Arm River-Watrous

Arm River-Watrous was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency was located in south central Saskatchewan. It was dissolved as part of an election boundary redraw in 2013 primarily into Arm River.[1]

Arm River-Watrous
Saskatchewan electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
District created2002
First contested2003
Last contested2011
Demographics
Population (2001)16,966
Electors10,129

Grain farming and cattle ranching are the major economic activities of the area. Wynyard is home to the larger industries in this constituency. They include: Sunnyland Poultry Products, Big Quill Resources (Canada's largest manufacturer of potassium sulphate) and Cargill. Watrous is well known for the healing waters of Lake Manitou and its Mineral Spa. This resort community hosts visitors from around the world. Blackstrap Provincial Park is also located in this constituency. The three largest communities are Wynyard with a population of 1,919, Watrous with a population of 1,808 and Davidson (1,035).

Geography

Towns

Villages

Resort Villages

Rural Municipalities

Reno

First Nations
  • Day Star First Nation
  • Kawacatoose First Nation

Hutterite Colonies
  • Clear Springs
  • Hillcrest

Parks

History

Riding

This riding was created by The Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan). Prior to the act, this constituency was a part of the Arm River, Last Mountain-Touchwood, and Watrous constituencies. The former riding of Arm River makes up much of the new riding.

Member of the Legislative Assembly
#MLAServedParty
  1. Greg P. Brkich 2003 – 2016 Saskatchewan Party

Election results
2011 Saskatchewan general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
SaskatchewanGreg P. Brkich5,06173.67+15.75
New DemocraticEric Skonberg1,64023.87-4.75
GreenOrest Shasko1692.46+0.46
Total 6,870100
2007 Saskatchewan general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
SaskatchewanGreg P. Brkich4,68357.92+9.91
New DemocraticGordon MacMurchy2,31428.62-9.61
LiberalLou Coderre7629.43-1.61
Progressive ConservativeGordon Pederson1642.03+0.09
GreenArnold Taylor1622.00–
Total 8,085100
2003 Saskatchewan general election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
SaskatchewanGreg P. Brkich4,00948.01–
New DemocraticCarol Rowan3,19338.23–
LiberalSteven Barlow92211.04–
Western IndependenceGord Anderson1621.94–
IndependentGord Pederson650.78–
Total 8,351100

References
  1. The Representation Act, 2013 (PDF), retrieved 2017-04-23

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