Cypress Hills (electoral district)

Cypress Hills

Saskatchewan electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA	Doug Steele Saskatchewan
District created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2016
Demographics
Electors	10,041
Census division(s)	Division 4, 8

Cypress Hills is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in the extreme southwest corner of the province, this constituency was formed by the Representation Act, 1994 (Saskatchewan) through combining the districts of Shaunavon, Maple Creek, and portions of Swift Current.

The district has an economy based on agriculture, cattle ranching and major oil and gas production. The constituency also contains the Great Sand Hills in its northern areas and Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park. A near-complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton – one of only 12 in the world – was found near the town of Eastend.

The largest communities include Maple Creek and Shaunavon with populations of 2,270 and 1,775 respectively. Smaller centers in the district include the towns of Gull Lake, Leader, Cabri, Eastend and Burstall; and the villages of Frontier, Fox Valley, Tompkins, Abbey, Webb and Consul.

An electoral district in the same area called "Cypress" existed from 1917 until 1934.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
23rd	1995 – 1998		Jack Goohsen	Progressive Conservative
	1999		Wayne Elhard	Saskatchewan Party
24th	1999 – 2003
25th	2003 – 2007
26th	2007 – 2011
27th	2011 – 2016
28th	2016 – present		Doug Steele	Saskatchewan Party

Election results

2016 Saskatchewan general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Doug Steele	5,730	–	–
	New Democratic	Barb Genert	864	–	–
	Progressive Conservative	John Goohsen	381	–	–
	Green	Marie Crowe	133	–	–
	Liberal	Charles Tait	98	–	–
Total valid votes			–	100.0
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan general election, 2011: Cypress Hills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Wayne Elhard	5,080	82.90%	+7.18	NDP	Alex Mortensen	757	12.35%	-3.61
	Green	William Caton	291	4.75%	+1.80
Total			6,128	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 2007: Cypress Hills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Wayne Elhard	5,357	75.72%	+10.27	NDP	Jason Hicks	1,129	15.96%	-4.84
	Liberal	Josh Haugerud	321	4.54%	-9.21
	Green	Bill Clary	209	2.95%	–
	Western Independence	David Sawkiw	59	0.83%	–
Total			7,075	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 2003: Cypress Hills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Wayne Elhard	4,442	65.45%	+2.78	NDP	Eric August	1,412	20.80%	+0.08
	Liberal	Barry Thienes	933	13.75%	-2.86
Total			6,787	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1999: Cypress Hills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Wayne Elhard	4,138	62.67%	+11.11	NDP	Keith Murch	1,368	20.72%	-1.42
	Liberal	Barry Thienes	1,097	16.61%	-9.69
Total			6,603	100.00%

June 28, 1999 By-Election: Cypress Hills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Wayne Elhard	2,958	51.56%	–
	Liberal	Barry Thienes	1,509	26.30%	-10.10	NDP	Keith Murch	1,270	22.14%	-3.15
Total			5,737	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 1995: Cypress Hills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Prog. Conservative	Jack Goohsen	2,863	38.31%	–
	Liberal	Barry Thienes	2,720	36.40%	–	NDP	Carl Wenaas	1,890	25.29%	–
Total			7,473	100.00%

External links

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