Batoche (electoral district)
- Batoche (electoral district)
Infobox Canadian provincial riding
name = Batoche
province = Saskatchewan
legislature = Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
member-type = Member of the
Legislative Assembly
party-colour = Saskatchewan Party
member = Delbert Kirsch
member-party = Saskatchewan Party
census-date = 2001
pop = 17,392
election-date = 2003
electors = 12,853
area =
popdens =
created = 2002
cdivision = 14, 15
muns =
Batoche is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located in north central Saskatchewan and has an economy based primarily on mixed agriculture and farm implement manufacturing. Bourgault Industries in St. Brieux manufactures harrows, cultivators, ploughs. The Batoche area is where Louis Riel led his Metis people in an armed uprising against the Canadian government in 1885. Batoche National Historic Site is located in this constituency. The largest communities are Wakaw, Saskatchewan and Cudworth, Saskatchewan with populations of 884 and 766, respectively.
A former electoral district of the same name was in existence from 1905 until 1908
History
Riding
This riding was created by the "The Representation Act, 2002" (Saskatchewan). This constituency was a formed from parts of the Humboldt, Melfort-Tisdale, Prince Albert Carlton, Rosthern, Saskatchewan Rivers, and Shellbrook-Spiritwood ridings.
Member of Legislative Assembly
Election Results
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style="width: 130px" |Saskatchewan Party
Delbert Kirsch
align="right"|3,349
align="right"|43.90%
align="right"
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NDP
Ava Bear
align="right"|2,769
align="right"|36.30%
align="right"
Liberal
Bill Yeaman
align="right"|1,297
align="right"|17.00%
align="right"
Western Independence Party
Florent Rabut
align="right"|138
align="right"|1.81%
align="right"
New Green Alliance
Gordon Robert Dumont
align="right"|76
align="right"|1.00%
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|2,629!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
External links
* [http://www.legassembly.sk.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan]
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