Battleford-Cut Knife was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency was created by the merging of parts of the Cut Knife-Lloydminster and The Battlefords electoral districts before the 1995 Saskatchewan general election. The Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan) redistributed this riding into the Cut Knife-Turtleford and a revived The Battlefords electoral districts for the 2003 Saskatchewan general election.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

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# MLA Served Party
  1. Sharon Murrell 1995 – 1999 New Democratic Party
  2. Rudi Peters 1999 – 2003 Saskatchewan Party
  3. Wally Lorenz 2003 Saskatchewan Party

Election results

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Saskatchewan General Election 1995: Battleford-Cut Knife
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Sharon Murrell 2,961 40.90
Liberal Jock MacNell 2,184 30.16
  Prog. Conservative Eileen Sword 1,940 26.79
  Independent Leona Tootoosis 154 2.12
Total 7,239 100.00
Saskatchewan General Election 1999: Battleford-Cut Knife
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Saskatchewan Rudi Peters 3,107 45.77
New Democratic Sharon Murrell 2,438 35.92 -4.98
Liberal Gary B. McArthur 1,242 18.29 -11.87
Total 6,787 100.00
March 17, 2003 By-Election: Battleford-Cut Knife
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Saskatchewan Wally Lorenz 2,946 58.45 -
New Democratic Gordon Yarde 1,609 31.93 -
Liberal Larry Ingram 485 9.62 -
Total 5,040 48.92

See also

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References

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