Athabasca (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district)
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 Canadian Provincial electoral district |
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 Athabasca in relation to the other Saskatchewan ridings. |
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly |
Buckley Belanger NDP |
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| Population (2001) | 13,041 | |
| Electors (2003) | 7,146 | |
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| Riding created | 1934 | |
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[edit] Description
Athabasca is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located in the extreme northwest corner of the province. The major industries are tourism, mineral extraction, forestry, commercial fishing and trapping. The Cluff Lake uranium mine is located in this constituency, as well as the Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park and the Clearwater River Provincial Park. The major communities are La Loche, Ile-a-la-Crosse and Buffalo Narrows with populations of 2,136, 1,268 and 1,137 respectively.
There is also a former provincial electoral district of the same name that existed from 1908 until 1917.
[edit] Geography
[edit] History
[edit] Riding
[edit] Member of the Legislative Assembly
In 1998 Buckley Belanger was elected, winning by 159 votes. Belanger left the Liberals, putting his seat on the line to run as a New Democrat. In the by-election, he defeated the Liberal candidate by 2,050 votes (94% of the popular vote), the second-largest majority in the history of the province.
| # | MLA | Served | Party | |
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| 1. | Deakin Alexander Hall | 1934 - 1938 | Liberal | |
| 2. | A. Jules Marion | 1938 - 1941 | Liberal | |
| 3. | Hubert Staines | 1941 - 1944 | Liberal | |
| 4. | Louis Marcien Marion | 1944 - 1948 | Liberal | |
| 4. | Louis Marcien Marion | 1948 - 1952 | Independent | |
| 5. | James Ripley | 1952 - 1956 | Liberal | |
| 6. | John James Harrop | 1956 - 1960 | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | |
| 7. | Allan Ray Guy | 1960 - 1975 | Liberal | |
| 8. | Frederick John Thompson | 1975 - 1995 | New Democratic Party | |
| 9. | Buckley Harold H. Belanger | 1995 - 1998 | Liberal | |
| 9. | Buckley Harold H. Belanger | 1998 - Current | New Democratic Party |
[edit] Election Results
| Saskatchewan General Election 1934: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Deakin Alexander Hall | 1,329 | 57.80 | - | |
| Liberal | A. Jules Marion | 970 | 42.19 | - | |
| Total | 2,299 | 100.00 |
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| Saskatchewan General Election 1938: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | A. Jules Marion | 642 | 50.55 | +8.35 | |
| Liberal | William J. Windrum | 628 | 49.44 | - | |
| Total | 1,270 | 100.00 |
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| Athabasca By-election, July 28, 1941 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Hubert Staines | - | - | - | |
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| Saskatchewan General Election 1944: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Louis Marcien Marion | 626 | 80.77 | - | |
| Independent | Errick Guttormur Erickson | 78 | 10.06 | - | |
| CCF | Pierre Ephrem Ayotte | 57 | 7.35 | - | |
| Progressive Conservative | Alexander Fred De Laronde | 9 | 1.16 | - | |
| Independent (Liberal) | Francis Xavier Poitras | 5 | 0.64 | - | |
| Total | 775 | 100.00 |
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| Saskatchewan General Election 1948: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Louis Marcien Marion | 628 | 52.59 | -28.17 | |
| CCF | Axel Olsen | 341 | 28.55 | +21.20 | |
| Independent | Joseph David Le Chasseur | 225 | 18.84 | - | |
| Total | 1,194 | 100.00 |
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| Saskatchewan General Election 1952: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Ripley | 543 | 61.35 | +8.75 | |
| CCF | C.L. MacLean | 342 | 38.64 | +10.08 | |
| Total | 885 | 100.00 |
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| Saskatchewan General Election 1956: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Frederick Alexander Matheson | 740 | 43.70 | -17.64 | |
| CCF | John James Harrop | 836 | 49.37 | +10.73 | |
| Social Credit | John I. Bondoreff | 117 | 6.91 | - | |
| Total | 1,693 | 100.00 |
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| Saskatchewan General Election 1960: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Allan Ray Guy | 972 | 33.90 | -9.80 | |
| CCF | Allan Quant | 801 | 27.93 | -21.44 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Harry J. Houghton | 622 | 21.69 | - | |
| Social Credit | Dana Spence | 472 | 16.46 | +9.55 | |
| Total | 2,867 | 100.00 |
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| Saskatchewan General Election 1964: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Allan Ray Guy | 1,076 | 40.31 | +6.41 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Harry J. Houghton | 909 | 34.05 | +12.36 | |
| CCF | John M. Stonehocker | 684 | 25.62 | -2.31 | |
| Total | 2,669 | 100.00 |
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| Saskatchewan General Election 1967: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Allan Ray Guy | 1,397 | 49.59 | +9.27 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Harry J. Houghton | 818 | 29.03 | -5.01 | |
| New Democratic Party | Tony Wood | 602 | 21.37 | -4.25 | |
| Total | 2,817 | 100.00 |
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| Saskatchewan General Election 1971: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Allan Ray Guy | 1770 | 50.17 | +9.85 | |
| New Democratic Party | Robert Dalby | 1758 | 49.82 | +24.20 | |
| Total | 3528 | 100.00 |
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| Athabasca By-election, September 27, 1972 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Allan Ray Guy | 1398 | 43.44 | -6.72 | |
| New Democratic Party | Robert Dalby | 1368 | 42.51 | -7.31 | |
| Independent | Ray Jones | 414 | 12.86 | - | |
| Progressive Conservative | William Howard McGill | 38 | 1.18 | - | |
| Total | 3218 | 100.00 |
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| Saskatchewan General Election 1975: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democratic Party | Frederick John Thompson | 1,483 | 38.12 | -4.38 | |
| Liberal | Ben Siemens | 1,157 | 29.74 | -13.70 | |
| Independent | Rod Bishop | 829 | 21.31 | - | |
| Progressive Conservative | Roy Simpson | 421 | 10.82 | +9.64 | |
| Total | 3,890 | 100.00 |
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| Saskatchewan General Election 1978: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democratic Party | Frederick John Thompson | 2,340 | 58.23 | +20.11 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Petit | 1,180 | 29.36 | +18.54 | |
| Liberal | Henry Ethelbert Coupland | 498 | 12.39 | -17.34 | |
| Total | 4,018 | 100.00 |
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| Saskatchewan General Election 1982: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democratic Party | Frederick John Thompson | 1,606 | 36.07 | -22.16 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Bruce Clarke | 1,162 | 26.10 | -3.26 | |
| Liberal | Willard Quewezance | 498 | 11.18 | -1.20 | |
| Independent | Rod Bishop | 976 | 21.92 | +0.61 | |
| Aboriginal People's Party | Vital Morin | 210 | 4.71 | - | |
| Total | 4,452 | 100.00 |
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| Saskatchewan General Election 1986: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democratic Party | Frederick John Thompson | 2,357 | 55.19 | +19.12 | |
| Liberal | Jim Durocher | 1456 | 34.09 | +22.91 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Pat Cardinal | 457 | 10.70 | -15.39 | |
| Total | 4,270 | 100.00 |
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| Saskatchewan General Election 1991: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democratic Party | Frederick John Thompson | 3,253 | 83.79 | +28.59 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Frank Petit | 331 | 8.52 | -2.17 | |
| Liberal | Darren McKee | 184 | 4.73 | -29.35 | |
| Independent | Mike Daley | 114 | 2.93 | - | |
| Total | 3,882 | 100.00 |
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| Saskatchewan General Election 1995: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Buckley Harold H. Belanger | 1,347 | 45.59 | +40.85 | |
| New Democratic Party | Frederick John Thompson | 1,188 | 40.21 | -43.58 | |
| Independent | Jimmy Montgrand | 390 | 13.20 | - | |
| Progressive Conservative | Clay Poupart | 29 | 0.98 | -7.54 | |
| Total | 2,954 | 100.00 |
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| Athabasca By-election, October 26, 1998 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democratic Party | Buckley Harold H. Belanger | 2,153 | 93.64 | +53.43 | |
| Liberal | Winston McKay | 97 | 4.21 | -41.37 | |
| Saskatchewan Party | Tyson Delorme | 49 | 2.13 | +2.13 | |
| Total | 2,299 | 100.00 |
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| Saskatchewan General Election 1999: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Democratic Party | Buckley Harold H. Belanger | 2,512 | 84.38 | -9.26 | |
| Liberal | Allan Adam | 389 | 13.06 | +8.84 | |
| Saskatchewan Party | Bert Roach | 76 | 2.55 | +0.42 | |
| Total | 2,977 | 100.00 |
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| Saskatchewan General Election 2003: Athabasca | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| NDP | Buckley Harold H. Belanger | 2,407 | 69.99 | -14.39 | |
| Saskachewan Party | Greg Ross | 803 | 23.35 | +20.80 | |
| Liberal | Philip Durocher | 207 | 6.02 | -7.05 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Sean Gilchrist | 22 | 0.64 | - | |
| Total | 3,439 | 100.00 |
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