Last Mountain (provincial electoral district)
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Last Mountain 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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. Centered on the town of Strasbourg
Strasbourg, Saskatchewan
Strasbourg is a small town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located about 75 km away from the capital of Saskatchewan, Regina. Approximate population is 800 people. The school, William Derby School, which holds kindergarten to Grade 12 has 260 students.Nick Schultz of the NHL hockey...

, it included the northern half of Last Mountain Lake
Last Mountain Lake
Last Mountain Lake, also known as Long Lake, is a prairie lake formed from glaciation 11,000 years ago. It is located in south central Saskatchewan, Canada, about 40 km northwest of the city of Regina adjacent to the Qu'Appelle Valley, which it flows south into through Last Mountain Creek...

.

This constituency was created for the 2nd Saskatchewan general election
Saskatchewan general election, 1908
The Saskatchewan general election of 1908 was the second provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on August 14, 1908 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Premier Walter Scott and his Liberal Party were re-elected for a second term, defeating...

 in 1908. It was dissolved and combined with the Touchwood
Touchwood (electoral district)
Touchwood is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located south of the Wynyard district in east-central Saskatchewan, it was centered on the Touchwood Hills....

 district (as Last Mountain-Touchwood) before the 18th Saskatchewan general election
Saskatchewan general election, 1975
The Saskatchewan general election of 1975 was the eighteenth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 11, 1975, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan...

 in 1975.

A federal electoral district
Last Mountain (electoral district)
Last Mountain was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1935...

 in the same area existed from 1914 to 1935.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

|MLA |Party
1. Thomas Arnold Anderson 1908 – 1912 Provincial Rights
Provincial Rights Party
The Provincial Rights Party was a Canadian political party founded and led by Frederick W.A.G. Haultain in 1905 to contest elections in the new province of Saskatchewan.Haultain had been Premier of the North-West Territories prior to the province's creation...


2. Samuel John Latta 1912 – 1929 Liberal
3. Jacob Benson 1929 – 1934 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...


4. Guy Hartsel Hummel 1934 – 1938 Liberal
5. Jacob Benson 1938 – 1952 CCF
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...


6. Russell Brown 1952 – 1964 CCF
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...


7. Donald MacLennan 1964 – 1971 Liberal
8. Gordon MacMurchy
Gordon MacMurchy
Gordon MacMurchy was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Last Mountain from 1971 to 1975, and Last Mountain-Touchwood from 1975 to 1982, in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. He was a member of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party. He served as a cabinet...

1971 – 1975 New Democrat

Election results

|-

|style="width: 130px"|Provincial Rights
Provincial Rights Party
The Provincial Rights Party was a Canadian political party founded and led by Frederick W.A.G. Haultain in 1905 to contest elections in the new province of Saskatchewan.Haultain had been Premier of the North-West Territories prior to the province's creation...


|Thomas Arnold Anderson
|align="right"|1,204
|align="right"|57.12%
|align="right"|–

|Liberal
|Samuel John Latta
|align="right"|904
|align="right"|42.88%
|align="right"|–
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|2,108
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Samuel John Latta
|align="right"|1,449
|align="right"|64.63%
|align="right"|+21.75

|Conservative
|Thomas Arnold Anderson
|align="right"|793
|align="right"|35.37%
|align="right"|-21.75
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|2,242
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Samuel John Latta
|align="right"|2,340
|align="right"|60.51%
|align="right"|-4.12

|Non-Partisan League
|John Julian Cameron
|align="right"|1,527
|align="right"|39.49%
|align="right"|–
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|3,867
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Samuel John Latta
|align="right"|Acclaimed
|align="right"|100.00%
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|Acclamation
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Samuel John Latta
|align="right"|Acclaimed
|align="right"|100.00%
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|Acclamation
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Samuel John Latta
|align="right"|2,503
|align="right"|55.06%
|align="right"|-

|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....


|Gustavus Mackay
|align="right"|2,043
|align="right"|44.94%
|align="right"|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|4,546
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|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...


|Jacob Benson
|align="right"|3,521
|align="right"|58.50%
|align="right"|–

|Liberal
|Samuel John Latta
|align="right"|2,498
|align="right"|41.50%
|align="right"|-13.56
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|6,019
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Guy Hummel
|align="right"|2,732
|align="right"|40.30%
|align="right"|-1.20

|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...


|Jacob Benson
|align="right"|2,709
|align="right"|39.96%
|align="right"|-18.54

|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....


|Allan A. Peters
|align="right"|1,338
|align="right"|19.74%
|align="right"|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|6,779
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|CCF
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...


|Jacob Benson
|align="right"|3,299
|align="right"|38.86%
|align="right"|-1.10

|Liberal
|Guy Hummel
|align="right"|3,168
|align="right"|37.32%
|align="right"|-2.98

|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....


|Alfred J. Dyer
|align="right"|1,121
|align="right"|13.20%
|align="right"|-6.54

|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan
The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....


|William H. Schroder
|align="right"|902
|align="right"|10.62%
|align="right"|–
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,490
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|CCF
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...


|Jacob Benson
|align="right"|3,803
|align="right"|53.20%
|align="right"|+14.34

|Liberal
|Henry P. Mang
|align="right"|2,064
|align="right"|28.88%
|align="right"|-8.44

|Prog. Conservative
|James L. Blair
|align="right"|1,281
|align="right"|17.92%
|align="right"|+4.72
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,148
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|CCF
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...


|Jacob Benson
|align="right"|3,755
|align="right"|47.09%
|align="right"|-6.11

|Liberal
|James W. Gardiner
|align="right"|3,001
|align="right"|37.63%
|align="right"|+8.75

|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan
The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....


|Godfrey Kelln
|align="right"|1,219
|align="right"|15.28%
|align="right"|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,975
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|CCF
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...


|Russell Brown
|align="right"|3,483
|align="right"|44.90%
|align="right"|-2.19

|Liberal
|James W. Gardiner
|align="right"|2,272
|align="right"|29.29%
|align="right"|-8.34

|Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...


|Jacob Benson
|align="right"|1,087
|align="right"|14.01%
|align="right"|–

|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan
The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....


|Martin Kelln
|align="right"|915
|align="right"|11.80%
|align="right"|-3.48
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,757
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|CCF
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...


|Russell Brown
|align="right"|2,911
|align="right"|38.62%
|align="right"|-6.28

|Liberal
|Gerhard H. Holfeld
|align="right"|2,404
|align="right"|31.89%
|align="right"|+2.60

|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan
The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....


|Martin Kelln
|align="right"|2,223
|align="right"|29.49%
|align="right"|+17.69
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,538
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|CCF
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...


|Russell Brown
|align="right"|2,566
|align="right"|34.89%
|align="right"|-3.73

|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan
The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....


|Martin Kelln
|align="right"|2,035
|align="right"|27.67%
|align="right"|-1.82

|Liberal
|Donald MacLennan
|align="right"|2,000
|align="right"|27.20%
|align="right"|-4.69

|Prog. Conservative
|Charles A. Nichol
|align="right"|753
|align="right"|10.24%
|align="right"|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,354
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Donald MacLennan
|align="right"|2,857
|align="right"|40.59%
|align="right"|+13.39

|CCF
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...


|Russell Brown
|align="right"|2,799
|align="right"|39.77%
|align="right"|+4.88

|Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan
The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....


|Martin Kelln
|align="right"|1,382
|align="right"|19.64%
|align="right"|-8.03
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,038
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Donald MacLennan
|align="right"|2,425
|align="right"|41.67%
|align="right"|+1.08

|NDP
|Gordon MacMurchy
Gordon MacMurchy
Gordon MacMurchy was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Last Mountain from 1971 to 1975, and Last Mountain-Touchwood from 1975 to 1982, in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. He was a member of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party. He served as a cabinet...


|align="right"|2,399
|align="right"|41.23%
|align="right"|+1.46

|Prog. Conservative
|George Richardson
George Richardson (Canadian politician)
George Richardson was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a farmer by trade.He represented Saskatchewan's Humboldt—Lake Centre electoral district which he won in the 1979 federal election...


|align="right"|995
|align="right"|17.10%
|align="right"|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|5,819
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|NDP
|Gordon MacMurchy
Gordon MacMurchy
Gordon MacMurchy was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Last Mountain from 1971 to 1975, and Last Mountain-Touchwood from 1975 to 1982, in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. He was a member of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party. He served as a cabinet...


|align="right"|2,646
|align="right"|51.95%
|align="right"|+10.72

|Liberal
|Donald MacLennan
|align="right"|2,447
|align="right"|48.05%
|align="right"|+6.38
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|5,093
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|

See also

  • Electoral district (Canada)
    Electoral district (Canada)
    An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

  • List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts
  • List of Saskatchewan general elections
  • List of political parties in Saskatchewan
  • Last Mountain Lake
    Last Mountain Lake
    Last Mountain Lake, also known as Long Lake, is a prairie lake formed from glaciation 11,000 years ago. It is located in south central Saskatchewan, Canada, about 40 km northwest of the city of Regina adjacent to the Qu'Appelle Valley, which it flows south into through Last Mountain Creek...

  • Strasbourg, Saskatchewan
    Strasbourg, Saskatchewan
    Strasbourg is a small town in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, located about 75 km away from the capital of Saskatchewan, Regina. Approximate population is 800 people. The school, William Derby School, which holds kindergarten to Grade 12 has 260 students.Nick Schultz of the NHL hockey...

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