The Battlefords (provincial electoral district) explained

The Battlefords
Province:Saskatchewan
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Rep:Jeremy Cockrill
Prov-Rep-Party:Saskatchewan
Demo-Census-Date:2001
Prov-Created:1917, 2002
Prov-Election-Last:2020
Demo-Electors:9,528
Prov-Election-First:2003
Communities:North Battleford, Battleford

The Battlefords is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It includes the city of North Battleford and the adjoining town of Battleford. Collectively these communities are commonly known as "The Battlefords".

The district was first established in 1917 from the urban portions of the constituencies of Battleford and North Battleford. The district was contested in every election until the 1995 general election, when it was broken up into the re-created district of North Battleford and a new district, Battleford-Cut Knife. North Battleford and Battleford-Cut Knife were abolished before the 2003 general election and The Battlefords was re-established as an electoral district.

It was most recently contested in the 2020 election, when Saskatchewan Party candidate Jeremy Cockrill was elected.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
11th1948–1949Paul PrinceLiberal
1949–1952Hugh James Maher
12th1953–1956Eiling KramerCCF
13th1957–1960
14th1961–1964
15th1965–1967
16th1968–1971
17th1971–1975NDP
18th1975–1978
19th1978–1980
1980–1982David Manly Miner
20th1982–1986Myles MorinProgressive Conservative
21st1986–1991Douglas AnguishNew Democrat
22nd1991–1995
District divided into Battleford-Cut Knife and North Battleford
25th2003–2007   Len TaylorNew Democrat
26th2007–2011
27th2011–2016   Herb CoxSaskatchewan Party
28th2016–2020
29th2020–presentJeremy CockrillSaskatchewan Party

Electoral results

|- |NDP|Len Taylor|align="right"|2,475|align="right"|35.83%|align="right"|-7.99%|Liberal|Ryan Bater|align="right"|812|align="right"|11.76%|align="right"|-1.60%|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|6,907!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

|- | style="width: 130px" |NDP|Len Taylor|align="right"|3,056|align="right"|42.53%|align="right"|* |Liberal|Jack Hillson|align="right"|2,134|align="right"|29.70%|align="right"|*|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,185!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|

External links

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