Yorkton (provincial electoral district)
Yorkton is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It has historically almost always voted for the governing party, selecting an opposition candidate only twice in its history (1938 & 1960).
 Saskatchewan electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan | ||
| MLA |
Saskatchewan | ||
| District created | 1905 | ||
| First contested | 1905 | ||
| Last contested | 2020 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors | 10,961 | ||
| Communities | Yorkton | ||
The current boundaries of the constituency were set by the Representation Act, 2012 (Saskatchewan).
Founded as "York City" in 1882, Yorkton (pop. 15,038) became a city on February 1, 1928.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 1943–1948 | Arthur Percy Swallow | Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | |
| 11th | 1949–1952 | |||
| 12th | 1953–1956 | |||
| To be added | ||||
| 22nd | 1991–1995 | Clay Serby | New Democratic | |
| 23rd | 1995–1999 | |||
| 24th | 1999–2003 | |||
| 25th | 2003–2007 | |||
| 26th | 2007–2011 | Greg Ottenbreit | Saskatchewan Party | |
| 27th | 2011–2016 | |||
| 28th | 2016–2020 | |||
| 29th | 2020–present | |||
Election results (1991–present)
| 2020 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Greg Ottenbreit | 4,171 | 74.01 | +1.46 | ||||
| New Democratic | Carter Antoine | 1,301 | 23.08 | +0.42 | ||||
| Green | Judy Mergel | 164 | 2.91 | +1.05 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 5,636 | 98.96 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 59 | 1.04 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 5,695 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | – | |||||||
| Saskatchewan hold | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan | ||||||||
| 2016 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Greg Ottenbreit | 4,585 | 72.55 | +0.10 | ||||
| New Democratic | Greg Olson | 1,432 | 22.66 | -3.04 | ||||
| Liberal | Aaron Sinclair | 184 | 2.91 | - | ||||
| Green | Chad Gregoire | 118 | 1.86 | +0.01 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,319 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | – | |||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan[1][2] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saskatchewan | Greg Ottenbreit | 5,446 | 72.45 | +12.99 | |
| NDP | Chad Blenkin | 1,932 | 25.70 | -11.82 | |
| Green | Kathryn McDonald | 139 | 1.85 | – | |
| Total | 7,517 | 100.00 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saskatchewan | Greg Ottenbreit | 5,005 | 59.46 | +18.64 | |
| NDP | Randy Goulden | 3,158 | 37.52 | -14.01 | |
| Liberal | Joyce Landry | 254 | 3.02 | -1.77 | |
| Total | 8,417 | 100.00 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Clay Serby | 3,993 | 51.53 | +10.54 | |
| Saskatchewan | Randy Atkinson | 3,163 | 40.82 | +4.17 | |
| Liberal | Charles Gunning | 371 | 4.79 | -17.57 | |
| Western Independence | Bruce Ritter | 222 | 2.86 | – | |
| Total | 7,749 | 100.00 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Clay Serby | 2,893 | 40.99 | -8.58 | |
| Saskatchewan | Lorne Gogal | 2,587 | 36.65 | – | |
| Liberal | Richard Yaholnitsky | 1,578 | 22.36 | -16.19 | |
| Total | 7,058 | 100.00 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Clay Serby | 3,588 | 49.57 | -9.41 | |
| Liberal | David Bucsis | 2,791 | 38.55 | +19.76 | |
| Prog. Conservative | Howard W. Evans | 860 | 11.88 | -10.35 | |
| Total | 7,239 | 100.00 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Clay Serby | 4,897 | 58.98 | – | |
| Prog. Conservative | Brian Fromm | 1,846 | 22.23 | – | |
| Liberal | Donna Taylor Yaholnitsky | 1,560 | 18.79 | – | |
| Total | 8,303 | 100.00 | |||
History
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| # | MLA | Served | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Thomas Henry Garry | 1905–1929 | Liberal | |
| 2. | Alan Carl Stewart | 1929–1934 | Independent | |
| 3. | Vincent Reynolds Smith | 1934–1938 | Liberal | |
| 4. | Alan Carl Stewart | 1938–1944 | Unity | |
| 5. | Arthur Percy Swallow | 1944–1956 | CCF | |
| 6. | Frederick Neibrandt | 1956–1960 | CCF | |
| 7. | Bernard David Gallagher | 1960–1971 | Liberal | |
| 8. | Irving Wensley Carlson | 1971–1975 | NDP | |
| 9. | Randall Neil Nelson | 1975–1982 | NDP | |
| 10. | Lorne Aubrey McLaren | 1982–1991 | PC | |
| 11. | Clay Serby | 1991–2007 | NDP | |
| 12. | Greg Ottenbreit | 2007–present | Saskatchewan Party |
See also
References
- "Register of Official Candidates by Constituency - March 19 - FINAL" (PDF). Elections Saskatchewan. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- "2016 General Election Results". Elections Saskatchewan. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
External links
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