Athabasca (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district)
Athabasca is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located in the extreme northwest corner of the province. The major industries are tourism, mineral extraction, forestry, commercial fishing and trapping. The Cluff Lake uranium mine is located in this constituency, as well as the Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park and the Clearwater River Provincial Park. The major communities are La Loche, Île-à-la-Crosse and Buffalo Narrows with populations of 2,136, 1,268 and 1,137 respectively.
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Provincial electoral district | |||
Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan | ||
MLA |
New Democratic | ||
District created | 1934 | ||
First contested | 1934 | ||
Last contested | 2016 | ||
Demographics | |||
Population (2001) | 13,041 | ||
Electors (2003) | 7,146 | ||
Census divisions | Division No. 18 | ||
Census subdivisions | La Loche, Île-à-la-Crosse, Buffalo Narrows |
The election was most recently contested in the 2016 general election, during which incumbent NDP MLA Buckley Belanger was re-elected.
There is also a former provincial electoral district of the same name that was created before the 1908 general election and was dissolved before the 1917 general election.
History
In 1998 Buckley Belanger was elected, winning by 159 votes. Belanger left the Liberals, putting his seat on the line to run as a New Democrat. In the by-election, he defeated the Liberal candidate by 2,050 votes (94% of the popular vote), the second-largest majority in the history of the province. Belanger was subsequently re-elected in every general election since then, most recently in 2016. The riding is considered one of the safest New Democratic seats in Saskatchewan.[1]
Member of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:
Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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Athabasca | ||||
2nd | 1908–1912 | Joseph Nolin | Liberal | |
3rd | 1912–1917 | |||
Riding dissolved | ||||
Riding re-created | ||||
8th | 1934–1938 | Deakin Hall | Liberal | |
9th | 1938–1941 | Jules Marion | ||
1941–1944 | Hubert Staines | |||
10th | 1944–1948 | Louis Marcien Marion | ||
11th | 1948–1952 | Independent | ||
12th | 1952–1956 | James Ripley | Liberal | |
13th | 1956–1960 | John James Harrop | Co-operative Commonwealth | |
14th | 1960–1964 | Allan Ray Guy | Liberal | |
15th | 1964–1967 | |||
16th | 1967–1971 | |||
17th | 1971–1972 | |||
1972–1975 | ||||
18th | 1975–1978 | Frederick John Thompson | New Democratic | |
19th | 1978–1982 | |||
20th | 1982–1986 | |||
21st | 1986–1991 | |||
22nd | 1991–1995 | |||
23rd | 1995–1998 | Buckley Belanger | Liberal | |
1998–1999 | New Democratic | |||
24th | 1999–2003 | |||
25th | 2003–2007 | |||
26th | 2007–2011 | |||
27th | 2011–2016 | |||
28th | 2016–Present |
Election results
Athabasca, 1934–present
2016 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Buckley Belanger | 1,756 | 64.67 | +0.88 | ||||
Saskatchewan | Philip Elliott | 644 | 23.72 | -11.16 | ||||
Liberal | Michael Wolverine | 262 | 9.65 | +9.65 | ||||
Green | Max C.D. Morin | 53 | 1.95 | +0.62 | ||||
Total valid votes | – | 100.0 | ||||||
Eligible voters | – | |||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | - | ||||||
Source: Elections Saskatchewan,[2][3] Global News[1] |
2011 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Buckley Belanger | 1,867 | 63.79 | +4.38 | ||||
Saskatchewan | Bobby Woods | 1,021 | 34.88 | +2.99 | ||||
Green | George Durocher | 39 | 1.33 | –1.88 | ||||
Total valid votes | 2,927 | 100.0 | ||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | +0.70 |
2007 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Buckley Belanger | 1,885 | 59.41 | –10.58 | ||||
Saskatchewan | Phil Elliott | 1,012 | 31.89 | +8.54 | ||||
Liberal | Malvina Iron | 174 | 5.48 | –0.54 | ||||
Green | Sean Gilchrist | 102 | 3.21 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 3,173 | 100.0 | ||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | –9.56 |
2003 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Buckley Belanger | 2,407 | 69.99 | –14.39 | ||||
Saskatchewan | Greg Ross | 803 | 23.35 | +20.80 | ||||
Liberal | Philip Durocher | 207 | 6.02 | –7.05 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Sean Gilchrist | 22 | 0.64 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 3,439 | 100.0 | ||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | –17.60 |
1999 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Buckley Belanger | 2,512 | 84.38 | –9.26 | ||||
Liberal | Allan Adam | 389 | 13.06 | +8.84 | ||||
Saskatchewan | Bert Roach | 76 | 2.55 | +0.42 | ||||
Total valid votes | 2,977 | 100.0 | ||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | –9.05 |
Saskatchewan provincial by-election, 26 October 1998 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Buckley Belanger | 2,153 | 93.64 | +53.43 | ||||
Liberal | Winston McKay | 97 | 4.21 | –41.37 | ||||
Saskatchewan | Tyson Delorme | 49 | 2.13 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 2,299 | 100.0 | ||||||
New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +47.40 |
1995 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Buckley Belanger | 1,347 | 45.59 | +40.85 | ||||
New Democratic | Frederick John Thompson | 1,188 | 40.21 | –43.58 | ||||
Independent | Jimmy Montgrand | 390 | 13.20 | – | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Clay Poupart | 29 | 0.98 | –7.54 | ||||
Total valid votes | 2,954 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +42.22 |
1991 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Frederick John Thompson | 3,253 | 83.79 | +28.59 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Frank Petit | 331 | 8.52 | –2.17 | ||||
Liberal | Darren McKee | 184 | 4.73 | –29.35 | ||||
Independent | Mike Daley | 114 | 2.93 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 3,882 | 100.0 | ||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | +15.38 |
1986 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Frederick John Thompson | 2,357 | 55.19 | +19.12 | ||||
Liberal | Jim Durocher | 1,456 | 34.09 | +22.91 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Pat Cardinal | 457 | 10.70 | –15.39 | ||||
Total valid votes | 4,270 | 100.0 | ||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | –1.90 |
1982 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Frederick John Thompson | 1,606 | 36.07 | –22.16 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Bruce Clarke | 1,162 | 26.10 | –3.26 | ||||
Independent | Rod Bishop | 976 | 21.92 | – | ||||
Liberal | Willard Quewezance | 498 | 11.18 | –1.20 | ||||
Aboriginal People's | Vital Morin | 210 | 4.71 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 4,452 | 100.0 | ||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | –9.45 |
1978 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Frederick John Thompson | 2,340 | 58.23 | +20.11 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Frank Petit | 1,180 | 29.36 | +18.54 | ||||
Liberal | Henry Ethelbert Coupland | 498 | 12.39 | –17.34 | ||||
Total valid votes | 4,018 | 100.0 | ||||||
New Democratic hold | Swing | +0.78 |
1975 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Frederick John Thompson | 1,483 | 38.12 | –4.38 | ||||
Liberal | Ben Siemens | 1,157 | 29.74 | –13.70 | ||||
Independent | Rod Bishop | 829 | 21.31 | – | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Roy Simpson | 421 | 10.82 | +9.64 | ||||
Total valid votes | 3,890 | 100.0 | ||||||
New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +4.66 |
Saskatchewan provincial by-election, 27 September 1972 On the election being overturned by judicial recount | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Allan Ray Guy | 1,398 | 43.44 | –6.72 | ||||
New Democratic | Robert Dalby | 1,368 | 42.51 | –7.31 | ||||
Independent | Ray Jones | 414 | 12.86 | – | ||||
Progressive Conservative | William Howard McGill | 38 | 1.18 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 3,218 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.30 |
1971 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Allan Ray Guy | 1,770 | 50.17 | +9.85 | ||||
New Democratic | Robert Dalby | 1,758 | 49.82 | +24.20 | ||||
Total valid votes | 3,528 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | –7.18 |
1967 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Allan Ray Guy | 1,397 | 49.59 | +9.27 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Harry J. Houghton | 818 | 29.03 | –5.01 | ||||
New Democratic | Tony Wood | 602 | 21.37 | –4.25 | ||||
Total valid votes | 2,817 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.14 |
1964 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Allan Ray Guy | 1,076 | 40.31 | +6.41 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Harry J. Houghton | 909 | 34.05 | +12.36 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | John M. Stonehocker | 684 | 25.62 | –2.31 | ||||
Total valid votes | 2,669 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | –2.98 |
1960 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Allan Ray Guy | 972 | 33.90 | –9.80 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Allan Quant | 801 | 27.93 | –21.44 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Harry J. Houghton | 622 | 21.69 | – | ||||
Social Credit | Dana Spence | 472 | 16.46 | +9.55 | ||||
Total valid votes | 2,867 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal gain from Co-operative Commonwealth | Swing | +5.82 |
1956 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | John James Harrop | 836 | 49.37 | +10.73 | ||||
Liberal | Frederick Alexander Matheson | 740 | 43.70 | –17.64 | ||||
Social Credit | John I. Bondoreff | 117 | 6.91 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 1,693 | 100.0 | ||||||
Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.18 |
1952 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | James Ripley | 543 | 61.35 | – | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | C.L. MacLean | 342 | 38.64 | +10.08 | ||||
Total valid votes | 885 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal gain from Independent | Swing | +25.64 |
1948 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Independent | Louis Marcien Marion | 628 | 52.59 | –28.17 | ||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Axel Olsen | 341 | 28.55 | +21.20 | ||||
Independent | Joseph David Le Chasseur | 225 | 18.84 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 1,194 | 100.0 | ||||||
Independent notional gain from Liberal | Swing | –24.68 |
1944 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Louis Marcien Marion | 626 | 80.77 | |||||
Independent | Errick Guttormur Erickson | 78 | 10.06 | |||||
Co-operative Commonwealth | Pierre Ephrem Ayotte | 57 | 7.35 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Alexander Fred De Laronde | 9 | 1.16 | |||||
Independent Liberal | Francis Xavier Poitras | 5 | 0.64 | |||||
Total valid votes | 775 | 100.0 |
Saskatchewan provincial by-election, 28 July 1941 On the death of Jules Marion, 5 April 1941 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | Hubert Staines | acclaimed |
1938 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Jules Marion | 642 | 50.55 | +8.35 | ||||
Liberal | William J. Windrum | 628 | 49.44 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 1,270 | 100.0 |
1934 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Deakin Hall | 1,329 | 57.80 | |||||
Liberal | Jules Marion | 970 | 42.19 | |||||
Total valid votes | 2,299 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal pickup new district. |
Athabasca, 1908–1917
1912 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Joseph Nolin | 163 | 80.29 | –16.25 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | George Robert Russel | 40 | 19.70 | +16.26 | ||||
Total valid votes | 203 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | –16.26 |
1908 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Joseph Nolin | 252 | 96.55 | |||||
Provincial Rights | Aime T. Besnard | 9 | 3.44 | |||||
Total valid votes | 261 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal pickup new district. |
References
- "Saskatchewan election results 2016: NDP wins Athabasca riding". Global News. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- "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.