Martensville (electoral district)

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Martensville
Flag of Saskatchewan.svg Saskatchewan electoral district
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Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
District created2002
First contested 2003
Last contested 2011
Demographics
Electors 13,371
Census division(s) Division No. 16
Census subdivision(s) Martensville, Warman

Martensville was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada, named after the city of Martensville, located north of Saskatoon.

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The electoral district was created through the Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan), mostly out of the former constituency of Rosthern.

The city of Warman was also located in the riding. Smaller communities in the district included the towns of Hague, Waldheim, Osler, and Dalmeny; and the village of Hepburn.

The constituency was abolished for the 2016 election. It was essentially replaced by Martensville-Warman, a new constituency encompassing a portion of the old electoral district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

 Name PartyElectedLeft Office
  Ben Heppner Saskatchewan Party 20032006
  Nancy Heppner Saskatchewan Party 2007present

Election results (2003–2016)

Saskatchewan General Election 2011, Martensville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan Nancy Heppner 6,81983.14%+9.67
  NDP Catlin Hogan1,10913.52%-5.21
Green Chad Wm. Crozier2743.34%+1.39
Total8,202100.00%
Saskatchewan General Election 2007, Martensville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan Nancy Heppner 5,98173.47%-3.82
  NDP Chris Gallaway1,52518.73%+8.24
  Liberal Eric Steiner4765.85%-1.67
Green Hart Haidn1591.95%-0.22
Total8,141100.00%

Martensville provincial by-election, 2007

A provincial by-election was held on 5 March 2007 to fill the vacancy left when MLA Ben Heppner died of prostate cancer. [1] In a first for Saskatchewan politics, Saskatchewan Party candidate Nancy Heppner succeeded her late father.

March 5, 2007 By-Election: Martensville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan Nancy Heppner 3,56677.29%+22.04%
  NDP John Tzupa48410.49%-16.38%
  Liberal Nathan Friesen3477.52%-9.11%
Green Sandra Finley1002.17%*
Western Independence Gordon Elias420.91%-0.69%
Marijuana Nathan Holowaty380.82%*
Total4,614
(6 spoiled)
Saskatchewan General Election 2003, Martensville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Saskatchewan Ben Heppner 3,77155.25%
  NDP Zane Dmytryshyn1,83426.87%
  Liberal Allan Earle1,13516.63%
Western Independence Warren Fehr851.25%
Total6,825100.00%

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References

  1. "7 candidates to run in Martensville byelection". CBC News. February 19, 2007.

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