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James Thorsteinson | |
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Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly for Cut Knife-Turtleford | |
Assumed office October 28, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Ryan Domotor |
Personal details | |
Political party | Saskatchewan Party |
James Thorsteinson is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2024 general election,representing Cut Knife-Turtleford as a member of the Saskatchewan Party. [1]
Cut Knife-Turtleford is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan,Canada. Located in northwest Saskatchewan,this constituency has an economy based primarily on farming –while oil and gas development is rising. The Battlefords Provincial Park is located here. Communities in the riding include the towns of Cut Knife,Maidstone (1,037),Lashburn (914),and Turtleford (461);and the villages of Neilburg,Meota,Glaslyn,Marsden,and Edam.
The Battlefords is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan,Canada. It includes the city of North Battleford and the adjoining town of Battleford. Collectively these communities are commonly known as "The Battlefords".
Lloydminster is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan,Canada.
Thunderchild First Nation is an independent Cree First Nations band government in Turtleford,Saskatchewan,Canada with no affiliation with any Tribal Council. It is located approximately 113 kilometers northwest of North Battleford. European settlement in 1909 caused the reserve to be moved by the Government of Canada from its original location near Delmas,Saskatchewan to where it now currently resides near Turtleford,Saskatchewan.
Michael Chisholm is a Canadian provincial politician. He was a Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 2003 to 2011,and is also a member of the federal Conservative Party of Canada. In 2003 he was elected for the newly created constituency of Cut Knife-Turtleford,and was re-elected in 2007. He is the vice-chair of the government's public-accounts committee.
Highway 303 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs from Highway 16,approximately 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) east of Lloydminster city limits,to Highway 26 in Turtleford. It is about 82 kilometres (51 mi) long.
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.
Highway 26 is a provincial highway on the western side of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The southern terminus is at the junction with Highway 4 about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of North Battleford. From there,the highway runs generally north-west until just south of St. Walburg where takes a more northerly route. Highway 26 terminates at a junction with Highways 224 and 950 on the north side of the village of Goodsoil,just south of Meadow Lake Provincial Park. It is about 198 kilometres (123 mi) long.
Turtleford is a town in the Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499,in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Turtleford is located on Highway 26 near the intersection / concurrency with Highway 3 and Highway 303. The nearest cities are North Battleford and Lloydminster. The Turtlelake River runs through Turtleford,and nearby are Brightsand Lake and Turtle Lake.
Cut Knife is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan,Canada. This constituency was created before the 4th Saskatchewan general election in 1917. Redrawn to include the former district of Lloydminster in 1934,the constituency was renamed "Cut Knife-Lloydminster" in 1964.
Wilkie was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan,Canada,centred on the town of Wilkie,Saskatchewan. Created as "Tramping Lake" before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912,this constituency was renamed "Wilkie" in 1917.
Turtleford was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan,Canada,centered on the town of Turtleford.
Larry Doke is a Canadian provincial politician,who served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the riding of Cut Knife-Turtleford from 2011 to 2020 as a member of the Saskatchewan Party. He was first elected in the 2011 election,and subsequently re-elected in the 2016 election. He did not run for re-election in the 2020 election.
The Prairie North Health Region was a health region in Saskatchewan,Canada. Primarily based in the central-northern region of the province,the health region operated out of four hospitals,and several community health centers and long term care facilities.
Robert Hanson Wooff was an English-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Turtleford from 1944 to 1948,from 1952 to 1956,from 1960 to 1961 and from 1964 to 1971 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and then New Democratic Party (NDP) member.
Wally Lorenz is a former Canadian politician who served in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in 2003 as a Saskatchewan Party member for the constituency of Battleford-Cut Knife.
Biggar-Sask Valley is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan,Canada. It was created from parts of former Biggar,Martensville,Cut Knife-Turtleford,Batoche and Rosthern-Shellbrook ridings. It was first contested in the 2016 election. The riding will be dissolved into Kindersley-Biggar,Rosthern-Shellbrook,Rosetown-Delisle,Martensville-Blairmore and Warman prior to the next general election.
The 2020 Saskatchewan general election was held on October 26,2020 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. This date was set by Saskatchewan's fixed election date law. The writ was dropped on September 29 just in time to hold the election on October 26.
Ryan Domotor is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2020 Saskatchewan general election. He represented the electoral district of Cut Knife-Turtleford as a member of the Saskatchewan Party until 2023 and latterly as an independent until 2024.
Turtlelake River,also known as Turtle River,is a river in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It runs in a southerly direction from the southern end of Turtle Lake to the North Saskatchewan River across from Delmas. The town of Turtleford is the only sizeable community along the river's course.