- Saskatoon—Wanuskewin
Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Saskatchewan
caption = Saskatoon—Wanuskewin in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 47011
fed-created = 1996
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1997
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Maurice Vellacott
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 72867
demo-electors = 54357
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 10466
demo-cd =Saskatoon
demo-csd =Saskatoon , Corman Park No. 344, Martensville, WarmanSaskatoon—Wanuskewin (formerly known as Wanuskewin) is a federal electoral district in
Saskatchewan ,Canada , that has been represented in theCanadian House of Commons since 1997. It covers a part of the city of Saskatoon.Geography
The riding includes the northwest quadrant of Saskatoon and extends north past Duck Lake, northwest past Lucky Man and west past Ruddell. The riding includes the communities of Warman and Martensville.
History
It was created in
1996 as "Wanuskewin" from parts ofKindersley—Lloydminster ,Saskatoon—Clark's Crossing ,Prince Albert—Churchill River andThe Battlefords—Meadow Lake ridings.In 2000, it was re-named "Saskatoon—Wanuskewin".
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following member of the
Canadian House of Commons :* 1997-present:
Maurice Vellacott - Reform (1997-2000),Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-present)Current Member of Parliament
Its
Member of Parliament isMaurice Vellacott , a former clergyperson. He was first elected in 1997. He represents theConservative Party of Canada . In the last parliamentary session he served as vice-chair of the 'Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament' and a member of the 'Standing Committee on Official Languages'.Election results
askatoon-Wanuskewin
Wanuskewin
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ReformMaurice Vellacott
align="right"|12,854
align="right"|39.15%|
align="right"|$39,845New Democratic Party
Walter Kyliuk
align="right"|8,793
align="right"|26.78%|
align="right"|$57,104
Liberal
Tom Hengen
align="right"|8,020
align="right"|24.43%|
align="right"|$35,221
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Progressive Conservative
Ron Meakin
align="right"|2,602
align="right"|7.92%|
align="right"|$7,207
Independent
Sam Dyck
align="right"|420
align="right"|1.27%|
align="right"|$1,781
Natural Law
Patrick J. Coulterman
align="right"|138
align="right"|0.42%|
align="right"|$61
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|32,827!align="right"|100.00%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|112!align="right"|0.34%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|32,939!align="right"|63.79%!!See also
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List of Canadian federal electoral districts
*Past Canadian electoral districts External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1080 Riding history for Wanuskewin (1996–2000) from the]
Library of Parliament * [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1225 Riding history for Saskatoon—Wanuskewin (2000– ) from the]
Library of Parliament
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/fin/select_election.aspx?entity=1&lang=e Expenditures - 2004]
* [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/ecCandidates2/Default.asp?L=E&Page=SearchByEdResult&DB=AsSubmitted&EL=226&ST=ED&ID=47012 Expenditures - 2000]
* [http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 Expenditures - 1997]
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