Kelvington-Wadena

The largest population centres in the constituency are Wadena, Foam Lake, Kelvington and Porcupine Plain. Villages in the riding include Bjorkdale, Elfros, Rama, Archerwill, Margo and Lintlaw. Both major Canadian railways – the Canadian National and the Canadian Pacific – have branch lines serving the area.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Parliament	Years		Party
18th	1975–1978	Neil Byers	New Democrat
19th	1978–1982	Neil Byers	New Democrat
20th	1982–1986	Sherwin Petersen	Progressive Conservative
21st	1986–1991	Sherwin Petersen	Progressive Conservative
22nd	1991–1995	Ken Kluz	New Democrat
23rd	1995–1997	June Draude	Liberal
23rd	1997–1999	June Draude	Saskatchewan Party
24th	1999–2003
25th	2003–2007
26th	2007–2011
27th	2011–present

Saskatchewan general election, 2007: Kelvington-Wadena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	June Draude	5,091	78.72%	+8.55
	NDP	Graham Reid	1,187	18.36%	-4.72
	Green	Elaine Hughes	189	2.92%	+1.10
Total			6,467	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 2007: Kelvington-Wadena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	June Draude	5,330	70.17%	+12.36%
	NDP	Mervin Kryzanowski	1,753	23.08%	-8.19%
	Liberal	Don Gabel	294	3.87%	-3.02%
	Green	Elaine Hughes	138	1.82%	–
	Western Independence	John Koban	81	1.06%	-2.97%
Total			7,596	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 2003: Kelvington-Wadena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	June Draude	4,500	57.81%	-7.84%
	NDP	Ryan Calder	2,434	31.27%	+3.27%
	Liberal	Harry Kerr	536	6.89%	+0.54%
	Western Independence	Neil Fenske	314	4.03%	–
Total			7,784	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1999: Kelvington-Wadena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	June Draude	5,045	65.65%	–
	NDP	Doug Still	2,152	28.00%	-13.67
	Liberal	Sean Macknak	488	6.35%	-36.86
Total			7,685	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1995: Kelvington-Wadena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	June Draude	3,294	43.21%	+33.18%
	NDP	Darrel Cunningham	3,177	41.67%	-12.67%
	Progressive Conservative	Dwayne Evans	1,153	15.12%	-20.51%
Total			7,624	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1991: Kelvington-Wadena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Ken Kluz	3,956	54.34%	+10.33%
	Progressive Conservative	Sherwin Petersen	2,594	35.63%	-15.34%
	Liberal	Bill Kerluke	730	10.03%	+5.01%
Total			7,280	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1986: Kelvington-Wadena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sherwin Petersen	4,129	50.97%	-1.20%
	NDP	Ken Folstad	3,565	44.01%	-1.23%
	Liberal	Orvall Enge	407	5.02%	+2.43%
Total			8,101	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1982: Kelvington-Wadena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sherwin Petersen	4,330	52.17%	+10.37%
	NDP	Neil Byers	3,755	45.24%	-6.49%
	Liberal	Ben Ferrie	215	2.59%	-3.88%
Total			8,300	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1978: Kelvington-Wadena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Neil Byers	4,165	51.73%	+1.14%
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Meiklejohn	3,366	41.80%	+15.44%
	Liberal	Ben Ferrie	521	6.47%	-16.58%
Total			8,052	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1975: Kelvington-Wadena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Neil Byers	4,051	50.59%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Don Austring	2,111	26.36%	–
	Liberal	Joe Bencharski	1,846	23.05%	–
Total			8,008	100.00%

#	MLA	Served	Party
1.	Herbert Pierce	1908–1917	Liberal
2.	John MacMillan	1917–1921	Liberal
3.	William Henry McKinnon	1921–1925	Progressive
4.	William Henry McKinnon	1925–1929	Liberal
5.	John Robeson Taylor	1929–1934	Independent
6.	George Hara Williams	1934–1944	Farmer-Labour/CCF
7.	Frederick Dewhurst	1944–1975	CCF/NDP

#	MLA	Served	Party
1.	George Ernest Dragan	1934–1938	Liberal
2.	Peter Howe	1938–1960	CCF
3.	Cliff Peterson	1960–1964	CCF
4.	Bryan Bjarnason	1964–1969	Liberal
5.	Neil Byers	June 1969 – 1975	New Democrat

v t e Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts

North	Athabasca Batoche Biggar Canora-Pelly Carrot River Valley Cumberland Cut Knife-Turtleford Humboldt Kelvington-Wadena Lloydminster Martensville Meadow Lake Melfort Prince Albert Carlton Prince Albert Northcote Rosthern-Shellbrook Saskatchewan Rivers The Battlefords

Saskatoon	Saskatoon Centre Saskatoon Eastview Saskatoon Fairview Saskatoon Greystone Saskatoon Massey Place Saskatoon Meewasin Saskatoon Northwest Saskatoon Nutana Saskatoon Riversdale Saskatoon Silver Springs Saskatoon Southeast Saskatoon Sutherland

Regina	Regina Coronation Park Regina Dewdney Regina Douglas Park Regina Elphinstone-Centre Regina Lakeview Regina Northeast Regina Qu'Appelle Valley Regina Rosemont Regina South Regina Walsh Acres Regina Wascana Plains

South	Arm River-Watrous Cannington Cypress Hills Estevan Indian Head-Milestone Kindersley Last Mountain-Touchwood Melville-Saltcoats Moose Jaw North Moose Jaw Wakamow Moosomin Rosetown-Elrose Swift Current Thunder Creek Weyburn-Big Muddy Wood River Yorkton

See also: 2011 election List of elections Politics of Saskatchewan

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