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Last Mountain (electoral District)
Last Mountain was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1935. This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Humboldt, Regina and Saskatoon ridings It was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed into Lake Centre, Melville and Yorkton ridings. Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1999 and 2003, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was elected using the same districts within that province ... External links * {{coord missing, Saskatchewan Former federal electoral districts of Saskatchewan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Mountain (electoral District)
Last Mountain was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1935. This riding was created in 1914 from parts of Humboldt, Regina and Saskatoon ridings It was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed into Lake Centre, Melville and Yorkton ridings. Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1999 and 2003, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was elected using the same districts within that province ... External links * {{coord missing, Saskatchewan Former federal electoral districts of Saskatchewan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In English it is also colloquially and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or constituency. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Since 2015, there have been 338 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada, western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the United States, U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota. Saskatchewan and Alberta are the only landlocked provinces of Canada. In 2022, Saskatchewan's population was estimated at 1,205,119. Nearly 10% of Saskatchewan’s total area of is fresh water, mostly rivers, reservoirs and List of lakes in Saskatchewan, lakes. Residents primarily live in the southern prairie half of the province, while the northern half is mostly forested and sparsely populated. Roughly half live in the province's largest city Saskatoon or the provincial capital Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina. Other notable cities include Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, Swift Current, North Battleford, Melfort, Saskatchewan, Melfort, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Commons Of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body whose members are known as members of Parliament (MPs). There have been 338 MPs since the most recent electoral district redistribution for the 2015 federal election, which saw the addition of 30 seats. Members are elected by simple plurality ("first-past-the-post" system) in each of the country's electoral districts, which are colloquially known as ''ridings''. MPs may hold office until Parliament is dissolved and serve for constitutionally limited terms of up to five years after an election. Historically, however, terms have ended before their expiry and the sitting government has typically dissolved parliament within four years of an election according to a long-standing convention. In any case, an ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humboldt (electoral District)
Humboldt was a federal electoral district in Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1953. When it was created in 1903, it was part of the Northwest Territories. When Saskatchewan became a province in 1905, Humboldt riding was in that province. It was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Humboldt—Melfort, Mackenzie and Rosthern ridings. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following Members of Parliament: # A.J. Adamson, Liberal (1904–1908) # David Bradley Neely, Liberal (1908–1917) # Norman Lang, Unionist (1917–1921) # Charles Wallace Stewart, Progressive (1921–1925) # Albert Frederick Totzke, Liberal (1925–1935) #Harry Raymond Fleming, Liberal (1935–1942) # Joseph William Burton, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1943–1949) # Joseph Ingolph Hetland, Liberal (1949–1953) Election results By-election: On Mr. Fleming's death, 5 November 1942 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regina (electoral District)
Regina was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 1935. This riding was created in 1907 from parts of the former Northwest Territories ridings Assiniboia West and Qu'Appelle ridings. It initially consisted of a part of Saskatchewan stretching from the south boundary of the province. The riding was abolished in 1933 when it was redistributed into Lake Centre, Qu'Appelle, and Regina City ridings. Election results By-election: On Mr. Motherwell's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 3 January 1922 By-election: On Mr. Darke's resignation, 20 February 1926 to create a vacancy for C.A. Dunning By-election: On Mr. Dunning's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 5 October 1926 See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Past Canadian electoral districts This is a list of past arrangements of Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatoon (electoral District)
Saskatoon was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada 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. Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Past Canadian electoral districts This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1999 and 2003, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was elected using the same districts within ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Centre
Lake Centre was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1953. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of the ridings of Last Mountain, Long Lake and Regina. From 1940 to 1953, the riding's Member of Parliament was John Diefenbaker, who later served as Prime Minister of Canada from 1957 to 1963. It was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Melville, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre, Rosetown—Biggar and Yorkton ridings. Election results See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Past Canadian electoral districts This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1999 and 2003, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was elected using the same districts within that provinc ... External links * {{coord missing, Saskatchewan Former federal electoral distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melville (electoral District)
Melville was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Saltcoats riding. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Regina East and Yorkton—Melville ridings. Election results , - , Farmer , John Morris Thomas , align=3,221 , - , Unity , Gilbert Henry Bartlett , align=1,837 See also * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Past Canadian electoral districts This is a list of past arrangements of Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. In 1999 and 2003, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario was elected using the same districts within that provinc ... External links * {{coord missing, Saskatchewan Melville, Saskatchewan Former federal electoral districts of Saskatchewan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkton (federal Electoral District)
Yorkton was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1968. This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Mackenzie and Saltcoats ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Regina East, Regina—Lake Centre and Yorkton—Melville ridings. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following Members of Parliament: # George Washington McPhee, Liberal (1925–1940) # George Hugh Castleden, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) (1940–1949) # Alan Carl Stewart, Liberal (1949–1953) #George Hugh Castleden, CCF (1953–1958) # G. Drummond Clancy, Progressive Conservative (1958–1968) Election results See also * Yorkton Saskatchewan provincial electoral district * Yorkton Northwest Territories territorial electoral district * List of Canadian federal electoral districts * Historical feder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Frederick Johnston
John Frederick "Fred" Johnston (July 16, 1876 – May 9, 1948) was a Saskatchewan politician. Johnston was born to a wealthy family in Bogarttown, Ontario that owned lumber and flour mills in Simcoe County.John Frederick Johnston 1876-1948 ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan'' He moved to in 1905 and ultimately settled on a farm near . In addition to his farm, he owned a lumberyard and hardware store in town and developed a string of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Russell Fansher
William Russell Fansher (February 26, 1876 – February 28, 1957) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Last Mountain in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1930 as a Progressive Party member. He was born in Florence, Ontario, the son of Franklin Fansher and Lucy McLellan. In 1904, he married Mary Alice Dorcas Osborne. Later that year, he moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, where he operated the city's light plant. In 1906, he settled on a farm near Govan, Saskatchewan. Fansher was involved in the formation of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, the local rural telephone company and the Govan credit union and co-op store. He raised cattle and was called "Canada's Clover King" by Maclean's magazine. Fansher was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1930, 1935 and 1940. He died in Regina at the age of 81. His brother Burt Burt is a given name and also a shortened form of other names, such as Burton and Herbert, or a place name. Burt may re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
