Rosetown (provincial electoral district)

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Rosetown was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered on the community of Rosetown.

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Created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912, this district was dissolved and combined with the Elrose constituency (as Rosetown-Elrose) before the 18th Saskatchewan general election in 1975. It is now part of a revived Rosetown-Elrose constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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 1. Cephas Barker Mark 1912 – 1917 Liberal
 2. William Thompson Badger 1917 – 1921 Conservative
 3. John Andrew Wilson 1921 – 1929 Liberal
 4. Nathaniel Given 1929 – 1934 Conservative
 5. Neil McVicar 1934 – 1944 Liberal
 6. John T. Douglas 1944 – 1960 CCF
 7. Allan Stevens 1960 – 1964 CCF
 8. George Loken 1964 – 1975 Liberal

Election results

1912 Saskatchewan general election: Rosetown electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Cephas Barker Mark 99755.36%
  Conservative Carnaby Willis Ferry80444.64%
Total1,801100.00%
1917 Saskatchewan general election: Rosetown electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Conservative William Thompson Badger 2,15145.46%+0.82
Liberal John Andrew Wilson 2,08043.95%-11.41
  Independent Thomas Alexander Sterling Campbell50110.59%
Total4,732100.00%
1921 Saskatchewan general election: Rosetown electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Andrew Wilson 2,73552.65%+8.70
Independent Conservative William Thompson Badger 2,46047.35%+1.89
Total5,195100.00%
1925 Saskatchewan general election: Rosetown electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Andrew Wilson 1,93240.13%-12.52
Progressive Harry W. Ellis1,57332.68%
  Conservative James Cobban 1,30927.19%-20.16
Total4,814100.00%
1929 Saskatchewan general election: Rosetown electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Conservative Nathaniel Given 3,44053.05%+25.86
Liberal John Andrew Wilson 2,21234.12%-6.01
Economic Group Wilfrid Albert Sibbald Tegart83212.83%
Total6,484100.00%
1934 Saskatchewan general election: Rosetown electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Neil McVicar 2,43337.92%+3.80
  Conservative Nathaniel Given 2,10532.81%-20.24
  Farmer-Labour Wilfrid Albert Sibbald Tegart1,87829.27%+16.44
Total6,416100.00%
1938 Saskatchewan general election: Rosetown electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Neil McVicar 2,44936.25%-1.67
  CCF John T. Douglas 1,94128.73%-0.54
Social Credit William J. Loucks1,41520.94%-
  Conservative Andrew Wilson95114.08%-18.73
Total6,756100.00%
1944 Saskatchewan general election: Rosetown electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF John T. Douglas 3,16852.12%+23.39
Liberal William Leith1,86430.67%-5.58
  Prog. Conservative John Wilbert Stewart1,04617.21%+3.13
Total6,078100.00%
1948 Saskatchewan general election: Rosetown electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF John T. Douglas 3,64753.12%+1.00
  Prog. Conservative Alvin Hamilton 3,21846.88%+29.67
Total6,865100.00%
1952 Saskatchewan general election: Rosetown electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF John T. Douglas 3,92264.07%+10.95
Liberal M.A. Longworth2,19935.93%-
Total6,121100.00%
1956 Saskatchewan general election: Rosetown electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF John T. Douglas 3,25053.52%-10.55
Liberal Peter Donald McGregor1,75628.91%-7.02
Social Credit James Clifford Hamel1,06717.57%
Total6,073100.00%
1960 Saskatchewan general election: Rosetown electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Allan Stevens 2,65740.39%-13.13
Liberal James Peter Cheyne2,01430.61%+1.70
  Prog. Conservative Raymond Michael Reilly1,29119.62%-
Social Credit Wilbert Gordon Jeffery6179.38%-8.19
Total6,579100.00%
1964 Saskatchewan general election: Rosetown electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Loken 2,57340.61%+10.00
  CCF Allan Stevens 2,36737.36%-3.03
  Prog. Conservative Les Patterson Hickson1,39622.03%+2.41
Total6,336100.00%
1967 Saskatchewan general election: Rosetown electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Loken 2,95147.15%+6.54
  NDP Harry David Link 2,44639.08%+1.72
  Prog. Conservative Earl Keeler86213.77%-8.26
Total6,259100.00%
1971 Saskatchewan general election: Rosetown electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Loken 3,07849.48%+2.33
  NDP Robert D. Loewen2,95347.48%+8.40
  Independent Dale R. Skelton1893.04%-10.73
Total6,220100.00%

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