Turtleford (electoral district)

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

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Created before the 4th Saskatchewan general election in 1917, this constituency was dissolved and combined with the Cut Knife district (as "Battleford-Cut Knife") before the 23rd Saskatchewan general election in 1995. It is now part of the ridings of Cut Knife-Turtleford and Rosthern-Shellbrook.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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 1. Archibald B. Gemmell 1917–1929 Liberal
 2. Charles A. Ayre 1929–1938 Liberal
 3. Bill Kerr 1938–1944 Liberal
 4. Bob Wooff 1944–1948 CCF
 5. Leo Trippe 1948–1952 Liberal
 6.Bob Wooff1952–1956 CCF
 7. Frank Foley 1956–1960 Liberal
 8.Bob Wooff1960 – Jan. 1961 CCF
 9.Frank FoleyMarch 1961 – 1964 Liberal
 10.Bob Wooff1964–1971 CCF-NDP
 11. Michael Feduniak 1971–1975 New Democrat
 12. Lloyd Johnson 1975–1982 New Democrat
 13. Colin Maxwell 1982–1991 Progressive Conservative
 14.Lloyd Johnson1991–1995 New Democrat

Election results

1917 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Archibald B. Gemmell 1,14953.34%
Nonpartisan League John Fleetwood Burns58126.97%
  Conservative Hugh Lockhart42419.69%
Total2,154100.00%
1921 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Archibald B. Gemmell 1,18652.73%-0.61
  Independent Frederick Webb1,06347.27%
Total2,249100.00%
1925 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Archibald B. Gemmell 1,11858.63%+5.90
Progressive Louis de Montarnal78941.37%
Total1,907100.00%
1929 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles A. Ayre 1,62850.39%-8.24
  Independent Percival Whitman Farnsworth1,60349.61%-
Total3,231100.00%
1934 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Charles A. Ayre 3,41152.49%+2.10
  Conservative Percival Whitman Farnsworth1,59924.60%-25.01
  Farmer-Labour John Stegehuis1,48922.91%
Total6,499100.00%
1938 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Bill Kerr 2,92544.45%-8.04
Social Credit James Proctor2,75941.93%
  Conservative Walter Arnold Hicks4566.93%-17.67
  CCF John Stegehuis4406.69%-16.22
Total6,580100.00%
1944 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Bob Wooff 2,50653.65%+46.96
Liberal Bill Kerr 1,76637.81%-6.64
  Prog. Conservative Chester Hicks3998.54%+1.61
Total4,671100.00%
1948 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Leo Trippe 2,46240.37%+2.56
  CCF Bob Wooff 2,28037.38%-16.27
Social Credit Matthew Slager1,35722.25%-
Total6,099100.00%
1952 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Bob Wooff 2,89346.36%+8.98
Liberal Leo Trippe 2,46139.44%-0.93
Social Credit Milton A. Wilson88614.20%-8.05
Total6,240100.00%
1956 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frank Foley 2,32240.17%+0.73
  CCF Bob Wooff 2,31139.98%-6.38
Social Credit F.W. Coxson1,14719.85%+5.65
Total5,780100.00%
1960 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Bob Wooff 2,07437.28%-2.70
Liberal Frank Foley 2,06237.06%-3.11
  Prog. Conservative Harvey S. Scott87115.65%-
Social Credit William E. Shier55710.01%-9.84
Total5,564100.00%
February 22, 1961 By-election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Frank Foley 3,12655.40%+18.34
  CCF Bob Wooff 2,51744.60%+7.32
Total5,643100.00%
1964 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Bob Wooff 2,22137.99%-6.61
Liberal Frank Foley 2,12336.32%-19.08
  Prog. Conservative William E. Armstrong1,50225.69%-
Total5,846100.00%
1967 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Bob Wooff 2,15242.28%+4.29
Liberal John Flack2,12541.75%+5.43
  Prog. Conservative Hugh E. Konsmo81315.97%-9.72
Total5,090100.00%
1971 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Michael Feduniak 3,09255.20%+12.92
Liberal George E. Cashmore2,50944.80%+3.05
Total5,601100.00%
1975 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Lloyd Johnson 2,40539.65%-15.55
Liberal Cyril Fransoo1,99432.88%-11.92
  Progressive Conservative Gordon Mayer1,66627.47%-
Total6,065100.00%
1978 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Lloyd Johnson 2,98351.51%+11.86
  Progressive Conservative Charlie Wells2,18837.78%+10.31
Liberal Pauline H. Cadrain62010.71%-22.17
Total5,791100.00%
1982 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Colin Maxwell 3,82556.39%+18.61
  NDP Lloyd Johnson 2,80341.32%-10.19
Liberal Pauline H. Cadrain1552.29%-8.42
Total6,783100.00%
1986 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Progressive Conservative Colin Maxwell 3,40350.13%-6.26
  NDP Chris Sorenson2,96843.73%+2.41
Liberal Lucien Briere4176.14%+3.85
Total6,788100.00%
1991 Saskatchewan general election: Turtleford electoral district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Lloyd Johnson 3,26949.97%+6.24
  Prog. Conservative Jerry Spenst2,03431.09%-19.04
Liberal Neil Currie1,23918.94%+12.80
Total6,542100.00%

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