Melfort (provincial electoral district)


Melfort is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. The city of Melfort is the largest centre in the constituency.
Smaller communities in the district include the towns of Watson, Star City, Leroy, and Naicam; and the villages of Quill Lake, Spalding, Beatty, Englefeld, and Annaheim.
The riding has existed since the 1912 election.

History

The riding initially returned primarily NDP members, starting with Arthur Thibault. Since then, it has returned MLAs from all three major parties. Most recently it has returned Saskatchewan Party MLAs, since 1997.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

Melfort (2003-present)

Melfort-Tisdale (1995-2003)

^ Saskatchewan Party change is from Progressive Conservative

Melfort (1975-1995)

!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,322
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,902
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,344
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,535
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,299
!align="right"|100.00
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Melfort-Kinistino (1971-1975)

!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|10,274
!align="right"|100.00
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Melfort-Tisdale (1952-1971)

!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,114
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,621
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,971
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,170
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,962
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|

Melfort (1912-1952)

!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,100
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|6,708
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,314
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,224
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|5,942
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|3,626
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|2,989
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|2,670
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|1,464
!align="right"|100.00%
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