cypress is a former provincial electoral district  for the Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
The 25th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was in power from 2003 until November 20, 2007. It was controlled by the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party under premier Lorne Calvert.-Members:-By-elections:...

 of the province of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada
Canada
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. This district was created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election
Saskatchewan general election, 1912
The Saskatchewan general election of 1912 was the third provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on July 11, 1912 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Premier Walter Scott led the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan to a third term in office with...

 in 1912 as "Gull Lake". Since the district encompassed most of the Saskatchewan side of the Cypress Hills, the riding was renamed "Cypress" in 1917
Saskatchewan general election, 1917
The Saskatchewan general election of 1917 was the fourth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 26, 1917, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

. Redrawn and renamed "Shaunavon" before 1934
Saskatchewan general election, 1934
The Saskatchewan general election of 1934 was the eighth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 19, 1934, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

, the constituency was abolished before the 9th Saskatchewan general election
Saskatchewan general election, 1938
The Saskatchewan general election of 1938 was the ninth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 8, 1938, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

 in 1938.

It is now part of the Cypress Hills
Cypress Hills (electoral district)
Cypress Hills is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in the extreme southwest corner of the province, this constituency was formed by the Representation Act, 1994 through combining the districts of Shaunavon, Maple Creek, and portions of...

 and Wood River constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

|MLA |Party
1. Daniel C. Lochead 1912–1917 Liberal
2. Isaac Stirling 1917–1921 Liberal
3. Henry T. Halvorson 1921–1929 Liberal
4. John Edward Gryde 1929–1934 Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....


5. Clarence Stork 1934–1938 Farmer-Labour
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...


Gull Lake (1912 – 1917)

|-

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Daniel C. Lochead
|align="right"|637
|align="right"|51.08%
|align="right"|–

|Conservative
|James Beck Swanston
|align="right"|610
|align="right"|48.92%
|align="right"|–
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|1,247
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|

Cypress (1917 – 1934)

|-

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Isaac Stirling
|align="right"|1,929
|align="right"|53.60%
|align="right"|+2.52

|Conservative
|James Beck Swanston
|align="right"|1,670
|align="right"|46.40%
|align="right"|-2.52
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|3,599
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Henry T. Halvorson
|align="right"|Acclaimed
|align="right"|100.00%
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|Acclamation
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Henry T. Halvorson
|align="right"|1,760
|align="right"|77.16%
|align="right"|-

|Progressive
Progressive Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Party of Saskatchewan was a provincial section of the Progressive Party of Canada and was active from the 1920s to the mid-1930s...


|Robert James Masters
|align="right"|521
|align="right"|22.84%
|align="right"|–
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|2,281
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....


|John Edward Gryde
|align="right"|2,947
|align="right"|66.42%
|align="right"|-

|Liberal
|Lucien Tourigny
|align="right"|1,490
|align="right"|33.58%
|align="right"|-43.58
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|4,437
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|

Shaunavon (1934 – 1938)

|-

|style="width: 130px"|Farmer-Labour
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...


|Clarence Stork
|align="right"|2,061
|align="right"|37.87%
|align="right"|-

|Liberal
|Harry Ostlund
|align="right"|1,911
|align="right"|35.12%
|align="right"|+1.54

|Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....


|John Edward Gryde
|align="right"|1,470
|align="right"|27.01%
|align="right"|-39.41
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|5,442
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|

See also

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