Yorkton—Melville

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Yorkton—Melville

Saskatchewan electoral district

Yorkton—Melville in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Garry Breitkreuz
Conservative

District created

1966

First contested

1968

Last contested

2011

District webpage

profile, map

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

66,476

Electors (2011)

51,444

Area (km²)^[2]

37,635.82

Pop. density (per km²)

1.8

Census subdivisions

Yorkton, Melville, Esterhazy, Canora

Yorkton—Melville is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968.

30.2% of the population are of Ukrainian ethnic origin, the highest such percentage in Canada.^[3]

Geography

The district is in east-central Saskatchewan.

History

The electoral district was created in 1966 from Yorkton, Melville and Mackenzie ridings.

In the 2006 election, the Yorkton—Melville constituency had the highest percentage of eligible voters over the age of 65, and highest average age of all 308 federal ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years		Party
28th	1968–1972	Lorne Nystrom	New Democratic
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997	Garry Breitkreuz	Reform
36th	1997–2000		Reform
36th	2000		Canadian Alliance
37th	2000–2003		Canadian Alliance
37th	2003–2004		Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Garry Breitkreuz, a former teacher and principal. He was first elected in 1993. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session he served as vice-chair of the 'Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness'.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Garry Breitkreuz	21,906	68.9	+0.9	$68,801
	New Democratic	Doug Ottenbreit	6,931	21.8	+1.0	$13,345
	Liberal	Kash Andreychuk	2,167	6.8	+1.4	$40,387
	Green	Elaine Hughes	774	2.4	-3.3	$540
Total valid votes/Expense limit			31,778	100.0		$92,190
Total rejected ballots			90	0.3	-0.1
Turnout			31,868	63.4	+6
Eligible voters			50,254	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Garry Breitkreuz	19,824	68.0	+4.6	$65,139
	New Democratic	Doug Ottenbreit	6,076	20.8	+2.0	$12,454
	Green	Jen Antony	1,664	5.7	+2.9	$3,767
	Liberal	Bryan H. Bell	1,578	5.4	-8.5	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			29,142	100.0		$89,452
Total rejected ballots			107	0.4	+0.2
Turnout			29,249	57	-7

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Garry Breitkreuz	20,736	63.5	+0.6	$55,627
	New Democratic	Jason Dennison	6,165	18.9	+4.1	$19,488
	Liberal	Mervin Cushman	4,558	14.0	-0.8	$18,223
	Green	Keith Neu	923	2.8	+1.2	$641
	Independent	Carl Barabonoff	287	0.9	–	$739
Total valid votes			32,669	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			80	0.2	-0.1
Turnout			32,749	64.3	+4.1

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Garry Breitkreuz	19,940	62.9	-5.0	$61,866
	New Democratic	Don Olson	5,890	18.6	+2.8	$18,736
	Liberal	Ted Quewezance	4,697	14.8	-1.4	$32,905
	Green	Ralph Pilchner	630	1.98	+2.0	–
	Independent	David Sawkiw	524	1.7	–	$6,330
Total valid votes			31,681	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			113	0.4	0.0
Turnout			31,794	60.2	-3.4

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Alliance	Garry Breitkreuz*	19,978	63.0	+12.9	$52,574
	Liberal	Ken Pilon	5,153	16.2	-2.6	$24,027
	New Democratic	Peter Champagne	5,007	15.8	-9.2	$9,235
	Progressive Conservative	Brent Haas	1,583	5.0	-1.1	$543
Total valid votes			31,721	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			103	0.3	0.0
Turnout			31,824	63.6	-3.3

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

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Reform	Garry Breitkreuz*	17,216	50.1	+17.4	$53,836
	New Democratic	Evan Carlson	8,583	25.0	-4.4	$43,899
	Liberal	Lloyd Sandercock	6,481	18.9	-10.6	$39,999
	Progressive Conservative	Ivan Daunt	2,101	6.1	-2.6	$6,357
Total valid votes			34,381	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			116	0.3
Turnout			34,497	66.9

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Reform	Garry Breitkreuz	10,605	32.7	–
	Liberal	Jim Walters	9,531	29.4	+15.8
	New Democratic	Lorne Nystrom*	9,487	29.2	-21.9
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Reitenbach	2,825	8.7	-25.9
Total valid votes			32,448	100.0

* Denotes incumbent.

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Lorne Nystrom*	18,523	51.1	-0.2
	Progressive Conservative	Virginia Battiste	12,543	34.6	+1.2
	Liberal	J. Robert Autumn	5,149	14.2	+0.1
Total valid votes			36,215	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Lorne Nystrom*	18,116	51.3	+5.6
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Wasylysen	11,800	33.4	-3.9
	Liberal	Arliss Dellow	4,996	14.1	-2.8
	Confederation of Regions	Bill Kruczko	400	1.1	–
Total valid votes			35,312	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Lorne Nystrom*	15,240	45.7	-1.8
	Progressive Conservative	Ben Hudye	12,450	37.3	+4.9
	Liberal	Gordon Hollinger	5,664	17.0	+1.3
Total valid votes			33,354	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Lorne Nystrom	16,677	47.5	+1.9
	Progressive Conservative	John Miller	11,381	32.4	+10.7
	Liberal	Phil Kotyk	5,501	15.7	-15.4
	Independent	Ben Hudye	1,566	4.5	–
Total valid votes			35,125	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Lorne Nystrom	14,586	45.6	-2.1
	Liberal	Stan Kyba	9,946	31.1	+2.5
	Progressive Conservative	Marvin Wentzell	6,963	21.8	-0.7
	Social Credit	Harry Hoedel	338	1.1	-0.2
	Communist	George Shlakoff	179	0.6	–
Total valid votes			32,012	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Lorne Nystrom	15,998	47.7	+8.8
	Liberal	Stephanie Potoski	9,574	28.5	-1.1
	Progressive Conservative	Don Armour	7,542	22.5	-9.0
	Social Credit	Harry Hoedel	425	1.3	–
Total valid votes			33,539	100.0

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Lorne Nystrom	13,212	38.9
	Progressive Conservative	James N. Ormiston	10,699	31.5
	Liberal	Peter J. Konkin	10,068	29.6
Total valid votes			33,979	100.0

References

"(Code 47014) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
Riding history for Yorkton—Melville (1966– ) from the Library of Parliament
Expenditures - 2008
Expenditures - 2004
Expenditures - 2000
Expenditures - 1997

Notes

↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ "2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-12-02.

v t e Federal ridings in Saskatchewan

Conservative	Battlefords—Lloydminster Blackstrap Cypress Hills—Grasslands Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Palliser Prince Albert Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre Regina—Qu'Appelle Saskatoon—Humboldt Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar Saskatoon—Wanuskewin Souris—Moose Mountain Yorkton—Melville

Liberal	Wascana

v t e Federal ridings in the Canadian Prairies

Rural Manitoba	Brandon—Souris Churchill Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette Portage—Lisgar Provencher Selkirk—Interlake

Winnipeg	Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia Elmwood—Transcona Kildonan—St. Paul Saint Boniface Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg North Winnipeg South Winnipeg South Centre

Saskatchewan (South, North)	Battlefords—Lloydminster Blackstrap Cypress Hills—Grasslands Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Palliser Prince Albert Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre Regina—Qu'Appelle Saskatoon—Humboldt Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar Saskatoon—Wanuskewin Souris—Moose Mountain Wascana Yorkton—Melville

Rural Alberta	Crowfoot Fort McMurray—Athabasca Lethbridge Macleod Medicine Hat Peace River Red Deer Vegreville—Wainwright Westlock—St. Paul Wetaskiwin Wild Rose Yellowhead

Edmonton and environs	Edmonton Centre Edmonton East Edmonton—Leduc Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont Edmonton—St. Albert Edmonton—Sherwood Park Edmonton—Spruce Grove Edmonton—Strathcona

Calgary	Calgary Centre Calgary Centre-North Calgary East Calgary Northeast Calgary—Nose Hill Calgary Southeast Calgary Southwest Calgary West

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Yorkton—Melville

Geography

History

Members of Parliament

Current Member of Parliament

Election results

See also

References

Notes