Batoche (electoral district)
 Saskatchewan electoral district | |||
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan | ||
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| 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 | |
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| 1. | Delbert Kirsch | 2003–Current | Saskatchewan Party |
Election results
| Saskatchewan General Election 2011,
Batoche | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Saskatchewan | Delbert Kirsch | 4,650 | 66.86% | +7.09 | |
| NDP | Janice Benier | 2,106 | 30.28% | -3.86 | |
| Green | Amber Jones | 199 | 2.86% | - | |
| Total | 6,955 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan General Election 2007,
Batoche | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Saskatchewan | Delbert Kirsch | 4,523 | 59.77% | +15.87% | |
| NDP | Don Hovdebo | 2,583 | 34.14% | -2.16% | |
| Liberal | Bernie Yuzdepski | 461 | 6.09% | -10.91% | |
| Total | 7,567 | 100.00% | |||
| Saskatchewan General Election 2003,
Batoche | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Saskatchewan | Delbert Kirsch | 3,349 | 43.90% | – | |
| NDP | Ava Bear | 2,769 | 36.30% | – | |
| Liberal | Bill Yeaman | 1,297 | 17.00% | – | |
| Western Independence | Florent Rabut | 138 | 1.81% | – | |
| New Green | Gordon Robert Dumont | 76 | 1.00% | – | |
| Total | 7,629 | 100.01% | |||
See also
Batoche – Northwest Territories territorial electoral district (1870–1905).
- Duck Lake, Saskatchewan
- Batoche, Saskatchewan
- List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts
- List of Saskatchewan general elections
External links
- Website of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
- Elections Saskatchewan - Official Results of the 2011 Provincial Election
- Saskatchewan Archives Board – Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division
Coordinates: 52°45′N 105°30′W / 52.750°N 105.500°W
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