Martensville (electoral district)

Martensville was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada, named after the city of Martensville, located north of Saskatoon.

Martensville
Saskatchewan electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
District created2002
First contested2003
Last contested2011
Demographics
Electors13,371
Census division(s)Division No. 16
Census subdivision(s)Martensville, Warman

The electoral district was created through the Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan), mostly out of the former constituency of Rosthern.

The city of Warman was also located in the riding. Smaller communities in the district included the towns of Hague, Waldheim, Osler, and Dalmeny; and the village of Hepburn.

The constituency was abolished for the 2016 election. It was essentially replaced by Martensville-Warman, a new constituency encompassing a portion of the old electoral district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)
  Name Party Elected Left Office
  Ben Heppner Saskatchewan Party 2003 2006
  Nancy Heppner Saskatchewan Party 2007 present

Election results (2003–2016)
Saskatchewan General Election 2011, Martensville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SaskatchewanNancy Heppner6,81983.14%+9.67
  NDP Catlin Hogan 1,109 13.52% -5.21
GreenChad Wm. Crozier2743.34%+1.39
Total 8,202 100.00%
Saskatchewan General Election 2007, Martensville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SaskatchewanNancy Heppner5,98173.47%-3.82
  NDP Chris Gallaway 1,525 18.73% +8.24
  Liberal Eric Steiner 476 5.85% -1.67
GreenHart Haidn1591.95%-0.22
Total 8,141 100.00%

Martensville provincial by-election, 2007

A provincial by-election was held on 5 March 2007 to fill the vacancy left when MLA Ben Heppner died of prostate cancer. In a first for Saskatchewan politics, Saskatchewan Party candidate Nancy Heppner succeeded her late father.

March 5, 2007 By-Election: Martensville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SaskatchewanNancy Heppner3,56677.29%+22.04%
  NDP John Tzupa 484 10.49% -16.38%
  Liberal Nathan Friesen 347 7.52% -9.11%
GreenSandra Finley1002.17%*
Western IndependenceGordon Elias420.91%-0.69%
MarijuanaNathan Holowaty380.82%*
Total 4,614
(6 spoiled)
Saskatchewan General Election 2003, Martensville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SaskatchewanBen Heppner3,77155.25%–
  NDP Zane Dmytryshyn 1,834 26.87% –
  Liberal Allan Earle 1,135 16.63% –
Western IndependenceWarren Fehr851.25%–
Total 6,825 100.00%

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