Melville-Saltcoats
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Melville-Saltcoats is a provincial
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

 electoral district
Electoral district
An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

 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 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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. Located in southeastern Saskatchewan, this constituency was created through the Representation Act, 1994 (Saskatchewan) by combining the district of Saltcoats
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...

 with part of the constituency of Melville
Melville (provincial electoral district)
Melville was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southeastern Saskatchewan, this constituency was created before the 8th Saskatchewan general election in 1934. It was the riding of Premier James Garfield Gardiner...

.

The largest centre in the riding is the city of Melville
Melville, Saskatchewan
Melville is a small Canadian city located in the east-central portion of Saskatchewan. It was declared a city by the province in 1960. The city is north east of the provincial capital of Regina and south west of Yorkton. According to The World Gazetteer, it has a 2004 population of approximately...

 (pop. 4,531). Melville is the smallest incorporated city in Saskatchewan. It is also a major transportation hub, with provincial Highways
Roads in Saskatchewan
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 10
Saskatchewan Highway 10
Highway 10 is a provincial paved undivided highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 1 near Balgonie until it transitions into PTH 5 at the Manitoba border. Highway 10 is about 228 km long....

, 15
Saskatchewan Highway 15
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, and 47
Saskatchewan Highway 47
Highway 47 is a highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from North Dakota Highway 40 at the Canada–United States border until Highway 49 near Preeceville...

 running through the city – as well as the Canadian National Railway
Canadian National Railway
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 mainline.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Parliament Years Member Party
25th 2003 – 2007     Bob Bjornerud
Bob Bjornerud
Bob Bjornerud is a Canadian provincial politician. He is the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Melville-Saltcoats.-External links:**...

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...

26th
26th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
The 26th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the 2007 Saskatchewan election, and was sworn in on November 21, 2007. It is controlled by the Saskatchewan Party under Premier Brad Wall.-Members:...

2007 – present

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...


|Bob Bjornerud
Bob Bjornerud
Bob Bjornerud is a Canadian provincial politician. He is the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Melville-Saltcoats.-External links:**...


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|NDP
|Len Dales
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|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...


|Jordan Fieseler
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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...


|Bob Bjornerud
Bob Bjornerud
Bob Bjornerud is a Canadian provincial politician. He is the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Melville-Saltcoats.-External links:**...


|align="right"|5,039
|align="right"|62.28%
|align="right"|+23.24

|NDP
|Marlys Knezacek
|align="right"|2,574
|align="right"|31.81%
|align="right"|-0.36

|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...


|Henry Farmer
|align="right"|375
|align="right"|4.64%
|align="right"|-5.31

|Western Independence Party
Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan
The Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan is a provincial political party in Saskatchewan, Canada. It advocates the independence of Saskatchewan, and the formation of a new country. It is not affiliated with any federal party...


|Frank Serfas
|align="right"|103
|align="right"|1.27%
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!align="right"|8,091
!align="right"|100.00%
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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...


|Bob Bjornerud
Bob Bjornerud
Bob Bjornerud is a Canadian provincial politician. He is the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Melville-Saltcoats.-External links:**...


|align="right"|3,439
|align="right"|39.04%
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|NDP
|Ron Osika
Ron Osika
Ronald Osika is a Saskatchewan politician.He was born in Hafford, Saskatchewan and educated in The Battlefords. A former officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Osika's first foray into politics was an unsuccessful bid for a Reform Party nomination in 1992.He was first elected from Melville...


|align="right"|2,834
|align="right"|32.17%
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|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...


|Grant Schmidt
|align="right"|1,660
|align="right"|18.84%
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|Liberal
|Brian Tochor
|align="right"|877
|align="right"|9.95%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,810
!align="right"|100.00%
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History

Members of the Legislative Assembly – Melville

|MLA |Party
1. James Garfield Gardiner
James Garfield Gardiner
James Garfield "Jimmy" Gardiner, PC was a Canadian farmer, educator, and politician...

1934–1935 Liberal
2. Ernest Walter Gerrand 1935–1938 Liberal
3. John Frederick Herman 1938–1944 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....


4. William James Arthurs 1944–1948 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...


5. V. Patrick Deshaye 1948–1952 Liberal
6. Allan Brown 1952–1956 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. James W. Gardiner 1956–1967 Liberal
8. John Kowalchuk 1967–1982 New Democrat
9. Grant Schmidt 1982–1991 Progressive Conservative
10. Evan Carlson
Evan Carlson
Evan Carlson is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Melville in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 1995.-Background:...

1991–1995 New Democrat
11. Ron Osika
Ron Osika
Ronald Osika is a Saskatchewan politician.He was born in Hafford, Saskatchewan and educated in The Battlefords. A former officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Osika's first foray into politics was an unsuccessful bid for a Reform Party nomination in 1992.He was first elected from Melville...

1995–2001 Liberal
12. Ron Osika 2001–2003 Independent

Members of the Legislative Assembly – Saltcoats (1905–1934)

|MLA |Party
1. Thomas MacNutt
Thomas MacNutt
Thomas MacNutt was a Canadian politician who held national as well as province-wide office, as a former member of the Canadian House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. He won a number of significant recognized awards and honours in his career...

1905–1908 Liberal
2. James Alexander Calder
James Alexander Calder
James Alexander Calder, was a Canadian politician.Born in Oxford County, Ontario, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba in 1888. He was a teacher and principal, before being elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the riding of South Regina in the...

1908–1917 Liberal
3. George William Sahlmark 1918–1929 Liberal
4. Asmundur A. Loptson 1929–1934 Liberal

Members of the Legislative Assembly – Saltcoats (1938–2003)

|MLA |Party
1. Joseph Lee Phelps 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...


2. Asmundur A. Loptson 1948–1960 Liberal
3. James Phipps Snedker 1960–1971 Liberal
4. Edgar Kaeding 1971–1982 New Democrat
5. Walter Johnson 1982–1991 Progressive Conservative
6. Reg Knezacek 1991–1995 New Democrat
7. Bob Bjornerud
Bob Bjornerud
Bob Bjornerud is a Canadian provincial politician. He is the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Melville-Saltcoats.-External links:**...

1995–1997 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...


8. Bob Bjornerud 1997–2003 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...


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