Cut Knife (electoral district)

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Cut Knife is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency was created before the 4th Saskatchewan general election in 1917. Redrawn to include the former district of Lloydminster in 1934, the constituency was renamed "Cut Knife-Lloydminster" in 1964.

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This district was dissolved before the 23rd Saskatchewan general election in 1995. It is now part of the Lloydminster and Cut Knife-Turtleford constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Cut Knife (1917 – 1964)

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 1. William Hamilton Dodds 1917–1929 Liberal
 2. George John McLean 1929–1934Independent, Conservative
 3. Andrew James Macauley 1934–1938 Farmer-Labour
 4. William Roseland 1938–1944 Social Credit
 5. Isidore Nollet 1944–1964 CCF

Cut Knife-Lloydminster (1964 – 1995)

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 1. Isidore Nollet 1964–1967 CCF
 2. Miro Kwasnica 1967–1978 New Democrat
 3. Robert Long 1978–1982 New Democrat
 4. Michael Hopfner 1982–1991 Progressive Conservative
 5. Violet Stanger 1991–1995 New Democrat

Election results

1917 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Hamilton Dodds 79954.88%
  Conservative Samson J. Graham65745.12%
Total1,456100.00%
1921 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Hamilton Dodds 93157.47%+2.59
  Independent Tom C. Raymond68942.53%
Total1,620100.00%
1925 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Hamilton Dodds 82950.67%-6.80
Progressive Ernest R. Reid80749.33%
Total1,636100.00%
1929 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Independent George John McLean 1,45256.67%-
Liberal John Allan Young1,11043.33%-7.34
Total2,562100.00%
1934 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Farmer-Labour Andrew James Macauley 3,26846.13%
Liberal Robert James Gordon 2,71838.36%-4.97
  Conservative George John McLean 1,09915.51%-41.16
Total7,085100.00%
1938 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social Credit William Roseland 2,47137.35%
Liberal John A. Gordon2,37935.96%-2.40
  CCF Andrew James Macauley 1,76626.69%-19.44
Total6,616100.00%
1944 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Isidore Nollet 2,72659.97%+33.28
Liberal John A. Gordon1,82040.03%+4.07
Total4,546100.00%
1948 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Isidore Nollet 3,02748.82%-11.15
Social Credit Fred F. Wilson1,64226.48%-
Liberal William Bradley1,53124.70%-15.33
Total6,200100.00%
1952 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Isidore Nollet 3,59852.69%+3.87
Liberal E.C. Burlingham2,26833.21%+8.51
Social Credit William R. Appleton96314.10%-12.38
Total6,829100.00%
1956 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Isidore Nollet 3,33850.70%-1.99
Liberal Guy Powers1,86228.29%-4.92
Social Credit Stanley Phillips1,38321.01%+6.91
Total6,583100.00%
1960 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Isidore Nollet 2,39642.38%-8.32
Liberal Hans V. Nielson1,84432.61%+4.32
  Prog. Conservative Charles W. Taylor78513.88%-
Social Credit Stanley Phillips62911.13%-9.88
Total5,654100.00%

Cut Knife-Lloydminster (1964 – 1995)

1964 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife-Lloydminster electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Isidore Nollet 2,92745.99%+3.61
Liberal Raymond R. Rooney1,82128.61%-4.00
  Prog. Conservative Gordon Goodfellow1,61725.40%+11.52
Total6,365100.00%
1967 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife-Lloydminster electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Miro Kwasnica 2,86244.47%-1.52
Liberal Ben Gulak2,12132.95%+4.34
  Prog. Conservative Gordon Goodfellow1,28920.03%-5.37
Social Credit Walter B. Hoover1642.55%-
Total6,436100.00%
1971 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife-Lloydminster electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Miro Kwasnica 3,74859.59%+15.12
Liberal Ben Gulak2,54240.41%+7.46
Total6,290100.00%
1975 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife-Lloydminster electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Miro Kwasnica 2,79440.01%-19.58
  Prog. Conservative Fred Baynton2,11330.26%-
Liberal Sam Herman2,07629.73%-10.68
Total6,983100.00%
1978 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife-Lloydminster electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Robert Long 3,82852.44%+12.43
  Prog. Conservative Bob Kent3,21344.01%+13.75
Liberal Bill Taylor2593.55%-26.18
Total7,300100.00%
1982 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife-Lloydminster electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Michael Hopfner 4,96854.95%+10.94
  NDP Robert Long 3,96343.84%-8.60
Liberal L. Allison Henderson1091.21%-2.34
Total9,040100.00%
1986 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife-Lloydminster electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Michael Hopfner 4,52652.32%-2.63
  NDP Robert Long 3,67742.50%-1.34
Liberal Virginia Fox4485.18%+3.97
Total8,651100.00%
1991 Saskatchewan general election: Cut Knife-Lloydminster electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Violet Stanger 3,84347.59%+5.09
  Prog. Conservative Michael Hopfner 2,89935.90%-16.42
Liberal Aldo Del Frari1,33316.51%+11.33
Total8,075100.00%

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