Thunder Creek (1975–2016 electoral district) explained

Thunder Creek
Province:Saskatchewan
Prov-Status:defunct
Demo-Census-Date:2001
Prov-Created:1975
Prov-Election-Last:2011
Demo-Electors:11,112
Prov-Election-First:1975
Demo-Cd:Division 6, 7, 11

Thunder Creek was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Originally created for the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912 and abolished in 1938, this constituency was reconstituted for the 18th Saskatchewan general election in 1975. It was abolished a second time in 2016, with most of the constituency being re-distributed into the new electoral district of Lumsden-Morse.

Communities in the district included the towns of Lumsden, Caronport, Regina Beach, Morse, Craik and Herbert; and the villages of Central Butte, Chaplin, Elbow, Mortlach, Riverhurst, Waldeck, Eyebrow and Bethune.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ParliamentYearsMemberParty
District created from Lumsden, Morse, Arm River, Milestone, Gravelbourg, Assiniboia-Bengough, Moose Jaw North, Moose Jaw South
18th1975 – 1978   Colin ThatcherLiberal
19th1978 – 1982   Progressive Conservative
20th1982 – 1984
1985 – 1986Richard SwensonProgressive Conservative
21st1986 – 1991
22nd1991 – 1995
23rd1995 – 1999   Gerard AldridgeLiberal
24th1999 – 2003   Lyle StewartSaskatchewan Party
25th2003 – 2007
26th2007 – 2011
27th2011 – 2016
District dissolved into Lumsden-Morse, Arm River, Moose Jaw North, Moose Jaw Wakamow, Wood River

Election results

|-|NDP|Ryan McDonald|align="right"|1,304|align="right"|17.54%|align="right"|-5.62|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,436!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|NDP|Larry Hall|align="right"|1,997|align="right"|23.16%|align="right"|-7.65|Prog. Conservative|Richard Swenson|align="right"|295|align="right"|3.42%|align="right"|-|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|8,624!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|NDP|Ivan Costley|align="right"|1,496|align="right"|19.96%|align="right"|-10.90|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,496!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-|Prog. Conservative|Janet Day|align="right"|2,414|align="right"|31.65%|align="right"|-10.96|NDP|Lewis Draper|align="right"|2,353|align="right"|30.86%|align="right"|-1.73|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,626!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-| style="width: 130px"|Progressive Conservative|Richard Swenson|align="right"|2,929|align="right"|42.61%|align="right"|-10.91|NDP|Ron Bishoff|align="right"|2,240|align="right"|32.59%|align="right"|+6.15|Independent|Dwayne McBride|align="right"|66|align="right"|0.96%|align="right"|–|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|6,874!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-| style="width: 130px"|Progressive Conservative|Richard Swenson|align="right"|3,773|align="right"|53.52%|align="right"|+11.03|NDP|Betty Payne|align="right"|1,864|align="right"|26.44%|align="right"|-1.09|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,050!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|-| style="width: 130px"|Progressive Conservative|Richard Swenson|align="right"|2,670|align="right"|42.49%|align="right"|–|NDP|Betty Payne|align="right"|1,730|align="right"|27.53%|align="right"|–|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|6,284!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

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