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Battleford-Cut Knife was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency was created by the merging of parts of the Cut Knife-Lloydminster and The Battlefords electoral districts before the 1995 Saskatchewan general election. The Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan) redistributed this riding into the Cut Knife-Turtleford and a revived The Battlefords electoral districts for the 2003 Saskatchewan general election.

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Member of the Legislative Assembly

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 1. Sharon Murrell 1995 – 1999 New Democratic Party
 2. Rudi Peters 1999 – 2003 Saskatchewan Party
 3. Wally Lorenz 2003 Saskatchewan Party

Election results

Saskatchewan General Election 1995: Battleford-Cut Knife
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Sharon Murrell 2,96140.90
Liberal Jock MacNell2,18430.16
  Prog. Conservative Eileen Sword1,94026.79
  Independent Leona Tootoosis1542.12
Total7,239100.00
Saskatchewan General Election 1999: Battleford-Cut Knife
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan Rudi Peters 3,10745.77
New Democratic Sharon Murrell 2,43835.92-4.98
Liberal Gary B. McArthur1,24218.29-11.87
Total6,787100.00
March 17, 2003 By-Election: Battleford-Cut Knife
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan Wally Lorenz 2,94658.45-
New Democratic Gordon Yarde1,60931.93-
Liberal Larry Ingram4859.62-
Total5,04048.92

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