Blackstrap (electoral district)

For other uses, see Blackstrap (disambiguation).

Blackstrap was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that had been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. It is named for Blackstrap Lake. The riding was abolished prior to the 2015 Canadian federal election.

Blackstrap

Saskatchewan electoral district
Blackstrap in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts
Coordinates:	51.692°N 105.664°W / 51.692; -105.664
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)[1]	85,541
Electors (2011)	59,797
Area (km²)[2]	10,921.10
Census division(s)	Saskatoon
Census subdivision(s)	Saskatoon, Corman Park No. 344

Geography

The riding included the southeast quadrant of the city of Saskatoon and extended south to Elbow, southeast to Bladworth, and east to Jansen.

History

The electoral district was created in 1996 from Saskatoon—Dundurn and portions of Mackenzie, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre and Saskatoon—Humboldt ridings.

For the 2015 Canadian Federal election, the riding was abolished, with the Saskatoon portion becoming part of Saskatoon—Grasswood, while the rural portion became part of Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Blackstrap Riding created from Saskatoon—Dundurn, Mackenzie, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre and Saskatoon—Humboldt
36th	1997–2000		Allan Kerpan	Reform
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003		Lynne Yelich
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan, Saskatoon—Grasswood and Regina—Qu'Appelle

Election results

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lynne Yelich	23,281	54.4	+0.5	$66,677
	New Democratic	Darien Moore	15,768	36.8	+11.1	$59,199
	Liberal	Deb Walker	2,713	6.3	-8.0	$13,295
	Green	Shawn Setyo	1,033	2.4	-3.6	$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			42,795	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			113	0.3	-0.1
Turnout			42,908	70.6	+6.0
Eligible voters			60,641	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lynne Yelich	20,747	53.9	+6.0	$68,414
	New Democratic	Patti Gieni	9,876	25.7	-4.9	$30,120
	Liberal	Deb Ehmann	5,509	14.3	-2.6	$24,743
	Green	Imre Pallagi	2,325	6.0	+2.8	$3,352
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,456	100.0		$81,893
Total rejected ballots			152	0.4	+0.1
Turnout			38,609	64.6	-4

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lynne Yelich	19,430	48.0	+6.5	$62,564
	New Democratic	Don Kossick	12,376	30.6	+7.0	$41,367
	Liberal	Herta Barron	6,841	16.9	-14.5	$25,287
	Green	Mike Fornssler	1334	3.3	+0.2	$550
	Independent	D. Jay Krozser	410	1.0	–	$4,469
	Communist	Sonje Kristtorn	96	0.2	–	$515
Total valid votes			40,487	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			105	0.3	0.0
Turnout			40,592	69	+5

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Lynne Yelich	15,608	41.5	+2.6	$71,019
	Liberal	Tiffany Paulsen	11,815	31.4	+8.8	$50,307
	New Democratic	Don Kossick	8,862	23.6	-2.8	$51,849
	Green	Lynn Oliphant	1,168	3.1	+1.7	$25
	Christian Heritage	Clayton Sundberg	177	0.5	–	–
Total valid votes			37,630	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			98	0.3	0.0
Turnout			37,728	64	-2

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Lynne Yelich	16,028	44.2	+7.4	$40,528
	New Democratic	Noreen Johns	9,551	26.4	-1.3	$43,141
	Liberal	J. Wayne Zimmer	8,206	22.6	-5.7	$28,857
	Progressive Conservative	Tim Stephenson	1,926	5.3	-1.3	$1,200
	Green	Neil Sinclair	519	1.4	–	$17
Total valid votes			36,230	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			93	0.3	-0.1
Turnout			36,323	66	-4

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Allan Kerpan	13,502	36.9	–	$31,124
	Liberal	Morris Bodnar	10,365	28.3	–	$48,752
	New Democratic	Steven Bobiash	10,117	27.6	–	$53,988
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Chisholm	2,414	6.6	–	$9,565
	Natural Law	Leon Laforge	208	0.6	–	$169
Total valid votes			36,606	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			138	0.4
Turnout			36,744	70

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada