Provincial electoral district | |||
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Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan | ||
MLA |
Saskatchewan | ||
District created | 1994 | ||
First contested | 1995 | ||
Last contested | 2016 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors | 10,005 | ||
Census division(s) | Division 3, 4, 7, 8 |
Wood River is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southern Saskatchewan, the district was created by the Representation Act, 1994 (Saskatchewan) out of the former constituency of Assiniboia-Gravelbourg and half of the Shaunavon district. The district takes its name from the R.M. of Wood River, which is located in the centre of the constituency.
Communities in the riding include the towns of Assiniboia, Ponteix, Rockglen, Gravelbourg, Mossbank and Lafleche; and the villages of Vanguard, Wood Mountain, Hodgeville, Mankota, Bracken and Val Marie.
Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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23rd | 1995 – 1999 | Glen McPherson | Liberal | |
24th | 1999 – 2000 | |||
2000 – 2003 | Yogi Huyghebaert | Saskatchewan Party | ||
25th | 2003 – 2007 | |||
26th | 2007 – 2011 | |||
27th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
28th | 2016 – present | Dave Marit |
2020 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Saskatchewan | Dave Marit | – | ||||||
New Democratic | Roger Morgan | – | ||||||
Green | Kimberly Soo Goodtrack | – | ||||||
Total valid votes | 100.0 | |||||||
Eligible voters | – | |||||||
Source: Elections Saskatchewan |
2016 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Saskatchewan | Dave Marit | 6,125 | 76.07 | -6.03 | ||||
New Democratic | Brenda Shenher | 991 | 12.30 | -2.42 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Brian Archer | 544 | 6.75 | - | ||||
Green | Judy Mergel | 200 | 2.48 | -0.77 | ||||
Liberal | Edward Ives | 191 | 2.37 | - | ||||
Total valid votes | 8,051 | 100.0 | ||||||
Eligible voters | – | |||||||
Source: Elections Saskatchewan [1] [2] |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Saskatchewan | D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert | 5,354 | 82.03 | +12.44 | |
NDP | Randy Gaudry | 961 | 14.72 | -2.54 | |
Green | Amelia Swiderski | 212 | 3.25 | +1.02 | |
Total | 6,527 | 100.00% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Saskatchewan | D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert | 5,323 | 69.59 | +14.27 | |
NDP | Steve Ryan | 1,320 | 17.26 | -8.72 | |
Liberal | Michael Klein | 768 | 10.04 | -6.03 | |
Green | Lynn Arrayel | 171 | 2.23 | - | |
Western Independence | Rocky Young | 67 | 0.88 | -1.75 | |
Total | 7,649 | 100.00% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Saskatchewan | D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert | 4,350 | 55.32 | -9.77 | |
NDP | Trevor Davies | 2,043 | 25.98 | +9.02 | |
Liberal | Louis Stringer | 1,264 | 16.07 | +4.52 | |
Western Independence | Nick Yorga | 207 | 2.63 | – | |
Total | 7,864 | 100.00% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Saskatchewan | D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert | 4,384 | 65.09 | +25.35 | |
NDP | Robert Anderson | 1,142 | 16.96 | -3.55 | |
Liberal | Jerry Ruehs | 778 | 11.55 | -28.20 | |
New Green | Peter Borch | 431 | 6.40 | – | |
Total | 6,735 | 100.00% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Glen McPherson | 3,163 | 39.75 | -8.27 | |
Saskatchewan | D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert | 3,162 | 39.74 | – | |
NDP | Robert Anderson | 1,632 | 20.51 | -9.89 | |
Total | 7,957 | 100.00% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Glen McPherson | 4,146 | 48.02 | – | |
NDP | Allen Engel | 2,624 | 30.40 | – | |
Prog. Conservative | D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert | 1,863 | 21.58 | – | |
Total | 8,633 | 100.00% |
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