Moose Jaw—Lake Centre

Moose Jaw—Lake Centre was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1953 to 1968 and from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1953 from parts of Lake Centre, Moose Jaw, Qu'Appelle, and Rosthern ridings.

The riding was abolished in 1966 when it was redistributed into Moose Jaw, Regina East and Regina—Lake Centre ridings. It was re-created in 1987 from parts of Assiniboia, Humboldt—Lake Centre and Moose Jaw ridings. The electoral district was abolished in 1996 when it was redistributed into Blackstrap, Cypress Hills—Grasslands, Palliser and Regina—Arm River ridings.

History

Historical boundaries

• 
  1952 representation order
• 
  1966 representation order (as Moose Jaw)
• 
  1976 representation order (as Moose Jaw)
• 
  1987 representation order

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Lake Centre, Moose Jaw, Qu'Appelle, and Rosthern prior to 1953
22nd	1953–1957		Ross Thatcher	Co-operative Commonwealth
23rd	1957–1958		Scoop Lewry
24th	1958–1962		James Ernest Pascoe	Progressive Conservative
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Moose Jaw, Assiniboia, and Humboldt—Lake Centre from 1968 to 1988
34th	1988–1993		Rod Laporte	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997		Allan Kerpan	Reform
Blackstrap, Cypress Hills—Grasslands, Palliser and Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre from 1997 to present

Election results

1953–1968

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Ross Thatcher	12,436
	Liberal	James Lawrence Gemmell	6,021
	Progressive Conservative	James Ernest Pascoe	4,480
	Labor–Progressive	Frederick Nelson Clarke	792

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Louis Harrington Lewry	9,834
	Progressive Conservative	James Ernest Pascoe	9,455
	Liberal	Richard Neild Lillico	6,876
	Social Credit	Martin Kelln	2,740

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	James Ernest Pascoe	18,736
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Louis Harrington Lewry	8,535
	Liberal	Jim De Rosenroll	4,030
	Independent	W. Elvy Rogers	146

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	James Ernest Pascoe	19,456
	New Democratic	Carl Wells	8,347
	Liberal	Harvey D. Ross	7,924
	Social Credit	Ed Chamberlin	1,720

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	James Ernest Pascoe	20,958
	Liberal	Ted Pudden	8,283
	New Democratic	Carl Wells	7,439
	Social Credit	Ed Chamberlin	1,581

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	James Ernest Pascoe	18,087
	New Democratic	Ken Fowler	10,495
	Liberal	Bill Clarke	10,332
	Social Credit	Alma Leech	977

1988–1997

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	Rod Laporte	15,916
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Gottselig	15,508
	Liberal	Linda Boxall	5,980
	Confederation of Regions	Edwin W. Appenheimer	287

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Reform	Allan Kerpan	10,432
	New Democratic	Rod Laporte	10,122
	Liberal	John Morris	9,354
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Gottselig	4,204
	Natural Law	Jack Heilman	158
	Canada Party	Walton Eddy	117

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada