Battlefords—Lloydminster

Battlefords—Lloydminster is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Battlefords—Lloydminster

Saskatchewan electoral district
Battlefords—Lloydminster in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Coordinates:	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

Geography

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

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

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

This riding has elected the following member of the House of Commons of Canada:

Battlefords—Lloydminster
Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Kindersley—Lloydminster and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake
36th	1997–2000		Gerry Ritz	Reform
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2017
	2017–2019		Rosemarie Falk
43rd	2019–present

Election results

Graph of election results Battlefords—Lloydminster (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rosemarie Falk	28,030	78.3	+8.74
	New Democratic	Marcella Pedersen	4,098	11.4	-1.77
	Liberal	Larry Ingram	2,426	6.8	-3.64
	People's	Jason MacInnis	662	1.8	–
	Green	David Kim-Cragg	605	1.7	+.15
Total valid votes/Expense limit			35,821	100.0
Total rejected ballots			278
Turnout			36,099	70.7
Eligible voters			51,033
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

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 federal election redistributed results[10]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	17,168	65.95
	New Democratic	7,304	28.06
	Liberal	881	3.38
	Green	680	2.61

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

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	(x) Gerry Ritz	16,491	54.1	-4.2	$54,526
	New Democratic	Elgin Wyatt	4,829	15.7	-4.6	$20,468
	Independent	Jim Pankiw	4,396	14.4	–	$77,133
	Liberal	Dominic LaPlante	3,901	12.8	-4.6	–
	Green	Norbert Kratchmer	637	2.1	-0.8	$145
	Christian Heritage	Harold Stephan	306	1.0	-0.2	$562
Total valid votes			30,560	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			89	0.3	-0.1
Turnout			30,649	60	+8

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	(x) Gerry Ritz	15,441	58.3	-7.0	$45,813
	New Democratic	Shawn McKee	5,367	20.2	+2.9	$41,961
	Liberal	Del Price	4,617	17.4	+0.1	$32,265
	Green	Kelsey Pearson	766	2.9	–
	Christian Heritage	Diane Stephan	316	1.2	–
Total valid votes			26,507	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			94	0.4
Turnout			26,601	52	-8.3

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

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 47001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2011.

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2017
2. Statistics Canada: 2017
3. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=47001&Data=Count&SearchText=battlefords&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
4. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED2013&Code1=47001&Data=Count&SearchText=battlefords&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1
5. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
6. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
7. "Prime Minister of Canada announces by-elections". Prime Minister's Office. 5 November 2017.
8. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Battlefords—Lloydminster, 30 September 2015
9. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 15 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine
10. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 15 October 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Riding history for Battlefords–Lloydminster (1996– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997