Thunder Creek (1975–2016 electoral district)

Thunder Creek was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Originally created for the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912 and abolished in 1938, this constituency was reconstituted for the 18th Saskatchewan general election in 1975. It was abolished a second time in 2016, with most of the constituency being re-distributed into the new electoral district of Lumsden-Morse.

Thunder Creek

Saskatchewan electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
District created	1975
First contested	1975
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Electors	11,112
Census divisions	Division 6, 7, 11

Communities in the district included the towns of Lumsden, Caronport, Regina Beach, Morse, Craik and Herbert; and the villages of Central Butte, Chaplin, Elbow, Mortlach, Riverhurst, Waldeck, Eyebrow and Bethune.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
18th	1975 – 1978		Colin Thatcher	Liberal
19th	1978 – 1982			Progressive Conservative
20th	1982 – 1984
	1985 – 1986		Richard Swenson	Progressive Conservative
21st	1986 – 1991
22nd	1991 – 1995
23rd	1995 – 1999		Gerard Aldridge	Liberal
24th	1999 – 2003		Lyle Stewart	Saskatchewan Party
25th	2003 – 2007
26th	2007 – 2011
27th	2011 – 2016
District dissolved into Lumsden-Morse

Election results

2011 Saskatchewan general election: Thunder Creek

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Saskatchewan	Lyle Stewart	5,920	79.61%	+15.16
	NDP	Ryan McDonald	1,304	17.54%	-5.62
	Green	Jill Forrester	212	2.85%	+0.72
Total			7,436	100.00%

2007 Saskatchewan general election: Thunder Creek

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Saskatchewan	Lyle Stewart	5,558	64.45%	+10.92
	NDP	Larry Hall	1,997	23.16%	-7.65
	Liberal	Rod Haugerud	590	6.84%	-6.84
	Prog. Conservative	Richard Swenson	295	3.42%	-
	Green	Russ Rudd	184	2.13%	–
Total			8,624	100.00%

2003 Saskatchewan general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Lyle Stewart	4,450	53.50%	+0.58
	New Democratic	Larry Hall	2,572	30.92%	+10.85
	Liberal	Rod Haugerud	1,132	13.61%	−13.41
	Western Independence	Harold Stephan	164	1.97%	–
Total			8,318	100.00%

1999 Saskatchewan general election: Thunder Creek

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Saskatchewan	Lyle Stewart	3,969	52.95%	–
	Liberal	Gerard Aldridge	2,031	27.09%	-10.40
	NDP	Ivan Costley	1,496	19.96%	-10.90
Total			7,496	100.00%

1995 Saskatchewan general election: Thunder Creek

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gerard Aldridge	2,859	37.49%	+13.65
	Prog. Conservative	Janet Day	2,414	31.65%	-10.96
	NDP	Lewis Draper	2,353	30.86%	-1.73
Total			7,626	100.00%

1991 Saskatchewan general election: Thunder Creek

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Swenson	2,929	42.61%	-10.91
	NDP	Ron Bishoff	2,240	32.59%	+6.15
	Liberal	Bill Johnstone	1,639	23.84%	+4.34
	Independent	Dwayne McBride	66	0.96%	–
Total			6,874	100.00%

1986 Saskatchewan general election: Thunder Creek

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Swenson	3,773	53.52%	+11.03
	NDP	Betty Payne	1,864	26.44%	-1.09
	Liberal	Bill Johnstone	1,375	19.50%	-7.60
	Western Canada Concept	Robert Gleim	38	0.54%	-2.34
Total			7,050	100.00%

March 27, 1985 By-Election:[1] Thunder Creek

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Swenson	2,670	42.49%	–
	NDP	Betty Payne	1,730	27.53%	–
	Liberal	Bill Johnstone	1,703	27.10%	–
	Western Canada Concept	Henry Banman	181	2.88%	–
Total			6,284	100.00%

References

1. Due to the resignation in disgrace of Colin Thatcher.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
• Elections Saskatchewan: Official Results of the 2007 Provincial Election By Electoral District
• Elections Saskatchewan - Official Results of the 2010 Provincial Election
• Saskatchewan Archives Board – Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division