Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Saskatchewan


caption = Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 47007
fed-created = 1996
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1997
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Tom Lukiwski
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 65885
demo-electors = 49242
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 14365
demo-cd = Regina
demo-csd = Regina

Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre (formerly known as Regina—Arm River) is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

Geography

The district includes the northwestern part of Regina and extends outward from Regina to Nokomis in the north, Davidson in the northwest and Tugaske in the west.

History

The electoral district was created as "Regina—Arm River" in 1996 from Mackenzie, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre, Regina—Lumsden and Regina—Qu'Appelle ridings.

In 1997, its name was changed to "Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre".

Members of Parliament

It has elected the following members to the House of Commons:

* 1997-2000: John Solomon - New Democratic Party
* 2000-2004: Larry Spencer - Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-2004), Independent (2004)
* 2004-present: Tom Lukiwski - Conservative

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Tom Lukiwski, a former political administrator. He was first elected in 2004. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. He is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons.

Election results

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Conservative
Tom Lukiwski
align="right"|14,176
align="right"|42.1%
align="right"|+8.9%
align="right"|$60,131
New Democratic Party
Moe Kovatch
align="right"|9,467
align="right"|28.1%
align="right"|+1.3%
align="right"|$47,556
Liberal
Gary J. Anderson
align="right"|8,956
align="right"|26.6%
align="right"|-6.2%
align="right"|$73,596
Green
William Sorochan
align="right"|1035
align="right"|3.1%
align="right"|+0.8%
align="right"|$730
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|33,634!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|73!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|33,707!align="right"
!align="right"
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Conservative
Tom Lukiwski
align="right"|10,290
align="right"|33.21%
align="right"
align="right"|$57,639
Liberal
Gary J. Anderson
align="right"|10,167
align="right"|32.82%
align="right"
align="right"|$53,396
New Democratic Party
Moe Kovatch
align="right"|8,300
align="right"|26.79%
align="right"
align="right"|$60,642
Independent
Larry Spencer
align="right"|1,506
align="right"|4.86%
align="right"
align="right"|$21,488
Green
Fiorindo Agi
align="right"|716
align="right"|2.31%
align="right"
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|30,978!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|79!align="right"|0.25%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|31,057!align="right"|62.81%!align="right"
!align="right"

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Canadian Alliance
Larry Spencer
align="right"|12,585
align="right"|42.94%
align="right"
align="right"|$58,054
New Democratic Party
John Solomon
align="right"|12,424
align="right"|42.39%
align="right"
align="right"|$53,957
Liberal
Hem Juttla
align="right"|4,296
align="right"|14.65%
align="right"
align="right"|$22,758
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|29,305!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|113!align="right"|0.38%!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|29,418!align="right"|63.17%!align="right"

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New Democratic Party
John Solomon
align="right"|12,677
align="right"|42.28%|
align="right"|$58,862
Reform
G.A. Gerry Fuller
align="right"|8,342
align="right"|27.82%|
align="right"|$15,205
Liberal
Kevin Clarke
align="right"|7,079
align="right"|23.61%|
align="right"|$36,554
Progressive Conservative
R. Wayne Slinn
align="right"|1,605
align="right"|5.35%|
align="right"|$984
Canadian Action
John MacGowan
align="right"|277
align="right"|0.92%|
align="right"|$1,940
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|29,980!align="right"|100.00%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|96!align="right"|0.32%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|30,076!align="right"|66.40%!!

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=1221 Riding history for Regina—Arm River (1996–1997) from the] Library of Parliament

* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E&Search=Det&Include=Y&rid=1222 Riding history for Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre (1997– ) 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=47008 Expenditures - 2000]
* [http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 Expenditures - 1997]