Moose Jaw (federal electoral district)

This article is about the federal riding. For the defunct N.W.T. riding, see Moose Jaw (territorial electoral district).

Moose Jaw was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 1953 and from 1968 to 1988. This riding was created in 1907 from parts of Assiniboia West and Calgary ridings. It was abolished in 1952 when it was redistributed into Assiniboia, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre and Rosetown—Biggar ridings.

It was re-created in 1966 from parts of Assiniboia, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre, Rosetown—Biggar, Rosthern, Saskatoon, and Swift Current ridings. The electoral district was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Moose Jaw—Lake Centre and Regina—Lumsden ridings.

Historical boundaries

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  1905 representation order
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  1914 representation order
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  1924 representation order
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  1933 representation order
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  1947 representation order
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  1952 representation order (as Moose Jaw—Lake Centre)
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  1966 representation order
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  1976 representation order

Members of Parliament

This riding elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Moose Jaw Riding established from Assiniboia West and Calgary
11th	1908–1911		William Erskine Knowles	Liberal
12th	1911–1917
13th	1917–1921		James Alexander Calder	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1923		Robert Milton Johnson	Progressive
	1923–1925		Edward Nicholas Hopkins
15th	1925–1926		John Gordon Ross	Liberal
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935		William Addison Beynon	Conservative
18th	1935–1940		John Gordon Ross	Liberal
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949		Wilbert Ross Thatcher	Co-operative Commonwealth
21st	1949–1953
Riding dissolved into Assiniboia, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre and Rosetown—Biggar
Riding re-established from Assiniboia, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre, Rosetown—Biggar, Rosthern, Saskatoon, and Swift Current
28th	1968–1972		John Skoberg	New Democratic
29th	1972–1974		Doug Neil	Progressive Conservative
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988		Bill Gottselig
Riding dissolved into Moose Jaw—Lake Centre and Regina—Lumsden

Election results

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	KNOWLES, William Erskine	3,860
	Conservative	WHEELER, Frank Howard	2,796

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	KNOWLES, William Erskine	8,285
	Conservative	RATHWELL, Samuel K.	5,953

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Government (Unionist)	CALDER, Hon. James Alexander	8,866
	Opposition-Labour	SOMERVILLE, James	2,946

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	JOHNSON, Robert Milton	6,744
	Liberal	KNOWLES, William Erskine	5,815
	Conservative	HAMILTON, Samuel Alexander	3,857

Johnson election overturned due to irregularities during the campaign^[1]

Due to Mr. Johnson's election being declared void and that declaration holding up on appeal on 22 February 1923, by-election held on April 10, 1923

By-election:

By-election on 10 April 1923
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	HOPKINS, Edward Nicholas	8,960
	Liberal	KNOWLES, William Erskine	7,362

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	ROSS, John Gordon	5,654
	Conservative	WHITE, Wellington	5,356
	Progressive	HOPKINS, Edward Nicholas	2,801

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	ROSS, John Gordon	8,487
	Conservative	WHITE, Wellington	6,060
	Progressive	JOHNSON, Robert Milton	1,798

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	BEYNON, William Addison	9,290
	Liberal	ROSS, John Gordon	8,351

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	ROSS, John Gordon	7,353
	Conservative	BEYNON, William Addison	4,553
	Co-operative Commonwealth	STUART, Charles Anderson	2,272
	Social Credit	JOHNSON, Robert Milton	2,235

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	ROSS, John Gordon	9,373
	National Government	PATTERSON, Joseph Victor	7,807

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	THATCHER, Wilbert Ross	9,831
	Liberal	ROSS, John Gordon	5,862
	Progressive Conservative	GILMOUR, Frederick James	4,358

1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	THATCHER, W. Ross	10,026
	Liberal	PUDDEN, Edward Langdon	7,444
	Progressive Conservative	SMILEY, Leila Elsie	3,334

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	New Democratic	SKOBERG, John L.	11,982
	Progressive Conservative	PASCOE, Ernest	10,496
	Liberal	DUDDRIDGE, Lew C.	7,000

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	NEIL, Doug	11,967
	New Democratic	SKOBERG, John L.	11,685
	Liberal	KALLIO, Willard	5,767
	Social Credit	GUILLAUME, Henry G.	526

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	NEIL, Doug	11,678
	New Democratic	SKOBERG, John L.	10,113
	Liberal	BRYAN, Alf	6,120
	Social Credit	GUILLAUME, Henry	281

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	NEIL, Doug C.	16,031
	New Democratic	HENLEY, David H.	11,122
	Liberal	BROWN, Vern R.	5,583
	Social Credit	GUILLAUME, Henry G.	313

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	NEIL, Doug	14,330
	New Democratic	HENLEY, David H.	10,641
	Liberal	BROWN, Vern R.	5,713
	Independent	SENGER, Edward J.	124
	Libertarian	QUENETT, Bob	64

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	GOTTSELIG, William Andrew	15,803
	New Democratic	KINDRACHUK, Glenn	13,338
	Liberal	HART, Larry	4,762
	Confederation of Regions	BOECHLER, Brant	446

See also

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