Regina Walsh Acres is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Originally created for the 16th Saskatchewan general election in 1967 from parts of Regina North and Regina West, this constituency has changed boundaries many times.
 Saskatchewan electoral district | |||
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| Coordinates: | 50°28′59″N 104°39′29″W / 50.483°N 104.658°W | ||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| District created | 2003 | ||
| First contested | 2003 | ||
| Last contested | 2024 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors | 9,382 | ||
| Census division(s) | Division No. 6 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Regina | ||
This district currently includes the Regina neighbourhoods of Normanview, Regent Park, Sherwood-McCarthy, McCarthy Park, and Walsh Acres. It will gain portions of Coronation Park and Argyle Park west of Argyle Street for the next general election.
The riding was created prior to the 2003 election from parts of Regina Sherwood, Regina Coronation Park, Regina Elphinstone and Regina Qu'Appelle Valley.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Regina Walsh Acres | ||||
| 25th | 2003–2007 | Sandra Morin | New Democrat | |
| 26th | 2007–2011 | |||
| 27th | 2011–2016 | Warren Steinley | Saskatchewan Party | |
| 28th | 2016–2019 | |||
| 2019–2020 | Vacant | |||
| 29th | 2020–2023 | Derek Meyers | Saskatchewan Party | |
| 2023–2024 | Jared Clarke | New Democrat | ||
| 30th | 2024–present | |||
Election results
edit| 2024 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jared Clarke | 4,361 | 56.3 | |||||
| Saskatchewan | Liaqat Ali | 2,911 | 37.6 | |||||
| Saskatchewan United | Bonnie Farrell | 349 | 4.5 | |||||
| Green | Dianna Holigroski | 119 | 1.5 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 7,740 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | – | |||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan | ||||||||
| 2020 provincial election redistributed results[1] | |||
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| Party | % | ||
| Saskatchewan | 49.5 | ||
| New Democratic | 46.2 | ||
| Green | 0.5 | ||
| Saskatchewan provincial by-election, 10 August 2023 Death of Derek Meyers | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jared Clarke | 2,395 | 54.05 | +16.40 | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Nevin Markwart | 1,783 | 40.24 | -6.38 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Rose Buscholl | 215 | 4.85 | +0.93 | ||||
| Green | Joseph Reynolds | 38 | 0.86 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 4,431 | 99.95 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 2 | 0.05 | -0.75 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,433 | 37.64 | -18.85 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 11,777 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Saskatchewan | Swing | +11.39 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan[2] | ||||||||
| 2020 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Derek Meyers | 3,148 | 46.62 | -4.68 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kelly Hardy | 2,542 | 37.65 | -5.06 | ||||
| Independent | Sandra Morin | 797 | 11.80 | - | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ken Grey | 265 | 3.92 | - | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,752 | 99.21 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 54 | 0.79 | +0.61 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,806 | 56.49 | -2.09 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 12,048 | |||||||
| Saskatchewan hold | Swing | +0.19 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan | ||||||||
| 2016 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Warren Steinley | 3,575 | 51.30 | -6.88 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gloria Patrick | 2,976 | 42.70 | +3.36 | ||||
| Liberal | Reina Sinclair | 312 | 4.48 | - | ||||
| Green | Leonie Williams | 106 | 1.52 | -0.96 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,969 | 99.81 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 13 | 0.19 | -0.10 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,982 | 58.58 | -9.02 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 11,919 | |||||||
| Saskatchewan hold | Swing | -5.12 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan[3][4] | ||||||||
| 2011 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Warren Steinley | 3,679 | 58.18 | - | ||||
| New Democratic | Sandra Morin | 2,488 | 39.34 | -22.65 | ||||
| Green | Bart Soroka | 157 | 2.48 | -0.96 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 6,324 | 99.72 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 18 | 0.28 | -8.52 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,342 | 67.60 | -5.16 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 9,382 | |||||||
| Saskatchewan gain from New Democratic | Swing | +40.41 | ||||||
| 2007 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Sandra Morin | 3,942 | 61.99 | -0.86 | ||||
| Liberal | Marie-France Magnin | 2,198 | 34.57 | +24.08 | ||||
| Green | Kelsey Pearson | 219 | 3.44 | +2.57 | ||||
| Saskatchewan | - | - | - | |||||
| Total valid votes | 6,359 | 91.19 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 614 | 8.81 | +8.72 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,973 | 72.76 | -0.30 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 9,584 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | -12.47 | ||||||
1 Dan Harder, the Saskatchewan Party candidate, withdrew his candidacy on October 27, 2007 after the party learned the details of a complaint of inappropriate conduct made against him by employees of Big Brothers of Regina in 2006 while he was executive director of the organization. See Brownlee, Karen (29 October 2007). "Sask. Party rejects Regina candidate". Regina Leader-Post. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007.
| 2003 Saskatchewan general election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| New Democratic | Sandra Morin | 4,594 | 62.85 | |||||
| Saskatchewan | Mike Shenher | 1,693 | 23.16 | |||||
| Liberal | Perry Juttla | 766 | 10.48 | |||||
| Independent | Lindy Kasperski1 | 192 | 2.63 | |||||
| New Green | Nigel Taylor | 64 | 0.88 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 7,309 | 99.92 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 6 | 0.08 | ||||||
| Turnout | 7,315 | 73.06 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 10,013 | |||||||
1 Lindy Kasperski was suspended from the 24th Assembly's NDP caucus after being charged with fraud. Following Kasperski's acquittal, he was offered reinstatement – but refused in the face of a difficult re-nomination fight in this constituency.
References
edit- ^ "Regina Walsh Acres". 338Canada. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
- ^ "2023 By-elections". Elections Saskatchewan. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- ^ "Register of Official Candidates by Constituency - March 19 - FINAL" (PDF). Elections Saskatchewan. 19 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- ^ "2016 General Election Results". Elections Saskatchewan. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.