Pheasant Hills (provincial electoral district)

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Pheasant Hills was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered just north of the town of Grenfell. This district was one of 25 created before the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905.

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Originally named "Grenfell", this constituency was renamed Pheasant Hills in 1908, after a range of hills north of the Qu'Appelle River valley near Grenfell, Saskatchewan. The district was abolished before the 9th Saskatchewan general election in 1938 into Saltcoats and Melville.

It is now part of the constituencies of Moosomin, Last Mountain-Touchwood, and Melville-Saltcoats.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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 1. Andrew William Argue 1905 – 1908 Provincial Rights
 2. Henry Hayes Willway 1908 – 1912 Provincial Rights
 3. Andrew B. A. Cunningham 1912 – 1917 Liberal
 4. James Arthur Smith 1917 – 1929 Liberal
 5. Charles Morton Dunn 1929 – 1934 Liberal
 6. Asmundur A. Loptson 1934 – 1938 Liberal

Election results

1905 Saskatchewan general election: Grenfell electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Provincial Rights Andrew William Argue 69151.72%
Liberal Christopher John Rosborough64548.28%
Total1,336100.00%
1908 Saskatchewan general election: Pheasant Hills electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Provincial Rights Henry Hayes Willway 82856.95%+5.23
Liberal Hugh Wallace Lindsay62643.05%-5.23
Total1,454100.00%
1912 Saskatchewan general election: Pheasant Hills electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Andrew B. A. Cunningham 1,14357.90%+14.85
  Conservative Henry Hayes Willway 83142.10%-14.85
Total1,974100.00%
1917 Saskatchewan general election: Pheasant Hills electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Arthur Smith 2,41668.75%+10.85
  Conservative William C. Arnold1,09831.25%-10.85
Total3,514100.00%
1921 Saskatchewan general election: Pheasant Hills electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Arthur Smith 1,59046.27%-22.48
  Independent Hugh Wallace Lindsay1,05230.62%
  Independent William Howland Blyth79423.11%
Total3,436100.00%
1925 Saskatchewan general election: Pheasant Hills electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Arthur Smith 2,07752.36%+6.09
  Independent Samuel Howard Potter1,89047.64%-
Total3,967100.00%
1929 Saskatchewan general election: Pheasant Hills electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles Morton Dunn 3,00753.15%+0.79
  Independent John William Redgwick2,65046.85%-0.79
Total5,657100.00%
1934 Saskatchewan general election: Pheasant Hills electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Asmundur A. Loptson 4,31057.64%+4.49
  Farmer-Labour H.J. Benson1,80424.13%
  Conservative Chris Ness1,36318.23%-
Total7,477100.00%

See also

Grenfell – Northwest Territories territorial electoral district (1870–1905).

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