Martensville (electoral district)

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Martensville
 Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
electoral district
Member of the
Legislative Assembly
      Nancy Heppner
Saskatchewan Party
Population (2001)
Electors (2003)
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created
Census divisions
Subdivisions

Martensville is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada.

The electoral district was created in 2003.

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[edit] Martensville provincial by-election, 2007

A provincial by-election was held on 5 March 2007 to fill the vacancy left when MLA Ben Heppner died of prostate cancer.[1] In a first for Saskatchewan politics, Saskatchewan Party candidate Nancy Heppner succeeded her late father.

[edit] Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

  Name Party Elected Left Office
     Ben Heppner Saskatchewan Party 2003 2006
     Nancy Heppner Saskatchewan Party 2007 present

[edit] Election Results 2003 - present

Martensville By-Election (March 5, 2007)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Saskatchewan Party Nancy Heppner 3,566 77.29% +22.04%
     NDP John Tzupa 484 10.49% -16.38%
     Liberal Nathan Friesen 347 7.52% -9.11%
     Green Sandra Finley 100 2.17% *
Western Independence Party Gordon Elias 42 0.91% -0.69%
     Marijuana Nathan Holowaty 38 0.82% *
     Heritage Kurtis D. Hein 37 0.80% *
Total 4,614
(6 spoiled)
100.00%


Saskatchewan General Election 2003: Martensville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     Saskatchewan Party Ben Heppner 3,771 55.25%
     NDP Zane Dmytryshyn 1,834 26.87%
     Liberal Allan Earle 1,135 16.63%
Western Independence Party Warren Fehr 85 1.25%
Total 6,825 100.00%


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