Carrot River Valley

Carrot River Valley

Saskatchewan electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA	Fred Bradshaw Saskatchewan
District created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Electors	10,340
Census subdivision(s)	Nipawin, Tisdale, Hudson Bay, Carrot River

Carrot River Valley is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in the east central area of Saskatchewan, this constituency was created by The Representation Act, 1994 (Saskatchewan) out of the former district of Kelsey-Tisdale and part of the riding of Nipawin. The Carrot River flows through the riding.

The riding was last contested in the 2016 general election, when incumbent Saskatchewan Party MLA Fred Bradshaw was re-elected.

The largest population centers in the constituency are Nipawin (pop. 4,275), Tisdale (pop. 3,063), Hudson Bay (pop. 1,783), and Carrot River (pop. 1,017). Smaller communities in the riding include the villages of Codette, Zenon Park, Aylsham, Mistatim, and Crooked River; and the town of Arborfield.

History[]

The riding was first contested in the 1995 general election, when it returned NDP candidate Andy Renaud. After the 1999 general election, the riding returned only Saskatchewan Party members until the present day.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[]

This riding has elected the following Members of the Legislative Assembly:

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Carrot River Valley Riding created from Kelsey-Tisdale and Nipawin
23rd	1995–1999		Andy Renaud	New Democratic
24th	1999–2003		Carl Kwiatkowski	Saskatchewan
	2003–2003		Allan Kerpan
25th	2003–2007
26th	2007–2011		Fred Bradshaw
27th	2011–2016
28th	2016–2020
29th	2020–Present

Election results[]

2020 Saskatchewan general election[]

2020 Saskatchewan general election: Carrot River Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Fred Bradshaw	4,833	74.54	-1.42
	New Democratic	Rod McCorriston	1,282	19.77	-0.60
	Progressive Conservative	Glen Leson	279	4.30	–
	Green	Liam Becker	90	1.39	-0.32
Total valid votes			6,484	99.37
Total rejected ballots			41	0.63	–
Turnout			6,525	–	–
Eligible voters			–
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		–
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

2016 Saskatchewan general election[]

2016 Saskatchewan general election: Carrot River Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Fred Bradshaw	5,104	75.96	+0.67
	New Democratic	Sandy Ewen	1,369	20.37	-1.82
	Liberal	Karalsingham Sadadcharan	131	1.94	-
	Green	Koreena Lynn Fibke	115	1.71	-0.81
Total valid votes			–	100.0
Eligible voters			���
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		–
Source: Elections Saskatchewan[1][2]

2011 Saskatchewan general election[]

2011 Saskatchewan general election: Carrot River Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Fred Bradshaw	4,903	75.29	+13.55
	New Democratic	Arnold Schellenberg	1,445	22.19	–11.00
	Green	Spencer Bourassa	164	2.52	–
Total valid votes			6,512	100.0
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		+12.28

2007 Saskatchewan general election[]

2007 Saskatchewan general election: Carrot River Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Fred Bradshaw	4,364	61.74	+14.97
	New Democratic	Leigh Spencer	2,346	33.19	–8.80
	Liberal	Gerry MacNeill	358	5.07	–6.17
Total valid votes			7,068	100.0
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		+11.88

2003 Saskatchewan general election[]

2003 Saskatchewan general election: Carrot River Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Allan Kerpan	3,447	46.77	–1.50
	New Democratic	Mark Pitzel	3,095	41.99	+10.78
	Liberal	Kathy McIntyre	828	11.24	–9.28
Total valid votes			7,370	100.0
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		–6.14

2003 Carrot River Valley by-election[]

Saskatchewan provincial by-election, 26 June 2003: Carrot River Valley On the death of Carl Kwiatkowski, 2 February 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Allan Kerpan	2,192	48.27	–2.52
	New Democratic	Mark Pitzel	1,417	31.21	–8.54
	Liberal	Kathy McIntyre	932	20.52	+11.06
Total valid votes			4,541	100.0
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		+3.01

1999 Saskatchewan general election[]

1999 Saskatchewan general election: Carrot River Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Carl Kwiatkowski	3,582	50.79	–
	New Democratic	Andy Renaud	2,803	39.75	–3.49
	Liberal	Ron Wassill	667	9.46	–26.49
Total valid votes			7,052	100.0
	Saskatchewan gain from New Democratic		Swing		+27.14

1995 Saskatchewan general election[]

1995 Saskatchewan general election: Carrot River Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Andy Renaud	3,238	43.24
	Liberal	Gary Broker	2,692	35.95
	Progressive Conservative	Bob Ferguson	1,558	20.81
Total valid votes			7,488	100.0
	New Democratic pickup new district.

See also[]

• Kelsey (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district) (1952–1971)
• Kelsey-Tisdale (1971–1995)

References[]

External links[]

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
• Saskatchewan Archives Board – Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral District

Coordinates: 53°20′N 103°00′W / 53.333°N 103.000°W / 53.333; -103.000