Last Mountain (provincial electoral district) explained

Last Mountain is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Centered on the town of Strasbourg, it included the northern half of Last Mountain Lake.

This constituency was created for the 2nd Saskatchewan general election in 1908. It was dissolved and combined with the Touchwood district (as Last Mountain-Touchwood) before the 18th Saskatchewan general election in 1975.

A federal electoral district in the same area existed from 1914 to 1935.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

MLA Served Party1.Thomas Arnold Anderson1908–1912Provincial Rights2.Samuel John Latta1912–1929Liberal3.Jacob Benson1929–1934Progressive4.Guy Hartsel Hummel1934–1938Liberal5.Jacob Benson1938–1952CCF6.Russell Brown1952–1964CCF7.Donald MacLennan1964–1971Liberal8.Gordon MacMurchy1971–1975New Democrat

Election results

|-|style="width: 130px"|Provincial Rights|Thomas Arnold Anderson|align="right"|1,204|align="right"|57.12%|align="right"|–|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|2,108!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|Conservative|Thomas Arnold Anderson|align="right"|793|align="right"|35.37%|align="right"|-21.75|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|2,242!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|3,867!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

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

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

|-|Conservative|Gustavus Mackay|align="right"|2,043|align="right"|44.94%|align="right"|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|4,546!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|6,019!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|Farmer-Labour|Jacob Benson|align="right"|2,709|align="right"|39.96%|align="right"|-18.54|Conservative|Allan A. Peters|align="right"|1,338|align="right"|19.74%|align="right"|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|6,779!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|style="width: 130px"|CCF|Jacob Benson|align="right"|3,299|align="right"|38.86%|align="right"|-1.10|Conservative|Alfred J. Dyer|align="right"|1,121|align="right"|13.20%|align="right"|-6.54|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|8,490!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|style="width: 130px"|CCF|Jacob Benson|align="right"|3,803|align="right"|53.20%|align="right"|+14.34|Prog. Conservative|James L. Blair|align="right"|1,281|align="right"|17.92%|align="right"|+4.72|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,148!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|style="width: 130px"|CCF|Jacob Benson|align="right"|3,755|align="right"|47.09%|align="right"|-6.11|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,975!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|style="width: 130px"|CCF|Russell Brown|align="right"|3,483|align="right"|44.90%|align="right"|-2.19|Independent|Jacob Benson|align="right"|1,087|align="right"|14.01%|align="right"|–|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,757!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|style="width: 130px"|CCF|Russell Brown|align="right"|2,911|align="right"|38.62%|align="right"|-6.28|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,538!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|style="width: 130px"|CCF|Russell Brown|align="right"|2,566|align="right"|34.89%|align="right"|-3.73|Prog. Conservative|Charles A. Nichol|align="right"|753|align="right"|10.24%|align="right"|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,354!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|CCF|Russell Brown|align="right"|2,799|align="right"|39.77%|align="right"|+4.88|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,038!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|NDP|Gordon MacMurchy|align="right"|2,399|align="right"|41.23%|align="right"|+1.46|Prog. Conservative|George Richardson|align="right"|995|align="right"|17.10%|align="right"|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|5,819!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|style="width: 130px"|NDP|Gordon MacMurchy|align="right"|2,646|align="right"|51.95%|align="right"|+10.72|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|5,093!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

See also

References

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