Saltcoats (provincial electoral district)

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Saltcoats was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centred on the town of Saltcoats. One of 25 districts created before the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905, it was abolished before the 8th Saskatchewan general election in 1934.

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The district was reconstituted before the 1938 election and abolished in 2003 into Canora-Pelly and Melville-Saltcoats. It is now part of the constituency of Melville-Saltcoats.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1905–1934

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 1. Thomas MacNutt 1905–1908 Liberal
 2. James Alexander Calder Dec. 1908 – June 1918 Liberal
 3. George William Sahlmark Aug. 1918 – 1929 Liberal
 4. Asmundur Loptson 1929–1934 Liberal

1938–2003

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 1. Joseph Lee Phelps 1938–1948 CCF
 2. Asmundur Loptson 1948–1960 Liberal
 3. James Snedker 1960–1971 Liberal
 4. Ed Kaeding 1971–1982 New Democrat
 5. Walt Johnson 1982–1991 Progressive Conservative
 6. Reg Knezacek 1991–1995 New Democrat
 7. Bob Bjornerud 1995–1997 Liberal
 8.Bob Bjornerud1997–2003 Saskatchewan Party

Election results

1905 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas MacNutt 1,00667.34%
  Provincial Rights Archibald Crooke Thompson48832.66%
Total1,494100.00%
1908 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas MacNutt 1,00264.94%-2.40
  Provincial Rights Archibald Crooke Thompson54135.06%+2.40
Total1,543100.00%
December 7, 1908 By-election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Alexander Calder 1,10181.25%+16.31
  Independent Hugh Alexander Green25418.75%
Total1,355100.00%
1912 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Alexander Calder 1,35774.07%-7.18
  Conservative James Nixon47525.93%-
Total1,832100.00%
1917 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Alexander Calder 2,69971.14%-2.93
  Conservative Henry Leppington1,09528.86%+2.93
Total3,794100.00%
July 11, 1918 By-election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Sahlmark 1,49557.48%-13.66
  Conservative Amos Burkell1,10642.52%+13.66
Total2,601100.00%
1921 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Sahlmark Acclaimed100.00%
TotalAcclamation
1925 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal George Sahlmark 2,37662.41%-
Progressive Johannes Einarsson1,43137.59%
Total3,807100.00%
1929 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Asmundur Loptson 2,62052.16%-10.25
  Independent Amos Burkell2,40347.84%-
Total5,023100.00%
1938 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Joseph L. Phelps 3,40945.29%
Liberal Asmundur Loptson 3,11441.38%-
Social Credit Alexander E. Sahlmark1,00313.33%
Total7,526100.00%
1944 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Joseph L. Phelps 3,46150.98%+5.69
Liberal Donald A. MacKenzie2,87442.33%+0.95
  Prog. Conservative Rae Melville Salkeld4546.69%-
Total6,789100.00%
1948 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Asmundur Loptson 3,94547.12%+4.79
  CCF Joseph L. Phelps 3,62043.24%-7.74
Social Credit George A. Dulmage8079.64%-
Total8,372100.00%
1952 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Asmundur Loptson 4,00051.78%+4.66
  CCF Linton A. McDonald3,72548.22%+4.98
Total7,725100.00%
1956 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Asmundur Loptson 3,09742.63%-9.15
  CCF Alexander Lukiwski2,68436.95%-11.27
Social Credit C.F. Wagner1,48320.42%-
Total7,264100.00%
1960 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Snedker 3,21547.12%+4.49
  CCF Frederick Rupert Kirkham2,25132.99%-3.96
  Prog. Conservative Thomas Jones Neal79311.62%-
Social Credit Anthony Batza5648.27%-12.15
Total6,823100.00%
1964 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Snedker 3,26046.10%-1.02
  CCF Baldur M. Olson2,27532.17%-0.82
  Prog. Conservative David Arthur Keyes1,53721.73%+10.11
Total7,072100.00%
1967 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal James Snedker 3,63952.47%+6.37
  NDP Charles Woolfitt2,39234.49%+2.32
  Prog. Conservative Cliff Obre90413.04%-8.69
Total6,935100.00%
1971 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Ed Kaeding 3,57450.63%+16.14
Liberal James Snedker 3,48549.37%-3.10
Total7,059100.00%
1975 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Ed Kaeding 2,88740.93%-9.70
  Progressive Conservative Wilfred J. Walker2,10929.90%-
Liberal William H. Peasley2,05829.17%-20.20
Total7,054100.00%
1978 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Ed Kaeding 3,35445.95%+5.02
  Progressive Conservative Walt Johnson 3,26544.73%+14.83
Liberal Gabriel R. Neumeier6809.32%-19.85
Total7,299100.00%
1982 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Walt Johnson 3,92149.83%+5.10
  NDP Ed Kaeding 3,53144.88%-1.07
Liberal James R. Coueslan4165.29%-4.03
Total7,868100.00%
1986 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Walt Johnson 3,61247.47%-2.36
  NDP Reg Knezacek 3,54946.64%+1.76
Liberal Leslie Popp4485.89%+0.60
Total7,609100.00%
1991 Saskatchewan general election: Saltcoats electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Reg Knezacek 3,74552.49%+5.85
  Prog. Conservative Rod Roden2,35633.03%-14.44
Liberal Leslie Popp1,03314.48%+8.59
Total7,134100.00%
1995 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bob Bjornerud 3,63545.53%+31.05
New Democratic Reg Knezacek 3,05338.25%−14.24
Progressive Conservative Ken Johnson1,29516.22%−16.81
Total7,983100.00%
1999 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan Bob Bjornerud 4,68862.47%
New Democratic Leo Fuhr1,88425.10%−13.15
Liberal Vic Polsom93312.43%−33.10
Total7,505100.00%

See also

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

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