Saskatoon—Humboldt

Saskatoon—Humboldt was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979, and from 1988 to 2015.

Saskatoon—Humboldt

Saskatchewan electoral district
Saskatoon—Humboldt in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts
Coordinates:	52.506°N 105.174°W / 52.506; -105.174
Defunct federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
District created	1987
District abolished	2013
First contested	1988
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)[1]	82,743
Electors (2011)	56,377
Area (km²)[2]	11,664.04
Census subdivision(s)	Saskatoon, Humboldt, Corman Park No. 344

Geography

The riding consisted of the northeastern quadrant of Saskatoon and the city of Humboldt and the rural towns of Naicam, Wakaw and Watson. The riding extended to Quill Lake in the east, Pleasantdale in the northeast and St. Louis in the north.

History

This electoral district was first created in 1966 from Humboldt—Melfort, Rosthern (electoral district), and Saskatoon ridings. It was abolished in 1976 and divided amongst Humboldt—Lake Centre, Prince Albert, and Saskatoon East ridings.

It was re-created in 1987 from Humboldt—Lake Centre, Prince Albert, and Saskatoon East ridings and was abolished again in 2013. Most of the Saskatoon portion became part of Saskatoon—University, with a smaller portion going to Saskatoon—Grasswood. The rural portion was split among Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek, Yorkton—Melville, and Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan.

Members of Parliament

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

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Saskatoon—Humboldt Riding created from Humboldt—Melfort, Rosthern and Saskatoon
28th	1968–1972		Otto Lang	Liberal
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
Riding dissolved into Humboldt—Lake Centre, Prince Albert and Saskatoon East
Riding re-created from Humboldt—Lake Centre, Prince Albert and Saskatoon East
34th	1988–1993		Stan Hovdebo	New Democratic
35th	1993–1997		Georgette Sheridan	Liberal
36th	1997–2000		Jim Pankiw	Reform
	2000–2000			Alliance
37th	2000–2002
	2002–2004			Independent
38th	2004–2006		Brad Trost	Conservative
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek, Yorkton—Melville, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan, Saskatoon—University and Saskatoon—Grasswood

Political geography

Once a safe Liberal seat, the NDP took over the new creation in 1988. The Liberals stole it back in 1993, but the Reform party and its successor the Canadian Alliance took it over with a strong win in 2000. However, the riding remained split three ways between the Liberals, the new Conservative Party and the NDP. In 2004, with the incumbent, Jim Pankiw running as an independent on the ticket made for the closest four-way race in the country with the winning party receiving just 26.7% of the vote just 4.5 points ahead of the fourth place finisher.

Election results

1988–2011

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brad Trost	19,954	52.7	-1.1	$61,713
	New Democratic	Denise Kouri	13,271	35.1	+7.3	$72,371
	Liberal	Darren Hill	3,013	8.0	-4.0	$45,694
	Green	Sandra Finley	926	2.4	-4.0	$5,443
	Independent	Jim Pankiw	682	1.8	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,846	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			106	0.3	+0.1
Turnout			37,952	67.7	+6.2
Eligible voters			56,047	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brad Trost	18,610	53.8	+4.7	$57,441
	New Democratic	Scott Ruston	9,632	27.8	-1.7	$43,654
	Liberal	Karen Parhar	4,135	12.0	-4.9	$27,728
	Green	Jean-Pierre Ducasse	2,211	6.4	+2.7	$5,910
Total valid votes/Expense limit			34,588	100.0		$80,987
Total rejected ballots			83	0.2	0.0
Turnout			34,671	61.5	-5

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brad Trost	18,285	49.1	+22.4	$70,424
	New Democratic	Andrew Mason	10,975	29.5	+3.9	$51,091
	Liberal	Peter Stroh	6,281	16.9	-8.6	$44,850
	Green	Mike Jones	1,382	3.7	+1.8	$1,814
	Independent	Tim Nyborg	342	0.9	–	$1,160
Total valid votes			37,265	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			90	0.2	0.0
Turnout			37,355	67	+4

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brad Trost	9,444	26.7	-23.0	$61,922
	New Democratic	Nettie Wiebe	9,027	25.6	-0.9	$58,415
	Liberal	Patrick Wolfe	9,009	25.5	+3.8	$66,060
	Independent	Jim Pankiw	7,076	20.0	–	$73,828
	Green	Ron Schriml	680	1.9	+0.6	$25
	Independent	Larry Zarysky	71	0.2	–	$2,594
Total valid votes			35,307	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			66	0.2	0.0
Turnout			35,373	63	-1

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Jim Pankiw	15,780	44.3	+11.2	$57,144
	New Democratic	Armand Roy	9,420	26.4	-6.0	$42,212
	Liberal	Morris Bodnar	7,740	21.7	-4.7	$35,455
	Progressive Conservative	Lori K. Isinger	1,963	5.5	-1.9	$8,073
	Green	Jason Hanson	488	1.4	–	$2,532
	Canadian Action	Michelle Luciuk	245	0.7	–
Total valid votes			35,636	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			81	0.2	-0.2
Turnout			35,717	64	-1

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Jim Pankiw	11,218	33.1	+3.2	$55,562
	New Democratic	Dennis Gruending	10,998	32.4	+9.6	$59,376
	Liberal	Georgette Sheridan	8,972	26.4	-7.9	$37,643
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Day	2,499	7.4	-2.1	$13,911
	Natural Law	Harmon van Bergen	234	0.7	+0.0
Total valid votes			33,921	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			135	0.4
Turnout			34,056	65

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Georgette Sheridan	12,837	34.4	+13.7
	Reform	Bob Head	11,160	29.9
	New Democratic	Barrett Halderman	8,512	22.8	-20.5
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Gossen	3,535	9.5	-26.7
	National	Larry Buhr	900	2.4
	Natural Law	Dale L. Monson	255	0.7
	Independent	Bryan Sandberg	158	0.4
Total valid votes			37,357	100.0

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Stan Hovdebo	17,703	43.2	+18.2
	Progressive Conservative	Don Ravis	14,793	36.1	+11.6
	Liberal	C.M. Red Williams	8,442	20.6	-28.6
Total valid votes			40,938	100.0

1968–1979

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Otto Lang	23,243	49.2	3.7
	New Democratic	Julius Friesen	11,826	25.1	-5.2
	Progressive Conservative	Eugène Rhéaume	11,592	24.6	+1.5
	Social Credit	Garry Holtorf	548	1.2	+0.3
Total valid votes			47,209	100.0

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Otto Lang	24,733	45.5	+11.2
	New Democratic	George Taylor	16,426	30.2	-2.8
	Progressive Conservative	Lewis Brand	12,533	23.1	-9.5
	Social Credit	Gerald G. Black	463	0.9
	Independent	James Reid	102	0.2
	Independent	Brian Zamulinski	89	0.2
Total valid votes			54,346	100.0

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Otto Lang	15,210	34.3
	New Democratic	George Taylor	14,655	33.1
	Progressive Conservative	Lewis Brand	14,444	32.6
Total valid votes			54,346	100.0

See also

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