Saskatoon (electoral district)

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Saskatoon was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1935 and from 1949 to 1968.

This riding was created in 1907 from parts of Assiniboia West, Humboldt and Saskatchewan ridings.

It was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed into Rosthern and Saskatoon City ridings.

It was recreated in 1947 from parts of Rosthern and Saskatoon City ridings, and abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Moose Jaw, Saskatoon—Biggar and Saskatoon—Humboldt ridings.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Ewan McCraney	3,645
	Conservative	Murdoch Alex. MacInnes	2,168

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	George Ewan McCraney	5,328
	Conservative	Donald MacLean	3,756
	Independent	Newel Edward Baumunk	656

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	James Robert Wilson	9,639
	Opposition	James William Casey	1,833

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	John Evans	8,057
	Liberal	Peter Donald Stewart	3,943
	Conservative	James Robert Wilson	2,909

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander MacGillivray Young	5,303
	Conservative	Frank Roland MacMillan	5,114
	Progressive	Walter Lee Kirkpatrick	1,417

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Alexander MacGillivray Young	8,058
	Conservative	Frank Roland MacMillan	5,706

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Frank Roland MacMillan	11,663
	Liberal	Alexander MacGillivray Young	9,799

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Roy Knight	11,749
	Liberal	Charles Wesley McCool	8,868
	Progressive Conservative	Alfred Henry Bence	7,013

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Roy Knight	12,056
	Liberal	Charles W. McCool	7,028
	Progressive Conservative	Donald C. Disbery	4,661
	Social Credit	Malcolm James Haver	990
	Labour-Progressive	William Michael Berezowski	264

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Henry Frank Jones	12,905
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Roy Knight	12,022
	Liberal	Alex W. Prociuk	6,786
	Social Credit	Noble Ernest Britton	2,003

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Henry Frank Jones	24,622
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Roy Knight	10,324
	Liberal	Jessie Caldwell	5,505

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Henry Frank Jones	25,341
	New Democrat	David E. Mahood	9,842
	Liberal	John George Egnatoff	8,592
	Social Credit	Donald Harder	1,556

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Henry Frank Jones	26,237
	Liberal	Sidney Labe Buckwold	13,499
	New Democrat	David E. Mahood	8,262
	Social Credit	John Wesley Vail	1,256

By-election on 22 June 1964 On Jones' death, 4 March 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Eloise Jones	16,551
	Liberal	Sidney Labe Buckwold	14,168
	New Democrat	Jim Harding	9,459

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Lewis Brand	21,036
	New Democrat	Ben Smillie	15,025
	Liberal	Ernest J. Cole	10,529
	Social Credit	Delbert M. Dynna	619

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Saskatoon (1907–1933) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Saskatoon (1947–1966) from the Library of Parliament