Wood River (electoral district)

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		Glen McPherson	Liberal
24th	2000 – 2003		Yogi Huyghebaert	Saskatchewan Party
25th	2003 – 2007
26th	2007 – 2011
27th	2011 – 2016
28th	2016 – present	Dave Marit

Election results

Saskatchewan general election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Saskatchewan	Dave Marit	6,125	76.07	-6.03
	New Democratic	Brenda Shenher	991	12.30	-2.42
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Archer	544	6.75	+6.75
	Green	Judy Mergel	200	2.48
	Liberal	Edward Ives	191	2.37	-0.77
Total valid votes			8,051	100.0
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Saskatchewan^[1]^[2]

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

Saskatchewan general election, 2007: Wood River electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Saskatchewan	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
	Green	Lynn Arrayel	171	2.23	-
	Western Independence	Rocky Young	67	0.88	-1.76
Total			7,649	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 2003: Wood River electoral district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Saskatchewan	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	Nick Yorga	206	2.64	–
Total			7,811	100.00%

2000 By-election: Wood River electoral district^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Saskatchewan	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	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	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.

References

↑ "Register of Official Candidates by Constituency - March 19 - FINAL" (PDF). Elections Saskatchewan. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
↑ "2016 General Election Results". Elections Saskatchewan. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
↑ Wood River By-Election 2000. Elections Saskatchewan. Retrieved May 23, 2009.

External links

Coordinates: 49°40′N 106°50′W / 49.667°N 106.833°W / 49.667; -106.833

Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts

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Regina	Regina Coronation Park Regina Douglas Park Regina Elphinstone-Centre Regina Gardiner Park Regina Lakeview Regina Northeast Regina Pasqua Regina Rochdale Regina Rosemont Regina University Regina Walsh Acres Regina Wascana Plains

South	Arm River Cannington Cypress Hills Estevan Indian Head-Milestone Kindersley Last Mountain-Touchwood Lumsden-Morse Melville-Saltcoats Moose Jaw North Moose Jaw Wakamow Moosomin Rosetown-Elrose Swift Current Weyburn-Big Muddy Wood River Yorkton

See also: 2011 election 2016 election List of elections Politics of Saskatchewan

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