Souris—Moose Mountain

Souris—Moose Mountain
Saskatchewan electoral district
	Souris—Moose Mountain in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Robert Kitchen; Conservative
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District created	1987
First contested	1988
Last contested	2021
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	72,058
Electors (2015)	51,580
Area (km²)	43,184
Pop. density (per km²)	1.7
Census subdivision(s)	Estevan, Weyburn, Moosomin, Grenfell, Carlyle, Kipling, Oxbow, Redvers, Carnduff

Souris—Moose Mountain is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.

Geography

This electoral district is located in Southeast Saskatchewan, encompassing the cities of Weyburn and Estevan. The riding extends from Radville in the west to the Manitoba border, and from Estevan to Grenfell and the Qu'Appelle River in the north.

History

This district was created in 1987 from Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain and portions of the Assiniboia riding.

This riding lost a fraction of territory to Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan and gained significant territory from Wascana during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

Historical boundaries

1996 representation order
2013 representation order
2023 final report

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years		Party
Souris—Moose Mountain Riding created from Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain and Assiniboia
34th	1988–1993	Lenard Gustafson	Progressive Conservative
35th	1993–1997	Bernie Collins	Liberal
36th	1997–2000	Roy Bailey	Reform
36th	2000–2000		Alliance
37th	2000–2003		Alliance
37th	2003–2004		Conservative
38th	2004–2006	Ed Komarnicki
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015
42nd	2015–2019	Robert Kitchen
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–present

Current member of Parliament

Its member of Parliament is Robert Kitchen, a medical practitioner in Estevan who was elected in the 2015 Canadian federal election and re-elected in 2019.

Demographics

Panethnic groups in Souris—Moose Mountain (2011−2021)
Panethnic group	2021^[2]		2016^[3]		2011^[4]
Panethnic group	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
European^[a]	57,275	82.86%	61,210	86.19%	62,870	89.39%
Indigenous	7,090	10.26%	5,860	8.25%	6,025	8.57%
Southeast Asian^[b]	2,860	4.14%	2,285	3.22%	710	1.01%
South Asian	740	1.07%	605	0.85%	225	0.32%
East Asian^[c]	410	0.59%	325	0.46%	250	0.36%
African	360	0.52%	410	0.58%	170	0.24%
Latin American	140	0.2%	115	0.16%	20	0.03%
Middle Eastern^[d]	100	0.14%	75	0.11%	0	0%
Other/multiracial^[e]	145	0.21%	130	0.18%	40	0.06%
Total responses	69,120	97.93%	71,020	97.78%	70,330	97.6%
Total population	70,579	100%	72,635	100%	72,058	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

Election results

Graph of election results in Souris—Moose Mountain (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

2021 federal election redistributed results^[5]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	31,897	76.01
	People's	3,848	9.17
	New Democratic	3,377	8.05
	Liberal	1,763	4.20
	Green	24	0.06
	Others	1,053	2.51

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Robert Kitchen	30,049	76.4	-8	$42,572.46
	People's	Diane Neufeld	3,571	9.1	+7.4	$2,854.44
	New Democratic	Hannah Ann Duerr	3,107	7.9	+0.16	$0.00
	Liberal	Javin Ames-Sinclair	1,636	4.2	+0.07	$2,023.58
	Maverick	Greg Douglas	977	2.5	–	$3,190.12
Total valid votes/expense limit			39,340	100.0	–	$119,102.72
Total rejected ballots			285
Turnout			39,625	76.96
Eligible voters			51,485
Source: Elections Canada^[6]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Robert Kitchen	35,067	84.40	+14.26	$39,724.57
	New Democratic	Ashlee Hicks	3,214	7.74	-5.94	$889.04
	Liberal	Javin Ames-Sinclair	1,718	4.13	-9.4	$1,657.78
	People's	Phillip Zajac	702	1.69		none listed
	Green	Judy Mergel	681	1.64	-1.01	$294.15
	Canadian Nationalist	Travis Patron	168	0.40		$10,118.21
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,550	100.0
Total rejected ballots			114
Turnout			41,664	80.19
Eligible voters			51,957
	Conservative hold		Swing		+10.10
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Robert Kitchen	26,315	70.14	-2.72	$40,077.78
	New Democratic	Vicky O'Dell	5,131	13.68	-4.81	$28,983.38
	Liberal	Steve Bebbington	5,076	13.53	+7.94	$159.00
	Green	Bob Deptuck	994	2.65	-0.48	$0.11
Total valid votes/expense limit			37,516	100.0		$228,560.45
Total rejected ballots			126	–	–
Turnout			37,642	72.25	+8.25
Eligible voters			52,093
	Conservative hold		Swing		-3.78
Source: Elections Canada^[9]^[10]

2011 federal election redistributed results^[11]
Party		Vote	%
	Conservative	22,424	72.86
	New Democratic	5,689	18.49
	Liberal	1,719	5.59
	Green	944	3.07

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ed Komarnicki	21,598	74.0	+3.5	$45,028
	New Democratic	Allan Arthur	5,461	18.7	+1.9	$11,460
	Liberal	Gerald Borrowman	1,236	4.2	–2.5	$30,532
	Green	Bob Deptuck	898	3.1	–2.9	$483
Total valid votes			29,193	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			77	0.3	0.0
Turnout			29,270	64.0	+3
Eligible voters			46,242	–	–

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ed Komarnicki	19,293	70.5	+7.7	$43,314
	New Democratic	Raquel Fletcher	4,599	16.8	+2.9	$6,182
	Liberal	Marlin Belt	1,834	6.7	-11.8	–
	Green	Bob Deptuck	1,643	6.0	+1.3	$2,093
Total valid votes/expense limit			27,369	100.0		$89,152
Total rejected ballots			90	0.3	0.0
Turnout			27,459	57	-8

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ed Komarnicki	19,282	62.8	+25.9	$40,537
	Liberal	Lonny McKague	5,681	18.5	-1.1	$42,576
	New Democratic	Michael Haukeness	4,284	14.0	+0.2	$6,329
	Green	Mathew Smith	1,448	4.7	+3.0	$518
Total valid votes			30,695	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			83	0.3	0.0
Turnout			30,778	65.3	+2.3

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ed Komarnicki	11,306	36.9	-33.1	$52,238
	Independent	Grant Devine	8,399	27.4	–	$69,162
	Liberal	Lonny McKague	6,001	19.6	+5.2	$44,913
	New Democratic	Robert Stephen Stringer	4,202	13.7	-1.9	$15,033
	Green	Sigfredo Gonzalez	537	1.8	–
	Christian Heritage	Robert Thomas Jacobson	191	0.6	–	$194
Total valid votes			30,636	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			83	0.3	-0.1
Turnout			30,719	63.0	0.0

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Roy Bailey	19,278	63.3	+22.1	$32,614
	New Democratic	Tom Cameron	4,755	15.6	-3.0	$12,747
	Liberal	Myles Fuchs	4,371	14.3	-12.9	$11,644
	Progressive Conservative	Larry Gabruch	2,060	6.8	-6.2	–
Total valid votes			30,464	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			98	0.3	-0.1
Turnout			30,562	63.0	+4.0

v t e 1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Roy Bailey	13,732	41.2	+10.5	$24,042
	Liberal	Bernie Collins	9,077	27.2	-5.0	$42,840
	New Democratic	Gary Lake	6,209	18.6	+2.1	$26,063
	Progressive Conservative	Greg Douglas	4,333	13.0	-2.0	$11,530
Total valid votes			33,351	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			128	0.4
Turnout			33,479	67.0

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bernie Collins	10,829	32.2	+13.2
	Reform	Doug Heimlick	10,330	30.7	–
	New Democratic	Caroline Saxon	5,539	16.5	-16.0
	Progressive Conservative	Earl Silcox	5,051	15.0	-31.8
	Independent	Art Mainil	918	2.7	–
	Independent	David Davis	701	2.1	–
	Canada Party	David Bouchard	271	0.8	–
Total valid votes			33,639	100.0

v t e 1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive Conservative	Lenard Gustafson	17,200	46.8
	New Democratic	Jeff Sample	11,924	32.5
	Liberal	Mike Bauche	6,965	19.0
	Confederation of Regions	Kelvin G. Rutten	652	1.8
Total valid votes			36,741	100.0

References

"Souris—Moose Mountain (Code 47012) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved March 3, 2011.

Notes

^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.