Wascana (electoral district)

Infobox Canada electoral district
name = Wascana
province = Saskatchewan


caption = Wascana in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 47013
fed-created = 1996
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1997
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Ralph Goodale
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Liberal
fed-rep-party-link = Liberal Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 75717
demo-electors = 57280
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 3858
demo-cd = Regina
demo-csd = Regina, Edenwold No. 158

Wascana is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

Geography

The district is in the southern part of the Province of Saskatchewan.

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from Regina—Qu'Appelle and Regina—Wascana ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Ralph Goodale, a former lawyer and broadcaster. He was first elected in 1974. He represents the Liberal Party of Canada. He serves in the Official Opposition as their House Leader.

Election results

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Liberal
Ralph Goodale
align="right"|20,666
align="right"|51.8%
align="right"|-5.4%
align="right"|$66,648
Conservative
Brad Farquhar
align="right"|11,990
align="right"|30.0%
align="right"|+5.8%
align="right"|$67,579
New Democratic Party
Helen Yum
align="right"|5,880
align="right"|14.7%
align="right"|-1.3%
align="right"|$30,123
Green
Nigel Taylor
align="right"|1,378
align="right"|3.5%
align="right"|+0.9%
align="right"|$1,653
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|39,914!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"
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- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"
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Liberal
Ralph Goodale
align="right"|20,567
align="right"|57.17%
align="right"
align="right"|$43,226
Conservative
Doug Cryer
align="right"|8,709
align="right"|24.20%
align="right"
align="right"|$57,802
New Democratic Party
Erin M.K. Weir
align="right"|5,771
align="right"|16.04%
align="right"
align="right"|$29,783
Green
Darcy Robilliard
align="right"|928
align="right"|2.57%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|35,975!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|80!align="right"|0.22%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|36,055!align="right"|63.14%!align="right"

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Liberal
Ralph Goodale
align="right"|14,244
align="right"|41.18%
align="right"
align="right"|$56,685
Canadian Alliance
James Rybchuk
align="right"|12,492
align="right"|36.12%
align="right"
align="right"|$59,667
New Democratic Party
Garth Ormiston
align="right"|7,446
align="right"|21.53%
align="right"
align="right"|$58,098
Canadian Action
Wayne Gilmer
align="right"|401
align="right"|1.15%
align="right"
align="right"|$1,619
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|34,583!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|98!align="right"|0.28%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|34,681!align="right"|62.27%!align="right"

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Liberal
Ralph Goodale
align="right"|14,077
align="right"|41.88%|
align="right"|$54,021
New Democratic Party
John Burton
align="right"|9,530
align="right"|28.35%|
align="right"|$37,942
Reform
Glen Blager
align="right"|7,261
align="right"|21.60%|
align="right"|$39,285
Progressive Conservative
Michael Morris
align="right"|2,477
align="right"|7.37%|
align="right"|$18,266
Canadian Action
Walter P. Sigda
align="right"|264
align="right"|0.78%
align="right"
align="right"|$1,822
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|33,609!align="right"|100.00%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|136!align="right"|0.40%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|33,745!align="right"|66.24%!!

See also

* 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=1081 Riding history for Wascana (1996– ) 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=47013 Expenditures - 2000]
* [http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 Expenditures - 1997]