Martensville (electoral district)

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Martensville
Saskatchewan electoral district
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Provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA
 
 
 
Nancy Heppner
Saskatchewan
District created 2002
First contested 2003
Last contested 2011
Demographics
Electors 13,371
Census divisions Division No. 16
Census subdivisions Martensville, Warman

Martensville is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada, named after the city of Martensville, located north of Saskatoon.

The electoral district was created through the Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan), mostly out of the former constituency of Rosthern.

The city of Warman is also located in the riding. Smaller communities in the district include the towns of Hague, Waldheim, Osler, and Dalmeny; and the village of Hepburn.

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

  Name Party Elected Left Office
  Ben Heppner Saskatchewan Party 2003 2006
  Nancy Heppner Saskatchewan Party 2007 present

Election results (2003 – present)

Saskatchewan General Election 2011, Martensville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Saskatchewan Nancy Heppner 6,819 83.14% +9.67
     NDP Catlin Hogan 1,109 13.52% -5.21
Green Chad Wm. Crozier 274 3.34% +1.39
Total 8,202 100.00%
Saskatchewan General Election 2007, Martensville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Saskatchewan Nancy Heppner 5,981 73.47% -3.82
     NDP Chris Gallaway 1,525 18.73% +8.24
     Liberal Eric Steiner 476 5.85% -1.67
Green Hart Haidn 159 1.95% -0.22
Total 8,141 100.00%

Martensville provincial by-election, 2007

A provincial by-election was held on 5 March 2007 to fill the vacancy left when MLA Ben Heppner died of prostate cancer.[1] In a first for Saskatchewan politics, Saskatchewan Party candidate Nancy Heppner succeeded her late father.

March 5, 2007 By-Election: Martensville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Saskatchewan Nancy Heppner 3,566 77.29% +22.04%
     NDP John Tzupa 484 10.49% -16.38%
     Liberal Nathan Friesen 347 7.52% -9.11%
Green Sandra Finley 100 2.17% *
Western Independence Gordon Elias 42 0.91% -0.69%
Marijuana Nathan Holowaty 38 0.82% *
Total 4,614
(6 spoiled)
Saskatchewan General Election 2003, Martensville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Saskatchewan Ben Heppner 3,771 55.25%
     NDP Zane Dmytryshyn 1,834 26.87%
     Liberal Allan Earle 1,135 16.63%
Western Independence Warren Fehr 85 1.25%
Total 6,825 100.00%

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