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Evan Carlson | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Melville | |
| In office 1991–1995 | |
| Preceded by | Grant Schmidt |
| Succeeded by | Ron Osika |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 28,1953 Melville,Saskatchewan |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
Evan Carlson (born June 28,1953) is a Canadian politician,who represented the electoral district of Melville in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 1995. [1]
Born and raised in Melville,Carlson worked as a farmer before entering politics,and served on the board of the Melville Credit Union.
He was first elected in the 1991 provincial election,defeating incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Grant Schmidt. However,he was defeated in the 1995 provincial election by Ron Osika of the Liberals.
He subsequently stood as the federal New Democratic Party candidate in Yorkton—Melville in the 1997 federal election,but lost to Reform Party incumbent Garry Breitkreuz.
He was subsequently employed as a victim support worker with the Saskatoon Police Service from 1999 to 2003,and is currently a mental health worker with the Saskatoon Health Region. He is also on the board of an emergency housing shelter in Saskatoon. [2]
| 1997 Canadian federal election : Yorkton—Melville | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Reform | Garry Breitkreuz* | 17,216 | 50.1 | +17.4 | $53,836 | |||
| New Democratic | Evan Carlson | 8,583 | 25.0 | -4.4 | $43,899 | |||
| Liberal | Lloyd Sandercock | 6,481 | 18.9 | -10.6 | $39,999 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Ivan Daunt | 2,101 | 6.1 | -2.6 | $6,357 | |||
| Total valid votes | 34,381 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 116 | 0.3 | ||||||
| Turnout | 34,497 | 66.9 | – | |||||
| Reform hold | Swing | +10.90 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Evan Carlson | 3,656 | 45.90% | +7.31 | |
| Prog. Conservative | Grant Schmidt | 3,048 | 38.26% | -15.20 | |
| Liberal | Ray Chastkavich | 1,262 | 15.84% | +8.33 | |
| Total | 7,966 | 100.00% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ron Osika | 3,274 | 41.89% | +26.05 | |
| NDP | Evan Carlson | 2,975 | 38.07% | -7.83 | |
| Prog. Conservative | Doug Gattinger | 1,566 | 20.04% | -18.22 | |
| Total | 7,815 | 100.00% | |||
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Reform | Garry Breitkreuz | 17,216 | 50.07% | – | $53,836 | |||
| New Democratic | Evan Carlson | 8,583 | 24.96% | – | $43,899 | |||
| Liberal | Lloyd Sandercock | 6,481 | 18.85% | – | $39,999 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Ivan Daunt | 2,101 | 6.11% | – | $6,357 | |||
| Total valid votes | 34,381 | 100.00% | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 116 | 0.34% | ||||||
| Turnout | 34,497 | 66.92% | ||||||
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