Churchill_River_(electoral_district)
Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River
Federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada
Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River (French: Desnethé—Missinippi—Rivière Churchill; formerly known as Churchill River) is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.
Quick Facts Saskatchewan electoral district, Federal electoral district ...
 Saskatchewan electoral district | |||
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Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order. | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 1996 | ||
| First contested | 1997 | ||
| Last contested | 2021 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2016)[1] | 70,891 | ||
| Electors (2019) | 45,985 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 342,903 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 0.21 | ||
| Census division(s) | Division No. 14, Division No. 15, Division No. 16, Division No. 17, Division No. 18 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Meadow Lake, La Ronge, Meadow Lake No. 588, La Loche | ||
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This is a rural riding located in northern Saskatchewan. The riding encompasses the northern half of the province and is the third largest federal riding, that is located in a province, in Canada, trumped only by Churchill—Keewatinook Aski in Manitoba and Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou in Quebec. The territorial ridings of Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut are also larger.
More information Panethnic group, Pop. ...
| Panethnic group | 2021[3] | 2016[4] | 2011[5] | |||||||||||
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| Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |||||||||
| Indigenous | 49,660 | 70.18% | 49,840 | 70.91% | 48,395 | 70.58% | ||||||||
| European[lower-alpha 1] | 19,605 | 27.71% | 19,650 | 27.96% | 19,655 | 28.67% | ||||||||
| Southeast Asian[lower-alpha 2] | 690 | 0.98% | 320 | 0.46% | 250 | 0.36% | ||||||||
| South Asian | 320 | 0.45% | 165 | 0.23% | 40 | 0.06% | ||||||||
| African | 205 | 0.29% | 160 | 0.23% | 35 | 0.05% | ||||||||
| East Asian[lower-alpha 3] | 170 | 0.24% | 130 | 0.18% | 110 | 0.16% | ||||||||
| Middle Eastern[lower-alpha 4] | 25 | 0.04% | 10 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | ||||||||
| Latin American | 20 | 0.03% | 30 | 0.04% | 0 | 0% | ||||||||
| Other/multiracial[lower-alpha 5] | 60 | 0.08% | 10 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | ||||||||
| Total responses | 70,760 | 98.98% | 70,290 | 99.15% | 68,565 | 98.7% | ||||||||
| Total population | 71,488 | 100% | 70,891 | 100% | 69,471 | 100% | ||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
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- According to the 2011 Canadian census; 2013 representation[6][7]
Languages: 64.6% English, 21.3% Cree, 10.8% Dene, 1.3% French
Religions: 76.8% Christian (41.5% Catholic, 18.5% Anglican, 4.1% United Church, 2.5% Lutheran, 1.6% Pentecostal, 8.5% Other), 2.7% Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality, 20.4% No religion
Median income (2010): $18,910
Average income (2010): $28,554
Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River boasts the following demographic records:
The electoral district was created as "Churchill River" in 1996 from Prince Albert—Churchill River, Mackenzie and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake ridings.
In 2004, it was renamed "Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River".
This riding lost territory to Prince Albert and a fraction to Yorkton—Melville, and gained a fraction of territory from Prince Albert during the 2012 electoral redistribution.
2006 election controversy
In the 2006 federal election, Liberal candidate Gary Merasty defeated incumbent Conservative MP Jeremy Harrison by a slim margin of 68 votes after trailing much of the election night, despite Harrison's vote increasing several points. Merasty's win raised issues of questionable tactics to increase voter turnout.[11] However, an investigation conducted by Elections Canada determined that no wrongdoing had taken place.[12]
2015 election recount
In the 2015 federal election, New Democrat candidate Georgina Jolibois defeated the Liberal candidate, Lawrence Joseph, by a narrow margin of 71 votes. Joseph requested a judicial recount of the votes.[13]
This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
More information Parliament, Years ...
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Churchill River Riding created from Prince Albert—Churchill River, Mackenzie and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake |
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| 36th | 1997–2000 | Rick Laliberte | New Democratic | |
| 2000–2000 | Liberal | |||
| 37th | 2000–2004 | |||
| Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River | ||||
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Jeremy Harrison | Conservative | |
| 39th | 2006–2007 | Gary Merasty | Liberal | |
| 2008–2008 | Rob Clarke | Conservative | ||
| 40th | 2008–2011 | |||
| 41st | 2011–2015 | |||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Georgina Jolibois | New Democratic | |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Gary Vidal | Conservative | |
| 44th | 2021–present | |||
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 | Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Graph of election results in Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, 2004–present
More information 2021 federal election redistributed results, Party ...
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[14] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Liberal | 3,811 | 46.35 | |
| New Democratic | 1,975 | 24.02 | |
| Conservative | 1,938 | 23.57 | |
| People's | 257 | 3.13 | |
| Independent | 146 | 1.78 | |
| Green | 96 | 1.17 | |
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More information 2021 Canadian federal election, Party ...
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Gary Vidal | 10,036 | 48.8 | +6.5 | $83,338.84 | |||
| Liberal | Buckley Belanger | 5,533 | 26.8 | +0.3 | $98,928.73 | |||
| New Democratic | Harmonie King | 3,548 | 17.2 | -11.4 | $35,359.65 | |||
| People's | Dezirae Reddekopp | 1,002 | 4.9 | +4.1 | $1,007.06 | |||
| Independent | Stephen King | 240 | 1.2 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Green | Nasser Dean Chalifoux | 215 | 1.0 | -1.0 | $1,294.43 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 20,574 | – | – | $121,058.43 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 127 | 0.6 | -0.2 | |||||
| Turnout | 20,701 | 44.8 | -12.5 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 46,257 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +4.0 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[15][16] | ||||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2019 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Gary Vidal | 11,531 | 42.30 | +12.17 | $64,212.77 | |||
| New Democratic | Georgina Jolibois | 7,741 | 28.40 | -5.75 | $89,787.05 | |||
| Liberal | Tammy Cook-Searson | 7,225 | 26.51 | -7.38 | $63,291.05 | |||
| Green | Sarah Kraynick | 543 | 1.99 | +0.17 | $1,816.39 | |||
| People's | Jerome Perrault | 217 | 0.80 | – | $2,050.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 27,257 | 99.21 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 216 | 0.79 | +0.49 | |||||
| Turnout | 27,473 | 57.25 | -7.47 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 47,985 | |||||||
| Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +8.96 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[17][18] | ||||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Georgina Jolibois | 10,319 | 34.15 | -11.23 | $26,597.41 | |||
| Liberal | Lawrence Joseph | 10,237 | 33.88 | +28.62 | $50,341.46 | |||
| Conservative | Rob Clarke | 9,105 | 30.14 | -16.75 | $83,236.17 | |||
| Green | Warren Koch | 552 | 1.83 | -0.64 | $1,984.03 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 30,213 | 99.70 | $228,699.20 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 91 | 0.30 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 30,304 | 64.72 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 46,824 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Conservative | Swing | +2.76 | ||||||
| These results were subject to a judicial recount and modified from the validated results in accordance with the Judge's rulings. The margin of Georgina Jolibois over Lawrence Joseph increased from 71 votes to 82 votes as a result of the recount.[19] | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[20][21] | ||||||||
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More information 2011 federal election redistributed results, Party ...
| 2011 federal election redistributed results[22] | |||
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| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 9,767 | 46.88 | |
| New Democratic | 9,454 | 45.38 | |
| Liberal | 1,097 | 5.27 | |
| Green | 514 | 2.47 | |
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Rob Clarke | 10,509 | 47.93 | +1.26 | $74,871 | |||
| New Democratic | Lawrence Joseph | 9,715 | 44.30 | +26.53 | $74,655 | |||
| Liberal | Gabe Lafond | 1,144 | 5.22 | -25.06 | $57,456 | |||
| Green | George Morin | 560 | 2.55 | -1.26 | $4 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 21,928 | 99.57 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 95 | 0.43 | -0.11 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,023 | 50.35 | +5.60 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 43,739 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -12.64 | ||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Rob Clarke | 8,964 | 46.67 | -1.16 | $81,066 | |||
| Liberal | David Orchard | 5,816 | 30.28 | -1.30 | $88,314 | |||
| New Democratic | Brian Morin | 3,414 | 17.77 | +0.24 | $1,459 | |||
| Green | George Morin | 733 | 3.82 | +0.75 | $1,387 | |||
| First Peoples National | Rob Ballantyne | 282 | 1.47 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 19,209 | 100.00 | $90,390 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 105 | 0.54 | +0.19 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,314 | 44.75 | +20.03 | |||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -1.1 | ||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| By-election on March 17, 2008 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Rob Clarke | 4,992 | 47.83 | +6.74 | ||
| Liberal | Joan Beatty | 3,296 | 31.58 | -9.79 | ||
| New Democratic | Brian Morin | 1,830 | 17.53 | +2.16 | ||
| Green | Robin Orr | 320 | 3.07 | +0.90 | ||
| Total valid votes | 10,438 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 37 | 0.35 | -0.01 | |||
| Turnout | 10,475 | 24.72 | -33.71 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | -8.3 | ||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Gary Merasty | 10,191 | 41.37 | +11.50 | $69,229 | |||
| Conservative | (x)Jeremy Harrison | 10,124 | 41.09 | +3.70 | $78,578 | |||
| New Democratic | Anita Jackson | 3,787 | 15.37 | -4.72 | $43,976 | |||
| Green | John McDonald | 534 | 2.17 | -0.60 | $128 | |||
| Total valid votes | 24,636 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 88 | 0.36 | -0.03 | |||||
| Turnout | 24,724 | 58.43 | +11.02 | |||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | -3.9 | ||||||
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More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jeremy Harrison | 7,279 | 37.39 | +1.62 | $27,194 | |||
| Liberal | Al Ducharme | 5,815 | 29.87 | -11.94 | $52,686 | |||
| New Democratic | Earl Cook | 3,910 | 20.09 | -1.72 | $9,005 | |||
| Independent | (x)Rick Laliberte | 1,923 | 9.88 | -31.93 | – | |||
| Green | Marcella Gall | 539 | 2.77 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes | 19,466 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 76 | 0.39 | -0.01 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,542 | 47.41 | -12.1 | |||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | -6.8 | ||||||
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Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in the 2000 election.
Churchill River, 1997–2004
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | (x)Rick Laliberte | 9,856 | 41.81 | +13.41 | $39,223 | |||
| Alliance | Kerry Peterson | 7,679 | 32.57 | +0.59 | $62,019 | |||
| New Democratic | Ray Funk | 5,141 | 21.81 | -12.72 | $48,853 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | David J. Rogers | 755 | 3.20 | -1.90 | – | |||
| Canadian Action | Brendan Cross | 143 | 0.61 | – | $1,398 | |||
| Total valid votes | 23,574 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 95 | 0.40 | -0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,669 | 59.5 | +2.3 | |||||
| Liberal gain from New Democrat | Swing | -13.1 | ||||||
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Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in the 1997 election.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Rick Laliberte | 7,288 | 34.53 | – | $41,198 | |||
| Reform | Daryl Wiberg | 6,750 | 31.98 | – | $25,132 | |||
| Liberal | Roy Bird | 5,994 | 28.40 | – | $40,104 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Bert Provost | 1,077 | 5.10 | – | $79 | |||
| Total valid votes | 21,109 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 105 | 0.49 | ||||||
| Turnout | 21,214 | 57.2 | ||||||
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- "Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River (Code 47003) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.
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- "Chief responds to TV-for-votes allegation". CBC News. January 27, 2006. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
- "Commissioner of Canada Elections Finds No Wrongdoing in Federal Vote Held in Riding of Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River, Saskatchewan". Elections Canada. October 26, 2006. Archived from the original on November 8, 2007.
- "Judicial recount to be held in Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River". CBC News. October 30, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
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