Cypress Hills—Grasslands

Cypress Hills—Grasslands was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2025.

Cypress Hills—Grasslands

Saskatchewan electoral district
Cypress Hills—Grasslands in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts as of the 2013 representation order
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Jeremy Patzer Conservative
District created	1996
District abolished	2023
First contested	1997
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	68,314
Electors (2015)	49,713
Area (km²)[1]	77,822
Pop. density (per km²)	0.88
Census subdivision(s)	Swift Current, Kindersley, Assiniboia, Maple Creek

Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding was superseded by Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley during the 2025 Canadian federal election. It lost the Rural Municipalities of Stonehenge, Lake of the Rivers, Willow Bunch, Old Post and Poplar Valley, and all enclosed towns and villages to Souris—Moose Mountain, lost the Rural Municipalities of Maple Bush, Enfield, Chaplin, Wheatlands, Caron, Shamrock, Rodgers, Hillsborough, Gravelbourg, Sutton, and Lake Johnston plus all enclosed towns and villages to Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan, gained the Rural Municipalities of Eye Hill, Grass Lake, Tramping Lake, Reford, Rosemount, Heart's Hill, Progress, Mariposa, Grandview, Antelope Park, Prairiedale, Oakdale, Winslow and all enclosed towns and villages in those RMs from Battlefords—Lloydminster, and gained the Rural Municipalities of Biggar, Perdue, Mountain View, Marriott, Harris, Montrose, Pleasant Valley, St. Andrews, Milden and Fertile Valley, including all enclosed towns and villages from Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek.^[2]

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.

Historical boundaries

• 
  1996 representation order
• 
  2013 representation order

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Cypress Hills—Grasslands (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[3]		2016[4]		2011[5]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	55,000	87.66%	57,580	90.66%	59,640	94.16%
Indigenous	3,420	5.45%	2,710	4.27%	1,950	3.08%
Southeast Asian[b]	2,325	3.71%	1,600	2.52%	880	1.39%
South Asian	715	1.14%	440	0.69%	150	0.24%
East Asian[c]	525	0.84%	550	0.87%	445	0.7%
African	305	0.49%	195	0.31%	155	0.24%
Latin American	225	0.36%	185	0.29%	95	0.15%
Middle Eastern[d]	110	0.18%	125	0.2%	0	0%
Other/multiracial[e]	130	0.21%	125	0.2%	0	0%
Total responses	62,740	91.84%	63,510	92.91%	63,340	93.38%
Total population	68,314	100%	68,353	100%	67,834	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		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
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003		David Anderson
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021		Jeremy Patzer
44th	2021–present

Election results

Graph of election results in Cypress Hills—Grasslands (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jeremy Patzer	24,518	71.53	–9.6	$35,741.95
	New Democratic	Alex McPhee	3,604	10.51	+1.0	$26,349.39
	People's	Charles Reginald Hislop	2,826	8.24	+5.4	$0.00
	Liberal	Mackenzie Hird	1,492	4.35	+0.1	$2,023.58
	Maverick	Mark Skagen	1,360	3.97	+3.97	$7,334.65
	Green	Carol Vandale	284	0.83	–1.1	$0.00
	Independent	Maria Rose Lewans	193	0.56	–0.01	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			34,277	99.6	–	$122,866.74
Total rejected ballots			145	0.04
Turnout			34,422	67
Eligible voters			49,606
	Conservative hold		Swing		+3.2
Source: Elections Canada[6]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Jeremy Patzer	31,140	81.1	+11.91	$41,250.21
	New Democratic	Trevor Peterson	3,666	9.5	-3.71	$10,304.53
	Liberal	William Caton	1,595	4.2	-10.66	$5,954.44
	People's	Lee Harding	1,075	2.8	-	$3,064.62
	Green	Bill Clary	719	1.9	-0.84	$0.00
	Independent	Maria Lewans	220	0.6	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,415	100.0
Total rejected ballots			259
Turnout			38,674	77.2
Eligible voters			50,111
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.81
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	David Anderson	25,050	69.19	-1.38	$53,440.65
	Liberal	Marvin Wiens	5,381	14.86	+9.02	$50,766.23
	New Democratic	Trevor Peterson	4,783	13.21	-7.59	$43,201.40
	Green	Bill Caton	993	2.74	-0.04	$1,007.60
Total valid votes/expense limit			36,207	100.0		$235,061.03
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[9][10]

2011 federal election redistributed results[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,871	70.57
	New Democratic	6,742	20.80
	Liberal	1,894	5.84
	Green	901	2.78

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
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

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
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

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
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

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
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

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
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

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
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

See also

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