Cut Knife-Turtleford

Cut Knife-Turtleford

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan provincial electoral district
Member of the Legislative Assembly		Larry Doke Saskatchewan Party
Population (2001)
Electors (2011)	8,363
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created	2002
Census divisions	Division 12, 13, 17, 16
Subdivisions

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.

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
25th	2003 – 2007		Michael Chisholm	Saskatchewan Party
26th	2007 – 2011
27th	2011 – present		Larry Doke	Saskatchewan Party

Election results

Saskatchewan general election, 2011: Cut Knife-Turtleford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan Party	Larry Doke	3,977	63.27%	+2.24
	NDP	Bernadette Gopher	2,096	33.34%	+1.89
	Green	Vinessa Currie	213	3.39%	+1.29
Total			6,286	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 2007: Cut Knife-Turtleford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan Party	Michael Chisholm	4,060	61.03%	+12.55
	NDP	Roger Emberley	2,092	31.45%	-7.35
	Liberal	Margaret MacGowan	294	4.42%	-5.60
	Green	Vinessa Currie	140	2.10%	*
	Western Independence Party	John Nesdoly	66	0.99%	-1.71
Total			6,652	100.00

Saskatchewan general election, 2003: Cut Knife-Turtleford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan Party	Michael Chisholm	3,130	48.48%	*
	NDP	John Vinek	2,505	38.80%	*
	Liberal	Larry Ingram	647	10.02%	*
	Western Independence Party	Josiah Rise	174	2.70%	*
Total			6,456	100.00

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
• Elections Saskatchewan: Official Results of the 2007 Provincial Election By Electoral Division
• Elections Saskatchewan - Official Results of the 2011 Provincial Election
• Saskatchewan Archives Board – Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division