Kelsey (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district)

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Kelsey was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, encompassing the towns of Hudson Bay and Carrot River. The district was named after 17th century explorer Henry Kelsey.

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Created before the 12th Saskatchewan general election in 1952, this riding was combined with part of the Melfort-Tisdale district (as "Tisdale-Kelsey") before the 17th Saskatchewan general election in 1971. It is now part of the constituency of Carrot River Valley.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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 1. John Hewgill Brockelbank 1952 – 1967 CCF
 2. John Rissler Messer 1967 – 1971 New Democrat

Election results

1952 Saskatchewan general election: Kelsey electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF John Hewgill Brockelbank 4,18853.44%
Liberal Donald L.W. Hood3,10939.67%
Social Credit E. Pugh5406.89%
Total7,837100.00%
1956 Saskatchewan general election: Kelsey electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF John Hewgill Brockelbank 3,18944.41%-9.03
Social Credit Robert S. Claypool2,12529.59%+22.70
Liberal Donald Wheaton1,86726.00%-13.67
Total7,181100.00%
1960 Saskatchewan general election: Kelsey electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF John Hewgill Brockelbank 2,73641.19%-3.22
Liberal Lawrence Wassill1,54223.21%-2.79
Social Credit Elmer Boschman1,48722.38%-7.21
  Prog. Conservative Allan Oliver Anderson87813.22%
Total6,643100.00%
1964 Saskatchewan general election: Kelsey electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF John Hewgill Brockelbank 2,56139.00%-2.19
Liberal William John McHugh2,51838.34%+15.13
  Prog. Conservative Carsten Johnson1,48822.66%+9.44
Total6,567100.00%
1967 Saskatchewan general election: Kelsey electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP John Rissler Messer 2,47345.29%+6.29
Liberal William John McHugh2,38143.61%+5.27
  Prog. Conservative Carsten Johnson60611.10%-11.56
Total5,460100.00%

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