Touchwood (electoral district) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Touchwood 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

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Located south of the Wynyard district

Wynyard (provincial electoral district)

Wynyard is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The district was created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912 as "Quill Plains". Renamed "Wynyard" in 1917, the constituency was abolished before the 8th...

in east-central Saskatchewan, it was centered on the Touchwood Hills

Touchwood Hills

Touchwood Hills are a range of hills located in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.In 2005, Ducks Unlimited Canada announced a ten-year study of how nesting success of prairie waterfowl varies in relation to the landscape types of the prairie pothole region, to be conducted in the Touchwood...

.

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 Last Mountain

Last Mountain (provincial electoral district)

Last Mountain is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Centered on the town of Strasbourg, it included the northern half of Last Mountain Lake....

riding (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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

	\|MLA	\|Party	1.	George Maitland Atkinson	1908–1917	Liberal	2.	John Mason Parker	1917–1938	Liberal	3.	Tom Johnston Tom Johnston (Saskatchewan politician) Tom Johnston was an English-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Touchwood in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1938 to 1956 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.He was born in Birmingham and came to Manitoba in 1901, moving to...	1938–1956	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...	4.	Frank Meakes	1956–1964	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...	5.	George Trapp	1964–1967	Liberal	6.	Frank Meakes	1967–1975	New Democrat

Election results

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

|Tom Johnston

Tom Johnston (Saskatchewan politician)

Tom Johnston was an English-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Touchwood in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1938 to 1956 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.He was born in Birmingham and came to Manitoba in 1901, moving to...

Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan

|John Hnatyshyn

John Hnatyshyn

John Hnatyshyn was a Canadian lawyer, Senator and father of Ray Hnatyshyn, the twenty-fourth Governor General of Canada.Born in Ukrainian part of Austro-Hungary, the son of Michael and Anna Hnatyshyn, he came to Canada when he was two months old...

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|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....

Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

|Tom Johnston

Tom Johnston (Saskatchewan politician)

Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

|Tom Johnston

Tom Johnston (Saskatchewan politician)

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....

Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

|Tom Johnston

Tom Johnston (Saskatchewan politician)

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....

Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

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....

James Ormiston

James Norris Ormiston was a Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Regina, Saskatchewan and became a farmer and insurance agent by career....

Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

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....

Arnold Tusa

Arnold Bernard Tusa is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Last Mountain-Touchwood in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1982 to 1991. A member of the Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party, he served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in his second...

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

See also