Constituency Profile: Moosomin

Moosomin constituency is outlined in red on the map above.

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The electoral results for Moosomin constituency go back to the first provincial election in 1905. Like its twin constituency of Cannington, Moosomin has a very conservative voting trend and has never elected a CCF/NDP MLA. And like Cannington, there have been just two MLAs for Moosomin since 1975. It should also be noted here that the last MLA to represent Moosomin in a Saskatchewan cabinet was Hammy McDonald, who was Deputy Premier and Minister of Agriculture in the Thatcher Government until his appointment to the Senate in February 1965.

The 1975 provincial election was a watershed event in Saskatchewan politics, as it marked the beginning of the terminal decline of the Saskatchewan Liberal party and the return of the long-dead PC party of Saskatchewan. A young farmer from the Welwyn area named Larry Birkbeck narrowly beat the Liberal incumbent John Gardner of the Benson area. Birkbeck joined 6 other new PC MLAs to form the first Tory caucus in the Saskatchewan Legislature since 1934. Birkbeck went on to be easily re-elected in 1978 and 1982. In 1986 Birkbeck was replaced as the PC MLA for Moosomin by Don Toth of Langbank. Toth was easily re-elected with 60 percent of the vote in 1986,. but in 1991 the NDP came within 50 votes of beating Toth. Don was re-elected more comfortably in 1995 and in 1997 he became one of the eight founding MLAs of the Saskatchewan Party. Toth has since been re-elected in 2003 and 2007, with 59 and 72 percent of the vote. In 2007 Toth became the Speaker of the Saskatchewan Legislature.

Toth is running again on November 7, and faces no serious competition for Moosomin, and without a Liberal opponent this time, he could win up to 80 percent of the vote.