Yorkton—Melville
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| Image:Yorkton-Melville.png Yorkton—Melville in relation to the other Saskatchewan ridings | |
| Population, 2001 | 70,880 |
| Electors | 52,824 |
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| Population density (people per km2) | |
Yorkton—Melville is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.
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Geography
The district is in east-central Saskatchewan.
History
The electoral district was created in 1966 from Yorkton, Melville and Mackenzie ridings.
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of the Canadian House of Commons:
- 1968-1993: Lorne Nystrom - New Democratic Party
- 1993-present: Garry Breitkreuz - Reform (1993-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-present)
Current Member of Parliament
Its Member of Parliament is Garry Breitkreuz, a former teacher and principal. He was first elected in 1993. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. In the last parliamentary session he served as vice-chair of the 'Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness'.
Election results
Template:CanElec2 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row |Conservative |Garry Breitkreuz* |align="right"|19,940 |align="right"|62.93% |align="right"| |align="right"|$61,866 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Don Olson |align="right"|5,890 |align="right"|18.59% |align="right"| |align="right"|$18,736 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |Liberal |Ted Quewezance |align="right"|4,697 |align="right"|14.82% |align="right"| |align="right"|$32,905 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green/row |Green |Ralph Pilchner |align="right"|630 |align="right"|1.98% |align="right"| |align="right"| Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents/row |Independent |David Sawkiw |align="right"|524 |align="right"|1.65% |align="right"| |align="right"|$6,330 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|31,681 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|113 !align="right"|0.36% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|31,794 !align="right"|60.19% !align="right"| !align="right"| Template:End
Template:CanElec2 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Canadian Alliance/row |Canadian Alliance |Garry Breitkreuz* |align="right"|19,978 |align="right"|62.98% |align="right"| |align="right"|$52,574 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |Liberal |Ken Pilon |align="right"|5,153 |align="right"|16.24% |align="right"| |align="right"|$24,027 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Peter Champagne |align="right"|5,007 |align="right"|15.78% |align="right"| |align="right"|$9,235 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row |Progressive Conservative |Brent Haas |align="right"|1,583 |align="right"|4.99% |align="right"| |align="right"|$543 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|31,721 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|103 !align="right"|0.32% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|31,824 !align="right"|63.60% !align="right"| Template:End
Template:CanElec2 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Reform/row |Reform |Garry Breitkreuz* |align="right"|17,216 |align="right"|50.07% | |align="right"|$53,836 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Evan Carlson |align="right"|8,583 |align="right"|24.96% | |align="right"|$43,899 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |Liberal |Lloyd Sandercock |align="right"|6,481 |align="right"|18.85% | |align="right"|$39,999 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row |Progressive Conservative |Ivan Daunt |align="right"|2,101 |align="right"|6.11% | |align="right"|$6,357 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|34,381 !align="right"|100.00% ! ! |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|116 !align="right"|0.34% ! ! |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|34,497 !align="right"|66.92% ! ! Template:End
Template:CanElec4 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Reform/row |Reform |Garry Breitkreuz |align="right"|10,605 |align="right"|32.7% |align="right"| |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |Liberal |Jim Walters |align="right"|9,531 |align="right"|29.4% |align="right"| |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Lorne Nystrom* |align="right"|9,487 |align="right"|29.2% | |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row |Progressive Conservative |Bob Reitenbach |align="right"|2,825 |align="right"|8.7% | Template:End
* Denotes incumbent.
Template:CanElec1 |- Template:Canadian elections/NDP |NYSTROM, Lorne |align="right"| 18,523 |- Template:Canadian elections/Progressive Conservatives |BATTISTE, Virginia |align="right"| 12,543 |- Template:Canadian elections/Liberals |AUTUMN, J. Robert |align="right"| 5,149 Template:End
Template:CanElec1 |- Template:Canadian elections/NDP |NYSTROM, Lorne |align="right"| 18,116 |- Template:Canadian elections/Progressive Conservatives |WASYLYSEN, Ken |align="right"| 11,800 |- Template:Canadian elections/Liberals |DELLOW, Arliss |align="right"| 4,996 |- Template:Canadian elections/CoR |KRUCZKO, Bill |align="right"| 400 Template:End
Template:CanElec1 |- Template:Canadian elections/NDP |NYSTROM, Lorne |align="right"| 15,240 |- Template:Canadian elections/Progressive Conservatives |HUDYE, Ben |align="right"| 12,450 |- Template:Canadian elections/Liberals |HOLLINGER, Gordon |align="right"| 5,664 Template:End
Template:CanElec1 |- Template:Canadian elections/NDP |NYSTROM, Lorne |align="right"| 16,677 |- Template:Canadian elections/Progressive Conservatives |MILLER, John |align="right"| 11,381 |- Template:Canadian elections/Liberals |KOTYK, Phil |align="right"| 5,501 |- Template:Canadian elections/Independent |HUDYE, Ben |align="right"| 1,566 Template:End
Template:CanElec1 |- Template:Canadian elections/NDP |NYSTROM, Lorne |align="right"| 14,586 |- Template:Canadian elections/Liberals |KYBA, Stan |align="right"| 9,946 |- Template:Canadian elections/Progressive Conservatives |WENTZELL, Marvin |align="right"| 6,963 |- Template:Canadian elections/Social Credit |HOEDEL, Harry |align="right"| 338 |- Template:Canadian elections/Communist |SHLAKOFF, George |align="right"| 179 Template:End
Template:CanElec1 |- Template:Canadian elections/NDP |NYSTROM, Lorne |align="right"| 15,998 |- Template:Canadian elections/Liberals |POTOSKI, Stephanie |align="right"| 9,574 |- Template:Canadian elections/Progressive Conservatives |ARMOUR, Don |align="right"| 7,542 |- Template:Canadian elections/Social Credit |HOEDEL, Harry |align="right"|425 Template:End
Template:CanElec1 |- Template:Canadian elections/NDP |NYSTROM, Lorne |align="right"| 13,212 |- Template:Canadian elections/Progressive Conservatives |ORMISTON, James N. |align="right"| 10,699 |- Template:Canadian elections/Liberals |KONKIN, Peter J. |align="right"| 10,068 Template:End