Saskatoon—Wanuskewin

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Saskatoon—Wanuskewin

Saskatchewan electoral district
File:Saskatoon-Wanuskewin.png Saskatoon—Wanuskewin in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1996
District abolished	2013
First contested	1997
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	82,553
Electors (2011)	55,327
Area (km²)	10,233.82
Census divisions	Saskatoon
Census subdivisions	Saskatoon, Corman Park No. 344, Martensville, Warman

Saskatoon—Wanuskewin was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. (In the Cree language: ᐋᐧᓇᐢᑫᐃᐧᐣ / wânaskêwin means, "being at peace with oneself".) It covers a part of the city of Saskatoon.

Geography

The riding includes the northwest quadrant of Saskatoon and extends north past Duck Lake, northwest past Lucky Man and west past Ruddell. The riding also includes the city of Martensville.

History

It was created in 1996 as "Wanuskewin" from Saskatoon—Clark's Crossing and portions of Kindersley—Lloydminster, Prince Albert—Churchill River and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake ridings.

In 2000, it was renamed "Saskatoon—Wanuskewin".

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Wanuskewin Riding created from Saskatoon—Clark's Crossing, Kindersley—Lloydminster, Prince Albert—Churchill River and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake
36th	1997–2000		Maurice Vellacott	Reform
	2000–2000			Alliance
Riding renamed — Saskatoon—Wanuskewin
37th	2000–2003		Maurice Vellacott	Alliance
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek, Saskatoon West, Prince Albert and Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Maurice Vellacott whose previous career was an ordained minister. He was first elected in 1997. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session he served as vice-chair of the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament and a member of the Standing Committee on Official Languages.

Election results

Saskatoon–Wanuskewin

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Maurice Vellacott	21,183	58.43	+1.92	$34,890
	New Democratic	John Parry	11,395	31.43	+7.07	$16,104
	Liberal	Patricia Zipchen	2,428	6.70	-5.70	$15,022
	Green	Mark Bigland-Pritchard	1,250	3.45	-3.28	$991
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,256	100.00		$83,569
Total rejected ballots			134	0.37	+0.06
Turnout			36,390	64.33	+5.55
Eligible voters			56,570	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Maurice Vellacott	18,320	56.51	+7.12	$36,224
	New Democratic	Clint Davidson	7,898	24.36	+2.28	$20,679
	Liberal	Patricia Zipchen	4,020	12.40	-11.68	$13,240
	Green	Tobi-Dawne Smith	2,182	6.73	+3.14	$3,675
Total valid votes/Expense limit			32,420	100.00		$80,396
Total rejected ballots			100	0.31	+0.04
Turnout			32,520	58.78	-8.57

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Maurice Vellacott	17,753	49.39	+2.74	$62,331.71
	Liberal	Chris Axworthy	8,655	24.08	−8.50	$52,437.43
	New Democratic	Jim Maddin	7,939	22.09	+4.27	$35,098.35
	Green	Don Cameron	1,292	3.59	+0.63	$880.29
	Christian Heritage	Dale Sanders	307	0.85	−0.90	$1,552.99
Total valid votes			35,946	100.00
Total rejected ballots			96	0.27	+0.03
Turnout			36,042	67.35	+7.63
Electors on the lists			53,513

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Maurice Vellacott	15,109	46.64	−11.09	$66,433.82
	Liberal	Chris Axworthy	10,553	32.58	+15.76	$72,269.97
	New Democratic	Priscilla Settee	5,770	17.81	−6.42	$38,635.22
	Green	David Greenfield	960	2.96	+1.75	$25.00
Total valid votes			32,392	100.00
Total rejected ballots			76	0.23	−0.03
Turnout			32,468	59.72	−1.90
Electors on the lists			54,366
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Maurice Vellacott	17,404	52.57	+13.42	$59,707.59
	New Democratic	Hugh Walker	8,022	24.23	−2.55	$34,545.31
	Liberal	Bill Patrick	5,567	16.82	−7.61	$16,493.01
	Progressive Conservative	Kirk Eggum	1,709	5.16	−2.76	$0.00
	Green	David Greenfield	402	1.21		$0.00
Total valid votes			33,104	100.00
Total rejected ballots			86	0.26	−0.08
Turnout			33,190	61.62	−2.17
Electors on the lists			53,862
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Wanuskewin

Canadian federal election, 1997: Wanuskewin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Reform	Maurice Vellacott	12,854	39.16	$39,845
	New Democratic	Walter Kyliuk	8,793	26.79	$57,104
	Liberal	Tom Hengen	8,020	24.43	$35,221
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Meakin	2,602	7.93	$7,207
	Independent	Sam Dyck	420	1.28	$1,781
	Natural Law	Patrick J. Coulterman	138	0.42	$61
Total valid votes			32,827	100.00
Total rejected ballots			112	0.34
Turnout			32,939	63.79
Electors on the lists			51,635
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history for Wanuskewin (1996–2000) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Saskatoon—Wanuskewin (2000– ) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures - 2008
• Expenditures - 2004
• Expenditures - 2000
• Expenditures - 1997