Cypress Hills—Grasslands

Cypress Hills—Grasslands in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.

Federal electoral district

Legislature

House of Commons

David Anderson
Conservative

District created

1996

First contested

1997

Last contested

2015

District webpage

profile, map

Demographics

Population (2011)^[1]

67,834

Electors (2015)

49,713

Area (km²)^[2]

77,822

Pop. density (per km²)

0.87

Census subdivisions

Swift Current, Kindersley, Assiniboia, Maple Creek

Cypress Hills—Grasslands 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 the southwestern corner of the Province of Saskatchewan.

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from Kindersley—Lloydminster, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre and Swift Current—Maple Creek—Assiniboia ridings.

This riding lost territory to Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek and gained territory from Battlefords—Lloydminster and Palliser during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons:

Parliament	Years		Party
Cypress Hills—Grasslands Riding created from Kindersley—Lloydminster, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre and Swift Current—Maple Creek—Assiniboia
36th	1997–2000	Lee Morrison	Reform
36th	2000–2000	Lee Morrison	Alliance
37th	2000–2003	David Anderson	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 David Anderson, a former farmer. He was first elected in 2000. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. He is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and for the Canadian Wheat Board. In the last parliamentary session he served as a member on the 'Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food'.

Election results

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David Anderson	25,050	69.19	-1.38	–
	Liberal	Marvin Wiens	5,381	14.86	+9.02	–
	New Democratic	Trevor Peterson	4,783	13.21	-7.59	–
	Green	Bill Caton	993	2.74	-0.04	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,207	100.0		$233,911.43
Total rejected ballots			99	0.27	-0.03
Turnout			36,306	71.99	+4.89
Eligible voters			50,426
	Conservative hold		Swing		-5.22
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,871	70.57
	New Democratic	6,742	20.80
	Liberal	1,894	5.84
	Green	901	2.78

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David L. Anderson	20,555	69.8	+5.4	$39,752
	New Democratic	Trevor Peterson	6,248	21.2	+5.4	$9,855
	Liberal	Duane Filson	1,838	6.2	-7.1	$27,813
	Green	Helmi Scott	788	2.7	-3.9	$517
Total valid votes/Expense limit			29,429	100.0		$94,253
Total rejected ballots			79	0.3	0.0
Turnout			29,508	67.1	+4
Eligible voters			43,997	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		+6.25

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David L. Anderson	17,922	64.4	-2.1	$51,570
	New Democratic	Scott Wilson	4,394	15.8	-1.1	$5,879
	Liberal	Duane Filson	3,691	13.3	+0.4	$23,849
	Green	Bill Clary	1,840	6.6	+2.8	$4,012
Total valid votes/Expense limit			27,847	100.0		$91,352
Total rejected ballots			81	0.3	0.0
Turnout			27,928	63	-3
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.0

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David L. Anderson	20,035	66.5	+5.8	$42,285
	New Democratic	Mike Eason	5,076	16.8	+0.3	$12,076
	Liberal	Bill Caton	3,885	12.9	-5.8	$3,553
	Green	Amanda Knorr	1,141	3.8	-0.4	–
Total valid votes			30,137	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			85	0.3	-0.1
Turnout			30,222	66.5	+3
	Conservative hold		Swing		+5.8

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David L. Anderson	18,010	60.6	-9.9	$35,176
	Liberal	Bill Caton	5,547	18.7	+6.1	$29,831
	New Democratic	Jeff Potts	4,901	16.5	–0.4	$17,512
	Green	Bev Currie	1,243	4.2		$805
Total valid votes			29,701	100		–
Total rejected ballots			117	0.4	+0.1
Turnout			29,818	63	-2
	Conservative hold		Swing		-8.0

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Alliance	David L. Anderson	18,593	61.6	+12.5	$33,948
	New Democratic	Keith Murch	5,101	16.9	-2.5	$14,293
	Liberal	Marlin Bryce Belt	3,791	12.6	-8.7	$722
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Caton	2,676	8.9	-1.3	$7,462
Total valid votes			30,161	100		–
Total rejected ballots			90	0.3	0.0
Turnout			30,251	65	-2.4
	Alliance hold		Swing		+10.6

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Reform	Lee Morrison	16,439	49.1	–	$36,935
	Liberal	Ron Gleim	7,130	21.3	–	$52,705
	New Democratic	Dean Smith	6,490	19.4	–	$36,138
	Progressive Conservative	Marcel Fournier	3,421	10.2	–	$9,917
Total valid votes			33,480	100		–
Total rejected ballots			105	0.3
Turnout			33,585	67.4

References

"(Code 47004) 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

Rural Manitoba	Brandon—Souris Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Dauphin—Swan River—Neepawa Portage—Lisgar Provencher Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman

Winnipeg	Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley Elmwood—Transcona Kildonan—St. Paul Saint Boniface—Saint Vital Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg North Winnipeg South Winnipeg South Centre

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

Rural Alberta	Banff—Airdrie Battle River—Crowfoot Bow River Foothills Fort McMurray—Cold Lake Grande Prairie—Mackenzie Lakeland Lethbridge Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner Peace River—Westlock Red Deer—Lacombe Red Deer—Mountain View Sturgeon River—Parkland Yellowhead

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