Yorkton—Melville

Infobox Canada electoral district
province = Saskatchewan


caption = Yorkton—Melville in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts
fed-status = active
fed-district-number = 47014
fed-created = 1966
fed-abolished =
fed-election-first = 1968
fed-election-last = 2006
fed-rep = Garry Breitkreuz
fed-rep-link =
fed-rep-party = Conservative
fed-rep-party-link = Conservative Party of Canada
demo-census-date = 2006
demo-pop = 66094
demo-electors = 50914
demo-electors-date = 2006
demo-area = 38027
demo-cd =
demo-csd = Yorkton, Melville, Esterhazy, Canora

Yorkton—Melville is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.

Geography

The district is in east-central Saskatchewan.

History

The electoral district was created in 1966 from Yorkton, Melville and Mackenzie ridings.

In the 2006 election, the Yorkton Melville riding had the highest percentage of eligible voters over the age of 65, and highest average age of all 308 federal ridings.

Members of Parliament

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

* 1968-1993: Lorne Nystrom - New Democratic Party
* 1993-present: Garry Breitkreuz - Reform (1993-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-present)

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Garry Breitkreuz, a former teacher and principal. He was first elected in 1993. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session he served as vice-chair of the 'Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness'.

Election results

* Denotes incumbent.

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=857 Riding history for Yorkton—Melville (1966– ) 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=47014 Expenditures - 2000]
* [http://www.elections.ca/eccandidates/district.asp?ran=2008.092&objectType=district&action=provinces&ul=1&ElectionID=191 Expenditures - 1997]