Swift Current (provincial electoral district)

history

Swift Current is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southwestern Saskatchewan, it was created for the 2nd Saskatchewan general election in 1908.

The city of Swift Current (pop. 14,946) is the largest center in the constituency.

Two Saskatchewan premiers have been elected from this constituency - Thomas Walter Scott, the first premier of the province, and Brad Wall, the current premier.

Election results (1908-present)

|- , | style="width: 130px" |Saskatchewan Party |Brad Wall |align="right"|6,006 |align="right"|70.88% |align="right"|+12.47 , |NDP |Robert Hale |align="right"|1,983 |align="right"|23.40% |align="right"|-13.20 , |Liberal |Justin Orthner |align="right"|300 |align="right"|3.54% |align="right"|-1.45 , |Green |Gail Schroh |align="right"|185 |align="right"|2.18% |align="right"|- |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|8,474 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |Saskatchewan Party |Brad Wall |align="right"|4,293 |align="right"|58.41% |align="right"|+3.69 , |NDP |Dean Smith |align="right"|2,690 |align="right"|36.60% |align="right"|+6.41 , |Liberal |Mike Burton |align="right"|367 |align="right"|4.99% |align="right"|-10.10 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,350 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |Saskatchewan Party |Brad Wall |align="right"|4,600 |align="right"|54.72% |align="right"|- , |NDP |John Wall |align="right"|2,538 |align="right"|30.19% |align="right"|-12.53 , |Liberal |Rhonda Thompson |align="right"|1,269 |align="right"|15.09% |align="right"|-10.88 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|8,407 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |NDP |John Wall |align="right"|3,515 |align="right"|42.72% |align="right"|-8.24 , |Progressive Conservative |Allan Bridal |align="right"|2,576 |align="right"|31.31% |align="right"|-0.32 , |Liberal |Terry Brodziak |align="right"|2,137 |align="right"|25.97% |align="right"|+8.56 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|8,228 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |NDP |John Penner |align="right"|4,399 |align="right"|50.96% |align="right"|+7.77 , |Progressive Conservative |Lawrence Bergreen |align="right"|2,731 |align="right"|31.63% |align="right"|-19.08 , |Liberal |Archie Green |align="right"|1,503 |align="right"|17.41% |align="right"|+11.87 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|8,633 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |Progressive Conservative |Patricia Anne Smith |align="right"|4,444 |align="right"|50.71% |align="right"|-3.34 , | style="width: 130px" |NDP |John Penner |align="right"|3,785 |align="right"|43.19% |align="right"|+9.77 , | style="width: 130px" |Liberal |Archie Green |align="right"|486 |align="right"|5.54% |align="right"|+1.95 , | style="width: 130px" |Western Canada Concept |Orland McInnes |align="right"|49 |align="right"|0.56% |align="right"|-8.38 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|8,764 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |Progressive Conservative |Patricia Anne Smith |align="right"|4,756 |align="right"|54.05% |align="right"|+7.90 , | style="width: 130px" |NDP |Spencer Wooff |align="right"|2,941 |align="right"|33.42% |align="right"|-8.50 , | style="width: 130px" |Western Canada Concept |Henry Banman |align="right"|787 |align="right"|8.94% |align="right"|- , | style="width: 130px" |Liberal |Anna Patricia White |align="right"|316 |align="right"|3.59% |align="right"|-8.34 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|8,800 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |Progressive Conservative |Dennis Ham |align="right"|3,620 |align="right"|46.15% |align="right"|+0.66 , |NDP |Spencer Wooff |align="right"|3,288 |align="right"|41.92% |align="right"|+9.99 , |Liberal |Stew Tasche |align="right"|936 |align="right"|11.93% |align="right"|-10.65 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,844 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |Progressive Conservative |Dennis Ham |align="right"|3,494 |align="right"|45.49% |align="right"|- , |NDP |Murray Walter |align="right"|2,452 |align="right"|31.93% |align="right"|-27.45 , |Liberal |Len Stein |align="right"|1,734 |align="right"|22.58% |align="right"|-18.04 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,680 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |NDP |Everett Wood |align="right"|6,423 |align="right"|59.38% |align="right"|+9.28 , |Liberal |Jackson A. Running |align="right"|4,394 |align="right"|40.62% |align="right"|+5.67 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|10,817 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |NDP |Everett Wood |align="right"|4,825 |align="right"|50.10% |align="right"|-2.89 , |Liberal |T. Lawrence Salloum |align="right"|3,366 |align="right"|34.95% |align="right"|-12.06 , |Progressive Conservative |Donald McGowan |align="right"|1,439 |align="right"|14.95% |align="right"|- |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|9,630 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |CCF |Everett Wood |align="right"|5,238 |align="right"|52.99% |align="right"|+8.22 , |Liberal |T. Lawrence Salloum |align="right"|4,647 |align="right"|47.01% |align="right"|+19.56 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|9,885 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |CCF |Everett Wood |align="right"|4,292 |align="right"|44.77% |align="right"|+1.53 , |Liberal |Edmund MacKenzie |align="right"|2,631 |align="right"|27.45% |align="right"|-3.39 , |Progressive Conservative |Thomas Garland |align="right"|1,683 |align="right"|17.56% |align="right"|- , |Social Credit |Benjamin Letkeman |align="right"|980 |align="right"|10.22% |align="right"|-15.70 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|9,586 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |CCF |Everett Wood |align="right"|4,593 |align="right"|43.24% |align="right"|-10.38 , |Liberal |Robert C. Dahl |align="right"|3,276 |align="right"|30.84% |align="right"|-7.15 , |Social Credit |Raymond Miller |align="right"|2,753 |align="right"|25.92% |align="right"|+17.53 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|10,622 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |CCF |Harry Gibbs |align="right"|5,171 |align="right"|53.62% |align="right"|+2.74 , |Liberal |Charles Lee |align="right"|3,663 |align="right"|37.99% |align="right"|-11.13 , |Social Credit |John W. MacPherson |align="right"|809 |align="right"|8.39% |align="right"|- |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|9,643 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |CCF |Harry Gibbs |align="right"|5,273 |align="right"|50.88% |align="right"|-2.56 , |Liberal |Clarence J. Orton |align="right"|5,091 |align="right"|49.12% |align="right"|+14.03 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|10,364 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |CCF |Harry Gibbs |align="right"|4,756 |align="right"|53.44% |align="right"|+16.24 , |Liberal |James G. Taggart |align="right"|3,123 |align="right"|35.09% |align="right"|-16.32 , |Progressive Conservative |Bryan M. Hill |align="right"|1,021 |align="right"|11.47% |align="right"|- |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|8,900 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |Liberal |James G. Taggart |align="right"|4,953 |align="right"|51.41% |align="right"|+16.29 , |CCF |Clarence Stork |align="right"|3,584 |align="right"|37.20% |align="right"|+4.75 , |Social Credit |Alfred C. Butterworth |align="right"|1,097 |align="right"|11.39% |align="right"|- |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|9,634 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |Liberal |James G. Taggart |align="right"|2,531 |align="right"|35.12% |align="right"|-13.62 , |Farmer-Labour |Allan McCallum |align="right"|2,339 |align="right"|32.45% |align="right"|- , |Conservative |William Wensley Smith |align="right"|2,337 |align="right"|32.43% |align="right"|-18.83 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,207 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |Conservative |William Wensley Smith |align="right"|2,851 |align="right"|51.26% |align="right"|+9.83 , |Liberal |David John Sykes |align="right"|2,711 |align="right"|48.74% |align="right"|-9.83 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|5,562 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |Liberal |David John Sykes |align="right"|1,862 |align="right"|58.57% |align="right"|+14.19 , |Conservative |Thomas Graham |align="right"|1,317 |align="right"|41.43% |align="right"|- |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,179 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |Independent |David John Sykes |align="right"|1,595 |align="right"|44.38% , |Government |Roy T. Graham |align="right"|1,510 |align="right"|42.01% , |Labour |Allan McCallum |align="right"|489 |align="right"|13.61% |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,594 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |Independent |David John Sykes |align="right"|Acclaimed |align="right"|100.00% |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|Acclamation !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |Liberal |Walter Scott |align="right"|768 |align="right"|57.61% |align="right"|-5.94 , |Conservative |Frank G. Forster |align="right"|565 |align="right"|42.39% |align="right"|+5.94 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|1,333 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|- , | style="width: 130px" |Liberal |Walter Scott |align="right"|699 |align="right"|63.55% , |Provincial Rights |William Oswald Smyth |align="right"|401 |align="right"|36.45% |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|1,100 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

Members of the Legislative Assembly

{| border=1 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; clear:both" |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! !! style="width: 25px"|# !! style="width: 170px"|MLA !! style="width: 80px"|Served !! style="width: 150px"|Party

| 1. | Thomas Walter Scott | 1908 - 1917 | Liberal

| 2. | David John Sykes | 1917 - 1929 | Independent, Liberal

| 3. | William Wensley Smith | 1929 - 1934 | Conservative

| 4. | James G. Taggart | 1934 - 1944 | Liberal

| 5. | Harry Gibbs | 1944 - 1956 | CCF

| 6. | Everett Wood | 1956 - 1967 | CCF

| 7. | Everett Wood | 1967 - 1975 | New Democrat

| 8. | Dennis Ham | 1975 - 1982 | Progressive Conservative

| 9. | Patricia Anne Smith | 1982 - 1991 | Progressive Conservative

| 10. | John Penner | 1991 - 1995 | New Democrat

| 11. | John Wall | 1995 - 1999 | New Democrat

| 12. | Brad Wall | 1999 - present | Saskatchewan Party |}

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