Prince Albert (electoral district)

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Prince Albert

Saskatchewan electoral district
Prince Albert in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Brian Fitzpatrick Conservative
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	71,159
Electors (2006)	52,071
Area (km²)	14,872
Pop. density (per km²)	4.8
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	[Prince Albert, Melfort, Nipawin, Buckland No. 491, Tisdale, Prince Albert No. 461

Prince Albert is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1988, and since 1997.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 3.1 Current Member of Parliament 4 Election results 4.1 1997 - present 4.2 1908 - 1988 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Geography

This riding is in rural Saskatchewan.

[edit] History

The electoral district was first created in 1907 from portions of Humboldt, Mackenzie, and Saskatchewan. It existed in this form until 1987 when it was abolished into Prince Albert—Churchill River, Saskatoon—Humboldt, and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake. It was re-created in 1996 from portions of the Prince Albert—Churchill River, Mackenzie, and Saskatoon—Humboldt ridings.

[edit] Members of Parliament

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

• 1997-2000: Derrek Konrad - Reform (1997-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000)
• 2000-present: Brian Fitzpatrick - Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-present)

The electoral district also existed from 1907 to 1987. It was created from Humboldt, Mackenzie and Saskatchewan.

1. William Wintfield Rutan, Liberal (1908-1911)
2. James McKay, Conservative (1911-1914)
3. Samuel James Donaldson, Conservative (1915-1917)
4. Andrew Knox, Unionist/Progressive (1917-1925)
5. Charles McDonald, Liberal (1925-1926)
6. William Lyon Mackenzie King, Liberal (1926-1945)
7. Edward LeRoy Bowerman, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1945-1949)
8. Francis Heselton Helme, Liberal (1949-1953)
9. John George Diefenbaker, Progressive Conservative (1953-1979)
10. Stan Hovdebo, New Democratic Party (1979-1988)

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Brian Fitzpatrick, a former lawyer. He was first elected in 2000. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session he served as a member of the 'Standing Committee on Public Accounts'.

[edit] Election results

[edit] 1997 - present

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Fitzpatrick	17,271	54.44%	+7.16%	$65,910
	New Democratic Party	Valerie Mushinski	7,562	23.84%	-1.30%	$23,690
	Liberal	Patrick Jahn	6,149	19.38%	-4.75%	$28,756
	Green	Marc Loiselle	744	2.35%	-1.08%	$350
Total valid votes			31,726	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			85	0.28%
Turnout			31,811	61.50%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Fitzpatrick	13,576	47.28%		$69,931
	New Democratic Party	Don Hovdebo	7,221	25.14%		$30,743
	Liberal	Patrick Jahn	6,929	24.13%		$42,440
	Green	Marc Loiselle	987	3.43%		$110
Total valid votes			28,713	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			107	0.37%
Turnout			28,820	53.48%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Brian Fitzpatrick	14,825	45.59%		$58,048
	Liberal	Tim Longworth	6,754	20.77%		$46,856
	New Democratic Party	Dennis Nowoselsky	6,676	20.53%		$49,523
	Progressive Conservative	David Orchard	3,943	12.12%		$63,282
	Green	Benjamin Webster	317	0.97%		$20
Total valid votes			32,515	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			83	0.23%
Turnout			32,598	64.13%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Derrek Konrad	12,508	38.05%		$55,562
	New Democratic Party	Ray Funk	10,418	31.69%		$59,376
	Liberal	Gordon Kirkby	6,965	21.19%		$37,643
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Fripp	2,702	8.22%		$13,911
	Canadian Action	John Hrapchak	275	0.83%
Total valid votes			32,868	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			107	0.32%
Turnout			32,975	64.54%

[edit] 1908 - 1988

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Stan Hovdebo	13,359
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Dobrowolsky	13,062
	Liberal	J.H. Clyne Harradence	10,886
	Confederation of Regions	Tony Panas	262

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Stan Hovdebo	11,601
	Liberal	J.H. Clyne Harradence	10,919
	Progressive Conservative	Kris Eggum	10,819

By-election on 19 November 1979 On Mr. Diefenbaker's death, 16 August 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	New Democrat	Stan Hovdebo	10,941
	Progressive Conservative	Kris Eggum	10,385
	Liberal	J.H. Clyne Harradence	7,336
	Independent	John L. De Bruyne	147

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	16,438
	New Democrat	Stan Hovdebo	11,979
	Liberal	Peter Abrametz	5,158

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	17,787
	New Democrat	Thora E. Wiggens	6,496
	Liberal	Philip Edward West	5,426
	Social Credit	Joseph Gerrard Cools	366

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	19,410
	New Democrat	W.J. Berezowsky	9,115
	Liberal	Leo F. Pinel	3,613
	Social Credit	Claude Campagna	421
	Independent	Bill Fair	61

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	17,850
	New Democrat	Al Hartley	8,979
	Liberal	Philip Edward West	5,025

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	15,635
	New Democrat	Peter Kachur	4,227
	Liberal	Lenore Ramsland Andrews	3,453
	Social Credit	John Dashchuk	718

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	17,824
	New Democrat	Henry Merrifield Apps	3,373
	Liberal	Harold John Fraser	3,206
	Social Credit	Kenneth Solheim	565

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	18,276
	New Democrat	Roger C. Carter	4,173
	Liberal	George William Newell	2,745
	Social Credit	Ken Solheim	627

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	16,583
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thora Elizabeth Wiggens	3,870
	Liberal	Ernie Unruh	2,538

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	12,349
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Nathaniel Gooding	5,795
	Liberal	Russell Ernest Partridge	5,119

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	10,038
	Co-operative Commonwealth	David Frederick Corney	7,037
	Liberal	Floyd Robert Glass	5,409
	Labour-Progressive	Phyllis Clarke	295

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Francis Heselton Helme	8,916
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edward LeRoy Bowerman	7,341
	Progressive Conservative	George Henry Whitter	2,258

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edward LeRoy Bowerman	7,928
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	7,799
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Hemming Nelson	2,768
	Social Credit	Joshua Norman Haldeman	847

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	8,310
	National Unity	Robert Rae Manville	7,534
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Peter William Strelive	1,993
	Communist	Alfred Cowie Campbell	243

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	9,087
	Social Credit	Alexander Rupert Bedard	3,185
	Conservative	Tom Francis Graves	2,880
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Tom Johnston	1,469

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	9,283
	Conservative	George Braden	8,091

By-election on 2 November 1926 On Mr. King's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 11 October 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	8,933
	Conservative	John Diefenbaker	4,838

By-election on 15 February 1926 On Mr. McDonald's resignation to provide a seat for the Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, 15 January 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	7,920
	Independent	David Luther Burgess	2,299

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Charles McDonald	5,301
	Progressive	Andrew Knox	2,638
	Conservative	John George Diefenbaker	2,412

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Andrew Knox	8,525
	Liberal	Lorenzo William Brigham	4,962
	Conservative	David Wilson Paul	2,417

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Government	Andrew Knox	6,589
	Opposition	Samuel McLeod	2,999

By-election on 1 February 1915 On Mr. McKay being appointed Judge, 16 December 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Samuel James Donaldson	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	James McKay	3,316
	Liberal	William Wintfield Rutan	2,961

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	William Wintfield Rutan	2,413
	Conservative	James McKay	2,194
	Independent Liberal	W.H. Joseph Jaxon	87

[edit] See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Prince Albert (1907–1987) from the Library of Parliament

• Riding history for Prince Albert (1996– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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