Kelvington-Wadena

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Kelvington-Wadena
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Saskatchewan electoral district
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Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA
 
 		 
Hugh Nerlien
Saskatchewan
District created1975
First contested 1975
Last contested 2020
Demographics
Electors 9,509
Census division(s) Division 10, 14

Kelvington-Wadena is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada, in the east-central region.

Contents

The riding was last contested in the 2020 general election, when it returned Saskatchewan Party MLA Hugh Nerlien.

The largest population centres in the constituency are Wynyard, Wadena, Foam Lake, Kelvington and Porcupine Plain. Villages in the riding include Bjorkdale, Elfros, Rama, Archerwill, Margo and Lintlaw. Both major Canadian railways – the Canadian National and the Canadian Pacific – have branch lines serving the area.

History

Kelvington-Wadena was created in 1975 by merging the ridings of Kelvington and Wadena. However, the riding has been significantly reconfigured several times since then. For the 1995 general election, the riding was significantly expanded east and west, taking in territory from Canora and Quill Lakes which were being merged and eliminated, respectively. The next major reconfiguration came prior to the 2003 general election, at which time the riding exchanged significant territory between Canora-Pelly, Last Mountain-Touchwood, Melfort and Carrot River Valley. For the next general election, the riding will gain territory west and south of Wynyard from Arm River and lose territory around Invermay and Tisdale to Canora-Pelly and Carrot River Valley, respectively.

From its creation until 1999, the riding returned MLAs from all three major parties. It originally alternated between the New Democrats and Progressive Conservatives, before being won by Liberal MLA June Draude with a thin plurality. Draude joined the Saskatchewan Party upon its founding in 1997, and the riding has been held by Saskatchewan Party MLAs since.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
Kelvington-Wadena
Riding created from Wadena and Kelvington
18th  1975–1978   Neil Erland Byers New Democratic
19th  1978–1982
20th  1982–1986   Sherwin Petersen Progressive Conservative
21st  1986–1991
22nd  1991–1995   Kenneth Kluz New Democratic
23rd  1995–1997   June Draude Liberal
 1997–1999   Saskatchewan
24th  1999–2003
25th  2003–2007
26th  2007–2011
27th  2011–2016
28th  2016–2020 Hugh Nerlien
29th  2020–2024

Election results

2020

2020 provincial election redistributed results [1]
Party %
  Saskatchewan 70.7
  New Democratic 17.9
  Buffalo 5.3
  Green 2.4
2020 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan Hugh Nerlien 4,79169.57-0.40
New Democratic Linda Patenaude1,22317.76-0.69
Buffalo Justin Chrobot3705.37–
Progressive Conservative Wayne Mastrachuk3314.80-0.51
Green Melissa Fletcher1722.50+1.03
Total valid votes6,88799.57
Total rejected ballots300.43–
Turnout6,917––
Eligible voters–
Saskatchewan hold Swing –
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

2016

2016 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan Hugh Nerlien 5,13369.97–8.75
New Democratic Danny Hiscock1,35418.45+0.09
Progressive Conservative Tim Atchinson3905.31-
Western Independence Walter Hrappsted2182.97-
Liberal Bernie Yuzdepski1321.79-
Green Owen Swiderski1081.47–1.45
Total valid votes7,335100.0  
Eligible voters–
Saskatchewan hold Swing -
Source: Elections Saskatchewan [2] [3]

2011

2011 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan June Draude 5,09178.72+8.55
New Democratic Graham Reid1,18718.36–4.72
Green Elaine Hughes1892.92+1.10
Total valid votes6,467100.0  
Saskatchewan hold Swing +6.64

2007

2007 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan June Draude5,33070.17+12.51
New Democratic Mervin Kryzanowski1,75323.08–8.35
Liberal Don Gabel2943.87–3.05
Green Elaine Hughes1381.82–
Western Independence John Koban811.06–2.93
Total valid votes7,596100.0  
Saskatchewan hold Swing +10.28

2003

2003 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan June Draude4,51557.66–7.99
New Democratic Ryan Calder2,46131.43+3.43
Liberal Harry Kerr5426.92+0.57
Western Independence Neil Fenske3123.99–
Total valid votes7,830100.0  
Saskatchewan hold Swing –5.56

1999

1999 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan June Draude5,04565.65–
New Democratic Doug Still2,15228.00–13.67
Liberal Sean Macknak4886.35–36.86
Total valid votes7,685100.0  
Saskatchewan gain from Liberal Swing +39.66

1995

1995 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal June Draude 3,29443.21+33.18
New Democratic Darrel Cunningham3,17741.67–12.67
Progressive Conservative Dwayne Evans1,15315.12–20.51
Total valid votes7,624100.0  
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +22.92

1991

1991 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Kenneth Kluz 3,95654.34+10.33
Progressive Conservative Sherwin Petersen 2,59435.63–15.34
Liberal Bill Kerluke73010.03+5.01
Total valid votes7,280100.0  
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +12.84

1986

1986 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Sherwin Petersen 4,12950.97–1.20
New Democratic Ken Folstad3,56544.01–1.23
Liberal Orvall Enge4075.02+2.43
Total valid votes8,101100.0  
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +0.02

1982

1982 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Sherwin Petersen 4,33052.17+10.37
New Democratic Neil Erland Byers 3,75545.24–6.49
Liberal Ben Ferrie2152.59–3.88
Total valid votes8,300100.0  
Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic Swing +8.43

1978

1978 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Democratic Neil Erland Byers 4,16551.73+1.14
Progressive Conservative Ray Meiklejohn 3,36641.80+15.44
Liberal Ben Ferrie5216.47–16.58
Total valid votes8,052100.0  
New Democratic hold Swing –7.15

1975

1975 Saskatchewan general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Democratic Neil Erland Byers 4,05150.59
Progressive Conservative Don Austring2,11126.36
Liberal Joe Bencharski1,84623.05
Total valid votes8,008100.0  
New Democratic pickup new district.

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References

  1. ↑ "Kelvington-Wadena". 338Canada. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "Register of Official Candidates by Constituency - March 19 - FINAL" (PDF). Elections Saskatchewan. 19 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016 General Election Results". Elections Saskatchewan. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.

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