Regina—Qu'Appelle

Regina—Qu'Appelle
Saskatchewan electoral district
	Regina–Qu'Appelle in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
;
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	72,891
Electors (2019)	55,280
Area (km²)[2]	13,430
Pop. density (per km²)	5.4
Census subdivision(s)	Regina, Fort Qu'Appelle, Balgonie, Indian Head, Pilot Butte, White City, Wynyard, Edenwold No. 158, Qu'Appelle, Muskowekwan 85, Kawacatoose 88, Day Star 87, Gordon 86, Southey, North Qu'Appelle No. 187, Cupar, Big Quill No. 308, Piapot 75, Muscowpetung 80, Pasqua 79, Standing Buffalo 78, Punnichy, Cupar No. 218, Raymore, Mount Hope No. 279

Regina—Qu'Appelle (formerly Qu'Appelle) is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968 and since 1988.

Geography

The district includes the northeastern quarter of the city of Regina and the surrounding eastern rural area including the towns of Balgonie, Fort Qu'Appelle, Indian Head, Qu'Appelle, Pilot Butte, and White City; extending northwards to the towns of Southey, Cupar, Raymore, Punnichy, and Wynyard.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation[3][4]

Ethnic groups: 72.5% White, 21.7% Aboriginal, 1.2% South Asian, 1.0% Black, 1.0% Filipino
Languages: 91.0% English, 1.3% Ukrainian, 1.2% German, 1.0% French
Religions: 67.2% Christian (28.8% Catholic, 11.9% United Church, 7.9% Lutheran, 4.0% Anglican, 1.3% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal, 12.0% Other), 3.6% Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality, 1.1% Muslim, 26.9% No religion
Median income (2010): $29,627
Average income (2010): $37,401

History

The Qu'Appelle riding was first created in 1903 and covered the Northwest Territories, including what would later be Saskatchewan. In 1905, the district was amended to just cover Saskatchewan.[5]

In 1966, Qu'Appelle riding was abolished when it was redistributed between the Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain, Regina—Lake Centre, Regina East and Assiniboia ridings.[6]

In 1987, Regina—Qu'Appelle was created from parts of the Assiniboia, Humboldt—Lake Centre, Qu'Appelle–Moose Mountain and Regina East ridings.[7]

The riding was known as Qu'Appelle from 1996 to 1998.[8] In 1998, its name was changed back to Regina—Qu'Appelle.[9]

This riding gained fractions of territory from Palliser, Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre and Blackstrap during the 2012 electoral redistribution. It became the only hybrid urban-rural riding in the Regina area after the 2012 redistribution.

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons:

Parliament	Years		Party
Qu'Appelle
10th	1904–1908	Richard Stuart Lake	Conservative
11th	1908–1911	Richard Stuart Lake	Conservative
12th	1911–1917	Levi Thomson	Liberal
13th	1917–1921	Levi Thomson	Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925	John Millar	Progressive
15th	1925–1926		Progressive
16th	1926–1930		Liberal–Progressive
17th	1930–1935	Ernest Perley	Liberal
18th	1935–1940		Conservative
19th	1940–1945		National Government
20th	1945–1949	Gladys Strum	Co-operative Commonwealth
21st	1949–1953	Austin Edwin Dewar	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957	Henry Mang	Liberal
23rd	1957–1958	Alvin Hamilton	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
Riding dissolved into Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain, Regina—Lake Centre, Regina East and Assiniboia
Regina—Qu'Appelle Riding created from Assiniboia, Humboldt—Lake Centre, Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain and Regina East
34th	1988–1993	Simon De Jong	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997	Simon De Jong	New Democratic
Qu'Appelle
36th	1997–2000	Lorne Nystrom	New Democratic
Regina—Qu'Appelle
37th	2000–2004	Lorne Nystrom	New Democratic
38th	2004–2006	Andrew Scheer	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–present

Current member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Andrew Scheer, the former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition. Formerly in the insurance industry, he served in the 41st Canadian Parliament as Speaker of the House of Commons. He was first elected in the 2004 election. In a previous parliamentary session he served as a member on the 'Standing Committee on Transport' and the 'Standing Committee on Official Languages'.

Election results

Graph of election results in Regina—Qu'Apelle (since 1988, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)