Pheasant Hills was a

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for the Legislative Assembly of the province of

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, centered just north of the town of Grenfell. This district was one of 25 created before the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905. Originally named "Grenfell", this constituency was renamed Pheasant Hills in

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, after a range of hills north of the

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valley near

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. The district was abolished before the 9th Saskatchewan general election in 1938 into

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and Melville. It is now part of the constituencies of Moosomin,

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, and

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

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, William C. Arnold , align="right", 1,098 , align="right", 31.25% , align="right", -10.85 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 3,514 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - ,

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, Hugh Wallace Lindsay , align="right", 1,052 , align="right", 30.62% , align="right", – ,

, William Howland Blyth , align="right", 794 , align="right", 23.11% , align="right", – , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 3,436 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - ,

, Samuel Howard Potter , align="right", 1,890 , align="right", 47.64% , align="right", - , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 3,967 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - ,

, John William Redgwick , align="right", 2,650 , align="right", 46.85% , align="right", -0.79 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 5,657 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - ,

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, H.J. Benson , align="right", 1,804 , align="right", 24.13% , align="right", – ,

, Chris Ness , align="right", 1,363 , align="right", 18.23% , align="right", - , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,477 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right",

References

Saskatchewan Archives Board – Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division
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Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

See also

References