Moosomin-Montmartre Explained

Moosomin-Montmartre
Province:Saskatchewan
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Created:1905
Prov-Election-First:1905
Prov-Election-Last:2024
Prov-Rep:Kevin Weedmark
Prov-Rep-Party:Saskatchewan
Demo-Census-Date:2001
Demo-Electors:10,345
Demo-Cd:Division 5, 6
Demo-Csd:Moosomin

Moosomin-Montmartre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southeastern Saskatchewan, this constituency was one of 25 created for the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905 under the name Moosomin.

Formerly represented by speaker Don Toth, it is arguably one of the most conservative ridings in the province, having been in the hands of a centre-right party without interruption since 1975. It has never elected a member of the CCF or NDP, though the NDP came within 51 votes of winning it during its 1991 landslide.

The largest centre in the constituency is the town of Moosomin. Other towns in the district include Grenfell, Kipling, Montmartre, Broadview, Whitewood, Rocanville and Wolseley.

The riding was renamed Moosomin-Montmartre for the 2024 general election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
18th1975–1978   Larry BirkbeckProgressive Conservative
19th1978–1982
20th1982–1986
21st1986–1991Don Toth
22nd1991–1995
23rd1995–1997
1997–1999   Saskatchewan Party
24th1999–2003
25th2003–2007
26th2007–2011
27th2011–2016
28th2016–2020 Steven Bonk
29th2020–2024
30th2024– Kevin Weedmark

Election results

2020 provincial election redistributed results[1]
Party%
 75.6
 18.8
 2.2

|- |NDP|Carol Morin|align="right"|1,244|align="right"|19.93%|align="right"|-1.42|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|6,242!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |NDP|Virginia Healey|align="right"|1,506|align="right"|21.35%|align="right"|-9.49|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,053!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |NDP|John M. McCormick|align="right"|1,604|align="right"|20.53%|align="right"|-11.54|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,812!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- | style="width: 130px"|Progressive Conservative|Don Toth|align="right"|3,314|align="right"|41.81%|align="right"|+1.39 |NDP|Glen Gatin|align="right"|2,542|align="right"|32.07%|align="right"|-7.67|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,926!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- | style="width: 130px"|Progressive Conservative|Don Toth|align="right"|3,005|align="right"|40.42%|align="right"|-19.80 |NDP|Mary McGuire|align="right"|2,954|align="right"|39.74%|align="right"|+8.09|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,434!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- | style="width: 130px"|Progressive Conservative|Don Toth|align="right"|4,622|align="right"|60.22%|align="right"|+9.44 |NDP|William F. Sauter|align="right"|2,429|align="right"|31.65%|align="right"|+1.46|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,675!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- | style="width: 130px"|Progressive Conservative|Larry Birkbeck|align="right"|4,165|align="right"|50.78%|align="right"|+8.50 |NDP|Fred A. Easton|align="right"|2,476|align="right"|30.19%|align="right"|-2.77|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|8,202!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- | style="width: 130px"|Progressive Conservative|Larry Birkbeck|align="right"|3,353|align="right"|42.28%|align="right"|+4.54 |NDP|Fred A. Easton|align="right"|2,614|align="right"|32.96%|align="right"|+6.86|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,931!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- | style="width: 130px"|Progressive Conservative|Larry Birkbeck|align="right"|3,018|align="right"|37.74%|align="right"|- |NDP|Fred A. Easton|align="right"|2,087|align="right"|26.10%|align="right"|-22.10|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,996!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |NDP|Edward B. Shillington|align="right"|3,724|align="right"|48.20%|align="right"|+16.53|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,727!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |NDP|William F. Goodwin|align="right"|2,435|align="right"|31.67%|align="right"|-2.48 |Progressive Conservative|Andrew E. Bruce|align="right"|1,956|align="right"|25.44%|align="right"|-3.70|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,688!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |CCF|William F. Goodwin|align="right"|2,821|align="right"|34.15%|align="right"|-6.53 |Progressive Conservative|Andrew E. Bruce|align="right"|2,407|align="right"|29.14%|align="right"|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|8,261!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |CCF|William F. Goodwin|align="right"|3,102|align="right"|40.68%|align="right"|+11.88|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,625!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |CCF|Edwin Nystrom|align="right"|2,328|align="right"|28.80%|align="right"|-1.72 |Progressive Conservative|Verlie McDonald|align="right"|1,212|align="right"|14.99%|align="right"|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|8,083!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |CCF|Alfred S. Swanson|align="right"|2,527|align="right"|30.52%|align="right"|-15.87|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|8,279!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |CCF|Edwin Nystrom|align="right"|4,014|align="right"|46.39%|align="right"|+6.80|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|8,653!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|CCF|Ivan Burden|align="right"|3,442|align="right"|39.59%|align="right"|-6.65|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|8,693!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |CCF|David A. Cunningham|align="right"|3,324|align="right"|46.24%|align="right"|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,189!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |Conservative|Percy S. George|align="right"|2,528|align="right"|31.11%|align="right"|-8.00|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|8,126!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |Conservative|Frederick Dennis Munroe|align="right"|2,465|align="right"|39.11%|align="right"|-|Farmer-Labour|John Frederick Herman|align="right"|1,025|align="right"|16.27%|align="right"|–|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|6,302!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- | style="width: 130px"|Conservative|Frederick Dennis Munroe|align="right"|Acclaimed|align="right"|100.00%|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|Acclamation!align="right"|

|- | style="width: 130px"|Conservative|Frederick Dennis Munroe|align="right"|2,361|align="right"|54.49%|align="right"|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|4,333!align="right"|100.00!align="right"|

|-| style="width: 130px"|Independent|John Louis Salkeld|align="right"|1,888|align="right"|52.68%|align="right"|+1.72|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|3,584!align="right"|100.00!align="right"|

|- | style="width: 130px"|Conservative|John Louis Salkeld|align="right"|1,892|align="right"|50.96%|align="right"|-2.06|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|3,713!align="right"|100.00!align="right"|

|- | style="width: 130px"|Conservative|John Louis Salkeld|align="right"|1,921|align="right"|53.02%|align="right"|+9.75|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|3,623!align="right"|100.00!align="right"|

|- |Conservative|Edward Lindsey Elwood|align="right"|874|align="right"|43.27%|align="right"|-5.15|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|2,020!align="right"|100.00!align="right"|

|- |Provincial Rights|Daniel David Ellis|align="right"|963|align="right"|48.42%|align="right"|-2.58|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|1,989!align="right"|100.00!align="right"|

|- | style="width: 130px"|Provincial Rights|Daniel David Ellis|align="right"|915|align="right"|51.00%|align="right"|–|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|1,794!align="right"|100.00!align="right"|

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly – Moosomin

MLA Served Party1. 1905–1908Provincial Rights2. Alexander Smith Smith1908–1917Liberal3.1917–1925Conservative4. John Louis Salkeld1925–1929Independent5. 1929–1934Conservative6. Arthur T. Procter1934–1948Liberal7. 1948–1965Liberal8. Sept. 1965 – 1975Liberal9. 1975–1986Progressive Conservative10. Don Toth1986–1997Progressive Conservative11. Don Toth1997–2016Saskatchewan Party12. Steven Bonk2016–presentSaskatchewan Party

See also

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

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Moosomin-Montmartre. 338Canada . 9 October 2024.