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Prince Albert
Saskatchewan electoral district
Prince Albert in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP		Randy Hoback Conservative
District created	1996
First contested	1997
Last contested	2008
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2006)	71,159
Electors (2006)	52,071
Area (km²)	14,872
Pop. density (per km²)	4.8
Census divisions
Census subdivisions	Prince Albert, Melfort, Nipawin, Buckland No. 491, Tisdale, Prince Albert No. 461

Prince Albert is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1988, and since 1997.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Members of Parliament
4 Election results
- 4.1 1997 - present
- 4.2 1908 - 1988
5 See also
6 External links

Geography

This riding is found in the central part of the province, in the transitional area between the Aspen parkland and boreal forest biomes. The major centre of the riding, and its namesake, is the city of Prince Albert which has a rich political history that includes representation by three former Prime Ministers. Smaller centres in the riding include Nipawin, Melfort, and Tisdale.

History

The electoral district was first created in 1907 from portions of Humboldt, Mackenzie, and Saskatchewan. It existed in this form until 1987 when it was abolished into Prince Albert—Churchill River, Saskatoon—Humboldt, and The Battlefords—Meadow Lake. It was re-created in 1996 from portions of the Prince Albert—Churchill River, Mackenzie, and Saskatoon—Humboldt ridings.

Members of Parliament

From 1907 to 1987:

William Winfield Rutan, Liberal (1908-1911)
James McKay, Conservative (1911-1914)
Samuel James Donaldson, Conservative (1915-1917)
Andrew Knox, Unionist/Progressive (1917-1925)
Charles McDonald, Liberal (1925-1926)
William Lyon Mackenzie King, Liberal (1926-1945)
Edward LeRoy Bowerman, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (1945-1949)
Francis Heselton Helme, Liberal (1949-1953)
John George Diefenbaker, Progressive Conservative (1953-1979)
Stan Hovdebo, New Democratic Party (1979-1988)

Since 1997:

1997-2000: Derrek Konrad - Reform (1997-2000), Canadian Alliance (2000)
2000-2008: Brian Fitzpatrick - Canadian Alliance (2000-2003), Conservative (2003-2008)
2008-present: Randy Hoback, Conservative

Election results

1997 - present

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Randy Hoback	16,542	57.7%	+3.3%	$72,129
	New Democrat	Valerie Mushinski	8,243	28.8%	+5.0%	$47,075
	Liberal	Lou Doderai	2,289	8.0%	-11.4%	$10,138
	Green	Amanda Judith Marie Smytaniuk	1,413	4.9%	+2.6%	$2,466
	Canadian Action	Craig Batley	167	0.6%		$
Total valid votes/Expense limit			28,654	100%		$80,865
Total rejected ballots			55
Turnout			28,709	%

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Fitzpatrick	17,271	54.4%	+7.2%	$65,910
	New Democrat	Valerie Mushinski	7,562	23.8%	-1.3%	$23,690
	Liberal	Patrick Jahn	6,149	19.4%	-4.8%	$28,756
	Green	Marc Loiselle	744	2.4%	-1.1%	$350
Total valid votes			31,726	100.0%
Total rejected ballots			85	0.3%
Turnout			31,811	61.5%

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brian Fitzpatrick	13,576	47.3%	-10.4%	$69,931
	New Democrat	Don Hovdebo	7,221	25.1%	+4.6%	$30,743
	Liberal	Patrick Jahn	6,929	24.1%	+3.4%	$42,440
	Green	Marc Loiselle	987	3.4%	+2.5%	$110
Total valid votes			28,713	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			107	0.4%
Turnout			28,820	53.5%

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Canadian Alliance	Brian Fitzpatrick	14,825	45.6%	+7.5%	$58,048
	Liberal	Tim Longworth	6,754	20.8%	-0.4%	$46,856
	New Democrat	Dennis Nowoselsky	6,676	20.5%	-11.2%	$49,523
	Progressive Conservative	David Orchard	3,943	2.1%	+3.9%	$63,282
	Green	Benjamin Webster	317	0.97%		$20
Total valid votes			32,515	100.0%
Total rejected ballots			83	0.23
Turnout			32,598	64.1%

Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Derrek Konrad	12,508	38.1%		$55,562
	New Democrat	Ray Funk	10,418	31.7%		$59,376
	Liberal	Gordon Kirkby	6,965	21.2%		$37,643
	Progressive Conservative	Brian Fripp	2,702	8.2%		$13,911
	Canadian Action	John Hrapchak	275	0.8%
Total valid votes			32,868	100.0%
Total rejected ballots			107	0.3%
Turnout			32,975	64.5%

1908 - 1988

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Stan Hovdebo	13,359	35.6%	+0.8%
	Progressive Conservative	Gordon Dobrowolsky	13,062	34.8%	+2.3%
	Liberal	J.H. Clyne Harradence	10,886	29.0%	-3.8%
	Confederation of Regions	Tony Panas	262	0.7%
Total valid votes			37,569	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democrat	Stan Hovdebo	11,601	34.8%	-3.2%
	Liberal	J.H. Clyne Harradence	10,919	32.8%	+7.3%
	Progressive Conservative	Kris Eggum	10,819	32.5%	-3.6%
Total valid votes			33,339	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
By-election on 19 November 1979 On Mr. Diefenbaker's death, 16 August 1979
	New Democrat	Stan Hovdebo	10,941	38.0%	+2.3%
	Progressive Conservative	Kris Eggum	10,385	36.0%	-12.9%
	Liberal	J.H. Clyne Harradence	7,336	25.5%	+10.1%
	Independent	John L. De Bruyne	147	0.5%
Total valid votes			28,809	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	16,438	49.0%	-10.2%
	New Democrat	Stan Hovdebo	11,979	35.7%	+14.1%
	Liberal	Peter Abrametz	5,158	15.4%	-2.7%
Total valid votes			33,575	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	17,787	59.1%	-0.4%
	New Democrat	Thora E. Wiggens	6,496	21.6%	-6.3%
	Liberal	Philip Edward West	5,426	18.0%	+7.0%
	Social Credit	Joseph Gerrard Cools	366	1.2%	-0.1%
Total valid votes			30,075	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	19,410	59.5%	+3.5%
	New Democrat	W.J. Berezowsky	9,115	27.9%	-0.2%
	Liberal	Leo F. Pinel	3,613	11.1%	-4.7%
	Social Credit	Claude Campagna	421	1.3%
	Independent	Bill Fair	61	0.2%
Total valid votes			32,620	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	17,850	56.0%	-9.0%
	New Democrat	Al Hartley	8,979	28.2%	+10.6%
	Liberal	Philip Edward West	5,025	15.8%	+1.4%
Total valid votes			31,854	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	15,635	65.1%	-6.3%
	New Democrat	Peter Kachur	4,227	17.6%	+4.1%
	Liberal	Lenore Ramsland Andrews	3,453	14.4%	+1.5%
	Social Credit	John Dashchuk	718	3.0%	+0.7%
Total valid votes			24,033	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	17,824	71.4%	+0.6%
	New Democrat	Henry Merrifield Apps	3,373	13.5%	-2.7%
	Liberal	Harold John Fraser	3,206	12.8%	+2.2%
	Social Credit	Kenneth Solheim	565	2.3%	-0.2%
Total valid votes			24,968	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	18,276	70.8%	-1.3%
	New Democrat	Roger C. Carter	4,173	16.2%	-0.7%
	Liberal	George William Newell	2,745	10.6%	-0.4%
	Social Credit	Ken Solheim	627	2.4%
Total valid votes			25,821	100.0%

Note: NDP vote is compared to CCF vote in 1958 election.

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	16,583	72.1%	+19.0%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Thora Elizabeth Wiggens	3,870	16.8%	-8.1%
	Liberal	Ernie Unruh	2,538	11.0%	-11.0%
Total valid votes			22,991	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	12,349	53.1%	+9.0%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Robert Nathaniel Gooding	5,795	24.9%	-6.0%
	Liberal	Russell Ernest Partridge	5,119	22.0%	-1.7%
Total valid votes			23,263	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	10,038	44.1%	+31.9%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	David Frederick Corney	7,037	30.9%	-8.8%
	Liberal	Floyd Robert Glass	5,409	23.7%	-24.4%
	Labour-Progressive	Phyllis Clarke	295	1.3%
Total valid votes			22,779	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Heselton Helme	8,916	48.2%	+7.8%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edward LeRoy Bowerman	7,341	39.6%	-1.3%
	Progressive Conservative	George Henry Whitter	2,258	12.2%	-2.1%
Total valid votes			18,515	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Edward LeRoy Bowerman	7,928	41.0%	+30.0%
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	7,799	40.3%	-5.6%
	Progressive Conservative	Walter Hemming Nelson	2,768	+14.3%
	Social Credit	Joshua Norman Haldeman	847	4.4%
Total valid votes			19,342	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	8,310	46.0%	-8.7%
	National Unity	Robert Rae Manville	7,534	41.7%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Peter William Strelive	1,993	11.0%	+2.2%
	Communist	Alfred Cowie Campbell	243	1.3%
Total valid votes			18,080	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	9,087	54.7%	+1.2%
	Social Credit	Alexander Rupert Bedard	3,185	19.2%
	Conservative	Tom Francis Graves	2,880	17.3%	-29.2%
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Tom Johnston	1,469	8.8%
Total valid votes			16,621	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	9,283	53.4%
	Conservative	George Braden	8,091	46.6%
Total valid votes			17,374	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 2 November 1926 On Mr. King's acceptance of an office of emolument under the Crown, 11 October 1926
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	8,933	64.9%	-12.6%
	Conservative	John Diefenbaker	4,838	35.1%
Total valid votes			13,771	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
By-election on 15 February 1926 On Mr. McDonald's resignation to provide a seat for the Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, 15 January 1926
	Liberal	William Lyon Mackenzie King	7,920	77.5%	+26.3%
	Independent	David Luther Burgess	2,299	22.5%
Total valid votes			10,219	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles McDonald	5,301	51.2%	+20.0%
	Progressive	Andrew Knox	2,638	25.5%	-28.1%
	Conservative	John George Diefenbaker	2,412	23.3%	+8.1%
Total valid votes			10,351	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Andrew Knox	8,525	53.6%
	Liberal	Lorenzo William Brigham	4,962	31.2%	-0.1%
	Conservative	David Wilson Paul	2,417	15.2%	-56.5%
Total valid votes			15,904	100.0%

Note: Conservative vote is compared to Unionist vote in 1917 election.

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Government	Andrew Knox	6,589	68.7%	+15.9%
	Opposition	Samuel McLeod	2,999	31.3%	-15.9%
Total valid votes			9,588	100.0%

Note: Unionist vote is compared to Liberal-Conservative vote in 1911 election.

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 1 February 1915 On Mr. McKay being appointed Judge, 16 December 1914
	Conservative	Samuel James Donaldson	acclaimed

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James McKay	3,316	52.8%	+6.1%
	Liberal	William Wintfield Rutan	2,961	47.2%	-4.2%
Total valid votes			6,277	100.0%

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	William Wintfield Rutan	2,413	51.4%
	Conservative	James McKay	2,194	46.7%
	Independent Liberal	W.H. Joseph Jaxon	87	1.9%
Total valid votes			4,694	100.0%

External links

Riding history for Prince Albert (1907–1987) from the Library of Parliament

v • d • e Federal ridings in Saskatchewan

Conservative	Battlefords—Lloydminster • Blackstrap • Cypress Hills—Grasslands • Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River • Palliser • Prince Albert • Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre • Regina—Qu'Appelle • Saskatoon—Humboldt • Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar • Saskatoon—Wanuskewin • Souris—Moose Mountain • Yorkton—Melville

Liberal	Wascana

v • d • e Federal ridings in the Prairies

Rural Manitoba	Brandon—Souris • Churchill • Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette • Portage—Lisgar • Provencher • Selkirk—Interlake

Winnipeg	Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia • Elmwood—Transcona • Kildonan—St. Paul • Saint Boniface • Winnipeg Centre • Winnipeg North • Winnipeg South • Winnipeg South Centre

Saskatchewan (South, North)	Battlefords—Lloydminster • Blackstrap • Cypress Hills—Grasslands • Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River • Palliser • Prince Albert • Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre • Regina—Qu'Appelle • Saskatoon—Humboldt • Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar • Saskatoon—Wanuskewin • Souris—Moose Mountain • Wascana • Yorkton—Melville

Rural Alberta	Crowfoot • Fort McMurray—Athabasca • Lethbridge • Macleod • Medicine Hat • Peace River • Red Deer • Vegreville—Wainwright • Westlock—St. Paul • Wetaskiwin • Wild Rose • Yellowhead

Edmonton and environs	Edmonton Centre • Edmonton East • Edmonton—Leduc • Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont • Edmonton—St. Albert • Edmonton—Sherwood Park • Edmonton—Spruce Grove • Edmonton—Strathcona

Calgary	Calgary Centre • Calgary Centre-North • Calgary East • Calgary Northeast • Calgary—Nose Hill • Calgary Southeast • Calgary Southwest • Calgary West

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Portage la Prairie	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1926-1930	Succeeded by Calgary West
Preceded by Calgary West	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1935-1945	Succeeded by Glengarry
Preceded by Quebec East	Constituency represented by the Prime Minister 1957-1963	Succeeded by Algoma East

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