Meadow Lake is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Incorporated as a city in 2009, Meadow Lake (pop. 5,045) is the largest centre in the constituency. The riding was last contested in the 2020 election, when incumbent Saskatchewan Party MLA Jeremy Harrison was re-elected.
Smaller communities in the riding include the villages of Green Lake, Loon Lake, Leoville, and Goodsoil; and the town of St. Walburg.
History
The riding was first contested in the 1934 general election. From the 1952 general election until the 1971 general election, Meadow Lake also included the remote far northwest corner of the province, including the northern villages of Île-à-la-Crosse and La Loche. About half of this northern area was transferred back to Athabasca prior to the 1971 election, and the remainder transferred 1975 general election, finalizing Meadow Lake's present northern boundary.
The most recent major boundary change took place before the 2003 general election, when the riding was shifted eastward to take in the northwestern third of the former Shellbrook-Spiritwood constituency, losing its western portion (including Pierceland and the border with Alberta) to Lloydminster. Aside from minor adjustments before the 2016 general election, the district's boundaries have remained largely the same since 2003.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Legislature Years Member Party8th1934–1938 Donald MacDonaldSaskatchewan Liberal Party9th1939–194410th1944–1948 Herschel Lee HowellCo-operative Commonwealth Federation11th1949–1952 William Thorneycroft LoftsSaskatchewan Liberal Party12th1953–1956 Hugh Clifford DunfieldSaskatchewan Liberal Party13th1957–1960 Alphonse Peter WeberSocial Credit Party of Saskatchewan14th1961–1964 Martin SemchukCo-operative Commonwealth Federation15th1965–1967 Henry Ethelbert CouplandSaskatchewan Liberal Party16th1968–197117th1971–197518th1975–1978 Gordon James McNeillNew Democratic19th1979–1982 George Malcolm McLeodProgressive Conservative20th1982–198621st1986–1991 22nd 1991–1995 Maynard Sonntag New Democratic 23rd 1995–1999 24th 1999–2003 25th 2003–2007 26th 2007–2011 Jeremy Harrison Saskatchewan Party 27th 2011–2016 28th 2016–2020 29th 2020–2024 30th 2024–present
Election results
2020 provincial election redistributed results Party % Saskatchewan 71.5 New Democratic 25.8 Green 2.7
History
Members of the Legislative Assembly
# MLA Served Party 1. Donald MacDonald 1934–1944 Liberal 2. Herschel L. Howell 1944–1948 CCF 3. Bill Lofts 1948–1952 Liberal 4. H. Cliff Dunfield 1952–1956 Liberal 5. A. Peter Weber 1956–1960 Social Credit 6. Martin Semchuk 1960–1964 CCF 7. Henry Coupland 1964–1975 Liberal 8. Gordon McNeill 1975–1978 NDP 9. George McLeod 1978–1991 Prog. Conservative 10. Maynard Sonntag 1991–2007 NDP 11. Jeremy Harrison 2007–present Saskatchewan Party
See also List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts List of Saskatchewan general elections Canadian provincial electoral districts
References
External links Website of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Archives Board – Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division