Batoche (electoral district)

See also Batoche (former electoral district) and Batoche (N.W.T. electoral district)

Batoche

Saskatchewan electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA	Delbert Kirsch Saskatchewan
District created	2002
First contested	2003
Last contested	2016
Demographics
Population (2001)	17,392
Electors	10,189
Census divisions	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
Batoche Riding created from Humboldt, Melfort-Tisdale, Prince Albert Carlton, Rosthern, Saskatchewan Rivers and Shellbrook-Spiritwood
25th	2003–2007		Delbert Kirsch	Saskatchewan
26th	2007–2011
27th	2011–2016
28th	2016–Present

Election results

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	+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
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).

• Duck Lake, Saskatchewan
• Batoche, Saskatchewan
• List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts
• List of Saskatchewan general elections

References

1. "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.
2. "2016 General Election Results". Elections Saskatchewan. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
• Elections Saskatchewan - Official Results of the 2011 Provincial Election
• Saskatchewan Archives Board – Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division