# Kelsey-Tisdale

Kelsey-Tisdale was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, encompassing the towns of Hudson Bay, Carrot River, and Tisdale.
Created as "Tisdale-Kelsey" before the 17th Saskatchewan general election in 1971, this riding was dissolved before the 23rd Saskatchewan general election in 1995. It is now part of the constituencies of Melfort and Carrot River Valley.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly
### Tisdale-Kelsey (1971–1975)

| # | MLA | Served | Party |
| 1. | John Rissler Messer | 1971–1975 | New Democrat |

### Kelsey-Tisdale (1975–1995)

| # | MLA | Served | Party |
| 1. | John Messer | 1975–1980 | New Democrat |
| 2. | Neal Hardy | Dec. 1980 – 1991 | Progressive Conservative |
| 3. | Andy Renaud | 1991–1995 | New Democrat |

## Election results

1971 Saskatchewan general election: Tisdale-Kelsey electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NDP | John Rissler Messer | 4,761 | 57.84% | – |
| | Liberal | Gerald V. O’Bryne | 3,050 | 37.06% | – |
| | Prog. Conservative | Walter Lisitza | 420 | 5.10% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,231 | 100.00% | |
1975 Saskatchewan general election: Kelsey-Tisdale electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NDP | John Rissler Messer | 3,750 | 47.79% | −10.05 |
| | Liberal | Alan E. Caithcart | 2,266 | 28.88% | −8.18 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Jack Ukrainetz | 1,831 | 23.33% | +18.23 |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,847 | 100.00% | |
1978 Saskatchewan general election: Kelsey-Tisdale electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NDP | John Rissler Messer | 4,031 | 50.27% | +2.48 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Neal Hardy | 3,461 | 43.16% | +19.83 |
| | Liberal | P. Hudson Foga | 527 | 6.57% | −22.31 |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,019 | 100.00% | |
November 26, 1980 By-election: Kelsey-Tisdale electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Neal Hardy | 3,334 | 48.39% | +5.23 |
| | NDP | Lars Bracken | 3,232 | 46.91% | −3.36 |
| | Liberal | Jim Russell | 324 | 4.70% | −1.87 |
| Total | Total | Total | 6,890 | 100.00% | |
1982 Saskatchewan general election: Kelsey-Tisdale electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Neal Hardy | 5,171 | 60.81% | +12.42 |
| | NDP | Francis E. Schmeichel | 2,878 | 33.84% | −13.07 |
| | Western Canada Concept | John Kenneth McConaghie | 284 | 3.34% | – |
| | Liberal | P. Hudson Foga | 139 | 1.63% | −3.07 |
| | Aboriginal People's | Olga Flesjer | 32 | 0.38% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,504 | 100.00% | |
1986 Saskatchewan general election: Kelsey-Tisdale electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Neal Hardy | 4,448 | 54.19% | −6.62 |
| | NDP | Mike Martyn | 3,452 | 42.05% | +8.21 |
| | Liberal | Bill Soloway | 309 | 3.76% | +2.13 |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,209 | 100.00% | |
1991 Saskatchewan general election: Kelsey-Tisdale electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NDP | Andy Renaud | 3,871 | 51.57% | +9.52 |
| | Prog. Conservative | Neal Hardy | 2,783 | 37.07% | −17.12 |
| | Liberal | Walt Roberts | 853 | 11.36% | +7.60 |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,507 | 100.00% | |