Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River

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Demographics

Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River in relation to the other Saskatchewan ridings
Population, 2001 64,416
Electors 41,216
Area (km²)
Population density (people per km²)

Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River (formerly known as Churchill River) is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

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[edit] Geography

This riding is in rural Saskatchewan.

[edit] History

The electoral district was created as "Churchill River" in 1996 from Prince Albert—Churchill River, Mackenzie and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake ridings.

In 2004, it was renamed "Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River".

[edit] Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Gary Merasty, who was first elected in the 2006, representing the Liberal Party. He defeated incumbent Jeremy Harrison by a razor-thin margin of only 68 votes, after trailing much of the election night, despite Harrison's vote actually increasing several points. Merasty's win raised issues of questionable tactics to increase voter turnout. [1]

[edit] Election results

[edit] Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Gary Merasty 10,192 41.4% $69,229
     Conservative Jeremy Harrison 10,119 41.1% $78,578
     New Democratic Party Anita Jackson 3,794 15.4% $43,976
     Green John McDonald 535 2.2% $128
Total valid votes 24,640 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 101
Turnout
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Conservative Jeremy Harrison 7,279 37.39% $27,194
     Liberal Al Ducharme 5,815 29.87% $52,686
     New Democratic Party Earl Cook 3,910 20.08% $9,005
     Independent Rick Laliberte 1,923 9.87%
     Green Marcella Gall 539 2.76%
Total valid votes 19,466 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 76 0.39%
Turnout 19,542 47.41%
Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     Liberal Rick Laliberte 9,856 41.80% $39,223
     Canadian Alliance Kerry Peterson 7,679 32.57% $62,019
     New Democratic Party Ray Funk 5,141 21.80% $48,853
     Progressive Conservative David J. Rogers 755 3.20%
     Canadian Action Brendan Cross 143 0.60% $1,398
Total valid votes 23,574 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 95 0.40%
Turnout 23,669 59.46%
Canadian federal election, 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democratic Party Rick Laliberte 7,288 34.52% $41,198
     Reform Daryl Wiberg 6,750 31.97% $25,132
     Liberal Roy Bird 5,994 28.39% $40,104
     Progressive Conservative Bert Provost 1,077 5.10% $79
Total valid votes 21,109 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 105 0.49%
Turnout 21,214 57.24%

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Federal Ridings in Saskatchewan
Conservative

Battlefords—Lloydminster | Blackstrap | Cypress Hills—Grasslands | Palliser | Prince Albert | Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre | Regina—Qu'Appelle | Saskatoon—Humboldt | Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar | Saskatoon—Wanuskewin | Souris—Moose Mountain | Yorkton—Melville
Liberal

Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River | Wascana
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