Batoche (electoral district)

Batoche
Saskatchewan electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA
 
 
 

Delbert Kirsch
Saskatchewan

District created 2002
First contested 2003
Last contested 2011
Demographics
Population (2001) 17,392
Electors 10,189
Census divisions 14, 15

See also Batoche (former electoral district) and Batoche (N.W.T. electoral district)

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.

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

The largest communities are Birch Hills, Wakaw and Cudworth with populations of 935, 884 and 766, respectively. Smaller centres in the riding include the villages of St. Brieux, St. Louis, Lake Lenore, Duck Lake, Weldon and Middle Lake; and the town of Kinistino.

History

Constituency

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.

Member of Legislative Assembly

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

Election results

Saskatchewan General Election 2011,

Batoche

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SaskatchewanDelbert Kirsch 4,650 66.86% +7.09
     NDP Janice Benier 2,106 30.28% -3.86
GreenAmber Jones 199 2.86% -
Total 6,955 100.00%
Saskatchewan General Election 2007,

Batoche

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SaskatchewanDelbert Kirsch 4,523 59.77% +15.87%
     NDP Don Hovdebo 2,583 34.14% -2.16%
LiberalBernie Yuzdepski 461 6.09% -10.91%
Total 7,567 100.00%
Saskatchewan General Election 2003,

Batoche

Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SaskatchewanDelbert Kirsch 3,349 43.90%
     NDP Ava Bear 2,769 36.30%
LiberalBill Yeaman 1,297 17.00%
Western IndependenceFlorent Rabut 138 1.81%
New GreenGordon Robert Dumont 76 1.00%
Total 7,629 100.01%

See also

Batoche – Northwest Territories territorial electoral district (1870–1905).

External links

Coordinates: 52°45′N 105°30′W / 52.750°N 105.500°W / 52.750; -105.500

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