Cumberland (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada
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Cumberland is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It was created for the 1912 election, and was abolished into Prince Albert East-Cumberland in 1967. It was re-created for the 1975 election. It is the largest electoral district in the province, and at the 2007 general election was the safest seat for the New Democratic Party.
 Saskatchewan electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 1912 | ||
| First contested | 1912 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2001) | 18,988 | ||
| Region | Northern Saskatchewan | ||
| Communities | La Ronge, Creighton | ||
History
The riding has a strong history of electing New Democrat MLAs, and that region has returned MLAs from the NDP and its predecessor party the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation since 1952. The closest that the NDP came to losing the riding was in the 2008 by-election, which was narrowly won with 49.73% of the popular vote and a plurality of 164.
Member of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | ||||
| 3rd | 1912–1913 | |||
| 1913–1917 | Deakin Hall | Liberal | ||
| 4th | 1917–1921 | |||
| 5th | 1921–1922 | George Langley | ||
| 1922–1925 | Deakin Hall | |||
| 6th | 1925–1929 | |||
| 7th | 1929–1934 | |||
| Riding abolished into Athabasca | ||||
| 9th | 1938–1944 | Deakin Hall | Liberal | |
| 10th | 1944–1948 | Leslie Walter Lee | Co-operative Commonwealth | |
| 11th | 1948–1952 | Lorne Earl Blanchard | Liberal | |
| 12th | 1952–1956 | Bill Berezowsky | Co-operative Commonwealth | |
| 13th | 1956–1960 | |||
| 14th | 1960–1964 | |||
| 15th | 1964–1967 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Prince Albert East-Cumberland | ||||
| Riding re-created from Prince Albert East-Cumberland | ||||
| 18th | 1975–1978 | Norman MacAuley | New Democratic | |
| 19th | 1978–1982 | |||
| 20th | 1982–1986 | Lawrence Riel Yew | ||
| 21st | 1986–1991 | Keith Goulet | ||
| 22nd | 1991–1995 | |||
| 23rd | 1995–1999 | |||
| 24th | 1999–2003 | |||
| 25th | 2003–2007 | Joan Beatty | ||
| 26th | 2007–2008 | |||
| 2008–2011 | Doyle Vermette | |||
| 27th | 2011–2016 | |||
| 28th | 2016–2020 | |||
| 29th | 2020–2024 | |||
| 30th | 2024–Present | Jordan McPhail | ||
Election results
Cumberland, 1975–present
2024
| 2024 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jordan McPhail | 2,289 | 55.10 | -11.43 | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Gregory Seib | 1,642 | 39.53 | +8.81 | ||||
| Green | Siwichis Bird-Paddy | 173 | 4.16 | +1.41 | ||||
| Independent | Nasser Dean Chalifoux | 50 | 1.20 | - | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,154 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan | ||||||||
2020
| 2020 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Doyle Vermette | 2,807 | 66.53 | +4.22 | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Darren Deschambeault | 1,296 | 30.72 | +0.99 | ||||
| Green | Aaron Oochoo | 116 | 2.75 | +1.29 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,219 | 98.94 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 45 | 1.06 | +0.61 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,264 | 29.34 | -9.59 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 14,533 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +1.61 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan | ||||||||
2016
| 2016 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Doyle Vermette | 3,375 | 62.31 | -0.88 | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Thomas Sierzycki | 1,610 | 29.72 | -3.70 | ||||
| Liberal | George Morin | 352 | 6.49 | – | ||||
| Green | Mick Taylor-Lessard | 79 | 1.45 | -1.94 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,416 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | – | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | - | ||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan[1][2] | ||||||||
2011
| 2011 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Doyle Vermette | 3,319 | 63.19 | +13.46 | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Joe Hordyski | 1,755 | 33.42 | –11.10 | ||||
| Green | Samuel Hardlotte | 178 | 3.39 | –2.37 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,252 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +12.28 | ||||||
2008 by-election
| Saskatchewan provincial by-election, 25 June 2008 On the resignation of Joan Beatty | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Doyle Vermette | 1,564 | 49.73 | –16.23 | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Dale McAuley | 1,400 | 44.52 | +21.55 | ||||
| Green | Tory McGregor | 181 | 5.76 | –0.45 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,145 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | –18.89 | ||||||
2007
| 2007 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Joan Beatty | 3,124 | 65.96 | –3.04 | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Winston McKay | 1,088 | 22.97 | +1.24 | ||||
| Green | Harold Johnson | 294 | 6.21 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Heath Muggli | 230 | 4.86 | –3.29 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,736 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | –2.14 | ||||||
2003
| 2003 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Joan Beatty | 3,281 | 69.00 | +0.02 | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Winston McKay | 1,035 | 21.73 | +12.08 | ||||
| Liberal | Allan Adam | 388 | 8.15 | –9.86 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ari Avivi | 54 | 1.12 | –2.24 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,758 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | –6.03 | ||||||
1999
| 1999 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Keith Goulet | 2,402 | 68.98 | –5.40 | ||||
| Liberal | Winston McKay | 627 | 18.01 | –2.05 | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Don Johannesson | 336 | 9.65 | – | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Quentin Douglas Agnew | 117 | 3.36 | –2.21 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 3,482 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | –1.68 | ||||||
1995
| 1995 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Keith Goulet | 2,151 | 74.38 | –6.35 | ||||
| Liberal | John Dorion | 580 | 20.06 | +10.20 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tyson Delorme | 161 | 5.57 | –3.90 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,892 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | –8.28 | ||||||
1991
| 1991 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Keith Goulet | 4,135 | 80.73 | +19.99 | ||||
| Liberal | Lennard Morin | 505 | 9.86 | +1.51 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Louis Bear | 482 | 9.47 | –17.63 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,122 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +9.24 | ||||||
1986
| 1986 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Keith Goulet | 3,173 | 60.74 | –4.37 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Larry Wolkosky | 1,416 | 27.10 | +5.90 | ||||
| Liberal | Robin W. Turner | 436 | 8.35 | +2.10 | ||||
| Independent | Gordon "Popeye" Carle | 199 | 3.81 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,224 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | –5.14 | ||||||
1982
| 1982 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Lawrence Riel Yew | 2,587 | 64.37 | +5.17 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Edward N. Charlette | 852 | 21.20 | –6.55 | ||||
| Aboriginal People's | Leon E. McAuley | 329 | 8.19 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Roy Fosseneuve | 251 | 6.25 | –5.79 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,019 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +5.86 | ||||||
1978
| 1978 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Norman MacAuley | 2,586 | 59.20 | +14.57 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George L. Horne | 1,256 | 28.75 | +14.89 | ||||
| Liberal | Leon E. McAuley | 526 | 12.04 | –18.55 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,368 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | –0.16 | ||||||
1975
| 1975 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Norman MacAuley | 1,646 | 44.63 | |||||
| Liberal | Winston McKay | 1,128 | 30.59 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Garry M. Houghton | 511 | 13.86 | |||||
| Independent | Frank R. Tomkins | 403 | 10.93 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 3,688 | 100.0 | ||||||
| New Democratic pickup new district. | ||||||||
Cumberland, 1912–1967
| 1964 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Bill Berezowsky | 2,135 | 45.16 | +0.70 | ||||
| Liberal | Eldon William McLachlan | 1,630 | 34.48 | +11.96 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Emanuel Sonnenschein | 963 | 20.37 | +2.80 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,728 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth hold | Swing | –5.63 | ||||||
| 1960 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Bill Berezowsky | 2,030 | 44.46 | –0.07 | ||||
| Liberal | George Archie Anderson | 1,028 | 22.51 | –12.58 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Roman John Brunwald | 802 | 17.56 | – | ||||
| Social Credit | Murray Grant Dennis | 706 | 15.46 | –4.91 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,566 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth hold | Swing | +6.26 | ||||||
| 1956 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Bill Berezowsky | 2,035 | 44.53 | –7.93 | ||||
| Liberal | James H. W. Sanderson | 1,604 | 35.10 | –12.44 | ||||
| Social Credit | Albert Goddue | 931 | 20.37 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,570 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth hold | Swing | +2.26 | ||||||
| 1952 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Bill Berezowsky | 2,538 | 52.46 | +14.55 | ||||
| Liberal | George W. Newell | 2,300 | 47.54 | –10.98 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 4,838 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Liberal | Swing | +12.76 | ||||||
| 1948 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Lorne Earl Blanchard | 656 | 58.52 | +18.85 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Joseph Johnson | 425 | 37.91 | –20.61 | ||||
| Independent | Joseph Maxim Buote | 40 | 3.57 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,121 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Co-operative Commonwealth | Swing | +19.73 | ||||||
| 1944 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Leslie Walter Lee | 357 | 58.52 | – | ||||
| Liberal | Deakin Hall | 242 | 39.67 | –50.91 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Raoul Olier St. Denis | 11 | 1.8 | –7.62 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 610 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Liberal | Swing | +54.72 | ||||||
| 1938 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Deakin Hall | 548 | 90.58 | +5.10 | ||||
| Conservative | George W. Smith | 57 | 9.42 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 605 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –2.16 | ||||||
| 1934 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Unknown | ? | ? | ||||||
| 1929 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Deakin Hall | 365 | 85.48 | |||||
| Independent | John Beda | 62 | 14.52 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 427 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1925 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Deakin Hall | acclaimed | ||||||
| Saskatchewan provincial by-election, August 21, 1922 On the resignation of George Langley | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Deakin Hall | 132 | 54.55 | |||||
| Liberal | Joseph Emile Lussier | 57 | 23.55 | |||||
| Liberal | Gordon MacDonald | 53 | 21.90 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 242 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1921 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | George Langley | acclaimed | ||||||
| 1917 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Deakin Hall | acclaimed | ||||||
| Saskatchewan provincial by-election, 8 September 1913 On the election being declared void | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Deakin Hall | 57 | 52.29 | |||||
| Conservative | William Charles McKay | 52 | 47.71 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 109 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal pickup new district. | ||||||||
| 1912 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Declared void | ||||||||