# Nipawin (provincial electoral district)

Nipawin was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was created before the 9th Saskatchewan general election in 1938 as "Torch River", after the rural municipality and the river that flows through it. Redrawn and renamed "Nipawin" in 1952, the constituency was dissolved before the 23rd Saskatchewan general election in 1995.
It is now part of the constituencies of Carrot River Valley and Saskatchewan Rivers.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly
### Torch River (1938–1952)

| # | MLA | Served | Party |
| 1. | James Kiteley | 1938 – 1944 | Liberal |
| 2. | John Harris | 1944 – 1948 | CCF |
| 3. | John Denike | 1948 – 1952 | CCF |

### Nipawin (1952–1995)

| # | MLA | Served | Party |
| 1. | Thomas R. MacNutt | 1952 – 1956 | Liberal |
| 2. | Leo Nicholson | 1956 – 1960 | Social Credit |
| 3. | Robert Perkins | 1960 – 1964 | CCF |
| 4. | Frank Radloff | 1964 – 1971 | Liberal |
| 5. | John Comer | 1971 – 1975 | New Democrat |
| 6. | Richard Collver | 1975 – 1980 | Progressive Conservative |
| 7. | Richard Collver | 1980 – 1982 | Unionest Party |
| 8. | Lloyd Sauder | 1982 – 1991 | Progressive Conservative |
| 9. | Tom Keeping | 1991 – 1995 | New Democrat |

## Election results
### Torch River (1938–1952)

1938 Saskatchewan general election: Torch River electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | James Kiteley | 1,992 | 42.05% | – |
| | CCF | Harry Fenster | 1,354 | 28.58% | – |
| | Social Credit | Herve Prince | 1,025 | 21.64% | – |
| | Conservative | Conrad B. Euler | 366 | 7.73% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 4,737 | 100.00% | |
1944 Saskatchewan general election: Torch River electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CCF | John Harris | 2,609 | 65.39% | +36.81 |
| | Liberal | Donald L. Menzies | 846 | 21.20% | -20.85 |
| | Prog. Conservative | Keith A. Baldwin | 535 | 13.41% | +5.68 |
| Total | Total | Total | 3,990 | 100.00% | |
1948 Saskatchewan general election: Torch River electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CCF | John Denike | 2,260 | 41.19% | -24.20 |
| | Liberal | Harold Guloien | 1,779 | 32.42% | +11.22 |
| | Social Credit | Leo Nicholson | 1,448 | 26.39% | - |
| Total | Total | Total | 5,487 | 100.00% | |

### Nipawin (1952–1995)

1952 Saskatchewan general election: Nipawin electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Thomas R. MacNutt | 3,856 | 50.22% | +17.80 |
| | CCF | J.B. McDermott | 3,451 | 44.94% | +3.75 |
| | Prog. Conservative | R.F. Platte | 372 | 4.84% | - |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,679 | 100.00% | |
1956 Saskatchewan general election: Nipawin electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Social Credit | Leo Nicholson | 3,125 | 45.88% | - |
| | CCF | John J. Morrow | 2,325 | 34.13% | -10.81 |
| | Liberal | Thomas R. MacNutt | 1,362 | 19.99% | -30.23 |
| Total | Total | Total | 6,812 | 100.00% | |
1960 Saskatchewan general election: Nipawin electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CCF | Bob Perkins | 2,197 | 33.65% | -0.48 |
| | Social Credit | Leo Nicholson | 2,070 | 31.70% | -14.18 |
| | Liberal | Frank Radloff | 1,817 | 27.83% | +7.84 |
| | Prog. Conservative | E. Archie Mardell | 445 | 6.82% | - |
| Total | Total | Total | 6,529 | 100.00% | |
1964 Saskatchewan general election: Nipawin electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Frank Radloff | 2,652 | 37.70% | +9.87 |
| | CCF | Bob Perkins | 2,440 | 34.69% | +1.04 |
| | Prog. Conservative | John A. Whittome | 1,942 | 27.61% | +20.79 |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,034 | 100.00% | |
1967 Saskatchewan general election: Nipawin electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Frank Radloff | 2,454 | 40.33% | +2.63 |
| | NDP | Walter A. Mills | 2,446 | 40.20% | +5.51 |
| | Prog. Conservative | John A. Whittome | 1,185 | 19.47% | -8.14 |
| Total | Total | Total | 6,085 | 100.00% | |
1971 Saskatchewan general election: Nipawin electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NDP | John Comer | 3,759 | 46.98% | +6.78 |
| | Liberal | Frank Radloff | 3,489 | 43.61% | +3.28 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bette Harris | 753 | 9.41% | -10.06 |
| Total | Total | Total | 8,001 | 100.00% | |
1975 Saskatchewan general election: Nipawin electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Richard L. Collver | 3,381 | 45.52% | +36.11 |
| | NDP | John Comer | 2,599 | 35.00% | -11.98 |
| | Liberal | Ellis H. Hill | 1,447 | 19.48% | -24.13 |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,427 | 100.00% | |
1978 Saskatchewan general election: Nipawin electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Richard L. Collver | 3,733 | 49.36% | +3.84 |
| | NDP | Irvin G. Perkins | 3,262 | 43.13% | +8.13 |
| | Liberal | Ron J. Wassill | 568 | 7.51% | -11.97 |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,563 | 100.00% | |
1982 Saskatchewan general election: Nipawin electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lloyd Sauder | 4,267 | 53.55% | +4.19 |
| | NDP | Irvin G. Perkins | 2,844 | 35.68% | -7.45 |
| | Western Canada Concept | Bob Fair | 627 | 7.87% | – |
| | Liberal | Ron J. Wassill | 231 | 2.90% | -4.61 |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,969 | 100.00% | |
1986 Saskatchewan general election: Nipawin electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lloyd Sauder | 4,312 | 55.98% | +2.43 |
| | NDP | Gilda Treleaven | 2,975 | 38.62% | +2.94 |
| | Liberal | Ron J. Wassill | 416 | 5.40% | +2.50 |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,703 | 100.00% | |
1991 Saskatchewan general election: Nipawin electoral district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NDP | Tom Keeping | 3,238 | 45.25% | +6.63 |
| | Prog. Conservative | Jim Taylor | 2,784 | 38.90% | -17.08 |
| | Liberal | Richard Makowsky | 1,134 | 15.85% | +10.45 |
| Total | Total | Total | 7,156 | 100.00% | |