Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar

Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar (formerly known as Saskatoon—Rosetown) was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015.

Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar

Saskatchewan electoral district
Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts
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]	72,893
Electors (2011)	49,314
Area (km²)[2]	10,935.79
Census subdivision(s)	Saskatoon, Corman Park No. 344, Vanscoy No. 345, Rosetown, Biggar

Geography

The district consisted of the southwestern quadrant of Saskatoon and the surrounding southwestern rural area which included the towns of Biggar, Rosetown, and Delisle.

History

It was created in 1996 as "Saskatoon—Rosetown" from Kindersley—Lloydminster, Saskatoon—Clark's Crossing, Saskatoon—Dundurn, and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake ridings.

In 1997, it was renamed "Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar".

This riding was the closest in Saskatchewan in 2008, when it was decided by fewer than 300 votes. The major parties nominated the same candidates in 2011 as they did in 2008. The incumbent was Conservative Kelly Block, an administrator from Saskatoon. She held the riding against Delisle farmer and National Farmers Union activist Nettie Wiebe.

Following the Canadian federal electoral redistribution, 2012, the riding was abolished. The Saskatoon portion became part of Saskatoon West, while the rural portions joined Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek and Battlefords—Lloydminster.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Saskatoon—Rosetown Riding created from Kindersley—Lloydminster, Saskatoon—Clark's Crossing, Saskatoon—Dundurn and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake
36th	1997–1999		Chris Axworthy	New Democratic
	1999–2000		Dennis Gruending
Riding renamed — Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar
37th	2000–2003		Carol Skelton	Alliance
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011		Kelly Block
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek, Saskatoon West and Battlefords—Lloydminster

Election results

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kelly Block	14,652	48.70	+3.31	$80,469
	New Democratic	Nettie Wiebe	14,114	46.91	+2.49	$73,723
	Liberal	Lee Reaney	697	2.32	-2.09	$7,509
	Green	Vicki Strelioff	626	2.08	-2.49	$1,459
Total valid votes/expense limit			30,089	100.00		$81,126
Total rejected ballots			131	0.43	+0.11
Turnout			30,220	62.29	+7.47
Eligible voters			48,516	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Kelly Block	12,231	45.39	-0.15	$78,169
	New Democratic	Nettie Wiebe	11,969	44.42	+5.44	$63,284
	Green	Amber Jones	1,232	4.57	+2.05	$8,174
	Liberal	Roy Bluehorn	1,188	4.41	-7.67	$10,785
	Independent	Rick Barsky	138	0.51	-2.01	N/A
	Christian Heritage	Marcel Bourassa	115	0.43	-0.45	$50
	Libertarian	Kevin Stricker	73	0.27	–	$1,339
Total valid votes/expense limit			26,946	100.00		$78,625
Total rejected ballots			87	0.32	+0.05
Turnout			27,033	54.82	-4.90

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	x-Carol Skelton	13,331	45.54	+0.70	$58,211
	New Democratic	Nettie Wiebe	11,412	38.98	+2.74	$62,156
	Liberal	Myron Luczka	3,536	12.08	-3.67	$2,869
	Green	Rick Barsky	738	2.52	-0.66	$1,068
	Christian Heritage	Marcel Bourassa	258	0.88	–	$4,463
Total valid votes			29,275	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			78	0.27	-0.08
Turnout			29,353	59.72	+7.20

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	x-Carol Skelton	11,875	44.84	-2.48	$55,798
	New Democratic	Dennis Gruending	9,597	36.24	-5.17	$58,518
	Liberal	Myron Luczka	4,171	15.75	+4.48	$24,337
	Green	Rick Barsky	841	3.18	–	$118
Total valid votes			26,484	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			92	0.35	0.00
Turnout			26,576	52.52	-3.1

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

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Carol Skelton	11,177	41.66	+14.05	$54,132
	New Democratic	x-Dennis Gruending	11,109	41.41	+0.82	$59,591
	Liberal	Alice Farness	3,023	11.27	-4.37	$3,832
	Progressive Conservative	Dale Buxton	1,518	5.66	-8.67	$5,021
Total valid votes			26,827	100.00		–
Total rejected ballots			95	0.35	0.00
Turnout			26,922	55.6	+21.9

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in the 1999 by-election.

Canadian federal by-election, November 15, 1999 due to the resignation of Chris Axworthy
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dennis Gruending	6,353	40.59	-3.13	$58,658
	Reform	Jim McAllister	4,321	27.61	-4.96	$59,422
	Liberal	Henry Dayday	2,448	15.64	-0.40	$41,974
	Progressive Conservative	Rich Gabruch	2,242	14.33	+7.35	$35,087
	Green	David Greenfield	175	1.12	–	$0
	Independent	Ace Cetinski	111	0.71	–	$9,527
Total valid votes/expense limit			15,650	100.00		$58,901
Total rejected ballots			55	0.35	+0.06
Turnout			15,705	33.66	-26.2

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	x-Chris Axworthy	12,095	43.72	$56,131
	Reform	x-Elwin Hermanson	9,011	32.57	$33,126
	Liberal	Tanyss Munro	4,438	16.04	$37,991
	Progressive Conservative	Richard Gabruch	1,931	6.98	$11,361
	Canadian Action	Rick Barsky	191	0.69	$1,760
Total valid votes/expense limit			27,666	100.00	$58,640
Total rejected ballots			113	0.41
Turnout			27,779	59.9

See also

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