Saskatoon West

Saskatoon West

Saskatchewan electoral district
File:Saskatoon-West2 2013 Riding.png Saskatoon West in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. Dotted line shows Saskatoon city limits.
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Sheri Benson New Democratic
District created	2013
First contested	2015
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	76,704
Electors (2011)	54,086
Area (km²)	93
Pop. density (per km²)	824.8
Census divisions	Division No. 11
Census subdivisions	Corman Park No. 344, Saskatoon

Saskatoon West (French: Saskatoon-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988, and again in 2015.

This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Moose Jaw and Saskatoon—Biggar ridings.

It was abolished in 1987 when it was redistributed into Kindersley—Lloydminster, Saskatoon—Clark's Crossing and Saskatoon—Dundurn ridings.

The riding was recreated for the 2015 election, mostly out of the portions of Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar and Saskatoon—Wanuskewin located in the city of Saskatoon.

Demographics

According to the Canada 2011 Census; 2013 representation

Ethnic groups: 66.9% White, 18.1% Aboriginal, 5.5% Filipino, 2.0% South Asian, 1.8% Chinese, 1.5% Southeast Asian, 1.2% Black
Languages: 82.1% English, 3.2% Tagalog, 1.7% French, 1.5% Ukrainian, 1.4% German, 1.2% Chinese, 1.2% Cree
Religions: 64.5% Christian (29.3% Catholic, 9.0% United Church, 3.9% Anglican, 2.8% Lutheran, 1.6% Pentecostal, 1.3% Baptist, 1.3% Christian Orthodox, 15.3% Other), 2.1% Muslim, 1.3% Buddhist, 1.1% Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality, 30.2% No religion
Median income (2010): $29,326
Average income (2010): $35,343

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Saskatoon West Riding created from Moose Jaw and Saskatoon—Biggar
31st	1979–1980		Ray Hnatyshyn	Progressive Conservative
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1988
Riding dissolved into Kindersley—Lloydminster, Saskatoon—Clark's Crossing, and Saskatoon—Dundurn
Riding re-created from Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar and Saskatoon—Wanuskewin
42nd	2015–Present		Sheri Benson	New Democratic

Election results

2015–present

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sheri Benson	14,921	39.56	-11.57	–
	Conservative	Randy Donauer	12,401	32.88	-9.66	–
	Liberal	Lisa Abbott	9,234	24.48	+20.71	–
	Green	Lois Carol Mitchell	658	1.74	-0.83	–
	Canada Party	Jim Pankiw	271	0.72	–	–
	Libertarian	Bronek Hart	230	0.61	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			37,715	100.0		$190,628.75
Total rejected ballots			170	–	–
Turnout			37,885	67.78	–
Eligible voters			55,886
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		-10.67
Source: Elections Canada

2011 federal election redistributed results
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	15,573	51.13
	Conservative	12,955	42.54
	Liberal	1,147	3.77
	Green	782	2.57

1979–1988

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Hnatyshyn, Ray	26,012
	New Democratic	Fisher, Ron	18,910
	Liberal	Darling, Maureen	6,355
	Rhinoceros	Adilman, George	495
	Confederation of Regions	Goodine, Dayle	337
	Green	Morvick, Keith A.	150
	Independent	Bonsor, Robert J.	109

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Hnatyshyn, Ray	17,636
	New Democratic	Parker, Reg	14,852
	Liberal	Williams, C.M.Red	8,116
	Marxist–Leninist	Dennis, Susan	97

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	Hnatyshyn, Ray	20,174
	New Democratic	Parker, Reg	15,094
	Liberal	Williams, C.M. Red	6,837
	Independent	Loran, Bill	1,293
	Social Credit	Cranfield, D.D.	221
	Marxist–Leninist	Dennis, Susan	76

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

External links

• Riding history for Saskatoon West (1976–1987) from the Library of Parliament