Regina—Wascana

For other uses, see Wascana (disambiguation).

Regina—Wascana (formerly Wascana) is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.

Regina—Wascana

Saskatchewan electoral district
From the 2015 federal election to 2025 From the 2025 federal election Interactive map of riding boundaries
Coordinates:	50.426°N 104.549°W / 50.426; -104.549
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Michael Kram Conservative
District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]	89,087
Electors (2015)	55,497
Area (km²)[1]	61.90
Pop. density (per km²)	1,439.2
Census division(s)	Regina
Census subdivision(s)	Regina (part)

Geography

Most of the riding is within the provincial capital city of Regina, in southern Saskatchewan.

The riding is bordered on the south by Fifth Base Line; on the west by Albert Street; on the north-west by the Canadian Pacific Railway; on the north by Victoria Avenue; and on the east by Range Road 190.^[2]

The riding is bordered on the south by Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan; on the west by Regina—Lewvan; and on the north and east by Regina—Qu'Appelle.^[2] The riding lost significant territory in the 2012 re-distribution to Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan and Souris—Moose Mountain, but lost very little population.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Regina—Wascana (2011−2021)

Panethnic group	2021[1]		2016[3]		2011[4]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European[a]	55,025	62.92%	57,815	70.05%	59,840	79.18%
South Asian	7,970	9.11%	5,315	6.44%	2,135	2.83%
Indigenous	7,560	8.64%	6,410	7.77%	5,355	7.09%
Southeast Asian[b]	5,180	5.92%	3,930	4.76%	3,035	4.02%
African	4,320	4.94%	2,855	3.46%	1,200	1.59%
East Asian[c]	4,315	4.93%	4,050	4.91%	2,585	3.42%
Middle Eastern[d]	1,630	1.86%	1,055	1.28%	580	0.77%
Latin American	590	0.67%	490	0.59%	530	0.7%
Other/multiracial[e]	855	0.98%	610	0.74%	315	0.42%
Total responses	87,450	98.16%	82,530	98.07%	75,570	97.88%
Total population	89,087	100%	84,153	100%	77,208	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

According to the 2016 Canadian census^[5]

Languages: 78.3% English, 2.3% Mandarin, 2.0% Tagalog, 1.6% French, 1.3% Punjabi, 1.3% German, 1.1% Urdu, 1.1% Cantonese
Religions (2011): 68.3% Christian (31.3% Catholic, 12.0% United Church, 6.6% Lutheran, 3.2% Anglican, 2.2% Baptist, 1.5% Christian Orthodox, 1.2% Pentecostal, 10.3% Other), 2.0% Muslim, 1.3% Buddhist, 1.1% Hind, 25.8 No religion
Median income (2015): $42,192
Average income (2015): $55,770

History

The electoral district was created in 1988 from Regina East, Regina West and Assiniboia. From 1993 to 2019, Ralph Goodale, who served as Minister of Finance and Minister of Public Safety, was the Member of Parliament. Between 2004 and 2015 (for the 38th through 41st Canadian Parliaments inclusive), Goodale was the only non-Conservative MP to serve a constituency in Saskatchewan. Along with Winnipeg North, Wascana was one of only two seats retained by the Liberals in the Prairie Provinces in the 2011 election.

Historical boundaries

• 
  1987 representation order
• 
  1996 representation order
• 
  2013 representation order
• 
  2023 representation order

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Regina—Wascana Riding created from Assiniboia, Regina East, and Regina West
34th	1988–1993		Larry Schneider	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997		Ralph Goodale	Liberal
Wascana
36th	1997–2000		Ralph Goodale	Liberal
37th	2000–2004
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Regina—Wascana
42nd	2015–2019		Ralph Goodale	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021		Michael Kram	Conservative
44th	2021–2025
45th	2025–present

Current member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Michael Kram. He was first elected in the 2019 Canadian federal election, after having run and finishing second in the 2015 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Election results

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

Regina—Wascana: 2015–present

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Kram	22,072	50.08	+0.18
	Liberal	Jeffrey Walters	19,252	43.68	+16.76
	New Democratic	Kaitlyn Stadnyk	2,138	4.85	–13.22
	People's	Peter Bruce	326	0.74	–2.76
	Green	Kimberly Epp	289	0.66	–0.95
Total valid votes/expense limit			44,077	69.59
Total rejected ballots			294	0.66
Turnout			44,371	70.06
Eligible voters			63,339
	Conservative hold		Swing		–8.15
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

2021 federal election redistributed results[8]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	19,258	49.90
	Liberal	10,388	26.92
	New Democratic	6,974	18.07
	People's	1,352	3.50
	Green	622	1.61

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Kram	19,261	49.9	+0.47	$80,923.17
	Liberal	Sean McEachern	10,390	26.9	-6.71	$86,519.29
	New Democratic	Erin Hidlebaugh	6,975	18.1	+5.39	$3,062.34
	People's	Mario Milanovski	1,352	3.5	+2.51	$2,039.18
	Green	Victor Lau	622	1.6	-1.3	$2,714.95
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,600	99.3	–	$102,892.46
Total rejected ballots			291	0.07
Turnout			38,891	63.9
Eligible voters			60,858
Source: Elections Canada[9]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Michael Kram	22,418	49.43	+19.16	$74,982.33
	Liberal	Ralph Goodale	15,242	33.61	-21.52	$92,046.46
	New Democratic	Hailey Clark	5,801	12.79	+0.24	none listed
	Green	Tamela Friesen	1,316	2.90	+0.85	$2,193.36
	People's	Mario Milanovski	450	0.99	-	$4,344.47
	Independent	Evangeline Godron	128	0.28	-	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,355	99.25
Total rejected ballots			344	0.75	+0.34
Turnout			45,699	75.60	+0.99
Eligible voters			60,451
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+20.34
Source: Elections Canada[10][11][12]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ralph Goodale	23,552	55.13	+13.37	$96,786.47
	Conservative	Michael Kram	12,931	30.27	-5.44	$89,000.81
	New Democratic	April Bourgeois	5,362	12.55	-7.53	$21,735.49
	Green	Frances Simonson	878	2.06	-0.4	$4,601.01
Total valid votes/expense limit			42,723	99.59		$193,043.93
Total rejected ballots			176	0.41	–
Turnout			42,889	74.60	–
Eligible voters			57,504
	Liberal hold		Swing		+9.41
Source: Elections Canada[13][14][15]

2011 federal election redistributed results[16]
Party		Vote	%
	Liberal	15,271	41.76
	Conservative	13,056	35.71
	New Democratic	7,341	20.08
	Green	898	2.46

Wascana: 1997–2015

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election: Wascana
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ralph Goodale	15,823	40.8	-5.2	$65,366
	Conservative	Ian Shields	14,291	36.9	+2.3	$74,976
	New Democratic	Marc Spooner	7,681	19.8	+5.1	$25,821
	Green	Bill Clary	954	2.5	-2.1	$755
Total valid votes			38,749	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			106	0.3	0.0
Turnout			38,855	68.1	+3.9
Eligible voters			57,034	–	–

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election: Wascana
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ralph Goodale	17,028	46.0	-5.7	$66,057
	Conservative	Michelle Hunter	12,798	34.6	+4.4	$66,686
	New Democratic	Stephen Moore	5,418	14.7	+0.2	$19,393
	Green	George Wooldridge	1,706	4.6	+1.1	$4,204
Total valid votes/expense limit			36,950	100.0	$77,030
Total rejected ballots			121	0.3	+0.1
Turnout			37,071	64.2	-6

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election: Wascana
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ralph Goodale	20,666	51.8	-5.4	$66,648
	Conservative	Brad Farquhar	11,990	30.0	+5.8	$67,579
	New Democratic	Helen Yum	5,880	14.7	-1.3	$30,123
	Green	Nigel Taylor	1,378	3.5	+0.9	$1,653
Total valid votes			39,914	100.0
Total rejected ballots			94	0.2	0.0
Turnout			40,008	70	+7

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election: Wascana
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ralph Goodale	20,567	57.2	+16.0	$43,226
	Conservative	Doug Cryer	8,709	24.2	-11.9	$57,802
	New Democratic	Erin M.K. Weir	5,771	16.0	-5.5	$29,783
	Green	Darcy Robilliard	928	2.6
Total valid votes			35,975	100.0
Total rejected ballots			80	0.2	-0.1
Turnout			36,055	63.1	+0.9

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the Canadian Alliance vote in 2000 election.

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election: Wascana
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ralph Goodale	14,244	41.2	-0.7	$56,685
	Alliance	James Rybchuk	12,492	36.1	+7.2	$59,667
	New Democratic	Garth Ormiston	7,446	21.5	-6.8	$58,098
	Canadian Action	Wayne Gilmer	401	1.2	+0.4	$1,619
Total valid votes			34,583	100.0
Total rejected ballots			98	0.3	-0.1
Turnout			34,681	62.3	-4.0

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

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election: Wascana
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ralph Goodale	14,077	41.9	-2.4	$54,021
	New Democratic	John Burton	9,530	28.4	+7.2	$37,942
	Reform	Glen Blager	7,261	21.6	+5.9	$39,285
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Morris	2,477	7.4	-8.4	$18,266
	Canadian Action	Walter P. Sigda	264	0.8	–	$1,822
Total valid votes			33,609	100.0
Total rejected ballots			136	0.4
Turnout			33,745	66.2

Regina—Wascana: 1988–1997

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ralph Goodale	19,555	44.3	+11.5
	New Democratic	Donna Shire	9,323	21.1	-11.8
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Schneider	6,943	15.7	-18.3
	Reform	Andrew Jackson	6,935	15.7	–
	National	John Keen	734	1.7	–
	Natural Law	C. Angus Hunt	228	0.5	–
	Christian Heritage	Hugh Owens	192	0.4	–
	Independent	Barry James Farr	185	0.4	–
	Canada Party	Walter P. Sigda	64	0.1	–
Total valid votes			44,159	100.0

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Schneider	15,339	34.0
	New Democratic	Dickson Bailey	14,829	32.9
	Liberal	Ralph Goodale	14,804	32.8
	Communist	Kimball Cariou	76	0.2
	Libertarian	Ian Christopher Madsen	65	0.1
Total valid votes			45,113	100.0

See also

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