Wood River (electoral district)

Wood River

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan provincial electoral district
Member of the Legislative Assembly		Yogi Huyghebaert Saskatchewan Party
Population (2001)
Electors (2011)	10,005
Area (km²)
Pop. density (per km²)
Riding created	1995
Census divisions	Division 3, 4, 7, 8
Subdivisions

Wood River is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southern Saskatchewan, the district was created by the Representation Act, 1994 (Saskatchewan) out of the former constituency of Assiniboia-Gravelbourg and half of the Shaunavon district.

Communities in the riding include the towns of Assiniboia, Ponteix, Rockglen, Gravelbourg, Mossbank and Lafleche; and the villages of Vanguard, Wood Mountain, Hodgeville, Mankota, Bracken and Val Marie.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
23rd	1995 – 1999		Glen McPherson	Liberal
24th	1999 – 2000
	2000 – 2003		Yogi Huyghebaert	Saskatchewan Party
25th	2003 – 2007
26th	2007 – 2011
27th	2011 – present

Election results

Saskatchewan general election, 2011: Wood River electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan Party	D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert	5,354	82.03	+12.44
	NDP	Randy Gaudry	961	14.72	-2.54
	Greens	Amelia Swiderski	212	3.25	+1.02
Total			6,527	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 2007: Wood River electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan Party	D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert	5,325	69.59	+14.23
	NDP	Steve Ryan	1,320	17.26	-8.61
	Liberal	Michael Klein	768	10.04	-6.09
	Greens	Lynn Arrayel	171	2.23	–
	Western Independence Party	Rocky Young	67	0.88	-1.76
Total			7,649	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 2003: Wood River electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan Party	D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert	4,324	55.36	-9.73
	NDP	Trevor Davies	2,021	25.87	+8.91
	Liberal	Louis Stringer	1,260	16.13	+4.58
	Western Independence Party	Nick Yorga	206	2.64	–
Total			7,811	100.00%

2000 By-election: Wood River electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan Party	D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert	4,384	65.09	+25.35
	NDP	Robert Anderson	1,142	16.96	-3.55
	Liberal	Jerry Ruehs	778	11.55	-28.20
	New Green Alliance	Peter Borch	431	6.40	–
Total			6,735	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1999: Wood River electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Glen McPherson	3,163	39.75	-8.27
	Saskatchewan Party	D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert	3,162	39.74	–
	NDP	Robert Anderson	1,632	20.51	-9.89
Total			7,957	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1995: Wood River electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Glen McPherson	4,146	48.02	–
	NDP	Allen Engel	2,624	30.40	–
	Prog. Conservative	D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert	1,863	21.58	–
Total			8,633	100.00%

1999 Election controversy

In 1999, a controversy erupted in the Wood River constituency as Saskatchewan Party candidate Yogi Huyghebaert tied Liberal candidate Glen McPherson. The returning officer cast the deciding vote in favour of McPherson, giving the Liberals four seats. This result was later thrown out in court and a by-election was ordered in June 2000. McPherson did not run and Huyghebaert then won a resounding victory.

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