Thunder Creek (1975–2016 electoral district)

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Thunder Creek
Saskatchewan electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
District created1975
First contested1975
Last contested2011
Demographics
Electors11,112
Census division(s)Division 6, 7, 11

Thunder Creek was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Originally created for the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912 and abolished in 1938, this constituency was reconstituted for the 18th Saskatchewan general election in 1975. It was abolished a second time in 2016, with most of the constituency being re-distributed into the new electoral district of Lumsden-Morse.

Communities in the district included the towns of

Riverhurst, Waldeck, Eyebrow and Bethune
.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Parliament Years Member Party
District created from
Moose Jaw South
18th 1975 – 1978     Colin Thatcher
Liberal
19th 1978 – 1982    
Progressive Conservative
20th 1982 – 1984
1985 – 1986 Richard Swenson
Progressive Conservative
21st 1986 – 1991
22nd
 1991 – 1995
23rd
 1995 – 1999     Gerard Aldridge
Liberal
24th
 1999 – 2003     Lyle Stewart Saskatchewan Party
25th
 2003 – 2007
26th
 2007 – 2011
27th
 2011 – 2016
District dissolved into Lumsden-Morse, Arm River, Moose Jaw North, Moose Jaw Wakamow, Wood River

Election results

2011 Saskatchewan general election: Thunder Creek
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Saskatchewan Lyle Stewart 5,920 79.61% +15.16
 
NDP
 Ryan McDonald 1,304 17.54% -5.62
Green Jill Forrester 212 2.85% +0.72
Total 7,436 100.00%
2007 Saskatchewan general election: Thunder Creek
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Saskatchewan Lyle Stewart 5,558 64.45% +10.92
 
NDP
 Larry Hall 1,997 23.16% -7.65
Liberal Rod Haugerud 590 6.84% -6.84
  Prog. Conservative Richard Swenson 295 3.42% -
Green Russ Rudd 184 2.13% –
Total 8,624 100.00%


2003 Saskatchewan general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Saskatchewan Lyle Stewart 4,450 53.50% +0.58
New Democratic Larry Hall 2,572 30.92% +10.85
Liberal Rod Haugerud 1,132 13.61% −13.41
Western Independence Harold Stephan 164 1.97% –
Total 8,318 100.00%
1999 Saskatchewan general election: Thunder Creek
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Saskatchewan Lyle Stewart 3,969 52.95% –
Liberal Gerard Aldridge 2,031 27.09% -10.40
 
NDP
 Ivan Costley 1,496 19.96% -10.90
Total 7,496 100.00%
1995 Saskatchewan general election: Thunder Creek
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Gerard Aldridge 2,859 37.49% +13.65
  Prog. Conservative Janet Day 2,414 31.65% -10.96
 
NDP
 Lewis Draper 2,353 30.86% -1.73
Total 7,626 100.00%
1991 Saskatchewan general election: Thunder Creek
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Progressive Conservative Richard Swenson 2,929 42.61% -10.91
 
NDP
 Ron Bishoff 2,240 32.59% +6.15
Liberal Bill Johnstone 1,639 23.84% +4.34
  Independent Dwayne McBride 66 0.96% –
Total 6,874 100.00%
1986 Saskatchewan general election: Thunder Creek
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
 
Progressive Conservative
 Richard Swenson 3,773 53.52% +11.03
 
NDP
 Betty Payne 1,864 26.44% -1.09
Liberal Bill Johnstone 1,375 19.50% -7.60
Western Canada Concept
 Robert Gleim 38 0.54% -2.34
Total 7,050 100.00%
March 27, 1985 By-Election:[1] Thunder Creek
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
 
Progressive Conservative
 Richard Swenson 2,670 42.49% –
 
NDP
 Betty Payne 1,730 27.53% –
Liberal Bill Johnstone 1,703 27.10% –
Western Canada Concept
 Henry Banman 181 2.88% –
Total 6,284 100.00%

References

  1. ^ Due to the resignation in disgrace of Colin Thatcher.

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