Batoche (electoral district)

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**Batoche**
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan electoral district

Member of the Legislative Assembly		Delbert Kirsch Saskatchewan Party
Population (2001)	17,392
Electors (2003)	12,853
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created	2002
Census divisions	14, 15
Subdivisions

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

1 History
- 1.1 Riding
- 1.2 Member of Legislative Assembly
2 Election Results
3 External links

[edit] History

[edit] 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.

[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly

	#	MLA	Served	Party
	1.	Delbert Kirsch	2003 - Current	Saskatchewan Party

[edit] Election Results

Saskatchewan General Election 2003: Batoche
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan Party	Delbert Kirsch	3,349	43.90%
	NDP	Ava Bear	2,769	36.30%
	Liberal	Bill Yeaman	1,297	17.00%
	Western Independence Party	Florent Rabut	138	1.81%
	New Green Alliance	Gordon Robert Dumont	76	1.00%
Total			2,629	100.00%

[edit] External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

v • d • e Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts

North	Athabasca · Batoche · Biggar · Canora-Pelly · Carrot River Valley · Cumberland · Cut Knife-Turtleford · Humboldt · Kelvington-Wadena · Lloydminster · Martensville · Meadow Lake · Melfort · Prince Albert Carlton · Prince Albert Northcote · Rosthern-Shellbrook · Saskatchewan Rivers · The Battlefords

Saskatoon	Saskatoon Centre · Saskatoon Eastview · Saskatoon Fairview · Saskatoon Greystone · Saskatoon Massey Place · Saskatoon Meewasin · Saskatoon Northwest · Saskatoon Nutana · Saskatoon Riversdale · Saskatoon Silver Springs · Saskatoon Southeast · Saskatoon Sutherland

Regina	Regina Coronation Park · Regina Dewdney · Regina Douglas Park · Regina Elphinstone-Centre · Regina Lakeview · Regina Northeast · Regina Qu'Appelle Valley · Regina Rosemont · Regina South · Regina Walsh Acres · Regina Wascana Plains

South	Arm River-Watrous · Cannington · Cypress Hills · Estevan · Indian Head-Milestone · Kindersley · Last Mountain-Touchwood · Melville-Saltcoats · Moose Jaw North · Moose Jaw Wakamow · Moosomin · Rosetown-Elrose · Swift Current · Thunder Creek · Weyburn-Big Muddy · Wood River · Yorkton

See also: 2007 election · List of elections · Politics of Saskatchewan