Arm River-Watrous

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Arm River-Watrous
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Saskatchewan electoral district
SK Electoral District - Arm River-Watrous.png
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
District created2002
First contested 2003
Last contested 2011
Demographics
Population (2001)16,966
Electors 10,129

Arm River-Watrous was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency was located in south central Saskatchewan. It was dissolved as part of an election boundary redraw in 2013 primarily into Arm River. [1]

Contents

Grain farming and cattle ranching are the major economic activities of the area. Wynyard is home to the larger industries in this constituency. They include: Sunnyland Poultry Products, Big Quill Resources (Canada's largest manufacturer of potassium sulphate), and Cargill. Watrous is well known for the healing waters of Little Manitou Lake and its Mineral Spa. This resort community there, Manitou Beach, hosts visitors from around the world. Blackstrap Provincial Park is also located in this constituency. The three largest communities are Wynyard with a population of 1,919, Watrous with a population of 1,808 and Davidson (1,035).

Geography

Towns

Villages

Resort Villages

Rural Municipalities

First Nations

Hutterite Colonies

Parks

Riding

This riding was created by The Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan). Prior to the act, this constituency was a part of the Arm River, Last Mountain-Touchwood, and Watrous constituencies. The former riding of Arm River makes up much of the new riding.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

#MLAServedParty
 1. Greg P. Brkich 2003 – 2016 Saskatchewan Party

Election results

2011 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan Greg P. Brkich 5,06173.67+15.75
New Democratic Eric Skonberg1,64023.87-4.75
Green Orest Shasko1692.46+0.46
Total6,870100
2007 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan Greg P. Brkich 4,68357.92+9.91
New Democratic Gordon MacMurchy2,31428.62-9.61
Liberal Lou Coderre7629.43-1.61
Progressive Conservative Gordon Pederson1642.03+0.09
Green Arnold Taylor1622.00
Total8,085100
2003 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan Greg P. Brkich 4,00948.01
New Democratic Carol Rowan3,19338.23
Liberal Steven Barlow92211.04
Western Independence Gord Anderson1621.94
Independent Gord Pederson650.78
Total8,351100

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References

  1. The Representation Act, 2013 (PDF), retrieved 2017-04-23

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