Melville-Saltcoats

Melville-Saltcoats is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southeastern Saskatchewan, this constituency was created through the Representation Act, 1994 (Saskatchewan) by combining the district of Saltcoats with part of the constituency of Melville.

The largest centre in the riding is the city of Melville (pop. 4,531). Melville is the smallest incorporated city in Saskatchewan. It is also a major transportation hub, with provincial Highways 10, 15, and 47 running through the city – as well as the Canadian National Railway mainline.

Smaller centers in the district include the towns of Langenburg, Esterhazy, Saltcoats and Churchbridge; and the villages of Calder, Grayson, Spy Hill, Neudorf and Stockholm.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
25th	2003 – 2007		Bob Bjornerud	Saskatchewan Party
26th	2007 – 2011
27th	2011 – 2016
28th	2016 – present	Warren Kaeding

Saskatchewan general election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Saskatchewan	Warren Kaeding	5,311	72.74	-0.72
	New Democratic	Leonard Dales	1,595	21.84	-2.63
	Progressive Conservative	Diana Lowe	192	2.62	+2.62
	Liberal	Igor Riabchyk	138	1.89	+1.89
	Independent	Trever Ratti	65	0.89	+0.89
Total valid votes			7,301	100.0
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Saskatchewan^[1]^[2]

Saskatchewan general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Saskatchewan	Bob Bjornerud	5,071	73.46%	+11.18
	New Democratic	Len Dales	1,689	24.47%	−7.34
	Green	Jordan Fieseler	143	2.07%	–
Total			6,903	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Saskatchewan	Bob Bjornerud	5,039	62.28%	+23.24
	New Democratic	Marlys Knezacek	2,574	31.81%	−0.36
	Liberal	Henry Farmer	375	4.64%	−5.31
	Western Independence	Frank Serfas	103	1.27%	–
Total			8,091	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Saskatchewan	Bob Bjornerud	3,439	39.04%
	New Democratic	Ron Osika	2,834	32.17%
	Independent	Grant Schmidt	1,660	18.84%
	Liberal	Brian Tochor	877	9.95%
Total			8,810	100.00%

#	MLA	Served	Party
1.	James Garfield Gardiner	1934–1935	Liberal
2.	Ernest Walter Gerrand	1935–1938	Liberal
3.	John Frederick Herman	1938–1944	Social Credit
4.	William James Arthurs	1944–1948	CCF
5.	V. Patrick Deshaye	1948–1952	Liberal
6.	Allan Brown	1952–1956	CCF
7.	James W. Gardiner	1956–1967	Liberal
8.	John Kowalchuk	1967–1982	New Democrat
9.	Grant Schmidt	1982–1991	Progressive Conservative
10.	Evan Carlson	1991–1995	New Democrat
11.	Ron Osika	1995–2001	Liberal
12.	Ron Osika	2001–2003	Independent

#	MLA	Served	Party
1.	Thomas MacNutt	1905–1908	Liberal
2.	James Alexander Calder	1908–1917	Liberal
3.	George William Sahlmark	1918–1929	Liberal
4.	Asmundur A. Loptson	1929–1934	Liberal

#	MLA	Served	Party
1.	Joseph Lee Phelps	1938–1948	CCF
2.	Asmundur A. Loptson	1948–1960	Liberal
3.	James Snedker	1960–1971	Liberal
4.	Edgar Kaeding	1971–1982	New Democrat
5.	Walter Johnson	1982–1991	Progressive Conservative
6.	Reg Knezacek	1991–1995	New Democrat
7.	Bob Bjornerud	1995–1997	Liberal
8.	Bob Bjornerud	1997–2003	Saskatchewan Party

Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts

North	Athabasca Batoche Biggar-Sask Valley Canora-Pelly Carrot River Valley Cumberland Cut Knife-Turtleford Humboldt-Watrous Kelvington-Wadena Lloydminster Martensville-Warman Meadow Lake Melfort Prince Albert Carlton Prince Albert Northcote Rosthern-Shellbrook Saskatchewan Rivers The Battlefords

Saskatoon	Saskatoon Centre Saskatoon Churchill-Wildwood Saskatoon Eastview Saskatoon Fairview Saskatoon Meewasin Saskatoon Northwest Saskatoon Nutana Saskatoon Riversdale Saskatoon Silverspring-Sutherland Saskatoon Southeast Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota Saskatoon University Saskatoon Westview Saskatoon Willowgrove

Regina	Regina Coronation Park Regina Douglas Park Regina Elphinstone-Centre Regina Gardiner Park Regina Lakeview Regina Northeast Regina Pasqua Regina Rochdale Regina Rosemont Regina University Regina Walsh Acres Regina Wascana Plains

South	Arm River Cannington Cypress Hills Estevan Indian Head-Milestone Kindersley Last Mountain-Touchwood Lumsden-Morse Melville-Saltcoats Moose Jaw North Moose Jaw Wakamow Moosomin Rosetown-Elrose Swift Current Weyburn-Big Muddy Wood River Yorkton

See also: 2011 election 2016 election List of elections Politics of Saskatchewan

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