- Battlefords—Lloydminster
Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Saskatchewan
caption = Battlefords—Lloydminster in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 47001
fed-created = 1996
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1997
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Gerry Ritz
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 71184
demo-electors = 50801
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 32887
demo-cd =
demo-csd = North Battleford,Lloydminster , Kindersley, Battleford, UnityBattlefords—Lloydminster is a federal electoral district in
Saskatchewan ,Canada , that has been represented in theCanadian House of Commons since 1997.Geography
The district is in Central-Western Saskatchewan. It includes the communities of North Battleford, Lloydminster, Kindersley, Battleford and Unity.
History
The electoral district was created in 1996 from
Kindersley—Lloydminster andThe Battlefords—Meadow Lake ridings.Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following member of the
Canadian House of Commons :* 1997-present:
Gerry Ritz - Reform (1997-2000),Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-present)Current Member of Parliament
Its
Member of Parliament isGerry Ritz , a former farmer and contractor. 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 Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food'. He is currently theMinister of Agriculture and Agri-Food .Election results
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ConservativeGerry Ritz
align="right"|16,491
align="right"|54.05%
align="right"|-4.20%
align="right"|$54,526New Democratic Party
Elgin Wyatt
align="right"|4,782
align="right"|15.67%
align="right"|-4.57%
align="right"|$20,468
No affiliationJim Pankiw
align="right"|4,396
align="right"|14.41%
align="right"
align="right"|$77,133
Liberal
Dominic LaPlante
align="right"|3,901
align="right"|12.78%
align="right"|-4.63%
align="right"
Green
Norbert Kratchmer
align="right"|637
align="right"|2.09%
align="right"|-0.79%
align="right"|$145
Christian Heritage
Harold Stephan
align="right"|306
align="right"|1.00%
align="right"|-0.19%
align="right"|$562
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|30,513!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
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- 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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ConservativeGerry Ritz
align="right"|15,441
align="right"|58.25%
align="right"
align="right"|$45,813New Democratic Party
Shawn McKee
align="right"|5,367
align="right"|20.24%
align="right"
align="right"|$41,961
Liberal
Del Price
align="right"|4,617
align="right"|17.41%
align="right"
align="right"|$32,265
Green
Kelsey Pearson
align="right"|766
align="right"|2.88%
align="right"
align="right"
|Christian Heritage
Diane Stephan
align="right"|316
align="right"|1.19%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|26,507!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|94!align="right"|0.35%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|26,601!align="right"|51.65%!align="right"
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Canadian Alliance Gerry Ritz
align="right"|17,691
align="right"|60.23%
align="right"
align="right"|$43,761New Democratic Party
Elgin Wayne Wyatt
align="right"|5,107
align="right"|17.38%
align="right"
align="right"|$22,558
Liberal
Peter Frey
align="right"|5,098
align="right"|17.35%
align="right"
align="right"|$15,510
Progressive Conservative
Harry Zamonsky
align="right"|1,474
align="right"|5.01%
align="right"
align="right"|$3,102
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|29,370!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|107!align="right"|0.36%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|29,477!align="right"|59.92%!align="right"-
ReformGerry Ritz
align="right"|13,125
align="right"|42.74%|
align="right"|$37,206New Democratic Party
Len Taylor
align="right"|8,535
align="right"|27.79%|
align="right"|$49,152
Liberal
Glenn Hornick
align="right"|6,155
align="right"|20.04%|
align="right"|$43,136
Progressive Conservative
Ken Ritter
align="right"|2,888
align="right"|9.40%|
align="right"|$22,635
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|30,703!align="right"|100.00%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|91!align="right"|0.30%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|30,794!align="right"|63.24%!!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=984 Riding history for Battlefords—Lloydminster (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=47001 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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