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Weyburn was a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, from 1908 to 1995.
The district was created for the second Saskatchewan general election in 1908. It contained the town of Weyburn and extended into the surrounding countryside. [1]
The district was dissolved in the redistribution following the 1991 federal census. It was combined with parts of the Bengough-Milestone district to become Weyburn-Big Muddy, for the 1995 general election. [2]
From 1944 to 1961, Premier Tommy Douglas was the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Weyburn riding.
# | Member | Years Served | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Robert Menzies Mitchell | 1908–1919 | Liberal | |
2. | Charles McGill Hamilton | 1919–1929 | Liberal | |
3. | Robert Sterritt Leslie | 1929-1934 | Progressive | |
4. | Hugh Elliott Eaglesham | 1934–1938 | Liberal | |
5. | George Levi Crane | 1938-1944 | Liberal | |
6. | Tommy Douglas | 1944–1961 | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | |
7. | Junior Herbert Staveley | 1961–1964 | Liberal | |
8. | James Auburn Pepper | 1964–1982 | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party | |
9. | Lorne Henry Hepworth | 1982-1991 | Progressive Conservative | |
10. | Ronald Wormsbecker | 1991-1995 | New Democratic Party | |
Source: Saskatchewan Archives: Election Results by Electoral Division |
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Menzies Mitchell | 760 | 50.9% | |
Provincial Rights | George Beischel | 732 | 49.1% | |
Total | 1,492 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | X Robert Menzies Mitchell | 1,433 | 61.3% | |
Conservative | Ormond Skinner Mitchell | 904 | 38.7% | |
Total | 2,337 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | X Robert Menzies Mitchell | 2,619 | 59.0% | |
Conservative | George McKenzie Bowman | 1,820 | 41.0% | |
Total | 4,439 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Charles McGill Hamilton | Acclaimed | – | |
Total | – | – | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
The by-election was called when the incumbent, Robert Menzies Mitchell, resigned to take the position of superintendent of the Saskatchewan Hospital in Weyburn. [3]
Elected.
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | X Charles McGill Hamilton | Acclaimed | – | |
Total | – | – | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
The by-election was called when Hamilton accepted the position of Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Premier Martin, an office of profit under the Crown, on April 26, 1920. [4]
Elected.
X Incumbent.
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | X Charles McGill Hamilton | 2,368 | 88.4% | |
Independent | Thompson McClelland | 311 | 11.6% | |
Total | 2,679 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | X Charles McGill Hamilton | 2,351 | 59.6% | |
Conservative | Morton Allison Fletcher | 1,593 | 40.4% | |
Total | 3,944 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | Robert Sterritt Leslie | 3,288 | 51.6% | |
Liberal | X Charles McGill Hamilton | 3,088 | 48.4% | |
Total | 6,376 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Hugh Elliott Eaglesham | 2,281 | 43.9% | |
Progressive | X Robert Sterritt Leslie | 1,544 | 29.7% | |
Farmer–Labour | Tommy Douglas | 1,343 | 25.8% | |
Independent | James Logan Coltart | 29 | 0.6% | |
Total | 5,197 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | George Levi Crane | 4,744 | 48.7% | |
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Frederick Claude Williams | 4,167 | 42.8% | |
Independent Conservative | John Charles Burnside | 828 | 8.5% | |
Total | 9,739 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Tommy Douglas | 5,605 | 61.6% | |
Liberal | James Weyburn Adolphe | 3,489 | 38.4% | |
Total | 9,094 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | X Tommy Douglas | 6,273 | 56.3% | |
Liberal-Progressive Conservative | Fergus Charles Eaglesham | 4,228 | 38.0% | |
Social Credit | Isabel Paxman | 638 | 5.7% | |
Total | 11,139 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | X Tommy Douglas | 6,020 | 59.9% | |
Liberal | Donald Morrow | 4,037 | 40.1% | |
Total | 10,057 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | X Tommy Douglas | 4,930 | 48.2% | |
Liberal | Junior Herbert Staveley | 4,234 | 41.4% | |
Social Credit | Gustav Theodore Froese | 1,070 | 10.5% | |
Total | 10,234 | 100.1%1 | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | X Tommy Douglas | 5,054 | 48.4% | |
Liberal | Junior Herbert Staveley | 4,453 | 42.7% | |
Progressive Conservative | Hugh McGillivray | 621 | 6.0% | |
Social Credit | William Tabor | 307 | 2.9% | |
Total | 10,435 | 100.0%1 | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Junior Herbert Staveley | 5,379 | 54.4% | |
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Oran Reiman | 4,505 | 45.6% | |
Total | 9,884 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
The by-election was called when the incumbent, Premier Douglas, resigned from the provincial Legislative Assembly to enter federal politics.
Elected.
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | James Auburn Pepper | 4,453 | 44.4% | |
Liberal | X Junior Herbert Staveley | 4,347 | 43.3% | |
Progressive Conservative | Jean Benson | 1,234 | 12.3% | |
Total | 10,034 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
New Democratic Party | X James Auburn Pepper | 4,876 | 46.7% | |
Liberal | Junior Herbert Staveley | 4,693 | 45.0% | |
Progressive Conservative | Jean Benson | 865 | 8.3% | |
Total | 10,434 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
New Democratic Party | X James Auburn Pepper | 5,795 | 56.0% | |
Liberal | William Erle Roger | 3,837 | 37.1% | |
Progressive Conservative | Ray L. Bailey | 719 | 6.9% | |
Total | 10,351 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
New Democratic Party | X James Auburn Pepper | 2,971 | 38.1% | |
Progressive Conservative | John Whitell | 2,522 | 32.4% | |
Liberal | Norm Flaten | 2,299 | 29.5% | |
Total | 7,792 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
New Democratic Party | X James Auburn Pepper | 3,517 | 38.1% | |
Progressive Conservative | Glen Dods | 3,449 | 32.4% | |
Liberal | Ron Chapdelaine | 981 | 29.5% | |
Total | 7,947 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | Lorne Henry Hepworth | 5,426 | 60.7% | |
New Democratic Party | Elaine Driver | 3,088 | 34.6% | |
Liberal | David J.R. Wright | 422 | 4.7% | |
Total | 8,936 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | X Lorne Henry Hepworth | 4,596 | 52.6% | |
New Democratic Party | Harry-Jae Elder | 3,220 | 36.9% | |
Liberal | W.F. (Bill) Rudachyk | 859 | 9.8% | |
Western Canada Concept | Edwin W. Appenheimer | 55 | 0.6% | |
Total | 8,730 | 99.9%1 | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
Party | Candidate | Popular vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
New Democratic Party | Ronald Wormsbecker | 3,883 | 45.3% | |
Progressive Conservative | X Lorne Henry Hepworth | 2,725 | 31.8% | |
Liberal | W.F. (Bill) Rudachyk | 1,920 | 22.4% | |
Independent | Edwin W. Appenheimer | 47 | 0.5% | |
Total | 8,575 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
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