Weyburn was a federal
electoral district
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in
Saskatchewan
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,
Canada
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, that was represented in the
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 Common ...
from 1917 to 1949.
This
riding was created in 1914 from parts of
Assiniboia
Assiniboia District refers to two historical districts of Canada's Northwest Territories. The name is taken from the Assiniboine First Nation.
Historical usage
''For more information on the history of the provisional districts, see also Distric ...
,
Qu'Appelle and
Regina ridings
It was
Tommy Douglas
Thomas Clement Douglas (20 October 1904 – 24 February 1986) was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who served as seventh premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and Leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 to 1971. A Baptist min ...
' riding from 1935 until he left Parliament to enter provincial politics in 1944.
It was abolished in 1947 when it was redistributed into
Moose Mountain, Assiniboia and Qu'Appelle ridings.
Election results
, -
,
United Reform Unity, United Progressive Movement and United Reform were the names used in Canada by a popular front party initiated by the Communist Party of Canada in the late 1930s.
United Progressive/Unity in Saskatchewan
Two of the movement's members, Dorise ...
, HILTON, John Harrison , , align=269
See also
*
List of Canadian federal electoral districts
This is a list of Canada's 338 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2013 Representation Order''.
Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect member ...
*
Historical federal electoral districts of Canada
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External links
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Former federal electoral districts of Saskatchewan
Constituencies established in 1914
1914 establishments in Canada
Constituencies disestablished in 1947
1947 disestablishments in Canada