Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar

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Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar

Saskatchewan electoral district
Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Carol Skelton Conservative
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2006
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	69,547
Electors (2006)	49,152
Area (km²)	11,088
Pop. density (per km²)	6.3
Census divisions	Saskatoon
Census subdivisions	Saskatoon, Corman Park No. 344, Vanscoy No. 345, Rosetown, Biggar

Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar (formerly known as Saskatoon—Rosetown) is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Members of Parliament 3.1 Current Member of Parliament 4 Election results 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Geography

The district consists of the southwestern quadrant of Saskatoon and the surrounding southwestern rural area which includes the towns of Biggar, Rosetown and Delisle.

[edit] History

It was created in 1996 as "Saskatoon—Rosetown" from Kindersley—Lloydminster, Saskatoon—Clark's Crossing, Saskatoon—Dundurn and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake ridings.

In 1997, it was re-named "Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar".

[edit] Members of Parliament

• 1997-1999: Chris Axworthy - New Democratic Party
• 1999-2000: Dennis Gruending - New Democratic Party
• 2000-present: Carol Skelton - Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-present)

[edit] Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Carol Skelton, a former administrator, coordinator, farmer, rancher, and recruiter. She was first elected in 2000. She represents the Conservative Party of Canada. She was the current Minister of National Revenue and Minister of Western Economic Diversification in the 39th Canadian Parliament until August 11, 2007 when she was replaced by Gordon O'Connor as Minister of National Revenue and by Rona Ambrose as Minister of Western Economic Diversification. She was the Conservative critic on Public Health and Social Development. In the last parliamentary session she served as vice-chair of the 'Subcommittee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities' and a member of the 'Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development'. Skelton has announced that she will not be running in the next election. As a result of this announcement she was shuffled otu of the cabinet.

[edit] Election results

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Residence	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Carol Skelton	Harris	13,331	45.54%	+0.71%	$58,211
	New Democratic Party	Nettie Wiebe		11,412	38.98%	+2.75%	$62,156
	Liberal	Myron Luczka	Saskatoon	3,536	12.08%	-3.66%	$2,869
	Green	Rick Barsky	Saskatoon	738	2.52%	-0.65%	$1,068
	Christian Heritage	Marcel Bourassa		258	0.88%		$4,463
Total valid votes				29,275	100.00%
Total rejected ballots				78	0.27%
Turnout				29,353	60.66%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Residence	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Carol Skelton	Harris	11,875	44.83%		$55,798
	New Democratic Party	Dennis Gruending	Saskatoon	9,597	36.23%		$58,518
	Liberal	Myron Luczka	Saskatoon	4,171	15.74%		$24,337
	Green	Rick Barsky	Saskatoon	841	3.17%		$118
Total valid votes				26,484	100.00%
Total rejected ballots				92	0.35%
Turnout				26,576	52.52%

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Carol Skelton	11,177	41.66%		$54,132
	New Democratic Party	Dennis Gruending	11,109	41.40%		$59,591
	Liberal	Alice Farness	3,023	11.26%		$3,832
	Progressive Conservative	Dale Buxton	1,518	5.65%		$5,021
Total valid votes			26,827	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			95	0.35%
Turnout			26,922	55.58%

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic Party	Chris Axworthy	12,095	43.71%		$56,131
	Reform	Elwin Hermanson	9,011	32.57%		$33,126
	Liberal	Tanyss Munro	4,438	16.04%		$37,991
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Gabruch	1,931	6.97%		$11,361
	Canadian Action	Rick Barsky	191	0.69%		$1,760
Total valid votes			27,666	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			113	0.41%
Turnout			27,779	59.91%

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Riding history for Saskatoon—Rosetown (1996–1997) from the Library of Parliament

• Riding history for Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar (1997– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997
• Website of the Parliament of Canada

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