Garry Breitkreuz

Garry W. Breitkreuz (pronounced Bright-Krites) (born October 21, 1945) is a Canadian politician. He was the Conservative Party of Canada member of the House of Commons of Canada for Yorkton—Melville from 1993 to 2015. He was formerly a member of the Reform Party of Canada (1993–2000) and the Canadian Alliance (2000–2003). While he had no formal position in the cabinet, as an Opposition member he was Deputy House Leader of the Opposition, Conservative Party Deputy House Leader, Deputy Whip of the Official Opposition, Chief Opposition Whip, and Critic to the Solicitor General.

Garry W. Breitkreuz
Member of Parliament for Yorkton—Melville
In office October 25, 1993 – October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Lorne Nystrom
Succeeded by	Cathay Wagantall
Personal details
Born	(1945-10-21) October 21, 1945 Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political party	Reform (1993-2000) Canadian Alliance (2000-2003) Conservative (2003-present)
Spouse	Lydia Breitkreuz
Residence(s)	Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Profession	teacher

Breitkreuz has been known to be the most outspoken member of the House of Commons on his opposition to the Canadian gun registry.

In 2005, Breitkreuz was granted the Sport Shooting Ambassador Award by the World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities.

Electoral record

2011 Canadian federal election: Yorkton—Melville
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Garry Breitkreuz	21,906	68.9	+0.9	$68,801
	New Democratic	Doug Ottenbreit	6,931	21.8	+1.0	$13,345
	Liberal	Kash Andreychuk	2,167	6.8	+1.4	$40,387
	Green	Elaine Marie Hughes	774	2.4	-3.3	$540
Total valid votes/expense limit			31,778	100.0		$92,190
Total rejected ballots			90	0.3	-0.1
Turnout			31,868	63.4	+6
Eligible voters			50,254	–	–
	Conservative hold		Swing		-0.05

2008 Canadian federal election: Yorkton—Melville
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Garry Breitkreuz	19,824	68.0	+4.6	$65,139
	New Democratic	Doug Ottenbreit	6,076	20.8	+2.0	$12,454
	Green	Jen Antony	1,664	5.7	+2.9	$3,767
	Liberal	Bryan H. Bell	1,578	5.4	-8.5	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			29,142	100.0		$89,452
Total rejected ballots			107	0.4	+0.2
Turnout			29,249	57	-7
	Conservative hold		Swing		+1.3

2006 Canadian federal election: Yorkton—Melville
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Garry Breitkreuz	20,736	63.5	+0.6	$55,627
	New Democratic	Jason Dennison	6,165	18.9	+4.1	$19,488
	Liberal	Mervin Cushman	4,558	14.0	-0.8	$18,223
	Green	Keith Neu	923	2.8	+1.2	$641
	Independent	Carl Barabonoff	287	0.9	–	$739
Total valid votes			32,669	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			80	0.2	-0.1
Turnout			32,749	64.3	+4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing		-1.75

2004 Canadian federal election: Yorkton—Melville
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Garry Breitkreuz	19,940	62.9	-5.0	$61,866
	New Democratic	Don Olson	5,890	18.6	+2.8	$18,736
	Liberal	Ted Quewezance	4,697	14.8	-1.4	$32,905
	Green	Ralph Pilchner	630	1.98	+2.0	–
	Independent	David Sawkiw	524	1.7	–	$6,330
Total valid votes			31,681	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			113	0.4	0.0
Turnout			31,794	60.2	-3.4
	Conservative hold		Swing		-3.9

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

2000 Canadian federal election: Yorkton—Melville
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Garry Breitkreuz*	19,978	63.0	+12.9	$52,574
	Liberal	Ken Pilon	5,153	16.2	-2.6	$24,027
	New Democratic	Peter Champagne	5,007	15.8	-9.2	$9,235
	Progressive Conservative	Brent Haas	1,583	5.0	-1.1	$543
Total valid votes			31,721	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			103	0.3	0.0
Turnout			31,824	63.6	-3.3
	Reform hold		Swing		+7.75

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

1997 Canadian federal election: Yorkton—Melville
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Reform	Garry Breitkreuz*	17,216	50.1	+17.4	$53,836
	New Democratic	Evan Carlson	8,583	25.0	-4.4	$43,899
	Liberal	Lloyd Sandercock	6,481	18.9	-10.6	$39,999
	Progressive Conservative	Ivan Daunt	2,101	6.1	-2.6	$6,357
Total valid votes			34,381	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			116	0.3
Turnout			34,497	66.9	–
	Reform hold		Swing		+10.90

1993 Canadian federal election: Yorkton—Melville
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Garry Breitkreuz	10,605	32.7	-1.9
	Liberal	Jim Walters	9,531	29.4	+15.8
	New Democratic	Lorne Nystrom*	9,487	29.2	-21.9
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Reitenbach	2,825	8.7	-25.9
Total valid votes			32,448	100.0
	Reform gain from New Democratic		Swing		-8.85

* Denotes incumbent.

External links

• Garry Breitkreuz – Parliament of Canada biography
• How'd They Vote?: Garry Breitkreuz's voting history and quotes