Meadow Lake (provincial electoral district)

Meadow Lake is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Incorporated as a city in 2009, Meadow Lake (pop. 5,045) is the largest centre in the constituency.

Meadow Lake
Saskatchewan electoral district
Provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA
 
 
 
Jeremy Harrison
Saskatchewan
District created1934
First contested1934
Last contested2020
Demographics
Electors9,638
Census subdivision(s)Meadow Lake

The riding was last contested in the 2020 election, when incumbent Saskatchewan Party MLA Jeremy Harrison was re-elected.

Smaller communities in the riding include the villages of Green Lake, Loon Lake, Leoville, and Goodsoil; and the town of St. Walburg.

History

The riding was first contested in the 1934 general election. From the 1952 general election until the 1971 general election, Meadow Lake also included the remote far northwest corner of the province, including the northern villages of Île-à-la-Crosse and La Loche. About half of this northern area was transferred back to Athabasca prior to the 1971 election, and the remainder transferred 1975 general election, finalizing Meadow Lake's present northern boundary.

The most recent major boundary change took place before the 2003 general election, when the riding was shifted eastward to take in the northwestern third of the former Shellbrook-Spiritwood constituency, losing its western portion (including Pierceland and the border with Alberta) to Lloydminster. Aside from minor adjustments before the 2016 general election, the district's boundaries have remained largely the same since 2003.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
8th1934–1938   Donald MacDonaldSaskatchewan Liberal Party
9th1939–1944
10th1944–1948   Herschel Lee HowellCo-operative Commonwealth Federation
11th1949–1952   William Thorneycroft LoftsSaskatchewan Liberal Party
12th1953–1956   Hugh Clifford DunfieldSaskatchewan Liberal Party
13th1957–1960   Alphonse Peter WeberSocial Credit Party of Saskatchewan
14th1961–1964   Martin SemchukCo-operative Commonwealth Federation
15th1965–1967   Henry Ethelbert CouplandSaskatchewan Liberal Party
16th1968–1971
17th1971–1975
18th1975–1978   Gordon James McNeillNew Democratic
19th1979–1982   George Malcolm McLeodProgressive Conservative
20th1982–1986
21st1986–1991
22nd1991–1995   Maynard SonntagNew Democratic
23rd1995–1999
24th1999–2003
25th2003–2007
26th2007–2011   Jeremy HarrisonSaskatchewan Party
27th2011–2016
28th2016–2020
29th2020–present

Election results

2020 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SaskatchewanJeremy Harrison4,54071.63+1.77
New DemocraticHarmonie King1,62725.67+2.75
GreenCarol Vandale1712.70+0.99
Total valid votes6,33899.61
Total rejected ballots250.39
Turnout6,363
Eligible voters
Saskatchewan holdSwing
Source: Elections Saskatchewan, Global News
2016 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SaskatchewanJeremy Harrison4,39570.46+8.49
New DemocraticDwayne Lasas1,43022.92-13.77
LiberalEric McCrimmon3054.89-
GreenEric Schalm1071.71+0.37
Total valid votes6,237100.0  
Eligible voters
Saskatchewan holdSwing-
Source: Elections Saskatchewan,[1][2] Global News[3]
2011 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SaskatchewanJeremy Harrison4,20761.97+13.11
New DemocraticHelen Ben2,49136.69-11.66
GreenSusan Merasty911.34*
Total6,789100.00
Saskatchewan holdSwing-
2007 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SaskatchewanJeremy Harrison3,50748.86+4.59
New DemocraticMaynard Sonntag3,47148.35-1.92
LiberalDon Coupland2002.79-2.67
Total7,178100.00
Saskatchewan gain from New DemocraticSwing-
2003 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New DemocraticMaynard Sonntag3,47250.27+3.54
SaskatchewanRon Dosdall3,05844.27+2.85
LiberalDon Coupland3775.46-6.39
Total6,907100.00
1999 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New DemocraticMaynard Sonntag2,84646.73-1.47
SaskatchewanBob Young2,52341.42*
LiberalDon Coupland72211.85-24.39
Total6,091100.00
1995 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New DemocraticMaynard Sonntag2,91048.20-3.09
LiberalDennis Barnett2,18836.24+29.80
Progressive ConservativePaul S. Pospisil93915.56-26.71
Total6,037100.00
1991 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New DemocraticMaynard Sonntag3,71951.29+16.33
Progressive ConservativeGeorge McLeod3,06542.27-17.15
LiberalJ. Burton Dougan4676.44+0.82
Total7,251100.00
1986 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGeorge McLeod3,71159.42-2.74
New DemocraticBill Krasicki2,18334.96+3.43
LiberalHenry Coupland3515.62+3.70
Total6,245100.00
1982 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGeorge McLeod4,23662.16+14.60
New DemocraticDave Bridger2,14931.53-12.45
Western Canada ConceptPaul S. Pospisil2423.55*
LiberalR. Hugh Currie1311.92-6.54
IndependentRay L. Manegre570.84-
Total6,815100.00
1978 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive ConservativeGeorge McLeod3,01647.56+18.45
New DemocraticGordon McNeill2,78943.98+8.23
LiberalColin Campbell5378.46-26.68
Total6,342100.00
1975 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New DemocraticGordon McNeill2,09435.75-10.84
LiberalHenry Coupland2,05835.14-18.27
Progressive ConservativeLeo Jeannotte1,70529.11-
Total5,857100.00
1971 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalHenry Coupland3,35053.41+10.68
New DemocraticPaul Kuffert2,92246.59+5.76
Total6,272100.00
1967 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalHenry Coupland2,39442.73-7.44
New DemocraticMartin Semchuk2,28840.83+7.16
Progressive ConservativeLeo Jeannotte92116.44+0.28
Total5,603100.00
1964 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalHenry Coupland3,14950.17+20.84
Co-operative CommonwealthMartin Semchuk2,11333.67+1.73
Progressive ConservativeFred L. Dunbar1,01416.16-0.92
Total6,276100.00
1960 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Co-operative CommonwealthMartin Semchuk1,83431.94+5.15
LiberalHenry Coupland1,68429.33+1.34
Social CreditA. Peter Weber1,24321.65-23.57
Progressive ConservativeFred L. Dunbar98117.08-
Total5,742100.00
1956 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Social CreditA. Peter Weber2,42545.22+22.05
LiberalH. Cliff Dunfield1,50127.99-16.30
Co-operative CommonwealthFrank G. Warick1,43726.79-2.81
Total5,363100.00
1952 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalH. Cliff Dunfield2,65344.29-2.80
Co-operative CommonwealthGustav A. Malinowsky1,77329.60-7.92
Social CreditWilliam A. McRae1,38823.17+7.78
IndependentLouis M. Marion1762.94*
Total5,990100.00
1948 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalBill Lofts3,30747.09+10.38
Co-operative CommonwealthHerschel L. Howell2,63537.52-3.85
Social CreditJohn W. Evanishen1,08115.39-
Total7,023100.00
1944 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Co-operative CommonwealthHerschel L. Howell2,03441.37+17.10
LiberalDonald MacDonald1,80536.71-6.21
Labour ProgressiveArthur J. Doucet71614.56*
Progressive ConservativeWilliam Titley3627.36-
Total4,917100.00
1938 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalDonald MacDonald3,18442.92-17.84
Social CreditJudson B. Clark2,43432.81*
Co-operative CommonwealthRobert C. Paul1,80024.27+3.11
Total7,418100.00
1934 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LiberalDonald MacDonald4,30460.76*
Farmer–LabourCharles Mycroft1,49921.16*
ConservativeJ.H. Storry1,28118.08*
Total7,084100.00

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly

#MLAServedParty
 1.Donald MacDonald1934–1944Liberal
 2.Herschel L. Howell1944–1948CCF
 3.Bill Lofts1948–1952Liberal
 4.H. Cliff Dunfield1952–1956Liberal
 5.A. Peter Weber1956–1960Social Credit
 6.Martin Semchuk1960–1964CCF
 7.Henry Coupland1964–1975Liberal
 8.Gordon McNeill1975–1978NDP
 9.George McLeod1978–1991Prog. Conservative
 10.Maynard Sonntag1991–2007NDP
 11.Jeremy Harrison2007–presentSaskatchewan Party

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