Battlefords—Lloydminster Saskatchewan electoral district Battlefords—Lloydminster in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Coordinates: 53°07′41″N 109°01′37″W / 53.128°N 109.027°W / 53.128; -109.027 Coordinates : 53°07′41″N 109°01′37″W / 53.128°N 109.027°W / 53.128; -109.027 Federal electoral district Legislature House of Commons MP Rosemarie Falk Conservative District created 1996 First contested 1997 Last contested 2017 District webpage profile , map Demographics Population (2016 )[1] 73,506 Electors (2015)48,638 Area (km²)[2] 29,491.82 Pop. density (per km²) 2.5 Census divisions Division No. 12 , Division No. 13 , Division No. 16 , Division No. 17 Census subdivisions Antelope Park No. 322 , Aquadeo , Battleford , Battle River No. 438 , Britannia No. 502 , Buffalo No. 409 , Cochin , Coleville , Cut Knife , Cut Knife No. 439 , Denzil , Dodsland , Edam , Eldon No. 471 , Eye Hill No. 382 , Frenchman Butte No. 501 , Glaslyn , Glenside No. 377 , Grandview No. 349 , Grass Lake No. 381 , Grizzly Bear's Head 110 and Lean Man 111 , Heart's Hill No. 352 , Hillsdale No. 440 , Kerrobert , Kivimaa-Moonlight Bay , Landis , Lashburn , Little Pine 116 , Lloydminster , Luseland , Macklin , Maidstone , Major , Makoo 120 , Manitou Lake No. 442 , Mariposa No. 350 , Marsden , Marshall , Mayfield No. 406 , Medstead , Medstead No. 497 , Meota , Meota No. 468 , Mervin , Mervin No. 499 , Metinota , Min-A-He-Quo-Sis 116C , Moosomin 112B , Mosquito 109 , Neilburg , North Battleford , North Battleford (crown colony) , North Battleford No. 437 , Oakdale No. 320 , Onion Lake 119-1 , Paradise Hill , Parkdale No. 498 , Paynton , Paynton No. 470 , Plenty , Poundmaker 114 , Prairiedale No. 321 , Primate , Progress No. 351 , Red Pheasant 108 , Reford No. 379 , Rosemount No. 378 , Round Hill No. 467 , Round Valley No. 410 , Salteaux 159 , Scott , Seekaskootch 119 , Senlac , Senlac No. 411 , Smiley , St. Walburg , Sweet Grass 113 , Sweet Grass 113-M16 , Thunderchild First Nation 115B , Thunderchild First Nation 115C , Tramping Lake , Tramping Lake No. 380 , Turtleford , Turtle River No. 469 , Unity , Waseca , Wilkie , Wilton No. 472 , Winslow No. 319
Battlefords—Lloydminster is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan , Canada , that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
Geography [ edit ]
The district is in Central-Western Saskatchewan. It includes the communities of North Battleford , Battleford and Unity ; as well as the Saskatchewan portion of Lloydminster .
Demographics [ edit ]
According to the Canada 2011 Census [3] [4]
Ethnic groups: 74.7% White, 22.2% Indigenous, 1.6% Filipino, 1.5% Other
Languages: 87.4% English, 4.5% Cree, 2.5% German, 1.4% French, 1.0% Tagalog, 3.2% Other
Religions: 71.4% Christian, 3.6% Traditional (Aboriginal) Spirituality, 0.8% Other, 24.2% None
Median income: $29,976 (2010)
Average income: $37,724 (2010)
History [ edit ]
The electoral district was created in 1996 from Kindersley—Lloydminster and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake ridings .
This riding lost territory to Cypress Hills—Grasslands and gained a fraction of territory from Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar during the 2012 electoral redistribution .
Members of Parliament [ edit ]
This riding has elected the following member of the House of Commons of Canada :
Election results [ edit ]
On 5 November 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a by-election will be held on December 11, 2017 .[7]
Canadian federal by-election, 11 December 2017 Resignation of Gerry Ritz
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Rosemarie Falk
8,965
69.56
+8.55
New Democratic
Matt Fedler
1,698
13.17
-4.44
Liberal
Larry Ingram
1,345
10.44
-6.04
Independent
Ken Finlayson
681
5.28
–
Green
Yvonne Potter-Pihach
200
1.55
-0.16
Total valid votes/Expense limit
12,889
100.00
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
12,889
27.05
-39.46
Eligible voters
47,651
Conservative hold
Swing
+6.49
2015 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Expenditures
Conservative
Gerry Ritz
20,547
61.01
-4.94
$70,973.30
New Democratic
Glenn Tait
5,930
17.61
-10.45
$6,284.73
Liberal
Larry Ingram
5,550
16.48
+13.10
$17,912.01
Independent
Doug Anguish
1,076
3.19
n/a
–
Green
Mikaela Tenkink
575
1.71
-0.90
$56.97
Total valid votes/Expense limit
33,678
99.45
$214,778.83
Total rejected ballots
186
0.55
–
Turnout
33,864
66.51
–
Eligible voters
50,917
Conservative hold
Swing
+2.76
Source: Elections Canada [8] [9]
2011 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Expenditures
Conservative
(x) Gerry Ritz
19,203
66.9
+6.8
$57,125
New Democratic
Glenn Tait
7,767
27.1
+1.8
$57,552
Liberal
Jordan LaPlante
950
3.3
-4.9
$4,043
Green
Norbert Kratchmer
785
2.7
-2.3
$345
Total valid votes/Expense limit
28,705
100.0
–
Total rejected ballots
109
0.4
0.0
Turnout
28,814
58.2
+7
Eligible voters
49,530
–
–
2008 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Expenditures[11]
Conservative
(x) Gerry Ritz
15,621
60.1
+6.1
$60,942
New Democratic
Bob Woloshyn
6,572
25.3
+9.6
$52,759
Liberal
Greg Nyholt
2,140
8.2
-4.6
–
Green
Norbert Kratchmer
1,287
5.0
+2.9
$4,638
Christian Heritage
Harold Stephan
368
1.4
+0.4
$6
Total valid votes/Expense limit
25,988
100.0
$87,340
Total rejected ballots
96
0.4
+0.1
Turnout
26,084
51
-9
2000 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Expenditures
Alliance
(x) Gerry Ritz
17,691
60.2
+17.5
$43,761
New Democratic
Elgin Wayne Wyatt
5,107
17.4
-10.4
$22,558
Liberal
Peter Frey
5,098
17.4
-2.7
$15,510
Progressive Conservative
Harry Zamonsky
1,474
5.0
-4.4
$3,102
Total valid votes
29,370
100.0
–
Total rejected ballots
107
0.4
Turnout
29,477
60
-3.3
1997 Canadian federal election
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Expenditures
Reform
Gerry Ritz
13,125
42.7
–
$37,206
New Democratic
(x) Len Taylor
8,535
27.8
–
$49,152
Liberal
Glenn Hornick
6,155
20.0
–
$43,136
Progressive Conservative
Ken Ritter
2,888
9.4
–
$22,635
Total valid votes
30,703
100.0
–
Total rejected ballots
91
0.3
Turnout
30,794
63
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