Kelvington-Wadena

Kelvington-Wadena

Saskatchewan electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA	June Draude Saskatchewan
District created	1975
First contested	1975
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Electors	9,509
Census divisions	Division 10, 14

Kelvington-Wadena is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada, located in the east-central region.

The largest population centres in the constituency are Wadena, Foam Lake, Kelvington and Porcupine Plain. Villages in the riding include Bjorkdale, Elfros, Rama, Archerwill, Margo and Lintlaw. Both major Canadian railways – the Canadian National and the Canadian Pacific – have branch lines serving the area.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
18th	1975–1978		Neil Byers	New Democrat
19th	1978–1982
20th	1982–1986		Sherwin Petersen	Progressive Conservative
21st	1986–1991
22nd	1991–1995		Ken Kluz	New Democrat
23rd	1995–1997		June Draude	Liberal
	1997–1999		June Draude	Saskatchewan Party
24th	1999–2003
25th	2003–2007
26th	2007–2011
27th	2011–present

Election results (1975–present)

Saskatchewan general election, 2007: Kelvington-Wadena

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	June Draude	5,091	78.72%	+8.55
	NDP	Graham Reid	1,187	18.36%	-4.72
	Green	Elaine Hughes	189	2.92%	+1.10
Total			6,467	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 2007: Kelvington-Wadena

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	June Draude	5,330	70.17%	+12.36%
	NDP	Mervin Kryzanowski	1,753	23.08%	-8.19%
	Liberal	Don Gabel	294	3.87%	-3.02%
	Green	Elaine Hughes	138	1.82%	–
	Western Independence	John Koban	81	1.06%	-2.97%
Total			7,596	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 2003: Kelvington-Wadena

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	June Draude	4,500	57.81%	-7.84%
	NDP	Ryan Calder	2,434	31.27%	+3.27%
	Liberal	Harry Kerr	536	6.89%	+0.54%
	Western Independence	Neil Fenske	314	4.03%	–
Total			7,784	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1999: Kelvington-Wadena

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	June Draude	5,045	65.65%	–
	NDP	Doug Still	2,152	28.00%	-13.67
	Liberal	Sean Macknak	488	6.35%	-36.86
Total			7,685	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1995: Kelvington-Wadena

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	June Draude	3,294	43.21%	+33.18%
	NDP	Darrel Cunningham	3,177	41.67%	-12.67%
	Progressive Conservative	Dwayne Evans	1,153	15.12%	-20.51%
Total			7,624	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1991: Kelvington-Wadena

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Ken Kluz	3,956	54.34%	+10.33%
	Progressive Conservative	Sherwin Petersen	2,594	35.63%	-15.34%
	Liberal	Bill Kerluke	730	10.03%	+5.01%
Total			7,280	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1986: Kelvington-Wadena

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sherwin Petersen	4,129	50.97%	-1.20%
	NDP	Ken Folstad	3,565	44.01%	-1.23%
	Liberal	Orvall Enge	407	5.02%	+2.43%
Total			8,101	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1982: Kelvington-Wadena

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Sherwin Petersen	4,330	52.17%	+10.37%
	NDP	Neil Byers	3,755	45.24%	-6.49%
	Liberal	Ben Ferrie	215	2.59%	-3.88%
Total			8,300	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1978: Kelvington-Wadena

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Neil Byers	4,165	51.73%	+1.14%
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Meiklejohn	3,366	41.80%	+15.44%
	Liberal	Ben Ferrie	521	6.47%	-16.58%
Total			8,052	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1975: Kelvington-Wadena

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Neil Byers	4,051	50.59%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Don Austring	2,111	26.36%	–
	Liberal	Joe Bencharski	1,846	23.05%	–
Total			8,008	100.00%

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly – Wadena

	#	MLA	Served	Party
	1.	Herbert Pierce	1908–1917	Liberal
	2.	John MacMillan	1917–1921	Liberal
	3.	William Henry McKinnon	1921–1925	Progressive
	4.	William Henry McKinnon	1925–1929	Liberal
	5.	John Robeson Taylor	1929–1934	Independent
	6.	George Hara Williams	1934–1944	Farmer-Labour/CCF
	7.	Frederick Dewhurst	1944–1975	CCF/NDP

Members of the Legislative Assembly – Kelvington

	#	MLA	Served	Party
	1.	George Ernest Dragan	1934–1938	Liberal
	2.	Peter Howe	1938–1960	CCF
	3.	Cliff Peterson	1960–1964	CCF
	4.	Bryan Bjarnason	1964–1969	Liberal
	5.	Neil Byers	June 1969 – 1975	New Democrat

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
• Elections Saskatchewan: Official Results of the 2007 Provincial Election By Electoral Division
• Elections Saskatchewan - Official Results of the 2011 Provincial Election
• Saskatchewan Archives Board – Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division