Athabasca (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district)

Athabasca is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located in the extreme northwest corner of the province. The major industries are tourism, mineral extraction, forestry, commercial fishing and trapping. The Cluff Lake uranium mine is located in this constituency, as well as the Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park and the Clearwater River Provincial Park. The major communities are La Loche, Île-à-la-Crosse and Buffalo Narrows with populations of 2,136, 1,268 and 1,137 respectively.

The election was most recently contested in the 2016 general election, during which incumbent NDP MLA Buckley Belanger was re-elected.

There is also a former provincial electoral district of the same name that was created before the 1908 general election and was dissolved before the 1917 general election.

History

In 1998 Buckley Belanger was elected, winning by 159 votes. Belanger left the Liberals, putting his seat on the line to run as a New Democrat. In the by-election, he defeated the Liberal candidate by 2,050 votes (94% of the popular vote), the second-largest majority in the history of the province. Belanger was subsequently re-elected in every general election since then, most recently in 2016. The riding is considered one of the safest New Democratic seats in Saskatchewan.^[1]

Member of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years		Party
Athabasca
2nd	1908–1912	Joseph Nolin	Liberal
3rd	1912–1917	Joseph Nolin	Liberal
Riding dissolved
Riding re-created
8th	1934–1938	Deakin Hall	Liberal
9th	1938–1941	Jules Marion
9th	1941–1944	Hubert Staines
10th	1944–1948	Louis Marcien Marion
11th	1948–1952	Louis Marcien Marion	Independent
12th	1952–1956	James Ripley	Liberal
13th	1956–1960	John James Harrop	Co-operative Commonwealth
14th	1960–1964	Allan Ray Guy	Liberal
15th	1964–1967
16th	1967–1971
17th	1971–1972
17th	1972–1975
18th	1975–1978	Frederick John Thompson	New Democratic
19th	1978–1982
20th	1982–1986
21st	1986–1991
22nd	1991–1995
23rd	1995–1998	Buckley Belanger	Liberal
23rd	1998–1999		New Democratic
24th	1999–2003
25th	2003–2007
26th	2007–2011
27th	2011–2016
28th	2016–Present

Election results

Athabasca, 1934–present

Saskatchewan general election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Buckley Belanger	1,756	64.67	+0.88
	Saskatchewan	Philip Elliott	644	23.72	-11.16
	Liberal	Michael Wolverine	262	9.65	+9.65
	Green	Max C.D. Morin	53	1.95	+0.62
Total valid votes			–	100.0
Eligible voters			–
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-
Source: Elections Saskatchewan,^[2]^[3] Global News^[1]

Saskatchewan general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Buckley Belanger	1,867	63.79	+4.38
	Saskatchewan	Bobby Woods	1,021	34.88	+2.99
	Green	George Durocher	39	1.33	–1.88
Total valid votes			2,927	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+0.70

Saskatchewan general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Buckley Belanger	1,885	59.41	–10.58
	Saskatchewan	Phil Elliott	1,012	31.89	+8.54
	Liberal	Malvina Iron	174	5.48	–0.54
	Green	Sean Gilchrist	102	3.21	–
Total valid votes			3,173	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–9.56

Saskatchewan general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Buckley Belanger	2,407	69.99	–14.39
	Saskatchewan	Greg Ross	803	23.35	+20.80
	Liberal	Philip Durocher	207	6.02	–7.05
	Progressive Conservative	Sean Gilchrist	22	0.64	–
Total valid votes			3,439	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–17.60

Saskatchewan general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Buckley Belanger	2,512	84.38	–9.26
	Liberal	Allan Adam	389	13.06	+8.84
	Saskatchewan	Bert Roach	76	2.55	+0.42
Total valid votes			2,977	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–9.05

Saskatchewan provincial by-election, 26 October 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Buckley Belanger	2,153	93.64	+53.43
	Liberal	Winston McKay	97	4.21	–41.37
	Saskatchewan	Tyson Delorme	49	2.13	–
Total valid votes			2,299	100.0
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+47.40

Saskatchewan general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Buckley Belanger	1,347	45.59	+40.85
	New Democratic	Frederick John Thompson	1,188	40.21	–43.58
	Independent	Jimmy Montgrand	390	13.20	–
	Progressive Conservative	Clay Poupart	29	0.98	–7.54
Total valid votes			2,954	100.0
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+42.22

Saskatchewan general election, 1991
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Frederick John Thompson	3,253	83.79	+28.59
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Petit	331	8.52	–2.17
	Liberal	Darren McKee	184	4.73	–29.35
	Independent	Mike Daley	114	2.93	–
Total valid votes			3,882	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+15.38

Saskatchewan general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Frederick John Thompson	2,357	55.19	+19.12
	Liberal	Jim Durocher	1,456	34.09	+22.91
	Progressive Conservative	Pat Cardinal	457	10.70	–15.39
Total valid votes			4,270	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–1.90

Saskatchewan general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Frederick John Thompson	1,606	36.07	–22.16
	Progressive Conservative	Bruce Clarke	1,162	26.10	–3.26
	Independent	Rod Bishop	976	21.92	–
	Liberal	Willard Quewezance	498	11.18	–1.20
	Aboriginal People's	Vital Morin	210	4.71	–
Total valid votes			4,452	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–9.45

Saskatchewan general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Frederick John Thompson	2,340	58.23	+20.11
	Progressive Conservative	Frank Petit	1,180	29.36	+18.54
	Liberal	Henry Ethelbert Coupland	498	12.39	–17.34
Total valid votes			4,018	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+0.78

Saskatchewan general election, 1975
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Frederick John Thompson	1,483	38.12	–4.38
	Liberal	Ben Siemens	1,157	29.74	–13.70
	Independent	Rod Bishop	829	21.31	–
	Progressive Conservative	Roy Simpson	421	10.82	+9.64
Total valid votes			3,890	100.0
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.66

Saskatchewan provincial by-election, 27 September 1972 On the election being overturned by judicial recount
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Allan Ray Guy	1,398	43.44	–6.72
	New Democratic	Robert Dalby	1,368	42.51	–7.31
	Independent	Ray Jones	414	12.86	–
	Progressive Conservative	William Howard McGill	38	1.18	–
Total valid votes			3,218	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+0.30

Saskatchewan general election, 1971
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Allan Ray Guy	1,770	50.17	+9.85
	New Democratic	Robert Dalby	1,758	49.82	+24.20
Total valid votes			3,528	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		–7.18

Saskatchewan general election, 1967
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Allan Ray Guy	1,397	49.59	+9.27
	Progressive Conservative	Harry J. Houghton	818	29.03	–5.01
	New Democratic	Tony Wood	602	21.37	–4.25
Total valid votes			2,817	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		+7.14

Saskatchewan general election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Allan Ray Guy	1,076	40.31	+6.41
	Progressive Conservative	Harry J. Houghton	909	34.05	+12.36
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John M. Stonehocker	684	25.62	–2.31
Total valid votes			2,669	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		–2.98

Saskatchewan general election, 1960
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Allan Ray Guy	972	33.90	–9.80
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Allan Quant	801	27.93	–21.44
	Progressive Conservative	Harry J. Houghton	622	21.69	–
	Social Credit	Dana Spence	472	16.46	+9.55
Total valid votes			2,867	100.0
	Liberal gain from Co-operative Commonwealth		Swing		+5.82

Saskatchewan general election, 1956
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	John James Harrop	836	49.37	+10.73
	Liberal	Frederick Alexander Matheson	740	43.70	–17.64
	Social Credit	John I. Bondoreff	117	6.91	–
Total valid votes			1,693	100.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth gain from Liberal		Swing		+14.18

Saskatchewan general election, 1952
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	James Ripley	543	61.35	–
	Co-operative Commonwealth	C.L. MacLean	342	38.64	+10.08
Total valid votes			885	100.0
	Liberal gain from Independent		Swing		+25.64

Saskatchewan general election, 1948
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Independent	Louis Marcien Marion	628	52.59	–28.17
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Axel Olsen	341	28.55	+21.20
	Independent	Joseph David Le Chasseur	225	18.84	–
Total valid votes			1,194	100.0
	Independent notional gain from Liberal		Swing		–24.68

Saskatchewan general election, 1944
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Louis Marcien Marion	626	80.77
	Independent	Errick Guttormur Erickson	78	10.06
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Pierre Ephrem Ayotte	57	7.35
	Progressive Conservative	Alexander Fred De Laronde	9	1.16
	Independent Liberal	Francis Xavier Poitras	5	0.64
Total valid votes			775	100.0

Saskatchewan provincial by-election, 28 July 1941 On the death of Jules Marion, 5 April 1941
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Hubert Staines	acclaimed

Saskatchewan general election, 1938
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Jules Marion	642	50.55	+8.35
	Liberal	William J. Windrum	628	49.44	–
Total valid votes			1,270	100.0

Saskatchewan general election, 1934
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Deakin Hall	1,329	57.80
	Liberal	Jules Marion	970	42.19
Total valid votes			2,299	100.0
	Liberal pickup new district.

Athabasca, 1908–1917

Saskatchewan general election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Joseph Nolin	163	80.29	–16.25
	Progressive Conservative	George Robert Russel	40	19.70	+16.26
Total valid votes			203	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		–16.26

Saskatchewan general election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Joseph Nolin	252	96.55
	Provincial Rights	Aime T. Besnard	9	3.44
Total valid votes			261	100.0
	Liberal pickup new district.

References

1 2 "Saskatchewan election results 2016: NDP wins Athabasca riding". Global News. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
↑ "Register of Official Candidates by Constituency - March 19 - FINAL" (PDF). Elections Saskatchewan. 19 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
↑ "2016 General Election Results". Elections Saskatchewan. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

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