Melfort (provincial electoral district)
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Melfort is a provincial
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 electoral district
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 for the Legislative Assembly
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 of Saskatchewan
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A provincial constituency of the same name
Melfort (former provincial electoral district)
Melfort was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912, this riding was dissolved and combined with the Tisdale district before the 12th Saskatchewan general election in 1952.It...

 existed from 1912
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...

 to 1952
Saskatchewan general election, 1952
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Members of the Legislative Assembly

Parliament Years Member Party
Melfort-Kinistino
17th
Saskatchewan general election, 1971
The Saskatchewan general election of 1971 was the seventeenth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 23, 1971, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

1971–1975     Arthur Thibault New Democrat
Melfort
18th
Saskatchewan general election, 1975
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1975–1978     Norman Vickar New Democrat
19th
Saskatchewan general election, 1978
The Saskatchewan general election of 1978 was the nineteenth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on October 18, 1978, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

1978–1982
20th
Saskatchewan general election, 1982
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1982–1986     Grant Hodgins Progressive Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
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21st
Saskatchewan general election, 1986
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1986–1991
22nd
22nd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
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1991–1995     Carol Carson New Democrat
Melfort-Tisdale
23rd
23rd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
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1995–1997     Rod Gantefoer
Rod Gantefoer
Rod Gantefoer is a Canadian provincial politician. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan since 1995, representing the constituencies of Melfort-Tisdale from 1995 to 2003 and Melfort since 2003....

Liberal Party
Saskatchewan Liberal Party
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1997–1999     Saskatchewan Party
Saskatchewan Party
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24th
24th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
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1999–2003
Melfort
25th 2003–2007     Rod Gantefoer
Rod Gantefoer
Rod Gantefoer is a Canadian provincial politician. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan since 1995, representing the constituencies of Melfort-Tisdale from 1995 to 2003 and Melfort since 2003....

Saskatchewan Party
Saskatchewan Party
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26th
26th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
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2007–2011
27th 2011-present Kevin Phillips
Kevin Phillips (politician)
Kevin Phillips is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2011 election. He represents the electoral district of Melfort as a member of the Saskatchewan Party caucus....

Saskatchewan Party
Saskatchewan Party
The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...


Election results

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| style="width: 130px"|Saskatchewan Party
Saskatchewan Party
The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...


|Kevin Phillips
|align="right"|4,656
|align="right"|73.05
|align="right"|-

|NDP
|Ivan Yackel
|align="right"|1,576
|align="right"|24.73
|align="right"|-

|Greens
Green Party of Saskatchewan
The Green Party of Saskatchewan is a left-leaning Green political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.It was founded in 1998 as the New Green Alliance by environmental and social justice activists frustrated by the social democratic Saskatchewan New Democratic Party's move to the right...


|Melvyn Pylypchuk
|align="right"|142
|align="right"|2.23
|align="right"|–
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|-
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|-

| style="width: 130px"|Saskatchewan Party
Saskatchewan Party
The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...


|Rod Gantefoer
Rod Gantefoer
Rod Gantefoer is a Canadian provincial politician. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan since 1995, representing the constituencies of Melfort-Tisdale from 1995 to 2003 and Melfort since 2003....


|align="right"|4,751
|align="right"|65.25
|align="right"|+10.35

|NDP
|Dale Renneberg
|align="right"|2,191
|align="right"|30.09
|align="right"|-8.06

|Liberal
Saskatchewan Liberal Party
The Saskatchewan Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.-Early history :The party dominated Saskatchewan politics for the province's first forty years providing six of the first seven Premiers, and being in power for all but five of the years between the...


|Sarah Koskie
|align="right"|339
|align="right"|4.66
|align="right"|-2.29
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,281
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|-

| style="width: 130px"|Saskatchewan Party
Saskatchewan Party
The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...


|Rod Gantefoer
|align="right"|4,037
|align="right"|54.90
|align="right"|+3.02

|NDP
|Garnet Davis
|align="right"|2,805
|align="right"|38.15
|align="right"|+6.62

|Liberal
Saskatchewan Liberal Party
The Saskatchewan Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.-Early history :The party dominated Saskatchewan politics for the province's first forty years providing six of the first seven Premiers, and being in power for all but five of the years between the...


|Bernie Yuzdepski
|align="right"|511
|align="right"|6.95
|align="right"|-9.64
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,353
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|-

| style="width: 130px"|Saskatchewan Party
Saskatchewan Party
The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...


|Rod Gantefoer
|align="right"|4,096
|align="right"|51.88
|align="right"|–

|NDP
|Carol Carson
|align="right"|2,489
|align="right"|31.53
|align="right"|-6.70

|Liberal
Saskatchewan Liberal Party
The Saskatchewan Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.-Early history :The party dominated Saskatchewan politics for the province's first forty years providing six of the first seven Premiers, and being in power for all but five of the years between the...


|Ken Magnus
|align="right"|1,310
|align="right"|16.59
|align="right"|-30.25
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,895
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|-

| style="width: 130px"|Liberal
Saskatchewan Liberal Party
The Saskatchewan Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.-Early history :The party dominated Saskatchewan politics for the province's first forty years providing six of the first seven Premiers, and being in power for all but five of the years between the...


|Rod Gantefoer
|align="right"|3,882
|align="right"|46.84
|align="right"|+22.32

|NDP
|Carol Carson
|align="right"|3,168
|align="right"|38.23
|align="right"|-2.89

|Prog. 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....


|Bill Ripley
|align="right"|1,237
|align="right"|14.93
|align="right"|-19.43
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,287
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|-

| style="width: 130px"|NDP
|Carol Carson
|align="right"|3,011
|align="right"|41.12
|align="right"|+3.55

|Prog. 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....


|Ken Naber
|align="right"|2,516
|align="right"|34.36
|align="right"|-21.74

|Liberal
Saskatchewan Liberal Party
The Saskatchewan Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.-Early history :The party dominated Saskatchewan politics for the province's first forty years providing six of the first seven Premiers, and being in power for all but five of the years between the...


|Rod Gantefoer
Rod Gantefoer
Rod Gantefoer is a Canadian provincial politician. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan since 1995, representing the constituencies of Melfort-Tisdale from 1995 to 2003 and Melfort since 2003....


|align="right"|1,795
|align="right"|24.52
|align="right"|+18.19
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,322
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|-

| style="width: 130px"|Progressive Conservative
|Grant Hodgins
|align="right"|4,433
|align="right"|56.10
|align="right"|+0.66

|NDP
|Keith Davis
|align="right"|2,969
|align="right"|37.57
|align="right"|+0.43

|Liberal
|Jerry Derkatz
|align="right"|500
|align="right"|6.33
|align="right"|+4.77
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,902
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|-

| style="width: 130px"|Progressive Conservative
|Grant Hodgins
|align="right"|4,626
|align="right"|55.44
|align="right"|+11.52

| style="width: 130px"|NDP
|Norman Vickar
|align="right"|3,099
|align="right"|37.14
|align="right"|-11.85

| style="width: 130px"|Western Canada Concept
Western Canada Concept Party of Saskatchewan
The Western Canada Concept Party of Saskatchewan was a provincial political party that was the Saskatchewan, Canada branch of the Western Canada Concept, a federal political party that advocated the separation of the four western provinces of Canada to form a new country.The party's zenith was the...


|Brian Bedard
|align="right"|489
|align="right"|5.86
|align="right"|–

| style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Helen Hamilton
|align="right"|130
|align="right"|1.56
|align="right"|-5.53
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,344
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|-

| style="width: 130px"|NDP
|Norman Vickar
|align="right"|4,181
|align="right"|48.99
|align="right"|+11.61

|Progressive Conservative
|Bill Warner
|align="right"|3,749
|align="right"|43.92
|align="right"|+7.76

|Liberal
|John Calderwood
|align="right"|605
|align="right"|7.09
|align="right"|-19.37
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,535
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|-

| style="width: 130px"|NDP
|Norman Vickar
|align="right"|3,102
|align="right"|37.38
|align="right"|-22.02

|Progressive Conservative
|Bill Warner
|align="right"|3,001
|align="right"|36.16
|align="right"|–

|Liberal
|Herbert Whitley
|align="right"|2,196
|align="right"|26.46
|align="right"|-14.14
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,299
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|-

| style="width: 130px"|NDP
|Arthur Thibault
|align="right"|6,103
|align="right"|59.40
|align="right"|–

|Liberal
Saskatchewan Liberal Party
The Saskatchewan Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.-Early history :The party dominated Saskatchewan politics for the province's first forty years providing six of the first seven Premiers, and being in power for all but five of the years between the...


|Herbert Whitley
|align="right"|4,171
|align="right"|40.60
|align="right"|–
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|10,274
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly – Melfort (1912–1952)

|MLA |Party
1. George Balfour Johnston 1912–1925 Liberal
2. Olin Drake Hill 1925–1929 Liberal
3. Rupert James Greaves 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....


4. John Duncan McFarlane 1934–1938 Liberal
5. Oakland W. Valleau 1938–1948 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. John Egnatoff 1948–1952 Liberal

Member of the Legislative Assembly – Melfort-Tisdale (1952–1971)

|MLA |Party
7. Clarence Willis 1952–1971 CCF-NDP
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...


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