Cut Knife-Turtleford

Saskatchewan electoral district

Provincial electoral district

Legislature

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

MLA

Larry Doke
Saskatchewan

District created

2002

First contested

2003

Last contested

2016

Demographics

Electors

8,363

Census divisions

Division 12, 13, 17, 16

Cut Knife-Turtleford is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in northwest Saskatchewan, this constituency has an economy based primarily on farming – while oil and gas development is rising. The Battlefords Provincial Park is located here. Communities in the riding include the towns of Cut Knife (population 610), Maidstone (1,037), Lashburn (914), and Turtleford (461); and the villages of Neilburg, Meota, Glaslyn, Marsden, and Edam.

The riding was last contested in the 2016 general election. It returned incumbent MLA Larry Doke of the Saskatchewan Party.

This constituency was created by the Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan) out of the district of Battleford-Cut Knife and the former district of Turtleford.

History

Cut Knife-Turtleford has elected Saskatchewan Party members since it was first contested in 2003. It is considered a safe seat for the Saskatchewan Party, and typically returns members of that party with large majorities.^[1]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years		Party
Cut Knife-Turtleford Riding created from Battleford-Cut Knife and Turtleford
25th	2003–2007	Michael Chisholm	Saskatchewan
26th	2007–2011	Michael Chisholm
27th	2011–2016	Larry Doke
28th	2016–Present	Larry Doke

Election results

Saskatchewan general election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Saskatchewan	Larry Doke	5,765	80.83	+17.56
	New Democratic	Danica Lorer	958	13.43	-19.93
	Liberal	Rod Gopher	255	3.57	+3.57
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Cline	154	2.15	+2.15
	Green	Tammy Fairley Saunders	90	1.26	-2.13
Total valid votes			–	100.0
Eligible voters			–
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		-
Source: Elections Saskatchewan,^[2]^[3] Global News^[1]

Saskatchewan general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Saskatchewan	Larry Doke	3,977	63.27	+2.24
	New Democratic	Bernadette Gopher	2,096	33.34	+1.89
	Green	Vinessa Currie	213	3.39	+1.29
Total valid votes			6,286	100.0
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		+0.18

Saskatchewan general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Saskatchewan	Michael Chisholm	4,060	61.03	+12.55
	New Democratic	Roger Emberley	2,092	31.45	–7.35
	Liberal	Margaret MacGowan	294	4.42	–5.60
	Green	Vinessa Currie	140	2.10	–
	Western Independence	John Nesdoly	66	0.99	–1.71
Total valid votes			6,652	100.0
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		+9.95

Saskatchewan general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Saskatchewan	Michael Chisholm	3,130	48.48
	New Democratic	John Vinek	2,505	38.80
	Liberal	Larry Ingram	647	10.02
	Western Independence	Josiah Rise	174	2.70
Total valid votes			6,456	100.0
	Saskatchewan pickup new district.

References

1 2 McElroy, Justin (5 April 2015). "Saskatchewan election results 2016: Sask. Party wins Cut Knife-Turtleford riding". Global News. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
↑ "Register of Official Candidates by Constituency - March 19 - FINAL" (PDF). Elections Saskatchewan. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
↑ "2016 General Election Results". Elections Saskatchewan. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.

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Coordinates: 52°50′N 109°00′W / 52.833°N 109.000°W / 52.833; -109.000

Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts

North	Athabasca Batoche Biggar-Sask Valley Canora-Pelly Carrot River Valley Cumberland Cut Knife-Turtleford Humboldt-Watrous Kelvington-Wadena Lloydminster Martensville-Warman Meadow Lake Melfort Prince Albert Carlton Prince Albert Northcote Rosthern-Shellbrook Saskatchewan Rivers The Battlefords

Saskatoon	Saskatoon Centre Saskatoon Churchill-Wildwood Saskatoon Eastview Saskatoon Fairview Saskatoon Meewasin Saskatoon Northwest Saskatoon Nutana Saskatoon Riversdale Saskatoon Silverspring-Sutherland Saskatoon Southeast Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota Saskatoon University Saskatoon Westview Saskatoon Willowgrove

Regina	Regina Coronation Park Regina Douglas Park Regina Elphinstone-Centre Regina Gardiner Park Regina Lakeview Regina Northeast Regina Pasqua Regina Rochdale Regina Rosemont Regina University Regina Walsh Acres Regina Wascana Plains

South	Arm River Cannington Cypress Hills Estevan Indian Head-Milestone Kindersley Last Mountain-Touchwood Lumsden-Morse Melville-Saltcoats Moose Jaw North Moose Jaw Wakamow Moosomin Rosetown-Elrose Swift Current Weyburn-Big Muddy Wood River Yorkton

See also: 2011 election 2016 election List of elections Politics of Saskatchewan

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