Arm River (electoral district)

Arm River was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency was located in south central Saskatchewan. It was created before the 2nd Saskatchewan general election in 1908. The Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan) merged this riding with the parts of the Watrous and Last Mountain-Touchwood ridings to form the new riding of Arm River-Watrous.

[edit] Member of the Legislative Assembly

#	MLA	Served	Party
1.	George Adam Scott	1908 - 1928	Liberal
2.	Thomas Frederick Waugh	1928 - 1929	Liberal
3.	Duncan Selby Hutcheon	1929 - 1934	Conservative
4.	Gustaf Herman Danielson	1934 - 1964	Liberal
5.	Martin Peder Pederson	1964 - 1967	Progressive Conservative
6.	Wilbert McIvor	1967 - 1971	Liberal
7.	Donald Leonard Faris	1971 - 1978	New Democratic Party
8.	Gerald Stanley Muirhead	1978 - 1995	Progressive Conservative
9.	Harvey McLane	1995 - 1999	Liberal
10.	Greg P. Brkich	1999 - 2003	Saskatchewan Party

Saskatchewan General Election 1908: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Adam Scott	777	53.04	-
	Provincial Rights	B.J. Bott	688	46.96	-
Total			1,445	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1912: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Adam Scott	1138	60.37	+7.33
	Conservative	Francis Clement Whitelock	502	26.63	-20.33
	Independent	John Gibson	245	13.00	-
Total			1,885	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1917: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Adam Scott	1968	55.99	-4.38
	Conservative	James Henry Middagh	1547	44.01	+17.38
Total			3,515	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1921: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Adam Scott	-	-	-
Acclaimation			-	-

Saskatchewan General Election 1925: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Adam Scott	1799	54.68	-1.31
	Conservative	Stewart Adrain	1491	45.32	+1.31
Total			3,290	100.00

Arm River By-election: October 25, 1928
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Frederick Waugh	2764	50.54	-4.14
	Conservative	Stewart Adrain	2705	49.46	+4.14
Total			5,469	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1929: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Selby Hutcheon	3243	55.85	+6.39
	Liberal	Thomas Frederick Waugh	2564	44.15	-6.39
Total			5,807	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1934: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gustaf Herman Danielson	2222	43.84	-0.32
	Conservative	Duncan Selby Hutcheon	1935	38.17	-17.67
	Farmer-Labour	David James Christie	912	17.99	-
Total			5,069	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1938: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gustaf Herman Danielson	3295	51.48	+7.65
	Conservative	John George Diefenbaker	3905	48.52	+10.34
Total			6,400	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1944: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gustaf Herman Danielson	2343	41.34	-10.14
	CCF	William R. Fansher	2256	39.81	-
	PC	Thomas Alfred Homersham	1068	18.85	-29.67
Total			5,667	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1948: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gustaf Herman Danielson	3400	53.53	+12.18
	CCF	E.L. Heinrich	2263	35.63	-4.18
	Social Credit	Gabriel J. Giesinger	689	10.85	-
Total			6,352	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1952: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gustaf Herman Danielson	2670	48.22	-5.31
	CCF	Eugene E. Lockwood	2613	47.19	+11.57
	Independent	John W. Dixon	254	4.59	-
Total			5,537	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1956: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gustaf Herman Danielson	2417	40.85	-7.37
	CCF	Eugene E. Lockwood	2194	37.08	-10.11
	Social Credit	Malcolm J. Haver	1306	22.07	-
Total			5,917	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1960: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Gustaf Herman Danielson	1989	33.48	-7.36
	CCF	Eugene E. Lockwood	1749	29.44	-7.64
	PC	Martin Peder Pederson	1518	25.56	-
	Social Credit	Louis Rands	684	11.52	-10.56
Total			5,940	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1964: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PC	Martin Peder Pederson	2326	39.45	+13.89
	Liberal	Gustaf Herman Danielson	2020	34.26	+0.78
	CCF	Emanuel Lang	1550	26.29	-3.16
Total			5,896	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1967: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Wilbert McIvor	1929	38.29	+4.03
	PC	Martin Peder Pederson	1895	37.61	-1.84
	New Democratic Party	Merle Snustead	1214	24.10	-2.19
Total			5,038	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1971: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Donald Leonard Faris	2343	46.33	+22.23
	Liberal	Wilbert McIvor	2193	43.38	+5.09
	PC	Orin N. Sather	520	10.29	-27.33
Total			5,055	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1975: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic Party	Donald Leonard Faris	2854	37.21	-9.13
	Liberal	Ron Thorstad	2834	37.06	-6.32
	PC	Ron McLelland	1974	25.73	+15.45
Total			7,671	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1978: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PC	Gerald Stanley Muirhead	3501	44.26	+18.53
	New Democratic Party	Donald Leonard Faris	3308	41.82	+4.62
	Liberal	Greg Wensel	1101	13.92	-23.14
Total			7,910	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1982: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PC	Gerald Stanley Muirhead	5608	63.34	+19.08
	New Democratic Party	Donald Leonard Faris	2719	30.71	-11.11
	WCC	Jim Cross	339	3.83	-
	Liberal	Marjorie Towstego	188	2.12	-11.80
Total			8,854	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1986: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PC	Gerald Stanley Muirhead	4826	57.66	-5.68
	New Democratic Party	Bob Robertson	2948	35.22	+4.51
	Liberal	Kim Gleim	535	6.39	+4.27
	WCC	Hilton J. Spencer	61	0.73	-3.10
Total			8,370	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1991: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PC	Gerald Stanley Muirhead	3019	38.20	-19.46
	New Democratic Party	Bob Robertson	2538	32.11	-3.11
	Liberal	David Ashdown	2301	29.11	+22.72
	Independent (WCC)	Hilton J. Spencer	46	0.58	-0.15
Total			7,904	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1995: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harvey McLane	4093	48.81	+19.70
	New Democratic Party	Bob Robertson	3025	36.07	+3.96
	PC	Everett Ritson	1268	15.12	-23.08
Total			8,386	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1999: Arm River
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan Party	Greg P. Brkich	3696	43.84	-
	Liberal	Harvey McLane	2624	31.13	-17.68
	New Democratic Party	Ron Bishoff	2110	25.03	-11.04
Total			8,430	100.00