Kinistino (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district) explained

Kinistino was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in north-central Saskatchewan, it was centred on the town of Kinistino. This constituency was one of 25 created for the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905.

Dissolved and combined with the Melfort riding in 1971, the district was reconstituted before the 18th Saskatchewan general election in 1975. It was dissolved again in 1995 into Saskatchewan Rivers, Melfort-Tisdale, Humboldt and a small part to Prince Albert Carlton.

It is now part of the constituencies of Batoche, Melfort, and Saskatchewan Rivers.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

1905 – 1971

MLA Served Party1. 1905 – 1908 Liberal2. 1908 – 1912Provincial Rights3. 1912 – 1916Liberal4.Nov. 1916 – 1917Liberal5. 1917 – 1925Liberal6. 1925 – 1933Liberal7. John Richard P. Taylor June 1933 – 1944Liberal8. William J. Boyle1944 – 1948CCF9. William Woods1948 – 1952Liberal10. 1952 – 1959CCF11. June 1959 – 1971CCF-NDP

1975 – 1995

MLA Served Party1. 1975 – 1978New Democrat2.Don Cody1978 – 1982New Democrat3.Bernard Boutin1982 – 1986Progressive Conservative4.Joe Saxinger1986 – 1991Progressive Conservative5.Armand Roy1991 – 1995New Democrat

Election results

|- |Provincial Rights|Alfred Schmitz Shadd|align="right"|609|align="right"|47.92%|align="right"|–|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|1,271!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |style="width: 130px"|Provincial Rights|George Balfour Johnston|align="right"|1,000|align="right"|52.97%|align="right"|+5.05|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|1,888!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |Conservative|G.N. Giles|align="right"|438|align="right"|32.40%|align="right"|-20.57|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|1,352!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|Acclamation!align="right"|

|- |Conservative|William M. Sproule|align="right"|859|align="right"|28.03%|align="right"|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|3,065!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |Independent|John McCloy|align="right"|1,733|align="right"|47.68%|align="right"|–|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|3,635!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|3,675!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |Independent|Silas W. Baker|align="right"|2,361|align="right"|42.51%|align="right"|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|5,554!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|6,349!align="right"|100.00%

|- |Farmer-Labour|Palmer Grambo|align="right"|1,835|align="right"|32.30%|align="right"|– |Conservative|R.E. Forbes|align="right"|1,074|align="right"|18.91%|align="right"|-15.16|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|5,681!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |CCF|William J. Boyle|align="right"|1,482|align="right"|21.88%|align="right"|-10.42 |Conservative|Andrew Fraser|align="right"|560|align="right"|8.27%|align="right"|-10.64|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|6,772!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |style="width: 130px"|CCF|William J. Boyle|align="right"|3,055|align="right"|57.97%|align="right"|+36.09 |Prog. Conservative|Andrew Fraser|align="right"|671|align="right"|12.73%|align="right"|+4.46|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|5,270!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |CCF|William J. Boyle|align="right"|2,991|align="right"|49.22%|align="right"|-8.75|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|6,077!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |style="width: 130px"|CCF|Henry Begrand|align="right"|4,186|align="right"|58.67%|align="right"|+9.45|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,135!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |style="width: 130px"|CCF|Henry Begrand|align="right"|3,147|align="right"|45.58%|align="right"|-13.09|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|6,905!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |style="width: 130px"|CCF|Arthur Thibault|align="right"|2,990|align="right"|47.89%|align="right"|+2.31 |Prog. Conservative|Harvey Gjesdal|align="right"|1,597|align="right"|25.58%|align="right"|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|6,243!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |style="width: 130px"|CCF|Arthur Thibault|align="right"|2,731|align="right"|42.17%|align="right"|-5.72 |Prog. Conservative|Harvey Gjesdal|align="right"|994|align="right"|15.34%|align="right"|-10.24|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|6,477!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |style="width: 130px"|CCF|Arthur Thibault|align="right"|3,334|align="right"|51.62%|align="right"|+9.45|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|6,459!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |style="width: 130px"|NDP|Arthur Thibault|align="right"|3,260|align="right"|54.48%|align="right"|+2.86|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|5,984!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |style="width: 130px"|NDP|Arthur Thibault|align="right"|3,215|align="right"|44.21%|align="right"|- |Progressive Conservative|Tom Smith|align="right"|1,657|align="right"|22.79%|align="right"|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,272!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |style="width: 130px"|NDP|Donald Cody|align="right"|4,042|align="right"|54.55%|align="right"|+10.34 |Progressive Conservative|Louis A. Domotor|align="right"|2,661|align="right"|35.92%|align="right"|+13.13|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,409!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |style="width: 130px"|Progressive Conservative|Bernard Boutin|align="right"|4,266|align="right"|51.57%|align="right"|+15.65 |NDP|Donald Cody|align="right"|3,759|align="right"|45.44%|align="right"|-9.11|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|8,272!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |style="width: 130px"|Progressive Conservative|Joe Saxinger|align="right"|3,900|align="right"|49.11%|align="right"|-2.46 |NDP|Don Cody|align="right"|3,748|align="right"|47.20%|align="right"|+1.76|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,941!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |style="width: 130px"|NDP|Armand Roy|align="right"|4,298|align="right"|50.32%|align="right"|+3.12 |Progressive Conservative|Joe Saxinger|align="right"|2,918|align="right"|34.16%|align="right"|-14.95|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|8,542!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

See also

Kinistino – Northwest Territories territorial electoral district (1870–1905).

References

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