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Rosetown—Biggar (federal Electoral District)
Rosetown—Biggar was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Kindersley and Rosetown ridings. It was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Battleford—Kindersley, Moose Jaw, Regina—Lake Centre, Saskatoon—Biggar and Swift Current—Maple Creek ridings. Election results See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosetown-Biggar Former federal electoral districts of Saskatchewan Biggar, 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 Canadian 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. Beginning with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swift Current—Maple Creek
Swift Current—Maple Creek (previously known as Swift Current) was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1988. This riding was created in 1914 as "Swift Current" from parts of Moose Jaw riding. The name of the electoral district was changed to "Swift Current—Maple Creek" in 1953. The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was merged into Swift Current—Maple Creek—Assiniboia riding. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: # Ira Eugene Argue, Unionist (1917–1921) # Arthur John Lewis, Progressive (1921–1925) # Charles Edward Bothwell, Liberal (1925–1940) #Roy Theodore Graham, Liberal (1940–1945) # Thomas J. Bentley, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1945–1949) # Harry B. Whiteside, Liberal (1949–1953) #Irvin Studer, Liberal (1953–1958) # Jack McIntosh, Progressive Conservative (1958–1972) # Frank Hamilton, Progress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Former Federal Electoral Districts Of Saskatchewan
A former is an object, such as a template, gauge or cutting die, which is used to form something such as a boat's hull. Typically, a former gives shape to a structure that may have complex curvature. A former may become an integral part of the finished structure, as in an aircraft fuselage, or it may be removable, being used in the construction process and then discarded or re-used. Aircraft formers Formers are used in the construction of aircraft fuselage, of which a typical fuselage has a series from the nose cone to the empennage, typically perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The primary purpose of formers is to establish the shape of the fuselage and reduce the column length of stringers to prevent instability. Formers are typically attached to longerons, which support the skin of the aircraft. The "former-and-longeron" technique (also called stations and stringers) was adopted from boat construction, and was typical of light aircraft built until th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Federal Electoral Districts Of Canada
This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the Canadian census and proscribed by various constitutional seat guarantees, including the use of a grandfather clause, for Quebec, the Central Canadian Prairies, Prairies and the Maritimes, Maritime provinces, with the essential proportions between the remaining provinces being "locked" no matter any further changes in relative population as have already occurred. Any major changes to the status quo, if proposed, would require constitutional amendments approved by seven out of ten provinces with two-thirds of the population to ratify constitutional changes allowing changes in the existing imbalance of seats between various provinces. During the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, 2012 federal electoral redistribution, an attempt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Canadian Electoral Districts
This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect members of Parliament to the House of Commons of Canada every election. Provincial electoral districts often have names similar to their local federal counterpart but usually have different geographic boundaries. Canadians elected members for each federal electoral district most recently in the 2025 federal election on April 28, 2025. There are four districts established by the ''British North America Act 1867'' that have existed continuously without changes to their names or being abolished and reconstituted as a riding due to redistricting: Beauce (Quebec), Halifax (Nova Scotia), Shefford (Quebec), and Simcoe North (Ontario). These districts, however, have undergone territorial changes since their inception. Alberta – 37 seats * Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald McLelland
Ronald David McLelland (27 March 1926 – 1 February 2014) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada () is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Monarchy of Canada#Parliament (King-in-Parliament), Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of Ca .... He was a farmer by career. He was elected to Parliament at the Rosetown—Biggar riding in the 1965 general election. After completing only one term in office, the 27th Parliament, McLelland left the House of Commons and did not seek re-election in the 1968 election. He died at a Saskatoon hospital on 1 February 2014. References External links * 1926 births 2014 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Saskatchewan-MP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarence Owen Cooper
Clarence Owen "Tim" Cooper (17 October 1899 – 5 April 1966) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Meaford, Ontario and became a farmer by career. He was first elected at the Rosetown—Biggar riding in the 1958 general election, then re-elected there in 1962 and 1963. After completing his third and final term in 1965, the 26th Canadian Parliament The 26th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 16, 1963, until September 8, 1965. The membership was set by the 1963 federal election on April 8, 1963, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was disso ..., Cooper left federal office due to ill health and did not seek further re-election. External links * Born October 17, 1899 Died April 5, 1966 Saskatoon, Sask. Clarence Owen (Tim) Cooper. Personal and Family History CO Cooper or "Tim" as he was known to most everyone was a successful farmer and politician from Hawarden, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major James Coldwell
Major James William Coldwell (December 2, 1888 – August 25, 1974) was a Canadian democratic socialist politician, and leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) party from 1942 to 1960. Born in England, he immigrated to Canada in 1910. Prior to his political career, he was an educator and union activist. In 1935, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the Rosetown—Biggar electoral district in Saskatchewan. He was re-elected five times before he was defeated in the 1958 Diefenbaker sweep. He became the CCF's first national secretary in 1934 and became its national leader upon the death of J. S. Woodsworth in 1942. He remained leader until 1960, when there was a parliamentary caucus revolt against him. When the CCF disbanded in 1961, he joined its successor, the New Democratic Party. Coldwell is remembered mainly for helping to introduce "welfare state" policies to Canada, by persuading the Canadian government to introduce an Old Age Secur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatoon—Biggar
Saskatoon—Biggar was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1978. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Prince Albert, Rosetown—Biggar, Rosthern, Saskatoon and The Battlefords ridings. It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Humboldt—Lake Centre, Kindersley—Lloydminster, Prince Albert, Saskatoon West and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake ridings. Election results See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saskatoon-Biggar Former federal electoral districts of Saskatchewan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the United States (Montana and North Dakota). Saskatchewan and neighbouring Alberta are the only landlocked provinces of Canada. In 2025, Saskatchewan's population was estimated at 1,250,909. Nearly 10% of Saskatchewan's total area of is fresh water, mostly rivers, reservoirs, and List of lakes in Saskatchewan, lakes. Residents live primarily 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, Estevan, Weyburn, Melfort, Saskatchewan, Melfort, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regina—Lake Centre
Regina—Lake Centre was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Humboldt—Melfort, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre, Qu'Appelle, Regina City, Rosetown—Biggar, Rosthern and Yorkton ridings. It was abolished in 1976 when it was redistributed into Humboldt—Lake Centre, Moose Jaw and Regina West ridings. Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: Election results See also * List of Canadian electoral districts * Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Regina-Lake Cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moose Jaw (electoral District)
Moose Jaw was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 1953 and from 1968 to 1988. This riding was created in 1907 from parts of Assiniboia West and Calgary ridings. It was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Assiniboia, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre and Rosetown—Biggar ridings. It was re-created in 1966 from parts of Assiniboia, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre, Rosetown—Biggar, Rosthern, Saskatoon, and Swift Current ridings. The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Moose Jaw—Lake Centre and Regina—Lumsden ridings. Historical boundaries Members of Parliament This riding elected the following members of Parliament: Election results , - , Opposition- Labour , SOMERVILLE, James , , align=2,946 Johnson election overturned due to irregularities during the campaign Due to Mr. Johnson's election being dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
