Regina—Wascana

Regina—Wascana (formerly Wascana) is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.

For other uses, see Wascana (disambiguation).

Regina—Wascana

Saskatchewan electoral district
Regina—Wascana in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. Dotted line shows Regina city limits.
Coordinates:	50.426°N 104.549°W / 50.426; -104.549
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Michael Kram Conservative
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2019
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	77,208
Electors (2015)	55,497
Area (km²)[1]	63
Pop. density (per km²)	1,225.5
Census divisions	Regina
Census subdivisions	Regina, Sherwood No. 159

Geography

The district is in the southern part of the Province of Saskatchewan.

The riding is bordered on the south by Fifth Base Line; on the west by Albert Street; on the north-west by the Canadian Pacific Railway; on the north by Victoria Avenue; and on the east by Range Road 190.[2]

The riding is bordered on the south by Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan; on the west by Regina—Lewvan; and on the north and east by Regina—Qu'Appelle.[2] The riding lost significant territory in the 2012 re-distribution to Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan and Souris—Moose Mountain, but lost very little population.

History

The electoral district was created in 1988 from Regina East, Regina West and Assiniboia. The seat has been held by former Minister of Finance and current Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale since 1993. Along with Winnipeg North, Wascana was one of only two seats retained by the Liberals in the Prairie Provinces in the 2011 election.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Regina—Wascana Riding created from Assiniboia, Regina East, and Regina West
34th	1988–1993		Larry Schneider	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997		Ralph Goodale	Liberal
Wascana
36th	1997–2000		Ralph Goodale	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Regina—Wascana
42nd	2015–2019		Ralph Goodale	Liberal
43rd	2019–present		Michael Kram	Conservative

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Michael Kram. He was first elected in the 2019 Canadian federal election, after having run and finishing second in the 2015 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Election results

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

Regina—Wascana: 2015–present

2019 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Kram	22,418	49.43	+19.16
	Liberal	Ralph Goodale	15,242	33.6	-21.53
	New Democratic	Hailey Clark	5,801	12.79	+0.24
	Green	Tamela Friesen	1,316	2.9	+0.84
	People's	Mario Milanovski	450	0.99	-
	Independent	Evangeline Godron	128	0.28	-
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,355	100.0
Total rejected ballots			344
Turnout			45,699	76.28
Eligible voters			59,907
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+20.46
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ralph Goodale	23,552	55.13	+13.37	$96,786.47
	Conservative	Michael Kram	12,931	30.27	-5.44	$89,000.81
	New Democratic	April Bourgeois	5,362	12.55	-7.53	$21,735.49
	Green	Frances Simonson	878	2.06	-0.4	$4,601.01
Total valid votes/Expense limit			42,723	100.0		$193,043.93
Total rejected ballots			176	–	–
Turnout			42,889	75.4	–
Eligible voters			56,656
Source: Elections Canada[5][6][7]

2011 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	15,271	41.76
	Conservative	13,056	35.71
	New Democratic	7,341	20.08
	Green	898	2.46

Wascana: 1997–2015

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x) Ralph Goodale	15,823	40.8	-5.2	$65,366
	Conservative	Ian Shields	14,291	36.9	+2.3	$74,976
	New Democratic	Marc Spooner	7,681	19.8	+5.1	$25,821
	Green	Bill Clary	954	2.5	-2.1	$755
Total valid votes			38,749	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			106	0.3	0.0
Turnout			38,855	68.1	+3.9
Eligible voters			57,034	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x) Ralph Goodale	17,028	46.0	-5.7	$66,057
	Conservative	Michelle Hunter	12,798	34.6	+4.4	$66,686
	New Democratic	Stephen Moore	5,418	14.7	+0.2	$19,393
	Green	George Wooldridge	1,706	4.6	+1.1	$4,204
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,950	100.0	$77,030
Total rejected ballots			121	0.3	+0.1
Turnout			37,071	64.2	-6

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x) Ralph Goodale	20,666	51.8	-5.4	$66,648
	Conservative	Brad Farquhar	11,990	30.0	+5.8	$67,579
	New Democratic	Helen Yum	5,880	14.7	-1.3	$30,123
	Green	Nigel Taylor	1,378	3.5	+0.9	$1,653
Total valid votes			39,914	100.0
Total rejected ballots			94	0.2	0.0
Turnout			40,008	70	+7

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x) Ralph Goodale	20,567	57.2	+16.0	$43,226
	Conservative	Doug Cryer	8,709	24.2	-11.9	$57,802
	New Democratic	Erin M.K. Weir	5,771	16.0	-5.5	$29,783
	Green	Darcy Robilliard	928	2.6
Total valid votes			35,975	100.0
Total rejected ballots			80	0.2	-0.1
Turnout			36,055	63.1	+0.9

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the Canadian Alliance vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x) Ralph Goodale	14,244	41.2	-0.7	$56,685
	Alliance	James Rybchuk	12,492	36.1	+7.2	$59,667
	New Democratic	Garth Ormiston	7,446	21.5	-6.8	$58,098
	Canadian Action	Wayne Gilmer	401	1.2	+0.4	$1,619
Total valid votes			34,583	100.0
Total rejected ballots			98	0.3	-0.1
Turnout			34,681	62.3	-4.0

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x) Ralph Goodale	14,077	41.9	-2.4	$54,021
	New Democratic	John Burton	9,530	28.4	+7.2	$37,942
	Reform	Glen Blager	7,261	21.6	+5.9	$39,285
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Morris	2,477	7.4	-8.4	$18,266
	Canadian Action	Walter P. Sigda	264	0.8	–	$1,822
Total valid votes			33,609	100.0
Total rejected ballots			136	0.4
Turnout			33,745	66.2

Regina—Wascana: 1988–1993

1993 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	(x) Ralph Goodale	19,555	44.3	+11.5
	New Democratic	Donna Shire	9,323	21.1	-11.8
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Schneider	6,943	15.7	-18.3
	Reform	Andrew Jackson	6,935	15.7	–
	National	John Keen	734	1.7	–
	Natural Law	C. Angus Hunt	228	0.5	–
	Christian Heritage	Hugh Owens	192	0.4	–
	Independent	Barry James Farr	185	0.4	–
	Canada Party	Walter P. Sigda	64	0.1	–
Total valid votes			44,159	100.0

1988 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	(x) Larry Schneider	15,339	34.0
	New Democratic	Dickson Bailey	14,829	32.9
	Liberal	Ralph Goodale	14,804	32.8
	Communist	Kimball Cariou	76	0.2
	Libertarian	Ian Christopher Madsen	65	0.1
Total valid votes			45,113	100.0

See also

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

References

• "(Code 47013) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
• Riding history for Wascana (1996– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Riding history for Regina—Wascana (1987–1996) from the Library of Parliament

Notes

1. Statistics Canada: 2011
2. "Regina-Wascana". Elections Canada. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
3. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
4. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
5. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Regina—Wascana, 30 September 2015
6. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
8. Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections