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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]
Graph of election results in Prince Albert (since 1997, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn’t run consistently are omitted)
2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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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