Weyburn (provincial electoral district)
Weyburn was a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, from 1908 to 1995.
The district was created for the second Saskatchewan general election in 1908. It contained the town of Weyburn and extended into the surrounding countryside.[1]
The district was dissolved in the redistribution following the 1991 federal census. It was combined with parts of the Bengough-Milestone district to become Weyburn-Big Muddy, for the 1995 general election.[2]
From 1944 to 1961, Premier Tommy Douglas was the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Weyburn riding.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
# | Member | Years Served | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Robert Menzies Mitchell | 1908–1919 | Liberal | |
2. | Charles McGill Hamilton | 1919–1929 | Liberal | |
3. | Robert Sterritt Leslie | 1929-1934 | Progressive | |
4. | Hugh Elliott Eaglesham | 1934–1938 | Liberal | |
5. | George Levi Crane | 1938-1944 | Liberal | |
6. | Tommy Douglas | 1944–1961 | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | |
7. | Junior Herbert Staveley | 1961–1964 | Liberal | |
8. | James Auburn Pepper | 1964–1982 | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party | |
9. | Lorne Henry Hepworth | 1982-1991 | Progressive Conservative | |
10. | Ronald Wormsbecker | 1991-1995 | New Democratic Party | |
Source: Saskatchewan Archives: Election Results by Electoral Division |
Election results
General Election, 1908
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | 760 | 50.9% | ||
Provincial Rights | George Beischel | 732 | 49.1% | |
Total | 1,492 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
General election, 1912
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | 1,433 | 61.3% | ||
Conservative | Ormond Skinner Mitchell | 904 | 38.7% | |
Total | 2,337 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
General election, 1917
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | 2,619 | 59.0% | ||
Conservative | George McKenzie Bowman | 1,820 | 41.0% | |
Total | 4,439 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
By-election, 1919
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Acclaimed | – | ||
Total | – | – | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
The by-election was called when the incumbent, Robert Menzies Mitchell, resigned to take the position of superintendent of the Saskatchewan Hospital in Weyburn.[3]
By-election, 1920
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Acclaimed | – | ||
Total | – | – | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
The by-election was called when Hamilton accepted the position of Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Premier Martin, an office of profit under the Crown, on April 26, 1920.[4]
X Incumbent.
General election, 1921
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | 2,368 | 88.4% | ||
Independent | Thompson McClelland | 311 | 11.6% | |
Total | 2,679 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
General election, 1925
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | 2,351 | 59.6% | ||
Conservative | Morton Allison Fletcher | 1,593 | 40.4% | |
Total | 3,944 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
General election, 1929
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | 3,288 | 51.6% | ||
Liberal | X Charles McGill Hamilton | 3,088 | 48.4% | |
Total | 6,376 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
General election, 1934
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | 2,281 | 43.9% | ||
Progressive | X Robert Sterritt Leslie | 1,544 | 29.7% | |
Farmer–Labour | Tommy Douglas | 1,343 | 25.8% | |
Independent | James Logan Coltart | 29 | 0.6% | |
Total | 5,197 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
General election, 1938
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | 4,744 | 48.7% | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Frederick Claude Williams | 4,167 | 42.8% | |
Independent Conservative | John Charles Burnside | 828 | 8.5% | |
Total | 9,739 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
General election, 1944
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | 5,605 | 61.6% | ||
Liberal | James Weyburn Adolphe | 3,489 | 38.4% | |
Total | 9,094 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
General election, 1948
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | 6,273 | 56.3% | ||
Liberal-Progressive Conservative | Fergus Charles Eaglesham | 4,228 | 38.0% | |
Social Credit | Isabel Paxman | 638 | 5.7% | |
Total | 11,139 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
General election, 1952
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | 6,020 | 59.9% | ||
Liberal | Donald Morrow | 4,037 | 40.1% | |
Total | 10,057 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
General election, 1956
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | 4,930 | 48.2% | ||
Liberal | Junior Herbert Staveley | 4,234 | 41.4% | |
Social Credit | Gustav Theodore Froese | 1,070 | 10.5% | |
Total | 10,234 | 100.1%1 | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
1 Rounding error.
General election, 1960
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | 5,054 | 48.4% | ||
Liberal | Junior Herbert Staveley | 4,453 | 42.7% | |
Progressive Conservative | Hugh McGillivray | 621 | 6.0% | |
Social Credit | William Tabor | 307 | 2.9% | |
Total | 10,435 | 100.0%1 | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
1 Rounding error.
By-election, 1961
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | 5,379 | 54.4% | ||
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Oran Reiman | 4,505 | 45.6% | |
Total | 9,884 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
The by-election was called when the incumbent, Premier Douglas, resigned from the provincial Legislative Assembly to enter federal politics.
General election, 1964
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | 4,453 | 44.4% | ||
Liberal | X Junior Herbert Staveley | 4,347 | 43.3% | |
Progressive Conservative | Jean Benson | 1,234 | 12.3% | |
Total | 10,034 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
General election, 1967
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
New Democratic Party | 4,876 | 46.7% | ||
Liberal | Junior Herbert Staveley | 4,693 | 45.0% | |
Progressive Conservative | Jean Benson | 865 | 8.3% | |
Total | 10,434 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
General election, 1971
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
New Democratic Party | 5,795 | 56.0% | ||
Liberal | William Erle Roger | 3,837 | 37.1% | |
Progressive Conservative | Ray L. Bailey | 719 | 6.9% | |
Total | 10,351 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
General election, 1975
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
New Democratic Party | 2,971 | 38.1% | ||
Progressive Conservative | John Whitell | 2,522 | 32.4% | |
Liberal | Norm Flaten | 2,299 | 29.5% | |
Total | 7,792 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
General election, 1978
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
New Democratic Party | 3,517 | 38.1% | ||
Progressive Conservative | Glen Dods | 3,449 | 32.4% | |
Liberal | Ron Chapdelaine | 981 | 29.5% | |
Total | 7,947 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
General election, 1982
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | 5,426 | 60.7% | ||
New Democratic Party | Elaine Driver | 3,088 | 34.6% | |
Liberal | David J.R. Wright | 422 | 4.7% | |
Total | 8,936 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
General election, 1986
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive Conservative | 4,596 | 52.6% | ||
New Democratic Party | Harry-Jae Elder | 3,220 | 36.9% | |
Liberal | W.F. (Bill) Rudachyk | 859 | 9.8% | |
Western Canada Concept | Edwin W. Appenheimer | 55 | 0.6% | |
Total | 8,730 | 99.9%1 | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
1 Rounding error.
General election, 1991
Party | Candidate | Popular Vote | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
New Democratic Party | 3,883 | 45.3% | ||
Progressive Conservative | X Lorne Henry Hepworth | 2,725 | 31.8% | |
Liberal | W.F. (Bill) Rudachyk | 1,920 | 22.4% | |
Independent | Edwin W. Appenheimer | 47 | 0.5% | |
Total | 8,575 | 100.0% | ||
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn | ||||
X Incumbent.
1 Rounding error.
References
- An Act to amend the Legislative Assembly Act, Statutes of Saskatchewan 1908, c. 4.
- The Representation Act, 1994, Statutes of Saskatchewan 1994, c. R-20.3.
- Hawkes, John. The Story of Saskatchewan and its People, 1924, vol. 2, pp. 1347–8.
- Saskatchewan Archives - Ministers.