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 (as Melfort-Tisdale) before the 12th Saskatchewan general election in 1952.

It is now part of a reconstituted Melfort constituency.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

	#	MLA	Served	Party
	1.	George Balfour Johnston	1912 – 1925	Liberal
	2.	Olin Drake Hill	1925 – 1929	Liberal
	3.	Rupert Greaves	1929 – 1934	Conservative
	4.	John McFarlane	1934 – 1938	Liberal
	5.	Oakland W. Valleau	1938 – 1948	CCF
	6.	John Egnatoff	1948 – 1952	Liberal

Election results

Saskatchewan general election, 1912: Melfort electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Balfour Johnston	818	55.87%	–
	Conservative	Thomas Charles Spence	646	44.13%	–
Total			1,464	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1917: Melfort electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Balfour Johnston	1,661	62.21%	+6.34
	Conservative	John Alexander McDonald	1,009	37.79%	-6.34
Total			2,670	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1921: Melfort electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Balfour Johnston	1,846	61.76%	-0.45
	Independent	John Alexander McDonald	1,143	38.24%	+0.45
Total			2,989	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1925: Melfort electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Olin Drake Hill	1,469	40.51%	-21.25
	Progressive	Robert McKay	1,324	36.51%	–
	Conservative	Gilbert M. Irvine	833	22.98%	-
Total			3,626	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1929: Melfort electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rupert Greaves	3,411	57.41%	+34.43
	Liberal	Olin Drake Hill	2,531	42.59%	+2.08
Total			5,942	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1934: Melfort electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John McFarlane	3,972	54.98%	+12.39
	Conservative	Rupert Greaves	3,252	45.02%	-12.39
Total			7,224	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1938: Melfort electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCF	Oakland W. Valleau	3,024	36.37%	–
	Liberal	John McFarlane	2,657	31.96%	-23.02
	Conservative	Gilbert D. Eamer	1,604	19.29%	-25.73
	Social Credit	Chrysostom J. Lewis	1,029	12.38%	–
Total			8,314	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1944: Melfort electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCF	Oakland W. Valleau	3,396	50.62%	+14.25
	Liberal	John McFarlane	1,862	27.76%	-4.20
	Conservative	Stanley B. Caskey	1,450	21.62%	+2.33
Total			6,708	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1948: Melfort electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Egnatoff	4,065	50.18%	+22.42
	CCF	Oakland W. Valleau	4,035	49.82%	-0.80
Total			8,100	100.00%

See also

• Electoral district (Canada)
• List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts
• List of Saskatchewan general elections
• List of political parties in Saskatchewan
• Melfort, Saskatchewan

References

• Saskatchewan Archives Board – Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division