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, Canada. Located in southeastern Saskatchewan, this constituency was one of 25 created for the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905. Formerly represented by

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, it is arguably one of the most conservative ridings in the province, having been in the hands of a centre-right party without interruption since 1975. It has never elected a member of the CCF or

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, though the NDP came within 51 votes of winning it during its 1991 landslide. The largest centre in the constituency is the town of Moosomin. Other towns in the district include Grenfell,

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, Broadview, Whitewood,

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and Wolseley.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

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, Carol Morin , align="right", 1,244 , align="right", 19.93% , align="right", -1.42 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 6,242 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - ,

, Virginia Healey , align="right", 1,506 , align="right", 21.35% , align="right", -9.49 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,053 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - ,

, John M. McCormick , align="right", 1,604 , align="right", 20.53% , align="right", -11.54 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,812 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , style="width: 130px", Progressive Conservative , Don Toth , align="right", 3,314 , align="right", 41.81% , align="right", +1.39 ,

, Glen Gatin , align="right", 2,542 , align="right", 32.07% , align="right", -7.67 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,926 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , style="width: 130px", Progressive Conservative , Don Toth , align="right", 3,005 , align="right", 40.42% , align="right", -19.80 ,

, Mary McGuire , align="right", 2,954 , align="right", 39.74% , align="right", +8.09 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,434 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , style="width: 130px", Progressive Conservative ,

, align="right", 4,622 , align="right", 60.22% , align="right", +9.44 ,

, William F. Sauter , align="right", 2,429 , align="right", 31.65% , align="right", +1.46 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,675 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , style="width: 130px", Progressive Conservative , Larry Birkbeck , align="right", 4,165 , align="right", 50.78% , align="right", +8.50 ,

, Fred A. Easton , align="right", 2,476 , align="right", 30.19% , align="right", -2.77 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 8,202 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , style="width: 130px", Progressive Conservative , Larry Birkbeck , align="right", 3,353 , align="right", 42.28% , align="right", +4.54 ,

, Fred A. Easton , align="right", 2,614 , align="right", 32.96% , align="right", +6.86 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,931 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , style="width: 130px", Progressive Conservative , Larry Birkbeck , align="right", 3,018 , align="right", 37.74% , align="right", - ,

, Fred A. Easton , align="right", 2,087 , align="right", 26.10% , align="right", -22.10 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,996 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - ,

, Edward B. Shillington , align="right", 3,724 , align="right", 48.20% , align="right", +16.53 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,727 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - ,

, William F. Goodwin , align="right", 2,435 , align="right", 31.67% , align="right", -2.48 , Progressive Conservative , Andrew E. Bruce , align="right", 1,956 , align="right", 25.44% , align="right", -3.70 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,688 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , CCF , William F. Goodwin , align="right", 2,821 , align="right", 34.15% , align="right", -6.53 , Progressive Conservative , Andrew E. Bruce , align="right", 2,407 , align="right", 29.14% , align="right", - , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 8,261 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , CCF , William F. Goodwin , align="right", 3,102 , align="right", 40.68% , align="right", +11.88 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,625 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , CCF , Edwin Nystrom , align="right", 2,328 , align="right", 28.80% , align="right", -1.72 , Progressive Conservative , Verlie McDonald , align="right", 1,212 , align="right", 14.99% , align="right", - , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 8,083 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , CCF , Alfred S. Swanson , align="right", 2,527 , align="right", 30.52% , align="right", -15.87 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 8,279 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , CCF , Edwin Nystrom , align="right", 4,014 , align="right", 46.39% , align="right", +6.80 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 8,653 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , CCF , Ivan Burden , align="right", 3,442 , align="right", 39.59% , align="right", -6.65 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 8,693 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , CCF , David A. Cunningham , align="right", 3,324 , align="right", 46.24% , align="right", - , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,189 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - ,

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, Percy S. George , align="right", 2,528 , align="right", 31.11% , align="right", -8.00 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 8,126 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - ,

, Frederick Dennis Munroe , align="right", 2,465 , align="right", 39.11% , align="right", - ,

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, John Frederick Herman , align="right", 1,025 , align="right", 16.27% , align="right", – , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 6,302 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , style="width: 130px",

, Frederick Dennis Munroe , align="right", Acclaimed , align="right", 100.00% , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", Acclamation !align="right", , - , style="width: 130px",

, Frederick Dennis Munroe , align="right", 2,361 , align="right", 54.49% , align="right", - , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 4,333 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right", , - , style="width: 130px",

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, John Louis Salkeld , align="right", 1,888 , align="right", 52.68% , align="right", +1.72 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 3,584 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right", , - , style="width: 130px",

, John Louis Salkeld , align="right", 1,892 , align="right", 50.96% , align="right", -2.06 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 3,713 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right", , - , style="width: 130px",

John Louis Salkeld John Louis Salkeld (January 21, 1858 – 1941) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Moosomin in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1917 to 1925 as a Conservative and from 1925 to 1929 as an independent ...

, align="right", 1,921 , align="right", 53.02% , align="right", +9.75 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 3,623 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right", , - ,

, Edward Lindsey Elwood , align="right", 874 , align="right", 43.27% , align="right", -5.15 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 2,020 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right", , - , Provincial Rights , Daniel David Ellis , align="right", 963 , align="right", 48.42% , align="right", -2.58 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 1,989 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right", , - , style="width: 130px", Provincial Rights , Daniel David Ellis , align="right", 915 , align="right", 51.00% , align="right", – , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 1,794 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right",

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