Morse (electoral district)

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Morse is a former provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centred on the town of Morse, Saskatchewan. The district was created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912, and abolished before the 23rd Saskatchewan general election in 1995. It was the riding of Premier Ross Thatcher.

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It is now part of the Lumsden-Morse, Swift Current, and Wood River constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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 1. Malcolm L. Leitch 1912 – 1921 Liberal
 2. John Archibald Maharg 1921 – 1925Independent Pro-Government
 3. William Paris MacLachlan 1925 – 1927 Liberal
 4. Duncan Morris Robertson Aug. 1927 – 1929 Liberal
 5. Richard Percy Eades 1929 – 1934 Conservative
 6. Neil John MacDonald 1934 – 1938 Liberal
 7. Benjamin T. Hyde 1938 – 1944 Liberal
 8. Sidney M. Spidell 1944 – 1946 CCF
 9. Jim Gibson Sept. 1946 – 1960 CCF
 10. Ross Thatcher 1960 – 1971 Liberal
 11. Jack Wiebe 1971 – 1978 Liberal
 12. Reg Gross 1978 – 1982 New Democrat
 13. Harold Martens 1982 – 1995 Progressive Conservative

Election results

1912 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Malcolm L. Leitch 87661.52%
  Conservative Henry M. Klassen54838.48%
Total1,424100.00%
1917 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Malcolm L. Leitch 1,55334.45%-27.07
Nonpartisan League Edward Wright Grainger1,42531.61%
  Conservative Henry Edmund Houze 87119.32%-19.16
  Independent John F. Wiebe65914.62%
Total4,508100.00%
1921 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Pro-Government John Archibald Maharg Acclaimed100.00%
TotalAcclamation
1925 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal William Paris MacLachlan 2,48065.26%-
Progressive John Ferguson Byce1,32034.74%-
Total3,800100.00%
August 15, 1927 By-Election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Duncan Morris Robertson Acclaimed100.00%
TotalAcclamation
1929 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Conservative Richard Percy Eades 2,81451.51%-
Liberal Duncan Morris Robertson 2,64948.49%-
Total5,463100.00%
1934 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Neil John MacDonald 2,71746.06%-2.43
  Conservative Richard Percy Eades 1,75229.70%-21.81
  Farmer-Labour John McCaig1,43024.24%
Total5,899100.00%
1938 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Benjamin T. Hyde 2,86143.59%-2.47
  CCF Henry Peter Thiessen1,80827.55%+3.31
  Conservative Clifford B. Martin1,41621.58%-8.12
Social Credit William E. Armstrong4787.28%
Total6,563100.00%
1944 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Sidney M. Spidell 2,76349.25%+21.70
Liberal Benjamin T. Hyde 2,12237.83%-5.76
  Prog. Conservative Clifford B. Martin72512.92%-8.66
Total5,610100.00%
June 27, 1946 By-Election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Jim Gibson 3,00646.15%-3.10
Liberal Herbert Wiebe2,41037.00%-0.83
  Prog. Conservative Rupert D. Ramsay1,09816.85%+3.93
Total6,514100.00%
1948 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Jim Gibson 3,06945.75%-0.40
Liberal Ronald D. Miller2,46536.74%-0.26
Social Credit Fred Erhardt69410.34%-
  Prog. Conservative John Kinchen Rosa4817.17%-9.68
Total6,709100.00%
1952 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Jim Gibson 3,26356.58%+10.83
Liberal David S. Gall2,50443.42%+6.68
Total5,767100.00%
1956 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Jim Gibson 2,59042.55%-14.03
Liberal Earl Burgess2,35238.64%-4.78
Social Credit Gustav Pilzer1,14518.81%-
Total6,087100.00%
1960 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ross Thatcher 2,79142.29%+3.65
  CCF Robert Davis2,62939.83%-2.72
Social Credit Peter Harder6579.96%-8.85
  Prog. Conservative George Gurney5237.92%-
Total6,600100.00%
1964 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ross Thatcher 3,18851.92%+9.63
  CCF Paul W. Beach2,95248.08%+8.25
Total6,140100.00%
1967 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ross Thatcher 3,39652.34%+0.42
  NDP Louis H. Lewry 2,39836.96%-11.12
  Prog. Conservative Earl Cooper69410.70%-
Total6,488100.00%
1971 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ross Thatcher 3,50255.72%+3.38
  NDP Paul W. Beach2,78344.28%+7.32
Total6,285100.00%
December 1, 1971 By-Election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jack Wiebe 2,70047.75%-7.97
  NDP James R. Murdoch2,27440.22%-4.02
  Progressive Conservative Edward Nasserden 68012.03%-
Total5,654100.00%
1975 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Jack Wiebe 2,51736.66%-11.09
  NDP Reg Gross 2,50236.44%-3.78
  Progressive Conservative Harold Martens 1,84726.90%+14.87
Total6,866100.00%
1978 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Reg Gross 2,58737.97%+1.53
  Progressive Conservative Harold Martens 2,20332.33%+5.43
Liberal Jack Wiebe 2,02429.70%-6.96
Total6,814100.00%
1982 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Harold Martens 3,56549.94%+17.61
  NDP Reg Gross 2,40933.75%-4.22
Western Canada Concept Ray L. Bailey88712.43%
Liberal Don Meyer2773.88%-25.82
Total7,138100.00%
1986 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Harold Martens 3,69456.12%+6.18
  NDP Reg Gross 2,20933.56%-0.19
Liberal Al Harder6059.19%+5.31
Western Canada Concept Burton Rempel741.13%-11.30
Total6,582100.00%
1991 Saskatchewan general election: Morse electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Harold Martens 2,68244.42%-11.70
  NDP Carl Siemens2,10134.80%+1.24
Liberal Ken Nelson1,25520.78%+11.59
Total6,038100.00%

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