Saskatoon City (provincial electoral district)

Saskatoon City was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. This constituency existed from 1908 to 1967. It was the riding of Premier James T.M. Anderson.

During the 15th Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly (from 1964 to 1967), an amendment to the Representation Act divided Saskatoon City into several electoral divisions:

From 1921 to 1967 Saskatoon City was one of three districts in the province that elected more than one representative to the Legislature. Thus, multiple MLAs elected from this constituency will be noted in bold type.

Election results

Saskatchewan general election, 1908:

Saskatoon City electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Archibald Peter McNab 794 52.55% –
     Provincial Rights James R. Wilson 717 47.45% –
Total 1,511 100.00%
December 24, 1908 By-Election:

Saskatoon City electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Archibald Peter McNab Acclaimed 100.00%
Total Acclamation
Saskatchewan general election, 1912:

Saskatoon City electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Archibald Peter McNab 1,460 51.79% -
     Conservative Hugh Edwin Munroe 1,359 48.21% -
Total 2,819 100.00%
Saskatchewan general election, 1917:

Saskatoon City electoral district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Conservative Donald Maclean 2,592 52.23% +4.02
     Liberal Philip Edward Mackenzie 1,895 38.18% -13.61
     Labour Alexander Melville Eddy 476 9.59% –
Total 4,963 100.00%
Saskatchewan general election, 1921:

Saskatoon City – 2 members elected
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Independent Harris Turner 4,672 26.35% –
     Liberal Archibald Peter McNab 4,198 23.67% -
     Liberal John Alexander Valens 3,879 21.88% -
     Conservative George Arthur Cruise 3,293 18.57% -
     Independent Labour Alexander Melville Eddy 1,690 9.53% -
Total 17,732 100.00%
Saskatchewan general election, 1925:

Saskatoon City – 2 members elected
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Archibald Peter McNab 5,249 23.69% -
     Conservative James Thomas Milton Anderson 5,001 22.58% -
     Conservative George Arthur Cruise 4,250 19.18% -
     Liberal Gilbert Harrison Yule 3,869 17.46% -
     Progressive Harris Turner 3,786 17.09% –
Total 22,155 100.00%
January 21, 1927 By-Election:

Saskatoon City - Seat #1
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Conservative Howard McConnell 5,288 55.09% -
     Liberal John McDougal 4,311 44.91% -
Total 9,599 100.00%
Saskatchewan general election, 1929:

Saskatoon City – 2 members elected
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Conservative Howard McConnell 10,141 31.77% -
     Conservative James Thomas Milton Anderson 9,668 30.29% -
     Liberal James Wilfred Estey 6,092 19.09% -
     Liberal Charles Wesley McCool 6,017 18.85% -
Total 31,918 100.00%
September 30, 1929 By-Election:

Saskatoon City – 2 members elected
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Conservative James Thomas Milton Anderson Acclaimed
     Conservative Howard McConnell Acclaimed
Total Acclamation
Saskatchewan general election, 1934:

Saskatoon City – 2 members elected
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal James Wilfred Estey 9,168 23.88% -
     Liberal George Wesley Norman 8,670 22.58% -
     Conservative James Thomas Milton Anderson 7,511 19.56% -
     Conservative Howard McConnell 6,797 17.70% -
     Farmer-Labour Gladys Isabel Salisbury 3,098 8.07% –
     Farmer-Labour John Johnson Egge 2,797 7.29% –
     United Front William Taylor 353 0.92% –
Total 38,394 100.00%
Saskatchewan general election, 1938:

Saskatoon City – 2 members elected
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Liberal Robert Mitford Pinder 7,213 19.43% -
     Liberal James Wilfred Estey 6,893 18.57% -
     Conservative James Thomas Milton Anderson 5,006 13.49% -
     Independent Labour Robert Hunter 4,813 12.96% -
     Conservative Stephen N. MacEachern 4,692 12.64% -
     Social Credit Jacob Klassen 4,339 11.69% –
     Social Credit John Harrison Hilton 4,164 11.22% –
Total 37,120 100.00%
Saskatchewan general election, 1944:

Saskatoon City – 2 members elected
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     CCF John H. Sturdy 9,375 26.16% -
     CCF Arthur T. Stone 7,792 21.75% -
     Prog. Conservative Rupert D. Ramsay 5,368 14.98% -
     Liberal James Wilfred Estey 5,084 14.19% -
     Liberal Robert Mitford Pinder 3,924 10.95% -
     Prog. Conservative Henry O. Wright 3,171 8.85% -
     Labour-Progressive Frederick N. Clarke 797 2.22% –
     Independent Russell Hartney 200 0.56% -
     Independent John Harrison Hilton 121 0.34% -
Total 35,832 100.00%
Saskatchewan general election, 1948:

Saskatoon City – 2 members elected
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     CCF John H. Sturdy 14,970 26.66% -
     CCF Arthur T. Stone 14,295 25.46% -
     Prog. Conservative Rupert D. Ramsay 13,376 23.82% -
     Liberal L. Charles Sherman 11,551 20.57% -
     Social Credit Malcolm J. Haver 1,959 3.49% -
Total 56,151 100.00%
Saskatchewan general election, 1952:

Saskatoon City – 2 members elected
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     CCF John H. Sturdy 16,546 29.63% -
     CCF Arthur T. Stone 16,228 29.06% -
     Liberal Jessie Caldwell 8,315 14.89% -
     Liberal James L. Robertson 7,716 13.82% -
     Prog. Conservative John Hnatyshyn 2,947 5.28% -
     Prog. Conservative Percy H. Maguire 2,869 5.14% -
     Social Credit Malcolm J. Haver 661 1.18% -
     Social Credit Fred E. Roluf 559 1.00% -
Total 55,841 100.00%
Saskatchewan general election, 1956:

Saskatoon City – 2 members elected
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     CCF John H. Sturdy 15,368 27.11% -
     CCF Arthur T. Stone 15,014 26.49% -
     Liberal Robert A. Heggie 6,393 11.28% -
     Liberal Marion M. Graham 5,846 10.32% -
     Social Credit Robert J. Soberg 4,143 7.31% -
     Social Credit Joseph R. Fernets 3,982 7.03% -
     Prog. Conservative Alvin Hamilton 3,534 6.23% -
     Prog. Conservative Lillie F. Bowman 2,280 4.02% -
     Labour-Progressive Lorne Lynn 117 0.21% -
Total 56,677 100.00%
Saskatchewan general election, 1960:

Saskatoon City – 3 members elected
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     CCF Arthur T. Stone 16,159 14.63% -
     CCF Alex M. Nicholson 15,877 14.38% -
     CCF Gladys Strum 15,782 14.29% -
     Liberal Herbert C. Pinder 11,582 10.49% -
     Liberal William Loran 11,346 10.28% -
     Liberal Robert A. Heggie 11,244 10.18% -
     Prog. Conservative Lewis Brand 7,042 6.38% -
     Prog. Conservative Edward M. Hughes 6,972 6.31% -
     Prog. Conservative Thomas Park 5,676 5.14% -
     Social Credit Earle Williams 3,032 2.75% -
     Social Credit Morris Chernetsky 2,949 2.67% -
     Social Credit John K. Rodine 2,767 2.50% -
Total 110,428 100.00%
Saskatchewan general election, 1964:

Saskatoon City – 5 members elected
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     CCF Alex M. Nicholson 16,701 7.83% -
     CCF Ed Brockelbank 16,559 7.76% -
     CCF Wes Robbins 16,126 7.56% -
     Liberal Sally Merchant 16,068 7.53% -
     CCF Harry D. Link 16,041 7.52% -
     Liberal Clarence L. B. Estey 15,761 7.39% -
     CCF Gladys Strum 15,741 7.38% -
     Liberal Keith M. Crocker 15,661 7.34% -
     Liberal Joseph J. Charlebois 15,542 7.28% -
     Liberal Victor C. Hession 14,770 6.92% -
     Prog. Conservative Lewis Brand 11,401 5.34% -
     Prog. Conservative W. Hugh Arscott 11,344 5.32% -
     Prog. Conservative Ray Hnatyshyn 10,874 5.09% -
     Prog. Conservative Henry C. Rees 10,543 4.94% -
     Prog. Conservative Irving Goldenberg 10,240 4.80% -
Total 213,372 100.00%

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