Prince Albert (electoral district) – Wikipedia

Federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada

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.

Geography[edit]

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[edit]

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]

Members of Parliament[edit]

Election results[edit]

1997–present[edit]

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[7][8]

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	–	–

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

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

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.

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[edit]

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

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

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

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