Martensville (electoral district)

Martensville

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan provincial electoral district
Member of the Legislative Assembly		Nancy Heppner Saskatchewan Party
Population (2001)
Electors (2011)	13,371
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created	2003
Census divisions	Division No. 16
Subdivisions

Martensville is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located north of Saskatoon, the community of Martensville gained city status in 2009.

The electoral district was created in 2003, mostly out of the former constituency of Rosthern.

Smaller communities in the district include the towns of Warman, Hague, Waldheim, Osler, and Dalmeny; and the village of Hepburn.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

	Name	Party	Elected	Left Office
	Ben Heppner	Saskatchewan Party	2003	2006
	Nancy Heppner	Saskatchewan Party	2007	present

Election results (2003 – present)

Saskatchewan General Election 2011, Martensville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan Party	Nancy Heppner	6,819	83.14%	+9.67
	NDP	Catlin Hogan	1,109	13.52%	-5.21
	Greens	Chad Wm. Crozier	274	3.34%	+1.39
Total			8,202	100.00%

Saskatchewan General Election 2007, Martensville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan Party	Nancy Heppner	5,981	73.47%	-3.82
	NDP	Chris Gallaway	1,525	18.73%	+8.24
	Liberal	Eric Steiner	476	5.85%	-1.67
	Greens	Hart Haidn	159	1.95%	-0.22
Total			8,141	100.00%

Martensville provincial by-election, 2007

A provincial by-election was held on 5 March 2007 to fill the vacancy left when MLA Ben Heppner died of prostate cancer.^[1] In a first for Saskatchewan politics, Saskatchewan Party candidate Nancy Heppner succeeded her late father.

March 5, 2007 By-Election: Martensville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan Party	Nancy Heppner	3,566	77.29%	+22.04%
	NDP	John Tzupa	484	10.49%	-16.38%
	Liberal	Nathan Friesen	347	7.52%	-9.11%
	Greens	Sandra Finley	100	2.17%	*
	Western Independence	Gordon Elias	42	0.91%	-0.69%
	Marijuana	Nathan Holowaty	38	0.82%	*
Total			4,614 (6 spoiled)	100.00%

Saskatchewan General Election 2003, Martensville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan Party	Ben Heppner	3,771	55.25%	–
	NDP	Zane Dmytryshyn	1,834	26.87%	–
	Liberal	Allan Earle	1,135	16.63%	–
	Western Independence	Warren Fehr	85	1.25%	–
Total			6,825	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 District – Information on earlier Rosthern provincial constituency.