Wolseley (Saskatchewan electoral district) explained

Wolseley was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Centred on the town of Wolseley, it was one of 25 constituencies created for the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905.

Created as "Wolseley" before 1905, the district was redrawn and renamed "Moose Mountain" in 1908. Redrawn and renamed again in 1921, the riding was abolished before the 8th Saskatchewan general election in 1934 into Qu'Appelle-Wolseley and Moosomin.

It is now part of the constituencies of Indian Head-Milestone and Moosomin.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

MLA Served Party1. 1905 – 1912Provincial Rights2. 1912 – 1921Liberal3. 1921 – 1925Independent, Conservative4. 1925 – 1929Liberal5. William George Bennett 1929 – 1934Conservative

Election results

Wolseley (1905 – 1908)

|- | style="width: 130px" |Provincial Rights|William Elliott|align="right"|715|align="right"|50.71%|align="right"|–|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|1,410!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

Moose Mountain (1908 – 1921)

|- | style="width: 130px" |Provincial Rights|William Elliott|align="right"|1,023|align="right"|51.23%|align="right"|-0.52|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|1,997!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |Conservative|William Elliott|align="right"|896|align="right"|47.23%|align="right"|-4.00|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|1,897!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |Conservative|William Elliott|align="right"|1,697|align="right"|48.20%|align="right"|+0.97|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|3,521!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

Wolseley (1921 – 1934)

|-} | style="width: 130px" |Independent|William George Bennett|align="right"|2,322|align="right"|54.51%|align="right"|–|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|4,260!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- |Conservative|William George Bennett|align="right"|2,377|align="right"|48.16%|align="right"|-6.35|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|4,936!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- | style="width: 130px" |Conservative|William George Bennett|align="right"|3,450|align="right"|57.73%|align="right"|+9.57|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|5,976!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

See also

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

References

50.25°N -118°W