Prince Albert (federal electoral district)

Not to be confused with Prince Albert (provincial electoral district).

Prince Albert is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1908 to 1988, and since 1997. It is one of two districts which has been represented by two different Prime Ministers: William Lyon Mackenzie King from 1926 to 1945, and John Diefenbaker from 1953 to 1979; the district of Quebec East was the other. It is also the only district where two future Prime Ministers competed against each other – King against Diefenbaker, in the 1926 election.

Prince Albert

Saskatchewan electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election. Point indicates the city of Prince Albert.
Coordinates:	53.203°N 104.841°W / 53.203; -104.841
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Randy Hoback Conservative
District created	1996; 29 years ago (1996)
First contested	1997
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	79,344
Electors (2015)	55,873
Area (km²)[2]	18,927
Pop. density (per km²)	4.2
Census subdivision(s)	Prince Albert, Melfort, Nipawin, Prince Albert, Buckland, Tisdale, Shellbrook, Big River, Shellbrook, Ahtahkakoop

Geography

This riding is found in the central part of the province, in the transitional area between the Aspen parkland and boreal forest biomes. The major centre of the riding, and its namesake, is the city of Prince Albert which has a rich political history. Smaller centres in the riding include Nipawin, Melfort, and Tisdale.

History

The electoral district was first created in 1907 from portions of Humboldt, Mackenzie, and Saskatchewan. It existed in this form until 1987 when it was abolished into Prince Albert—Churchill River, Saskatoon—Humboldt, and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake. It was re-created in 1996 from portions of the Prince Albert—Churchill River, Mackenzie, and Saskatoon—Humboldt ridings.

While the city of Prince Albert has significant NDP support, the rural areas are among the most conservative in Saskatchewan and the country.^{[citation needed]} As a result, it has been in the hands of a centre-right party for its entire existence in its current incarnation.

This riding lost a fraction of territory to Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, and gained territory from Saskatoon—Humboldt, Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River and a fraction from Saskatoon—Wanuskewin during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

During the campaign for the 2021 election, Liberal candidate, Estelle Hjertaas, had several of her campaign signs vandalized.^[3]

Historical boundaries

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  1905 representation order
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  1914 representation order
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  1924 representation order
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  1933 representation order
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  1947 representation order
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  1952 representation order
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  1966 representation order
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  1976 representation order
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  1987 representation order (as Prince Albert—Churchill River)
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  1996 representation order
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  2003 representation order
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  2013 representation order
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  2023 final report

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Prince Albert (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[4]		2016[5]		2011[6]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	46,375	59.66%	49,435	64.1%	52,840	68.98%
Indigenous	25,730	33.1%	23,625	30.63%	21,880	28.56%
Southeast Asian[b]	2,530	3.25%	1,935	2.51%	540	0.7%
South Asian	1,215	1.56%	790	1.02%	275	0.36%
African	950	1.22%	655	0.85%	270	0.35%
East Asian[c]	290	0.37%	340	0.44%	570	0.74%
Latin American	275	0.35%	120	0.16%	145	0.19%
Middle Eastern[d]	185	0.24%	135	0.18%	40	0.05%
Other/multiracial[e]	180	0.23%	100	0.13%	45	0.06%
Total responses	77,730	96.15%	77,125	96.86%	76,605	96.55%
Total population	80,845	100%	79,625	100%	79,344	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Prince Albert Riding created from Humboldt, Mackenzie and Saskatchewan
11th	1908–1911		William Winfield Rutan	Liberal
12th	1911–1914		James McKay	Conservative
	1915–1917		Samuel James Donaldson
13th	1917–1920		Andrew Knox	Government (Unionist)
	1920–1921			Progressive
14th	1921–1925
15th	1925–1926		Charles McDonald	Liberal
16th	1926–1930		William Lyon Mackenzie King
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940
19th	1940–1945
20th	1945–1949		Edward LeRoy Bowerman	Co-operative Commonwealth
21st	1949–1953		Francis Helme	Liberal
22nd	1953–1957		John Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative
23rd	1957–1958
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1979
	1979–1980		Stan Hovdebo	New Democratic
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Prince Albert—Churchill River, Saskatoon—Humboldt and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake
Riding re-created from Prince Albert—Churchill River, Mackenzie and Saskatoon—Humboldt
36th	1997–2000		Derrek Konrad	Reform
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2003		Brian Fitzpatrick
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Randy Hoback
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–present

Election results

1997–present

Graph of election results in Prince Albert (since 1997, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Christopher Hadubiak
	Conservative	Randy Hoback
	New Democratic	Virginia Kutzan
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada[7]

2021 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	23,253	64.09
	New Democratic	5,448	15.02
	Liberal	4,284	11.81
	People's	2,496	6.88
	Green	398	1.10
	Others	403	1.11

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Randy Hoback	22,340	64.9	-2.8	$43,253.20
	New Democratic	Ken MacDougall	5,214	15.1	-2.3	$5,527.17
	Liberal	Estelle Hjertaas	3,653	10.6	+0.3	$19,152.96
	People's	Joseph McCrea	2,388	6.9	+4.9	$3,603.87
	Maverick	Heather Schmitt	466	1.4	-	$7,787.78
	Green	Hamish Graham	364	1.1	-1.0	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			34,425	100.0	–	$110,268.45
Total rejected ballots			161	0.5
Turnout			34,586	60.2
Eligible voters			57,483
Source: Elections Canada[9]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Randy Hoback	26,891	67.7	+17.91	$47,630.00
	New Democratic	Harmony Johnson-Harder	6,925	17.4	-11.06	none listed
	Liberal	Estelle Hjertaas	4,107	10.3	-9.52	$32,348.20
	Green	Kerri Wall	839	2.1	+0.17	$0.00
	People's	Kelly Day	778	2.0	-	$2,327.52
	Veterans Coalition	Brian Littlepine	170	0.4	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			39,710	100.0
Total rejected ballots			237
Turnout			39,947	69.8
Eligible voters			57,200
	Conservative hold		Swing		+14.49
Source: Elections Canada[10][11]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Randy Hoback	19,673	49.79	-12.63	$150,007.16
	New Democratic	Lon Borgerson	11,244	28.46	-3.03	$73,259.98
	Liberal	Gordon Kirkby	7,832	19.82	+16.38	$10,644.06
	Green	Byron Tenkink	761	1.93	-0.29	$422.40
Total valid votes/expense limit			39,510	100.0		$210,065.49
Total rejected ballots			103	–	–
Turnout			39,613	–	–
Eligible voters			55,873
Source: Elections Canada[12][13]

2011 federal election redistributed results[14]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	20,774	62.42
	New Democratic	10,482	31.49
	Liberal	1,144	3.44
	Green	740	2.22
	Others	142	0.43

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Randy Hoback	19,214	62.2	+4.5	$79,394
	New Democratic	Valerie Mushinski	9,841	31.8	+3.0	$47,100
	Liberal	Ron Wassill	1,070	3.5	-4.5	$1,991
	Green	Myk Brazier	666	2.2	-2.7	–
	Canadian Action	Craig Batley	116	0.4	-0.2	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			30,907	100.0		$83,468
Total rejected ballots			88	0.3	+0.1
Turnout			30,995	60.8	+5
Eligible voters			50,946	–	–

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Randy Hoback	16,542	57.7	+3.3	$72,129
	New Democratic	Valerie Mushinski	8,243	28.8	+5.0	$47,075
	Liberal	Lou Doderai	2,289	8.0	-11.4	$10,138
	Green	Amanda Judith Marie Smytaniuk	1,413	4.9	+2.6	$2,466
	Canadian Action	Craig Batley	167	0.6	–	$
Total valid votes/expense limit			28,654	100.0		$80,865
Total rejected ballots			55	0.2	-0.1
Turnout			28,709	56	-6

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Fitzpatrick	17,271	54.4	+7.2	$65,910
	New Democratic	Valerie Mushinski	7,562	23.8	-1.3	$23,690
	Liberal	Patrick Jahn	6,149	19.4	-4.8	$28,756
	Green	Marc Loiselle	744	2.4	-1.1	$350
Total valid votes			31,726	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			85	0.3	-0.1
Turnout			31,811	61.5%	+8.0

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Fitzpatrick	13,576	47.3	-10.4	$69,931
	New Democratic	Don Hovdebo	7,221	25.1	+4.6	$30,743
	Liberal	Patrick Jahn	6,929	24.1	+3.4	$42,440
	Green	Marc Loiselle	987	3.4	+2.5	$110
Total valid votes			28,713	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			107	0.4	+0.2
Turnout			28,820	53.5	-10.7

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

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Brian Fitzpatrick	14,825	45.6	+7.5	$58,048
	Liberal	Tim Longworth	6,754	20.8	-0.4	$46,856
	New Democratic	Dennis Nowoselsky	6,676	20.5	-11.2	$49,523
	Progressive Conservative	David Orchard	3,943	12.1	+3.9	$63,282
	Green	Benjamin Webster	317	1.0	–	$20
Total valid votes			32,515	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			83	0.23
Turnout			32,598	64.1	-0.4

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

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Derrek Konrad	12,508	38.1	–	$55,562
	New Democratic	Ray Funk	10,418	31.7	–	$59,376
	Liberal	Gordon Kirkby	6,965	21.2	–	$37,643
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Fripp	2,702	8.2	–	$13,911
	Canadian Action	John Hrapchak	275	0.8	–
Total valid votes			32,868	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			107	0.3
Turnout			32,975	64.5

1908–1988

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Stan Hovdebo	13,359	35.6	+0.8
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Dobrowolsky	13,062	34.8	+2.3
	Liberal	J.H. Clyne Harradence	10,886	29.0	-3.8
	Confederation of Regions	Tony Panas	262	0.7
Total valid votes			37,569	100.0

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Stan Hovdebo	11,601	34.8	-3.2
	Liberal	J.H. Clyne Harradence	10,919	32.8	+7.3
	Progressive Conservative	Kris Eggum	10,819	32.5	-3.6
Total valid votes			33,339	100.0
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Canadian federal by-election, 19 November 1979
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
On Mr. Diefenbaker's death, 16 August 1979
	New Democratic	Stan Hovdebo	10,941	38.0	+2.3
	Progressive Conservative	Kris Eggum	10,385	36.0	-12.9
	Liberal	J.H. Clyne Harradence	7,336	25.5	+10.1
	Independent	John L. De Bruyne	147	0.5
Total valid votes			28,809	100.0

v t e 1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	16,438	49.0	-10.2
	New Democratic	Stan Hovdebo	11,979	35.7	+14.1
	Liberal	Peter Abrametz	5,158	15.4	-2.7
Total valid votes			33,575	100.0

v t e 1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	17,787	59.1	-0.4
	New Democratic	Thora E. Wiggens	6,496	21.6	-6.3
	Liberal	Philip Edward West	5,426	18.0	+7.0
	Social Credit	Joseph Gerrard Cools	366	1.2	-0.1
Total valid votes			30,075	100.0

v t e 1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	19,410	59.5	+3.5
	New Democratic	Bill Berezowsky	9,115	27.9	-0.2
	Liberal	Leo F. Pinel	3,613	11.1	-4.7
	Social Credit	Claude Campagna	421	1.3
	Independent	Bill Fair	61	0.2
Total valid votes			32,620	100.0

v t e 1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	17,850	56.0	-9.0
	New Democratic	Al Hartley	8,979	28.2	+10.6
	Liberal	Philip Edward West	5,025	15.8	+1.4
Total valid votes			31,854	100.0

v t e 1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	15,635	65.1	-6.3
	New Democratic	Peter Kachur	4,227	17.6	+4.1
	Liberal	Lenore Ramsland Andrews	3,453	14.4	+1.5
	Social Credit	John Dashchuk	718	3.0	+0.7
Total valid votes			24,033	100.0

v t e 1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	17,824	71.4	+0.6
	New Democratic	Henry Merrifield Apps	3,373	13.5	-2.7
	Liberal	Harold John Fraser	3,206	12.8	+2.2
	Social Credit	Kenneth Solheim	565	2.3	-0.2
Total valid votes			24,968	100.0

v t e 1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	18,276	70.8	-1.3
	New Democratic	Roger C. Carter	4,173	16.2	-0.7
	Liberal	George William Newell	2,745	10.6	-0.4
	Social Credit	Ken Solheim	627	2.4
Total valid votes			25,821	100.0

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

v t e 1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	16,583	72.1	+19.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thora Elizabeth Wiggens	3,870	16.8	-8.1
	Liberal	Ernie Unruh	2,538	11.0	-11.0
Total valid votes			22,991	100.0

v t e 1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	12,349	53.1	+9.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Nathaniel Gooding	5,795	24.9	-6.0
	Liberal	Russell Ernest Partridge	5,119	22.0	-1.7
Total valid votes			23,263	100.0

v t e 1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	10,038	44.1	+31.9
	Co-operative Commonwealth	David Frederick Corney	7,037	30.9	-8.8
	Liberal	Floyd Robert Glass	5,409	23.7	-24.4
	Labor–Progressive	Phyllis Clarke	295	1.3
Total valid votes			22,779	100.0

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Heselton Helme	8,916	48.2	+7.8
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edward LeRoy Bowerman	7,341	39.6	-1.3
	Progressive Conservative	George Henry Whitter	2,258	12.2	-2.1
Total valid votes			18,515	100.0

v t e 1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Elected
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edward LeRoy Bowerman	7,928	40.99	+30.0	Y
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	7,799	40.32	−5.6
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Hemming Nelson	2,768	14.31
	Social Credit	Joshua Norman Haldeman	847	4.38
Total valid votes			19,342	100.0
Source(s) "Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (1908-09-17 - 1988-09-30)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

v t e 1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Elected
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	8,310	45.96	−8.7	Y
	National-Unity	Robert Rae Manville	7,534	41.67
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Peter William Strelive	1,993	11.02	+2.2
	Communist	Alfred Cowie Campbell	243	1.34
Total valid votes			18,080	100.0
Source(s) "Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (1908-09-17 - 1988-09-30)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

v t e 1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Elected
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	9,087	54.67	+1.2	Y
	Social Credit	Alexander Rupert Bedard	3,185	19.16
	Conservative	Tom Francis Graves	2,880	17.33	−29.2
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Tom Johnston	1,469	8.84
Total valid votes			16,621	100.0
Source(s) "Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (1908-09-17 - 1988-09-30)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

v t e 1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Elected
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	9,283	53.43		Y
	Conservative	George Braden	8,091	46.57
Total valid votes			17,374	100.0
Source(s) "Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (1908-09-17 - 1988-09-30)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

v t e Canadian federal by-election, November 2, 1926 (1926-11-02) On Mr. King's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, October 11, 1926 (1926-10-11).
Party	Candidate	Votes	Elected
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	acclaimed	Y
Total valid votes			-	-
Source(s) "Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (1908-09-17 - 1988-09-30)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Elected
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	8,933	64.87	−12.6	Y
	Conservative	John Diefenbaker	4,838	35.13
Total valid votes			13,771	100.0
Source(s) "Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (1908-09-17 - 1988-09-30)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

v t e Canadian federal by-election, February 15, 1926 (1926-02-15) Charles McDonald's resignation on January 15, 1926 (1926-01-15).
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Elected
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	7,920	77.50	+26.3	Y
	Independent	David Luther Burgess	2,299	22.50
Total valid votes			10,219	100.0
History of Federal Ridings Since 1867[15]

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Elected
	Liberal	Charles McDonald	5,301	51.2	+20.0	Y
	Progressive	Andrew Knox	2,638	25.5	-28.1
	Conservative	John Diefenbaker	2,412	23.3	+7.7
Total valid votes			10,351	100.0
Source(s) "Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (1908-09-17 - 1988-09-30)". History of Federal Ridings Since 1867. Library of Parliament. Retrieved 5 October 2021.

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Andrew Knox	8,525	53.6
	Liberal	Lorenzo William Brigham	4,962	31.2	-0.1
	Conservative	David Wilson Paul	2,417	15.2	-56.5
Total valid votes			15,904	100.0

Note: Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election.

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Government (Unionist)	Andrew Knox	6,589	68.7	+15.9
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Samuel McLeod	2,999	31.3	-15.9
Total valid votes			9,588	100.0

Note: Unionist vote is compared to Liberal-Conservative vote in 1911 election.

By-election on 1 February 1915 On Mr. McKay being appointed Judge, 16 December 1914
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Samuel James Donaldson	acclaimed

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James McKay	3,316	52.8	+6.1
	Liberal	William Winfield Rutan	2,961	47.2	-4.2
Total valid votes			6,277	100.0

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Winfield Rutan	2,413	51.4
	Conservative	James McKay	2,194	46.7
	Independent Liberal	W.H. Joseph Jaxon	87	1.9
Total valid votes			4,694	100.0

See also

• Canada portal

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