Dakota-Arm River

Dakota-Arm River is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency is located in south central Saskatchewan. The district was created as Arm River for the 1908 Saskatchewan general election, and it was last contested in the 2020 election. Grain farming and cattle ranching are the major economic activities of the area. The two largest towns in the constituency are Davidson and Outlook. Much of the Highway 11 corridor connecting Regina and Saskatoon lies within the constituency.

Dakota-Arm River

Saskatchewan electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA	Barret Kropf Saskatchewan
First contested	1908
Last contested	2024

History

Arm River was originally created before the 2nd Saskatchewan general election in 1908 and has existed ever since. It was named for the Arm River which flows roughly through the middle of the district.

The riding's boundaries have changed many times over the years due to redistribution. Between 2003 and 2016, the district was called Arm River-Watrous as the riding had included much of the former Watrous constituency. The riding's name was changed back to Arm River for the 2016 general election.^[1][2]

For the 2024 general election, the riding was renamed Dakota-Arm River due to significant boundary shifts. The district lost significant territory to Lumsden-Morse, Humboldt-Watrous, Kelvington-Wadena and Last Mountain-Touchwood, while gaining a much smaller (but more densely populated) area from Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Arm River
2nd	1908-1912		George Adam Scott	Liberal
3rd	1912-1917
4th	1917-1921
5th	1921-1925
6th	1925–1928
	1928–1929		Thomas Frederick Waugh
7th	1929-1934		Duncan Selby Hutcheon	Progressive Conservative
8th	1934-1938		Gustaf Herman Danielson	Liberal
9th	1938-1944
10th	1944-1948
11th	1948-1952
12th	1952-1956
13th	1956-1960
14th	1960-1964
15th	1964-1967		Martin Peder Pederson	Progressive Conservative
16th	1967-1971		Wilbert McIvor	Liberal
17th	1971-1975		Donald Leonard Faris	New Democratic Party
18th	1975-1978
19th	1978-1982		Gerald Muirhead	Progressive Conservative
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1991
22nd	1991-1995
23rd	1995-1999		Harvey McLane	Liberal
24th	1999–2003		Greg Brkich	Saskatchewan Party
Arm River-Watrous
25th	2003-2007		Greg Brkich	Saskatchewan Party
26th	2007-2011
27th	2011-2016
Arm River
28th	2016–2020		Greg Brkich	Saskatchewan Party
29th	2020–2024		Dana Skoropad
Dakota-Arm River
30th	2024-present		Barret Kropf	Saskatchewan Party

Election results

Dakota-Arm River (2024–present)

2020 provincial election redistributed results[3]
Party		%
	Saskatchewan	76.8
	New Democratic	16.7
	Green	2.3
	Buffalo	1.3

Arm River (2016-2024)

2020 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Dana Skoropad	6,569	76.98	+3.59
	New Democratic	Cam Goff	1,336	15.66	-1.62
	Progressive Conservative	Steve Forbes	431	5.05	+1.04
	Green	Tiffany Giesbrecht	197	2.31	-0.55
Total valid votes			8,533	99.59
Total rejected ballots			35	0.41
Turnout			8,568	–
Eligible voters			–
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		–
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

2016 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Greg Brkich	6,187	73.39	-0.36
	New Democratic	Denise Leduc	1,457	17.28	-6.59
	Progressive Conservative	Raymond Carrick	338	4.01	-
	Green	Dale Dewar	241	2.86	+0.40
	Liberal	Russ Collicott	207	2.46	-
Total valid votes			8,430	99.86
Total rejected ballots			12	0.14
Turnout			8,442	67.33
Eligible voters			12,539
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		–
Source: Elections Saskatchewan[4][5]

Arm River-Watrous (2003-2016)

2011 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Greg P. Brkich	5,061	73.67	+15.75
	New Democratic	Eric Skonberg	1,640	23.87	-4.75
	Green	Orest Shasko	169	2.46	+0.46
Total			6,870	100

2007 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Greg P. Brkich	4,683	57.92	+9.91
	New Democratic	Gordon MacMurchy	2,314	28.62	-9.61
	Liberal	Lou Coderre	762	9.43	-1.61
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Pederson	164	2.03	+0.09
	Green	Arnold Taylor	162	2.00	–
Total			8,085	100

2003 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Greg P. Brkich	4,009	48.01	–
	New Democratic	Carol Rowan	3,193	38.23	–
	Liberal	Steven Barlow	922	11.04	–
	Western Independence	Gord Anderson	162	1.94	–
	Independent	Gord Pederson	65	0.78	–
Total			8,351	100

Arm River (1905-2003)

v t e 1999 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Greg P. Brkich	3,696	43.84	-
	Liberal	Harvey McLane	2,624	31.13	−17.68
	New Democratic	Ron Bishoff	2,110	25.03	−11.04
Total			8,430	100

1995 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harvey McLane	4,093	48.81	+19.70
	New Democratic	Bob Robertson	3,025	36.07	+3.96
	Progressive Conservative	Everett Ritson	1,268	15.12	-23.08
Total			8,386	100

1991 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Muirhead	3,019	38.20	-19.46
	New Democratic	Bob Robertson	2,538	32.11	-3.11
	Liberal	David Ashdown	2,301	29.11	+22.72
	Independent	Hilton J. Spencer	46	0.58	-0.15
Total			7,904	100

1986 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Muirhead	4,826	57.66	-5.68
	New Democratic	Bob Robertson	2,948	35.22	+4.51
	Liberal	Kim Gleim	535	6.39	+4.27
	Western Canada Concept	Hilton J. Spencer	61	0.73	-3.10
Total			8,370	100

1982 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Muirhead	5,608	63.34	+19.08
	New Democratic	Donald Leonard Faris	2,719	30.71	-11.11
	Western Canada Concept	Jim Cross	339	3.83	-
	Liberal	Marjorie Towstego	188	2.12	-11.80
Total			8,854	100

1978 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Gerald Muirhead	3,501	44.26	+18.53
	New Democratic	Donald Leonard Faris	3,308	41.82	+4.62
	Liberal	Greg Wensel	1,101	13.92	-23.14
Total			7,910	100

1975 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Donald Leonard Faris	2,854	37.21	-9.13
	Liberal	Ron Thorstad	2,834	37.06	-6.32
	Progressive Conservative	Ron McLelland	1,974	25.73	+15.45
Total			7,671	100

1971 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Donald Leonard Faris	2,343	46.33	+22.23
	Liberal	Wilbert McIvor	2,193	43.38	+5.09
	Progressive Conservative	Orin N. Sather	520	10.29	-27.33
Total			5,055	100

1967 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilbert McIvor	1,929	38.29	+4.03
	Progressive Conservative	Martin Peder Pederson	1,895	37.61	-1.84
	New Democratic	Merle Snustead	1,214	24.10	-2.19
Total			5,038	100

1964 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Martin Peder Pederson	2,326	39.45	+13.89
	Liberal	Gustaf Herman Danielson	2,020	34.26	+0.78
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Emanuel Lang	1550	26.29	-3.16
Total			5,896	100

1960 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gustaf Herman Danielson	1,989	33.48	-7.36
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Eugene E. Lockwood	1,749	29.44	-7.64
	Progressive Conservative	Martin Peder Pederson	1,518	25.56	-
	Social Credit	Louis Rands	684	11.52	-10.56
Total			5,940	100

1956 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gustaf Herman Danielson	2,417	40.85	-7.37
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Eugene E. Lockwood	2,194	37.08	-10.11
	Social Credit	Malcolm J. Haver	1,306	22.07	-
Total			5,917	100

1952 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gustaf Herman Danielson	2,670	48.22	-5.31
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Eugene E. Lockwood	2,613	47.19	+11.57
	Independent	John W. Dixon	254	4.59	-
Total			5,537	100

1948 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gustaf Herman Danielson	3,400	53.53	+12.18
	Co-operative Commonwealth	E. L. Heinrich	2,263	35.63	-4.18
	Social Credit	Gabriel J. Giesinger	689	10.85	-
Total			6,352	100

1944 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gustaf Herman Danielson	2,343	41.34	-10.14
	Co-operative Commonwealth	William R. Fansher	2,256	39.81	-
	Progressive Conservative	Thomas Alfred Homersham	1,068	18.85	-29.67
Total			5,667	100

1938 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gustaf Herman Danielson	3,295	51.48	+7.65
	Conservative (historical)	John Diefenbaker	3,105	48.52	+10.34
Total			6,400	100

1934 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gustaf Herman Danielson	2,222	43.84	-0.32
	Conservative (historical)	Duncan Selby Hutcheon	1,935	38.17	-17.67
	Farmer–Labour	David James Christie	912	17.99	-
Total			5,069	100

1929 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative (historical)	Duncan Selby Hutcheon	3,243	55.85	+6.39
	Liberal	Thomas Frederick Waugh	2,564	44.15	-6.39
Total			5,807	100

Saskatchewan provincial by-election, October 25, 1928: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Frederick Waugh	2,764	50.54	-4.14
	Conservative (historical)	Stewart Adrain	2,705	49.46	+4.14
Total			5,469	100

1925 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Adam Scott	1,799	54.68	-1.31
	Conservative (historical)	Stewart Adrain	1,491	45.32	+1.31
Total			3,290	100

1921 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Adam Scott	-	-	-
Acclaimation			-	-

1917 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Adam Scott	1,968	55.99	-4.38
	Conservative (historical)	James Henry Middagh	1,547	44.01	+17.38
Total			3,515	100

1912 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Adam Scott	1,138	60.37	+7.33
	Conservative (historical)	Clement Whitelock	502	26.63	-20.33
	Independent	John Gibson	245	13.00	-
Total			1,885	100

1908 Saskatchewan general election: Arm River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Adam Scott	777	53.04	-
	Provincial Rights	B. J. Bott	688	46.96	-
Total			1,445	100

See also

• List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts
• List of Saskatchewan general elections
• Canadian provincial electoral districts