Regina—Qu'Appelle explained

Province:	Saskatchewan
Fed-Status:	active
Fed-District-Number:	47008
Fed-Created:	1987
Fed-Election-First:	1988
Fed-Election-Last:	2021
Fed-Rep:	Andrew Scheer
Fed-Rep-Party:	Conservative
Fed-Rep-Party-Link:	Conservative Party of Canada
Demo-Pop-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Area-Ref:	^[2]
Demo-Census-Date:	2011
Demo-Pop:	72891
Demo-Electors:	55,280
Demo-Electors-Date:	2019
Demo-Area:	13430
Demo-Csd:	Regina, Fort Qu'Appelle, Balgonie, Indian Head, Pilot Butte, White City, Wynyard, Edenwold No. 158, Qu'Appelle, Muskowekwan 85, Kawacatoose 88, Day Star 87, Gordon 86, Southey, North Qu'Appelle No. 187, Cupar, Big Quill No. 308, Piapot 75, Muscowpetung 80, Pasqua 79, Standing Buffalo 78, Punnichy, Cupar No. 218, Raymore, Mount Hope No. 279

Regina–Qu'Appelle (formerly Qu'Appelle) is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968 and since 1988.

Geography

The district includes the northeastern quarter of the city of Regina and the surrounding eastern rural area including the towns of Balgonie, Fort Qu'Appelle, Indian Head, Qu'Appelle, Pilot Butte, and White City; extending northwards to the towns of Southey, Cupar, Raymore, Punnichy, and Wynyard.

History

The Qu'Appelle riding was first created in 1903 and covered the Northwest Territories, including what would later be Saskatchewan. In 1905, the district was amended to just cover Saskatchewan.^[3]

In 1966, Qu'Appelle riding was abolished when it was redistributed between the Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain, Regina—Lake Centre, Regina East and Assiniboia ridings.^[4]

In 1987, Regina—Qu'Appelle was created from parts of the Assiniboia, Humboldt—Lake Centre, Qu'Appelle–Moose Mountain and Regina East ridings.^[5]

The riding was known as Qu'Appelle from 1996 to 1998.^[6] In 1998, its name was changed back to Regina—Qu'Appelle.^[7]

This riding gained fractions of territory from Palliser, Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre and Blackstrap during the 2012 electoral redistribution. It became the only hybrid urban-rural riding in the Regina area after the 2012 redistribution.

Demographics

Panethnic group! colspan="2"

2021^[8]	2016^[9]	2011^[10]
European	50,140	51,485	52,120
Indigenous	16,045	15,700	15,575
Southeast Asian	4,100	2,960	1,355
South Asian	2,695	1,945	830
African	1,885	1,565	745
East Asian	510	515	705
Middle Eastern	510	320	125
Latin American	270	175	300
Other/multiracial	330	190	135
Total responses	76,485	74,845	71,885
Total population	78,140	76,017	72,891

According to the 2011 Canadian census; 2013 representation^[11] ^[12]

Languages: 91.0% English, 1.3% Ukrainian, 1.2% German, 1.0% French
Religions: 67.2% Christian (28.8% Catholic, 11.9% United Church, 7.9% Lutheran, 4.0% Anglican, 1.3% Baptist, 1.3% Pentecostal, 12.0% Other), 3.6% Traditional Aboriginal Spirituality, 1.1% Muslim, 26.9% No religion
Median income (2010): $29,627
Average income (2010): $37,401

Members of Parliament

The riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons:

Current member of Parliament

Its Member of Parliament is Andrew Scheer, the former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition. Formerly in the insurance industry,^[13] ^[14] ^[15] he served in the 41st Canadian Parliament as Speaker of the House of Commons. He was first elected in the 2004 election. In a previous parliamentary session he served as a member on the Standing Committee on Transport and the Standing Committee on Official Languages.

Election results