Batoche (electoral district)

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Batoche
 Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
electoral district
Member of the
Legislative Assembly
      Delbert Kirsch
Saskatchewan Party
Population (2001) 17,392
Electors (2003) 12,853
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created 2002
Census divisions 14, 15
Subdivisions

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. The largest communities are Wakaw, Saskatchewan and Cudworth, Saskatchewan with populations of 884 and 766, respectively.

A former electoral district of the same name was in existence from 1905 until 1908

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[edit] History

[edit] Riding

This riding was created by the 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.

[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly

# MLA Served Party
     1. Delbert Kirsch 2003 - Current Saskatchewan Party

[edit] Election Results

Saskatchewan General Election 2003: Batoche
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Saskatchewan Party Delbert Kirsch 3,349 43.90%
     NDP Ava Bear 2,769 36.30%
     Liberal Bill Yeaman 1,297 17.00%
Western Independence Party Florent Rabut 138 1.81%
     New Green Alliance Gordon Robert Dumont 76 1.00%
Total 2,629 100.00%


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