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Weyburn was a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, from 1908 to 1995.

The district was created for the second Saskatchewan general election in 1908. It contained the town of Weyburn and extended into the surrounding countryside.[1]

The district was dissolved in the redistribution following the 1991 federal census. It was combined with parts of the Bengough-Milestone district to become Weyburn-Big Muddy, for the 1995 general election.[2]

From 1944 to 1961, Premier Tommy Douglas was the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Weyburn riding.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Weyburn, 1908-1995
# Member Years Served Party
  1. Robert Menzies Mitchell 1908–1919 Liberal
  2. Charles McGill Hamilton 1919–1929 Liberal
  3. Robert Sterritt Leslie 1929-1934 Progressive
  4. Hugh Elliott Eaglesham 1934–1938 Liberal
  5. George Levi Crane 1938-1944 Liberal
  6. Tommy Douglas 1944–1961 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
  7. Junior Herbert Staveley 1961–1964 Liberal
  8. James Auburn Pepper 1964–1982 Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party
  9. Lorne Henry Hepworth 1982-1991 Progressive Conservative
  10. Ronald Wormsbecker 1991-1995 New Democratic Party
Source: Saskatchewan Archives: Election Results by Electoral Division

Election results

General Election, 1908

General Election, August 14, 1908
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
Liberal Yes Robert Menzies Mitchell 760 50.9%
Provincial Rights George Beischel 732 49.1%
Total 1,492 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.

General election, 1912

General Election, July 11, 1912
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
Liberal Yes X Robert Menzies Mitchell 1,433 61.3%
Conservative Ormond Skinner Mitchell 904 38.7%
Total 2,337 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.

General election, 1917

General Election, June 26, 1917
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
Liberal Yes X Robert Menzies Mitchell 2,619 59.0%
Conservative George McKenzie Bowman 1,820 41.0%
Total 4,439 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.

By-election, 1919

By-Election, July 22, 1919
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
Liberal Yes Charles McGill Hamilton Acclaimed –
Total – –
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

The by-election was called when the incumbent, Robert Menzies Mitchell, resigned to take the position of superintendent of the Saskatchewan Hospital in Weyburn.[3]
Yes Elected.

By-election, 1920

Ministerial By-Election, June 25, 1920
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
Liberal Yes X Charles McGill Hamilton Acclaimed –
Total – –
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

The by-election was called when Hamilton accepted the position of Minister of Agriculture in the Cabinet of Premier Martin, an office of profit under the Crown, on April 26, 1920.[4]
Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.

General election, 1921

General Election, June 9, 1921
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
Liberal Yes X Charles McGill Hamilton 2,368 88.4%
  Independent Thompson McClelland 311 11.6%
Total 2,679 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.

General election, 1925

General Election, June 2, 1925
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
Liberal Yes X Charles McGill Hamilton 2,351 59.6%
Conservative Morton Allison Fletcher 1,593 40.4%
Total 3,944 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.

General election, 1929

General Election, June 6, 1929
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
Progressive Yes Robert Sterritt Leslie 3,288 51.6%
Liberal X Charles McGill Hamilton 3,088 48.4%
Total 6,376 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.

General election, 1934

General Election, June 19, 1934
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
Liberal Yes Hugh Elliott Eaglesham 2,281 43.9%
Progressive X Robert Sterritt Leslie 1,544 29.7%
Farmer–Labour Tommy Douglas 1,343 25.8%
  Independent James Logan Coltart 29 0.6%
Total 5,197 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.

General election, 1938

General Election, June 8, 1938
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
Liberal Yes George Levi Crane 4,744 48.7%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Frederick Claude Williams 4,167 42.8%
  Independent Conservative John Charles Burnside 828 8.5%
Total 9,739 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.

General election, 1944

General Election, June 15, 1944
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
  Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Yes Tommy Douglas 5,605 61.6%
Liberal James Weyburn Adolphe 3,489 38.4%
Total 9,094 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.

General election, 1948

General Election, June 24, 1948
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
  Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Yes X Tommy Douglas 6,273 56.3%
  Liberal-Progressive Conservative Fergus Charles Eaglesham 4,228 38.0%
Social Credit Isabel Paxman 638 5.7%
Total 11,139 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.

General election, 1952

General Election, June 11, 1952
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
  Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Yes X Tommy Douglas 6,020 59.9%
Liberal Donald Morrow 4,037 40.1%
Total 10,057 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.

General election, 1956

General Election, June 20, 1956
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
  Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Yes X Tommy Douglas 4,930 48.2%
Liberal Junior Herbert Staveley 4,234 41.4%
Social Credit Gustav Theodore Froese 1,070 10.5%
Total 10,234 100.1%1
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.
1 Rounding error.

General election, 1960

General Election, June 8, 1960
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
  Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Yes X Tommy Douglas 5,054 48.4%
Liberal Junior Herbert Staveley 4,453 42.7%
Progressive Conservative Hugh McGillivray 621 6.0%
Social Credit William Tabor 307 2.9%
Total 10,435 100.0%1
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.
1 Rounding error.

By-election, 1961

Election, December 13, 1961
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
Liberal Yes Junior Herbert Staveley 5,379 54.4%
  Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Oran Reiman 4,505 45.6%
Total 9,884 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

The by-election was called when the incumbent, Premier Douglas, resigned from the provincial Legislative Assembly to enter federal politics.
Yes Elected.

General election, 1964

General Election, April 22, 1964
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
  Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Yes James Auburn Pepper 4,453 44.4%
Liberal X Junior Herbert Staveley 4,347 43.3%
Progressive Conservative Jean Benson 1,234 12.3%
Total 10,034 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.

General election, 1967

General Election, October 11, 1967
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
  New Democratic Party Yes X James Auburn Pepper 4,876 46.7%
Liberal Junior Herbert Staveley 4,693 45.0%
Progressive Conservative Jean Benson 865 8.3%
Total 10,434 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.

General election, 1971

General Election, June 23, 1971
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
  New Democratic Party Yes X James Auburn Pepper 5,795 56.0%
Liberal William Erle Roger 3,837 37.1%
Progressive Conservative Ray L. Bailey 719 6.9%
Total 10,351 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.

General election, 1975

General Election, June 11, 1975
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
  New Democratic Party Yes X James Auburn Pepper 2,971 38.1%
Progressive Conservative John Whitell 2,522 32.4%
Liberal Norm Flaten 2,299 29.5%
Total 7,792 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.

General election, 1978

General Election, October 18, 1978
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
  New Democratic Party Yes X James Auburn Pepper 3,517 38.1%
Progressive Conservative Glen Dods 3,449 32.4%
Liberal Ron Chapdelaine 981 29.5%
Total 7,947 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.

General election, 1982

General Election, April 26, 1982
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
Progressive Conservative Yes Lorne Henry Hepworth 5,426 60.7%
  New Democratic Party Elaine Driver 3,088 34.6%
Liberal David J.R. Wright 422 4.7%
Total 8,936 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.

General election, 1986

General Election, October 20, 1986
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
Progressive Conservative Yes X Lorne Henry Hepworth 4,596 52.6%
  New Democratic Party Harry-Jae Elder 3,220 36.9%
Liberal W.F. (Bill) Rudachyk 859 9.8%
Western Canada Concept Edwin W. Appenheimer 55 0.6%
Total 8,730 99.9%1
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.
1 Rounding error.

General election, 1991

General Election, October 21, 1991
Party Candidate Popular Vote %
  New Democratic Party Yes Ronald Wormsbecker 3,883 45.3%
Progressive Conservative X Lorne Henry Hepworth 2,725 31.8%
Liberal W.F. (Bill) Rudachyk 1,920 22.4%
  Independent Edwin W. Appenheimer 47 0.5%
Total 8,575 100.0%
Source: Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division - Weyburn

Yes Elected.
X Incumbent.
1 Rounding error.

References

  1. ^ An Act to amend the Legislative Assembly Act, Statutes of Saskatchewan 1908, c. 4.
  2. ^ The Representation Act, 1994, Statutes of Saskatchewan 1994, c. R-20.3.
  3. ^ Hawkes, John. The Story of Saskatchewan and its People, 1924, vol. 2, pp. 1347–8.
  4. ^ Saskatchewan Archives - Ministers.

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