Melfort (provincial electoral district)

Melfort is a provincial

Provinces and territories of Canada

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electoral district

Electoral district

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for the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

The 25th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was in power from 2003 until November 20, 2007. It was controlled by the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party under premier Lorne Calvert.-Members:-By-elections:...

of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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, Canada

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.

A provincial constituency of the same name

Melfort (former provincial electoral district)

Melfort was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912, this riding was dissolved and combined with the Tisdale district before the 12th Saskatchewan general election in 1952.It...

existed from 1912

Saskatchewan general election, 1912

The Saskatchewan general election of 1912 was the third provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on July 11, 1912 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Premier Walter Scott led the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan to a third term in office with...

to 1952

Saskatchewan general election, 1952

The Saskatchewan general election of 1952 was the twelfth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 11, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Parliament	Years		Party
*Melfort-Kinistino*
17th Saskatchewan general election, 1971 The Saskatchewan general election of 1971 was the seventeenth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 23, 1971, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	1971–1975	Arthur Thibault	New Democrat
*Melfort*
18th Saskatchewan general election, 1975 The Saskatchewan general election of 1975 was the eighteenth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 11, 1975, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan...	1975–1978	Norman Vickar	New Democrat
19th Saskatchewan general election, 1978 The Saskatchewan general election of 1978 was the nineteenth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on October 18, 1978, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	1978–1982	Norman Vickar	New Democrat
20th Saskatchewan general election, 1982 The Saskatchewan general election of 1982 was the twentieth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on April 26, 1982, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	1982–1986	Grant Hodgins	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....
21st Saskatchewan general election, 1986 The Saskatchewan general election of 1986 was the twenty-first provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on October 20, 1986, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	1986–1991	Grant Hodgins
22nd 22nd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan The 22nd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the 1991 Saskatchewan election. It was controlled by the New Democratic Party under Premier Roy Romanow. With 66 representatives elected, the 22nd Assembly had the largest number of MLAs in Saskatchewan history.In the fall of 1992 former...	1991–1995	Carol Carson	New Democrat
*Melfort-Tisdale*
23rd 23rd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan The 23rd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the 1995 Saskatchewan election. It was controlled by the New Democratic Party under Premier Roy Romanow....	1995–1997	Rod Gantefoer Rod Gantefoer Rod Gantefoer is a Canadian provincial politician. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan since 1995, representing the constituencies of Melfort-Tisdale from 1995 to 2003 and Melfort since 2003....	Liberal Party Saskatchewan Liberal Party The Saskatchewan Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.-Early history :The party dominated Saskatchewan politics for the province's first forty years providing six of the first seven Premiers, and being in power for all but five of the years between the...
	1997–1999		Saskatchewan Party Saskatchewan Party The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...
24th 24th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan The 24th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the 1999 Saskatchewan election. It was controlled by the New Democratic Party under Premier Roy Romanow...	1999–2003
*Melfort*
25th	2003–2007	Rod Gantefoer Rod Gantefoer Rod Gantefoer is a Canadian provincial politician. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan since 1995, representing the constituencies of Melfort-Tisdale from 1995 to 2003 and Melfort since 2003....	Saskatchewan Party Saskatchewan Party The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...
26th 26th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan The 26th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the 2007 Saskatchewan election, and was sworn in on November 21, 2007. It is controlled by the Saskatchewan Party under Premier Brad Wall.-Members:...	2007–2011
27th	2011-present	Kevin Phillips Kevin Phillips (politician) Kevin Phillips is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2011 election. He represents the electoral district of Melfort as a member of the Saskatchewan Party caucus....	Saskatchewan Party Saskatchewan Party The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...

Election results

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| style="width: 130px"|Saskatchewan Party

Saskatchewan Party

The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...

|Kevin Phillips
|align="right"|4,656
|align="right"|73.05
|align="right"|-

|NDP
|Ivan Yackel
|align="right"|1,576
|align="right"|24.73
|align="right"|-

|Greens

Green Party of Saskatchewan

The Green Party of Saskatchewan is a left-leaning Green political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.It was founded in 1998 as the New Green Alliance by environmental and social justice activists frustrated by the social democratic Saskatchewan New Democratic Party's move to the right...

Saskatchewan Party

|Rod Gantefoer

Rod Gantefoer

Rod Gantefoer is a Canadian provincial politician. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan since 1995, representing the constituencies of Melfort-Tisdale from 1995 to 2003 and Melfort since 2003....

|align="right"|4,751
|align="right"|65.25
|align="right"|+10.35

|NDP
|Dale Renneberg
|align="right"|2,191
|align="right"|30.09
|align="right"|-8.06

|Liberal

Saskatchewan Liberal Party

The Saskatchewan Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.-Early history :The party dominated Saskatchewan politics for the province's first forty years providing six of the first seven Premiers, and being in power for all but five of the years between the...

Saskatchewan Party

|Rod Gantefoer
|align="right"|4,037
|align="right"|54.90
|align="right"|+3.02

|NDP
|Garnet Davis
|align="right"|2,805
|align="right"|38.15
|align="right"|+6.62

|Liberal

Saskatchewan Liberal Party

Saskatchewan Party

|Rod Gantefoer
|align="right"|4,096
|align="right"|51.88
|align="right"|–

|NDP
|Carol Carson
|align="right"|2,489
|align="right"|31.53
|align="right"|-6.70

|Liberal

Saskatchewan Liberal Party

Saskatchewan Liberal Party

|Rod Gantefoer
|align="right"|3,882
|align="right"|46.84
|align="right"|+22.32

|NDP
|Carol Carson
|align="right"|3,168
|align="right"|38.23
|align="right"|-2.89

|Prog. Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan

The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....

Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Liberal Party

|Rod Gantefoer

Rod Gantefoer

Western Canada Concept Party of Saskatchewan

The Western Canada Concept Party of Saskatchewan was a provincial political party that was the Saskatchewan, Canada branch of the Western Canada Concept, a federal political party that advocated the separation of the four western provinces of Canada to form a new country.The party's zenith was the...

Saskatchewan Liberal Party

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly – Melfort (1912–1952)

	\|MLA	\|Party	1.	George Balfour Johnston	1912–1925	Liberal	2.	Olin Drake Hill	1925–1929	Liberal	3.	Rupert James Greaves	1929–1934	Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....	4.	John Duncan McFarlane	1934–1938	Liberal	5.	Oakland W. Valleau	1938–1948	CCF Saskatchewan New Democratic Party The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...	6.	John Egnatoff	1948–1952	Liberal

Member of the Legislative Assembly – Melfort-Tisdale (1952–1971)

	\|MLA	\|Party	7.	Clarence Willis	1952–1971	CCF-NDP Saskatchewan New Democratic Party The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...

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