Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River

Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River

Saskatchewan electoral district

Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Rob Clarke
Conservative

District created

1996

First contested

Last contested

District webpage

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

71,376

Electors (2011)

43,160

Area (km²)^[2]

309,072.37

Pop. density (per km²)

0.23

Census divisions

Division No. 14, Division No. 15, Division No. 16, Division No. 17, Division No. 18

Census subdivisions

Meadow Lake, La Ronge, Meadow Lake No. 588, La Loche

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

Geography

This is a rural riding located in northern Saskatchewan.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2001 Census

Ethnic groups: 63.8% First Nations, 35.9% White
Languages: 61.6% English, 1.5% French, 34.3% Other, 2.6% Multiple responses
Religions: 44.9% Catholic, 38.4% Protestant, 2.5% Other Christian, 1.2% Other religions, 12.6% No religion
Average income: $19,675

Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River boasts the following demographic records:

Highest % of people of the Métis aboriginal group (16.4%)^[3]
Highest % of people of Métis ethnic origin (12.0%)^[4]
Highest % of people with Dene as their mother tongue (10.5%)^[5]

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".

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Churchill River Riding created from Prince Albert—Churchill River, Mackenzie and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake
36th	1997 − 2000		Rick Laliberte	New Democratic
36th	2000 − 2000			Liberal
37th	2000 − 2004			Liberal
Riding renamed — Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River
38th	2004 − 2006		Jeremy Harrison	Conservative
39th	2006 − 2007		Gary Merasty	Liberal
39th	2008 − 2008		Rob Clarke	Conservative
40th	2008 − 2011
41st	2011 − Present

2006 election controversy

In the 2006 federal election, Liberal candidate Gary Merasty defeated incumbent Conservative MP Jeremy Harrison by a razor-thin margin of only 68 votes after trailing much of the election night, despite Harrison's vote increasing several points. Merasty's win raised issues of questionable tactics to increase voter turnout.^[6] However, an investigation conducted by Elections Canada determined that no wrongdoing had taken place.^[7]

Election results

Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rob Clarke	–	–	–	–
	New Democratic	Georgina Jolibois	–	–	–	–
	Liberal	Lawrence Joseph	–	–	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	–		–
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			–	–	–

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	9,767	46.88
	New Democratic Party	9,454	45.38
	Liberal	1,097	5.27
	Green	514	2.47

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rob Clarke	10,509	47.93	+1.26	$74,871
	New Democratic	Lawrence Joseph	9,715	44.30	+26.53	$74,655
	Liberal	Gabe Lafond	1,144	5.22	-25.06	$57,456
	Green	George Morin	560	2.55	-1.27	$4
Total valid votes/Expense limit			21,928	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			95	0.43	-0.11
Turnout			22,023	52.43	+7.68

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Rob Clarke	8,964	46.67	-1.16	$81,066
	Liberal	David Orchard	5,816	30.28	-1.30	$88,314
	New Democratic	Brian Morin	3,414	17.77	+0.24	$1,459
	Green	George Morin	733	3.82	+0.75	$1,387
	First Peoples National	Rob Ballantyne	282	1.47	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			19,209	100.00		$90,390
Total rejected ballots			105	0.54	+0.19
Turnout			19,314	44.75	+20.03
	Conservative hold		Swing	-1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
By-election on March 17, 2008
	Conservative	Rob Clarke	4,992	47.83	+6.74
	Liberal	Joan Beatty	3,296	31.58	-9.79
	New Democratic	Brian Morin	1,830	17.53	+2.16
	Green	Robin Orr	320	3.07	+0.90
Total valid votes			10,438	100.00
Total rejected ballots			37	0.35	-0.01
Turnout			10,475	24.72	-33.71
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	-8.3

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gary Merasty	10,191	41.37	+11.50	$69,229
	Conservative	(x)Jeremy Harrison	10,124	41.09	+3.70	$78,578
	New Democratic	Anita Jackson	3,787	15.37	-4.72	$43,976
	Green	John McDonald	534	2.17	-0.60	$128
Total valid votes			24,636	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			88	0.36	-0.03
Turnout			24,724	58.43	+11.02
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	-3.9

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jeremy Harrison	7,279	37.39	+1.62	$27,194
	Liberal	Al Ducharme	5,815	29.87	-11.94	$52,686
	New Democratic	Earl Cook	3,910	20.09	-1.72	$9,005
	Independent	(x)Rick Laliberte	1,923	9.88	-31.93	–
	Green	Marcella Gall	539	2.77	–	–
Total valid votes			19,466	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			76	0.39	-0.01
Turnout			19,542	47.41	-12.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	-6.8

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

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	(x)Rick Laliberte	9,856	41.81	+13.41	$39,223
	Alliance	Kerry Peterson	7,679	32.57	+0.59	$62,019
	New Democratic	Ray Funk	5,141	21.81	-12.72	$48,853
	Progressive Conservative	David J. Rogers	755	3.20	-1.90	–
	Canadian Action	Brendan Cross	143	0.61	–	$1,398
Total valid votes			23,574	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			95	0.40	-0.09
Turnout			23,669	59.5	+2.3
	Liberal gain from New Democrat		Swing	-13.1

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

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Rick Laliberte	7,288	34.53	–	$41,198
	Reform	Daryl Wiberg	6,750	31.98	–	$25,132
	Liberal	Roy Bird	5,994	28.40	–	$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	57.2

See also

List of Canadian federal electoral districts
Past Canadian electoral districts

References

"(Code 47003) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

Notes

↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ Stastistics Canada: 2012
↑ "Aboriginal Identity (8), Sex (3) and Age Groups (12) for the Population of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census - 20% Sample Data". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-17.
↑ "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.
↑ "2011 Census of Canada: Topic-based tabulations | Detailed Mother Tongue (232), Knowledge of Official Languages (5), Age Groups (17A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2011 Census". 2.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
↑ CBC.ca
↑ Elections Canada

External links

Federal ridings in Saskatchewan

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Liberal	Wascana

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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

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