Souris—Moose Mountain

Souris—Moose Mountain
Saskatchewan electoral district
	Souris—Moose Mountain in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Robert Kitchen; Conservative
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District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	72,058
Electors (2015)	51,580
Area (km²)	43,184
Pop. density (per km²)	1.7
Census subdivision(s)	Estevan, Weyburn, Moosomin, Grenfell, Carlyle, Kipling, Oxbow, Redvers, Carnduff

Souris—Moose Mountain is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.

Geography

This electoral district is located in Southeast Saskatchewan, encompassing the cities of Weyburn and Estevan. The riding extends from Radville in the west to the Manitoba border, and from Estevan to Grenfell and the Qu'Appelle River in the north.

History

This district was created in 1987 from Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain and portions of the Assiniboia riding.

This riding lost a fraction of territory to Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan and gained territory from Wascana during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Souris—Moose Mountain Riding created from Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain and Assiniboia
34th	1988–1993	Leonard Gustafson	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Bernie Collins	Liberal
36th	1997–2000	Roy Bailey	Reform
36th	2000–2000		Alliance
37th	2000–2003		Alliance
37th	2003–2004		Conservative
38th	2004–2006	Ed Komarnicki
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–present	Robert Kitchen

Current Member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Ed Komarnicki, a lawyer. He was first elected to Parliament in the 2004 election. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. While in the Opposition, Komarnicki was the Conservative critic for Labour and Housing. In the last parliamentary session, he served as a member on the 'Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills Development, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities'.

Election results

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Robert Gordon Kitchen	26,315	70.14	-2.72	–
	New Democratic	Vicky O'Dell	5,131	13.68	-4.81	–
	Liberal	Steve Bebbington	5,076	13.53	+7.94	–
	Green	Bob Deptuck	994	2.65	-0.48	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,516	100.0		$227,839.10
Total rejected ballots			126	–	–
Turnout			37,642	72.25	+8.25
Eligible voters			52,093
	Conservative hold		Swing		-3.78
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,424	72.86
	New Democratic	5,689	18.49
	Liberal	1,719	5.59
	Green	944	3.07

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ed Komarnicki	21,598	74.0	+3.5	$45,028
	New Democratic	Allan Arthur	5,461	18.7	+1.9	$11,460
	Liberal	Gerald Borrowman	1,236	4.2	–2.5	$30,532
	Green	Bob Deptuck	898	3.1	–2.9	$483
Total valid votes			29,193	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			77	0.3	0.0
Turnout			29,270	64.0	+3
Eligible voters			46,242	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ed Komarnicki	19,293	70.5	+7.7	$43,314
	New Democratic	Raquel Fletcher	4,599	16.8	+2.9	$6,182
	Liberal	Marlin Belt	1,834	6.7	-11.8	–
	Green	Bob Deptuck	1,643	6.0	+1.3	$2,093
Total valid votes/Expense limit			27,369	100.0		$89,152
Total rejected ballots			90	0.3	0.0
Turnout			27,459	57	-8

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ed Komarnicki	19,282	62.8	+25.9	$40,537
	Liberal	Lonny McKague	5,681	18.5	-1.1	$42,576
	New Democratic	Michael Haukeness	4,284	14.0	+0.2	$6,329
	Green	Mathew Smith	1,448	4.7	+3.0	$518
Total valid votes			30,695	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			83	0.3	0.0
Turnout			30,778	65.3	+2.3

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ed Komarnicki	11,306	36.9	-33.1	$52,238
	Independent	Grant Devine	8,399	27.4	–	$69,162
	Liberal	Lonny McKague	6,001	19.6	+5.2	$44,913
	New Democratic	Robert Stephen Stringer	4,202	13.7	-1.9	$15,033
	Green	Sigfredo Gonzalez	537	1.8	–
	Christian Heritage	Robert Thomas Jacobson	191	0.6	–	$194
Total valid votes			30,636	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			83	0.3	-0.1
Turnout			30,719	63.0	0.0

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Roy Bailey	19,278	63.3	+22.1	$32,614
	New Democratic	Tom Cameron	4,755	15.6	-3.0	$12,747
	Liberal	Myles Fuchs	4,371	14.3	-12.9	$11,644
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Gabruch	2,060	6.8	-6.2	–
Total valid votes			30,464	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			98	0.3	-0.1
Turnout			30,562	63.0	+4.0

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Roy Bailey	13,732	41.2	+10.5	$24,042
	Liberal	Bernie Collins	9,077	27.2	-5.0	$42,840
	New Democratic	Gary Lake	6,209	18.6	+2.1	$26,063
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Douglas	4,333	13.0	-2.0	$11,530
Total valid votes			33,351	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			128	0.4
Turnout			33,479	67.0

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernie Collins	10,829	32.2	+13.2
	Reform	Doug Heimlick	10,330	30.7	–
	New Democratic	Caroline Saxon	5,539	16.5	-16.0
	Progressive Conservative	Earl Silcox	5,051	15.0	-31.8
	Independent	Art Mainil	918	2.7	–
	Independent	David Davis	701	2.1	–
	Canada Party	David Bouchard	271	0.8	–
Total valid votes			33,639	100.0

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Len Gustafson	17,200	46.8
	New Democratic	Jeff Sample	11,924	32.5
	Liberal	Mike Bauche	6,965	19.0
	Confederation of Regions	Kelvin G. Rutten	652	1.8
Total valid votes			36,741	100.0

References

"Souris—Moose Mountain (Code 47012) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-03.

Notes

External links

[1] Statistics Canada: 2012

[2] Statistics Canada: 2012

[3] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Souris—Moose Mountain, 30 September 2015

[4] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

[5] Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections

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