Wood River (electoral district)

Wood River is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southern Saskatchewan, the district was created by the Representation Act, 1994 (Saskatchewan) out of parts of the former Assiniboia-Gravelbourg and Shaunavon constituencies. The district takes its name from the R.M. of Wood River, which is located in the center of the constituency.

Wood River

Saskatchewan electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA	Dave Marit Saskatchewan
District created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Electors	10,005
Census division(s)	Division 3, 4, 7, 8

Communities in the riding include the towns of Assiniboia, Ponteix, Rockglen, Gravelbourg, Mossbank and Lafleche; and the villages of Vanguard, Wood Mountain, Hodgeville, Mankota, Bracken and Val Marie.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
23rd	1995 – 1999		Glen McPherson	Liberal
24th	1999 – 2000
	2000 – 2003		Yogi Huyghebaert	Saskatchewan Party
25th	2003 – 2007
26th	2007 – 2011
27th	2011 – 2016
28th	2016 – 2020		Dave Marit	Saskatchewan Party
29th	2020 – present

Election results

2020 Saskatchewan general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Dave Marit	6,413	82.79	+6.72
	New Democratic	Roger Morgan	1,085	14.01	+1.71
	Green	Kimberly Soo Goodtrack	248	3.20	+0.72
Total valid votes			7,746	99.41
Total rejected ballots			46	0.59	–
Turnout			7,792	–	–
Eligible voters			–
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		–
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

2016 Saskatchewan general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Dave Marit	6,125	76.07	-6.03
	New Democratic	Brenda Shenher	991	12.30	-2.42
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Archer	544	6.75	-
	Green	Judy Mergel	200	2.48	-0.77
	Liberal	Edward Ives	191	2.37	-
Total valid votes			8,051	100.0
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Saskatchewan[1][2]

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2011 Saskatchewan general election: Wood River electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert	5,354	82.03	+12.44
	NDP	Randy Gaudry	961	14.72	-2.54
	Green	Amelia Swiderski	212	3.25	+1.02
Total			6,527	100.00%

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2007 Saskatchewan general election: Wood River electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert	5,323	69.59	+14.27
	NDP	Steve Ryan	1,320	17.26	-8.72
	Liberal	Michael Klein	768	10.04	-6.03
	Green	Lynn Arrayel	171	2.23	-
	Western Independence	Rocky Young	67	0.88	-1.75
Total			7,649	100.00%

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2003 Saskatchewan general election: Wood River electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert	4,350	55.32	-9.77
	NDP	Trevor Davies	2,043	25.98	+9.02
	Liberal	Louis Stringer	1,264	16.07	+4.52
	Western Independence	Nick Yorga	207	2.63	–
Total			7,864	100.00%

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2000 By-election: Wood River electoral district[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert	4,384	65.09	+25.35
	NDP	Robert Anderson	1,142	16.96	-3.55
	Liberal	Jerry Ruehs	778	11.55	-28.20
	New Green	Peter Borch	431	6.40	–
Total			6,735	100.00%

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1999 Saskatchewan general election: Wood River electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Glen McPherson	3,163	39.75	-8.27
	Saskatchewan	D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert	3,162	39.74	–
	NDP	Robert Anderson	1,632	20.51	-9.89
Total			7,957	100.00%

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1995 Saskatchewan general election: Wood River electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Glen McPherson	4,146	48.02	–
	NDP	Allen Engel	2,624	30.40	–
	Prog. Conservative	D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert	1,863	21.58	–
Total			8,633	100.00%

1999 Election controversy

In 1999, a controversy erupted in the Wood River constituency as Saskatchewan Party candidate Yogi Huyghebaert tied Liberal candidate Glen McPherson. The returning officer cast the deciding vote in favour of McPherson, giving the Liberals four seats. This result was later thrown out in court and a by-election was ordered in June 2000. McPherson did not run and Huyghebaert then won a resounding victory.

References

1. "Register of Official Candidates by Constituency - March 19 - FINAL" (PDF). Elections Saskatchewan. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
2. "2016 General Election Results". Elections Saskatchewan. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
3. Wood River By-Election 2000. Elections Saskatchewan. Retrieved May 23, 2009.

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
• Saskatchewan Archives Board – Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral District