Batoche (electoral district)
See also Batoche (former electoral district) and Batoche (N.W.T. electoral district)
 Saskatchewan electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan | ||
| MLA |
Saskatchewan | ||
| District created | 2002 | ||
| First contested | 2003 | ||
| Last contested | 2020 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2001) | 17,392 | ||
| Electors | 10,189 | ||
| Census division(s) | 14, 15 | ||
Batoche is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located in north central Saskatchewan and has an economy based primarily on mixed agriculture and farm implement manufacturing. Bourgault Industries in St. Brieux manufactures harrows, cultivators, ploughs. The Batoche area is where Louis Riel led his Metis people in an armed uprising against the Canadian government in 1885. Batoche National Historic Site is located in this constituency.
A former electoral district of the same name was in existence from 1905 until 1908.
The largest communities are Birch Hills, Wakaw and Cudworth with populations of 935, 884 and 766, respectively. Smaller centres in the riding include the villages of St. Brieux, St. Louis, Lake Lenore, Duck Lake, Weldon and Middle Lake; and the town of Kinistino.
History
Constituency
This riding was created by The Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan). This constituency was a formed from parts of the Humboldt, Melfort-Tisdale, Prince Albert Carlton, Rosthern, Saskatchewan Rivers and Shellbrook-Spiritwood ridings.
Member of Legislative Assembly
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Batoche Riding created from Humboldt, Melfort-Tisdale, Prince Albert Carlton, Rosthern, Saskatchewan Rivers and Shellbrook-Spiritwood |
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| 25th | 2003–2007 | Delbert Kirsch | Saskatchewan | |
| 26th | 2007–2011 | |||
| 27th | 2011–2016 | |||
| 28th | 2016–2020 | |||
| 29th | 2020–Present | |||
Election results
2020 Saskatchewan general election
| 2020 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Delbert Kirsch | 4,357 | 65.28 | +0.53 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lon Borgerson | 1,811 | 27.14 | -3.47 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Carrie Harris | 350 | 5.24 | – | ||||
| Green | Hamish Graham | 156 | 2.34 | +0.85 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,674 | 99.43 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 38 | 0.57 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 6,712 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | – | |||||||
| Saskatchewan hold | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan | ||||||||
2016 Saskatchewan general election
| 2016 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Delbert Kirsch | 4,471 | 64.75 | -2.11 | ||||
| New Democratic | Clay DeBray | 2,114 | 30.61 | +0.33 | ||||
| Liberal | Graham Tweten | 216 | 3.12 | – | ||||
| Green | B. Garneau I. | 103 | 1.49 | -1.40 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,904 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | – | |||||||
| Saskatchewan hold | Swing | - | ||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan[1][2] | ||||||||
2011 Saskatchewan general election
| 2011 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Delbert Kirsch | 4,650 | 66.86 | +7.09 | ||||
| New Democratic | Janice Benier | 2,106 | 30.28 | –3.86 | ||||
| Green | Amber Jones | 199 | 2.86 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,955 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Saskatchewan hold | Swing | +5.48 | ||||||
2007 Saskatchewan general election
| 2007 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Delbert Kirsch | 4,523 | 59.77 | +15.87 | ||||
| New Democratic | Don Hovdebo | 2,583 | 34.14 | –2.16 | ||||
| Liberal | Bernie Yuzdepski | 461 | 6.09 | –10.91 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,567 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Saskatchewan hold | Swing | +9.02 | ||||||
2003 Saskatchewan general election
| 2003 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Saskatchewan | Delbert Kirsch | 3,349 | 43.90 | |||||
| New Democratic | Ava Bear | 2,769 | 36.30 | |||||
| Liberal | Bill Yeaman | 1,297 | 17.00 | |||||
| Western Independence | Florent Rabut | 138 | 1.81 | |||||
| New Green | Gordon Robert Dumont | 76 | 1.00 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 7,629 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Saskatchewan pickup new district. | ||||||||
See also
Batoche – Northwest Territories territorial electoral district (1870–1905).
References
- "Register of Official Candidates by Constituency - March 19 - FINAL" (PDF). Elections Saskatchewan. 19 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- "2016 General Election Results". Elections Saskatchewan. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.