Saskatoon—Wanuskewin

For the park and interpretive centre, see Wanuskewin Heritage Park.

Saskatoon—Wanuskewin was a federal electoral district (also called riding) in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015. (In the Cree language: ᐋᐧᓇᐢᑫᐃᐧᐣ / wânaskêwin means, "being at peace with oneself".) It covered a part of the city of Saskatoon.

Saskatoon—Wanuskewin

Saskatchewan electoral district
Saskatoon—Wanuskewin in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts
Coordinates:	52.624°N 106.890°W / 52.624; -106.890
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]	82,553
Electors (2011)	55,327
Area (km²)[2]	10,233.82
Census division(s)	Saskatoon
Census subdivision(s)	Saskatoon, Corman Park No. 344, Martensville, Warman

Geography

The riding included the northwest quadrant of Saskatoon and extended north past Duck Lake, northwest past Lucky Man and west past Ruddell. The riding also included the cities of Warman and Martensville.

History

It was created in 1996 as "Wanuskewin" from Saskatoon—Clark's Crossing and portions of Kindersley—Lloydminster, Prince Albert—Churchill River and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake ridings.

In 2000, it was renamed "Saskatoon—Wanuskewin".

The electoral district was abolished in 2013 and now is contained within the bounds of Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Wanuskewin Riding created from Saskatoon—Clark's Crossing, Kindersley—Lloydminster, Prince Albert—Churchill River and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake
36th	1997–2000		Maurice Vellacott	Reform
	2000–2000			Alliance
Riding renamed — Saskatoon—Wanuskewin
37th	2000–2003		Maurice Vellacott	Alliance
	2003–2004			Conservative
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
Riding dissolved into Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek, Saskatoon West, Prince Albert and Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River

Election results

Saskatoon—Wanuskewin

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Maurice Vellacott	21,183	58.43	+1.92	$34,890
	New Democratic	John Parry	11,395	31.43	+7.07	$16,104
	Liberal	Patricia Zipchen	2,428	6.70	-5.70	$15,022
	Green	Mark Bigland-Pritchard	1,250	3.45	-3.28	$991
Total valid votes/Expense limit			36,256	100.00		$83,569
Total rejected ballots			134	0.37	+0.06
Turnout			36,390	64.33	+5.55
Eligible voters			56,570	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Maurice Vellacott	18,320	56.51	+7.12	$36,224
	New Democratic	Clint Davidson	7,898	24.36	+2.28	$20,679
	Liberal	Patricia Zipchen	4,020	12.40	-11.68	$13,240
	Green	Tobi-Dawne Smith	2,182	6.73	+3.14	$3,675
Total valid votes/Expense limit			32,420	100.00		$80,396
Total rejected ballots			100	0.31	+0.04
Turnout			32,520	58.78	-8.57

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Maurice Vellacott	17,753	49.39	+2.74	$62,331.71
	Liberal	Chris Axworthy	8,655	24.08	−8.50	$52,437.43
	New Democratic	Jim Maddin	7,939	22.09	+4.27	$35,098.35
	Green	Don Cameron	1,292	3.59	+0.63	$880.29
	Christian Heritage	Dale Sanders	307	0.85	−0.90	$1,552.99
Total valid votes			35,946	100.00
Total rejected ballots			96	0.27	+0.03
Turnout			36,042	67.35	+7.63
Electors on the lists			53,513

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Maurice Vellacott	15,109	46.64	−11.09	$66,433.82
	Liberal	Chris Axworthy	10,553	32.58	+15.76	$72,269.97
	New Democratic	Priscilla Settee	5,770	17.81	−6.42	$38,635.22
	Green	David Greenfield	960	2.96	+1.75	$25.00
Total valid votes			32,392	100.00
Total rejected ballots			76	0.23	−0.03
Turnout			32,468	59.72	−1.90
Electors on the lists			54,366
Percentage change figures are factored for redistribution. Conservative Party percentages are contrasted with the combined Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative percentages from 2000.
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Maurice Vellacott	17,404	52.57	+13.42	$59,707.59
	New Democratic	Hugh Walker	8,022	24.23	−2.55	$34,545.31
	Liberal	Bill Patrick	5,567	16.82	−7.61	$16,493.01
	Progressive Conservative	Kirk Eggum	1,709	5.16	−2.76	$0.00
	Green	David Greenfield	402	1.21		$0.00
Total valid votes			33,104	100.00
Total rejected ballots			86	0.26	−0.08
Turnout			33,190	61.62	−2.17
Electors on the lists			53,862
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Wanuskewin

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election: Wanuskewin
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Reform	Maurice Vellacott	12,854	39.16	$39,845
	New Democratic	Walter Kyliuk	8,793	26.79	$57,104
	Liberal	Tom Hengen	8,020	24.43	$35,221
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Meakin	2,602	7.93	$7,207
	Independent	Sam Dyck	420	1.28	$1,781
	Natural Law	Patrick J. Coulterman	138	0.42	$61
Total valid votes			32,827	100.00
Total rejected ballots			112	0.34
Turnout			32,939	63.79
Electors on the lists			51,635
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

See also

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