Wilkie (electoral district)

Wilkie was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centred on the town of Wilkie, Saskatchewan. Created as "Tramping Lake" before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912, this constituency was renamed "Wilkie" in 1917.

This riding was arguably one of the most conservative in the province, having only once elected a member of the CCF or NDP – in the CCF's 1944 landslide victory.

The district was dissolved before the 23rd Saskatchewan general election in 1995. It is now part of the ridings of Biggar, Cut Knife-Turtleford, and Kindersley.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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# MLA Served Party
  1. James Murray Scott 1912 – 1917 Liberal
  2. Reuben Martin 1917 – 1921 Liberal
  3. Sidney Bingham 1921 – 1925 Progressive
  4. Robert Erie Nay 1925 – 1929 Liberal
  5. Alexander John McLeod 1929 – 1934 Conservative
  6. John Jardine 1934 – 1938 Liberal
  7. John C. Knowles 1938 – 1944 Liberal
  8. Hans O. Hansen 1944 – 1948 CCF
  9. John W. Horsman 1948 – 1964 Liberal
  10. Cliff McIsaac 1964 – 1975 Liberal
  11. Linda Clifford 1975 – 1978 Liberal
  12. Jim Garner 1978 – 1986 Progressive Conservative
  13. John Britton 1986 – 1995 Progressive Conservative

Election results

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1912 Saskatchewan general election: Tramping Lake electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal James Murray Scott 1,117 55.99%
  Conservative Robert James Speers 878 44.01%
Total 1,995 100.00%
1917 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reuben Martin 1,783 48.05% -7.94
  Conservative Henry Oswald Wright 1,005 27.08% -16.93
Nonpartisan League Donald Jerome Haight 923 24.87%
Total 3,711 100.00%
1921 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Sidney Bingham 1,694 51.50% +26.63
Liberal Reuben Martin 1,595 48.50% +0.45
Total 3,289 100.00%
1925 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Nay 2,281 69.69% +21.19
Progressive Sidney Bingham 992 30.31% -21.19
Total 3,273 100.00%
1929 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Conservative Alexander McLeod 2,814 51.07% -
Liberal Robert Nay 2,696 48.93% -20.76
Total 5,510 100.00%
1934 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Jardine 3,702 48.47% -0.46
  Farmer-Labour George Joseph Hindley 2,011 26.33% -
  Conservative Alexander McLeod 1,925 25.20% -25.87
Total 7,638 100.00%
1938 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John C. Knowles 4,053 59.17% +10.70
Social Credit Frank R. Beggs 2,797 40.83%
Total 6,850 100.00%
1944 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  CCF Hans O. Hansen 3,567 58.53% -
Liberal John C. Knowles 2,527 41.47% -17.70
Total 6,094 100.00%
1948 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Horsman 3,143 43.97% +2.50
  CCF Hans O. Hansen 2,566 35.90% -22.63
Social Credit George Keith Nicholson 1,110 15.53% -
  Prog. Conservative O. Allan Bentley 329 4.60% -
Total 7,148 100.00%
1952 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Horsman 3,199 45.35% +1.38
  CCF Hans O. Hansen 3,067 43.48% +7.58
Social Credit T. Gauley 788 11.17% -4.36
Total 7,054 100.00%
1956 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Horsman 3,684 46.03% +0.68
  CCF Samuel Onerheim 2,849 35.60% -7.88
Social Credit William R. Leeson 1,470 18.37% +7.20
Total 8,003 100.00%
1960 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Horsman 3,463 45.22% -0.81
  CCF Lewis R. Thomas 2,315 30.23% -5.37
Social Credit William R. Leeson 1,220 15.93% -2.44
  Prog. Conservative Walter O. Smith 660 8.62% -
Total 7,658 100.00%
1964 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. Clifford McIsaac 3,593 48.53% +3.31
  CCF W. Ray Grant 2,162 29.20% -1.03
  Prog. Conservative Donald Wallace 1,649 22.27% +13.65
Total 7,404 100.00%
1967 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. Clifford McIsaac 3,817 61.04% +12.51
  NDP Norman Heather 2,436 38.96% +9.76
Total 6,253 100.00%
1971 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal J. Clifford McIsaac 3,309 51.31% -9.73
  NDP Dick Scotton 3,140 48.69% +9.73
Total 6,449 100.00%
1975 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Linda Clifford 2,831 39.36% -11.95
  NDP Delaine Scotton 2,223 30.91% -17.78
  Progressive Conservative Jim Garner 2,138 29.73% -
Total 7,192 100.00%
1978 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Progressive Conservative Jim Garner 2,865 39.73% +10.00
  NDP Ray Heather 2,371 32.88% +1.97
Liberal Linda Clifford 1,975 27.39% -11.97
Total 7,211 100.00%
1982 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Progressive Conservative Jim Garner 5,056 66.55% +26.82
  NDP Wayne Birn 2,039 26.84% -6.04
Liberal Arthur L. Reil 502 6.61% -20.78
Total 7,597 100.00%
1986 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Progressive Conservative John Britton 3,457 48.35% -18.20
  NDP Ted Zoller 2,151 30.09% +3.25
Liberal Nicodemus B. Volk 1,541 21.56% +14.95
Total 7,149 100.00%
1991 Saskatchewan general election: Wilkie electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Progressive Conservative John Britton 2,601 38.54% -9.81
  NDP Sharon Murrell 2,295 34.00% +3.91
Liberal Nick Volk 1,853 27.46% +5.90
Total 6,749 100.00%

See also

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References

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