Assiniboia (federal electoral district)

For the current Manitoba provincial electoral district, see Assiniboia (provincial electoral district).

Assiniboia was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 1988. This riding was created in 1907 following the admission of Saskatchewan into the Canadian Confederation in 1905.

The riding was located in the southeast corner of Saskatchewan until the 1949 election, when it was moved westward to be based around the community of Assiniboia. The riding's territory before and after the 1949 election did not overlap. Most of its pre-1949 territory was transferred to Moose Mountain with a small part being transferred to Qu'Appelle. Its new territory was carved out of parts of Wood Mountain and Weyburn.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Moose Jaw—Lake Centre, Regina—Qu'Appelle, Regina—Wascana, Souris—Moose Mountain and Swift Current—Maple Creek—Assiniboia ridings.

Historical boundaries

• 
  1905 representation order
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  1914 representation order
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  1924 representation order
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  1933 representation order
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  1947 representation order
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  1952 representation order
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  1966 representation order
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  1976 representation order

Election results

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Gillanders Turriff	4,048
	Independent Conservative	Robert Lorne Richardson	3,542

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Gillanders Turriff	5,804
	Conservative	Christopher "C". Smith	3,578

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	John Gillanders Turriff	6,836
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Edward Waddington	2,312

By-election on 27 October 1919 On Turiff being called to the Senate, 23 September 1918
Party		Candidate	Votes
	United Farmers	Oliver Robert Gould	7,712
	Independent Liberal	William Richard Motherwell	2,488

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Oliver Robert Gould	6,549
	Liberal	McLeod, Hugh	2,847
	Conservative	William Wallace Lynd	2,225

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert McKenzie	4,356
	Progressive	Oliver Gould	3,124
	Conservative	Joseph Hill	2,303

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert McKenzie	6,066
	Conservative	Joseph Hill	3,845
	Progressive	Samuel Burchill	3,137

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert McKenzie	8,226
	Conservative	James Forbes Creighton	7,466

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Robert McKenzie	6,213
	Conservative	W. Wallace Lynd	3,847
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Charles Gordon Broughton	3,293
	Social Credit	John Harrison Hilton	1,557

By-election on 6 January 1936 On McKenzie's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 9 December 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Garfield Gardiner	7,282
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William Irvine	3,717

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Jesse Pickard Tripp	6,846
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Samuel Norval Horner	4,812
	National Government	James Lawrence Hart	3,516

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hazen Argue	8,442
	Liberal	Raymond Alexander MacDonald	6,858
	Progressive Conservative	George Jacob MacDonald	2,458
	Social Credit	Arnold L. Meginbir	656

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hazen Argue	10,596
	Liberal	Elmer William Meek	7,218
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Fletcher Hamilton	1,860
	Social Credit	Arnold L. Meginbir	698

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Hazen Argue	10,389
	Liberal	Ross Thatcher	8,862
	Progressive Conservative	W.J. Ferguson	1,931
	Social Credit	Anthony Batza	903

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hazen Argue	7,739
	Progressive Conservative	Lawrence E. Watson	7,386
	New Democratic	Cecil T. Bailey	5,153
	Social Credit	Daryl D. Rumble	1,009

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Lawrence E. Watson	9,393
	Liberal	Hazen Argue	7,311
	New Democratic	Cecil T. Bailey	3,683
	Social Credit	Daryl David Rumble	575

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Lawrence E. Watson	7,913
	Liberal	Hazen Argue	7,294
	New Democratic	John C. Wilson	4,934
	Social Credit	Arnold L. Meginbir	303

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Albert B. Douglas	9,636
	Progressive Conservative	Lawrence E. Watson	9,541
	New Democratic	Bruce L. Wilson	9,295

By-election on 8 November 1971 On Douglas' death, 6 March 1971
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Bill Knight	9,956
	Progressive Conservative	Lawrence E. Watson	8,172
	Liberal	Jim Hooker	7,051

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Bill Knight	9,936
	Progressive Conservative	Boyd Anderson	8,843
	Liberal	Norm Flaten	7,799
	Social Credit	Joseph A. Thauberger	839

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Ralph Goodale	9,986
	New Democratic	Bill Knight	9,441
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Hart	7,105
	Social Credit	Rod McRae	246

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Lenard Gustafson	11,251
	Liberal	Ralph Goodale	10,167
	New Democratic	Randy MacKenzie	9,710
	Social Credit	Walton Eddy	178

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Lenard Gustafson	16,026
	New Democratic	Bill Adamack	10,853
	Liberal	Lonny McKague	6,472
	Confederation of Regions	Ted Coffey	595

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

External links

• Riding history for Assiniboia (1907–1987) from the Library of Parliament