Battlefords—Lloydminster

Battlefords—Lloydminster in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

Gerry Ritz
Conservative

District created

1996

First contested

1997

Last contested

2015

District webpage

profile, map

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

70,034

Electors (2015)

48,638

Area (km²)^[2]

30,125

Pop. density (per km²)

2.3

Census subdivisions

North Battleford, Lloydminster, Battleford, Unity

Battlefords—Lloydminster is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

Geography

The district is in Central-Western Saskatchewan. It includes the communities of North Battleford, Battleford and Unity; as well as the Saskatchewan portion of Lloydminster,

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from Kindersley—Lloydminster and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake ridings.

This riding lost territory to Cypress Hills—Grasslands and gained a fraction of territory from Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following member of the House of Commons of Canada:

Parliament	Years		Party
Battlefords—Lloydminster Riding created from Kindersley—Lloydminster and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake
36th	1997–2000	Gerry Ritz	Reform
36th	2000–2000		Alliance
37th	2000–2003		Alliance
37th	2003–2004		Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–Present

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Gerry Ritz, a former farmer and contractor. He was first elected in 1997. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session he served as vice-chair of the 'Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food'.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gerry Ritz	20,547	61.0	-5.0	–
	New Democratic	Glenn Tait	5,930	17.6	-9.5	–
	Liberal	Larry Ingram	5,550	16.5	+13.1	–
	Independent	Doug Anguish	1,076	3.2	n/a	–
	Green	Mikaela Tenkink	575	1.7	-0.9	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			–	100.0		$213,627.22
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			48,638
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	17,168	66.0
	New Democratic	7,304	28.1
	Liberal	881	3.4
	Green	680	2.6

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	(x) Gerry Ritz	19,203	66.9	+6.8	$57,125
	New Democratic	Glenn Tait	7,767	27.1	+1.8	$57,552
	Liberal	Jordan LaPlante	950	3.3	-4.9	$4,043
	Green	Norbert Kratchmer	785	2.7	-2.3	$345
Total valid votes/Expense limit			28,705	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			109	0.4	0.0
Turnout			28,814	58.2	+7
Eligible voters			49,530	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures^[6]
	Conservative	(x) Gerry Ritz	15,621	60.1	+6.1	$60,942
	New Democratic	Bob Woloshyn	6,572	25.3	+9.6	$52,759
	Liberal	Greg Nyholt	2,140	8.2	-4.6	–
	Green	Norbert Kratchmer	1,287	5.0	+2.9	$4,638
	Christian Heritage	Harold Stephan	368	1.4	+0.4	$6
Total valid votes/Expense limit			25,988	100.0		$87,340
Total rejected ballots			96	0.4	+0.1
Turnout			26,084	51	-9

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	(x) Gerry Ritz	16,491	54.1	-4.2	$54,526
	New Democratic	Elgin Wyatt	4,829	15.7	-4.6	$20,468
	Independent	Jim Pankiw	4,396	14.4	–	$77,133
	Liberal	Dominic LaPlante	3,901	12.8	-4.6	–
	Green	Norbert Kratchmer	637	2.1	-0.8	$145
	Christian Heritage	Harold Stephan	306	1.0	-0.2	$562
Total valid votes			30,560	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			89	0.3	-0.1
Turnout			30,649	60	+8

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	(x) Gerry Ritz	15,441	58.3	-7.0	$45,813
	New Democratic	Shawn McKee	5,367	20.2	+2.9	$41,961
	Liberal	Del Price	4,617	17.4	+0.1	$32,265
	Green	Kelsey Pearson	766	2.9	–
	Christian Heritage	Diane Stephan	316	1.2	–
Total valid votes			26,507	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			94	0.4
Turnout			26,601	52	-8.3

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Alliance	(x) Gerry Ritz	17,691	60.2	+17.5	$43,761
	New Democratic	Elgin Wayne Wyatt	5,107	17.4	-10.4	$22,558
	Liberal	Peter Frey	5,098	17.4	-2.7	$15,510
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Zamonsky	1,474	5.0	-4.4	$3,102
Total valid votes			29,370	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			107	0.4
Turnout			29,477	60	-3.3

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Reform	Gerry Ritz	13,125	42.7	–	$37,206
	New Democratic	(x) Len Taylor	8,535	27.8	–	$49,152
	Liberal	Glenn Hornick	6,155	20.0	–	$43,136
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Ritter	2,888	9.4	–	$22,635
Total valid votes			30,703	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			91	0.3
Turnout			30,794	63

References

"(Code 47001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

Notes

External links

Federal ridings in Saskatchewan

Conservative	Battlefords—Lloydminster Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek Cypress Hills—Grasslands Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan Prince Albert Regina—Qu'Appelle Saskatoon—Grasswood Saskatoon—University Souris—Moose Mountain Yorkton—Melville

New Democratic	Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Regina—Lewvan Saskatoon West

Liberal	Regina—Wascana

Federal ridings in the Canadian Prairies

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Saskatchewan (South, North)	Battlefords—Lloydminster Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek Cypress Hills—Grasslands Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River Prince Albert Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan Regina—Lewvan Regina—Qu'Appelle Regina—Wascana Saskatoon—Grasswood Saskatoon—University Saskatoon West Souris—Moose Mountain Yorkton—Melville

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