Regina Walsh Acres

Regina Walsh Acres
Saskatchewan electoral district
Coordinates:	50°28′59″N 104°39′29″W / 50.483°N 104.658°WCoordinates: 50°28′59″N 104°39′29″W / 50.483°N 104.658°W
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA	Derek Meyers; Saskatchewan
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District created	1967; as "Regina North West"
First contested	1967
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Electors	9,382
Communities	Regina

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.

Today this district includes the Regina neighbourhoods of , , , , and Walsh Acres.

This district was called "Regina North West" until 1995, and "Regina Sherwood" from 1995 to 2003.

Members of the Legislative Assembly[]

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
Regina North West
16th	1967–1971		Ed Whelan	New Democrat
17th	1971–1975
18th	1975–1978
19th	1978
19th	1979–1982		John Solomon	New Democrat
20th	1982–1983		Bill Sveinson	Progressive Conservative
	1983–1985			Liberal
	1986			Western Canada Concept
21st	1986–1991		John Solomon	New Democrat
22nd	1991–1993		John Solomon	New Democrat
22nd	1994–1995		Anita Bergman	Liberal
Regina Sherwood
23rd	1995–1999		Lindy Kasperski	New Democrat
24th	1999–2001			New Democrat
24th	2001–2003			Independent
Regina Walsh Acres
25th	2003–2007		Sandra Morin	New Democrat
26th	2007–2011		Sandra Morin	New Democrat
27th	2011–2016		Warren Steinley	Saskatchewan Party
28th	2016–2019		Warren Steinley	Saskatchewan Party
28th	2019–2020	Vacant
29th	2020–present		Derek Meyers	Saskatchewan Party

Election results[]

2020 Saskatchewan general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Derek Meyers	3,148	46.62	-4.68
	New Democratic	Kelly Hardy	2,542	37.65	-5.05
	Independent	Sandra Morin	797	11.80	-
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Grey	265	3.93	-
Total valid votes			6,752	99.21
Total rejected ballots			54	0.79	+0.60
Turnout			6,806	–	–
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		–
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
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		-5.12
Source: Elections Saskatchewan^[1]^[2]

2011 Saskatchewan general election: Regina Walsh Acres
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Warren Steinley	3,679	58.18	-
	NDP	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
	Saskatchewan gain from New Democratic		Swing		+40.41

2007 Saskatchewan general election: Regina Walsh Acres
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Sandra Morin	3,942	61.99	-0.86
	Liberal	Marie-France Magnin	2,198	34.57	+24.09
	Green	Kelsey Pearson	219	3.44	+2.56
	Saskatchewan	~~Dan Harder~~¹	-	-	-
Total valid votes			6,359	91.19
Total rejected ballots			614	8.81	+8.72
Turnout			6,973	72.76	-0.30
	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 (October 29, 2007). "Sask. Party rejects Regina candidate". Regina Leader-Post. Archived from the original on October 30, 2007.

2003 Saskatchewan general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NDP	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

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.

Regina Sherwood (1995–2003)[]

1999 Saskatchewan general election: Regina Sherwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Lindy Kasperski	3,090	50.58	-12.69
	Saskatchewan	Arlene Bray	1,549	25.36	*
	Liberal	Tom Crosby	1,369	22.41	-7.09
	Prog. Conservative	George Marcotte	101	1.65	-5.58
Total valid votes			6,109	99.45
Total rejected ballots			34	0.55	+0.08
Turnout			6,143	61.71	+1.34
Eligible voters			9,955
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-19.02

1995 Saskatchewan general election: Regina Sherwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NDP	Lindy Kasperski	3,951	63.27
	Liberal	Frank Gribbon	1,842	29.50
	Prog. Conservative	Thomas D. Durbin	452	7.24
Total valid votes			6,245	99.52
Total rejected ballots			30	0.48
Turnout			6,275	60.37
Eligible voters			10,395

Regina North West (1967–1995)[]

February 4, 1994 By-election: Regina North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Anita Bergman	2,566	57.05	+28.40
	NDP	Kathie Maher-Wolbaum	1,794	39.88	-20.85
	Prog. Conservative	Harvey Schmidt	138	3.07	-7.55
Total			4,498	100.00

1991 Saskatchewan general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	John Solomon	5,660	60.73	+2.46
	Liberal	Liz Calvert	2,670	28.65	+20.23
	Prog. Conservative	Jack Mock	990	10.62	-22.40
Total			9,320	100.00

1986 Saskatchewan general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	John Solomon	7,970	58.27	+19.97
	Prog. Conservative	Alvin Law	4,517	33.02	-24.71
	Liberal	John MacGowan	1,152	8.42	+6.34
	Alliance	Bill Sveinson	39	0.29	*
Total valid votes			13,678	99.80
Total rejected ballots			27	0.20	-0.06
Turnout			13,705	87.01	-0.32
Eligible voters			15,751
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+22.34

1982 Saskatchewan general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Prog. Conservative	Bill Sveinson	6,797	57.73	+36.95
	NDP	John Solomon	4,509	38.30	-9.44
	Liberal	Adrian McBride	245	2.08	-29.39
	Western Canada Concept	Les R. Kavanagh	222	1.89	*
Total valid votes			11,773	99.75
Total rejected ballots			30	0.25	-0.02
Turnout			11,803	87.33	+8.81
Eligible voters			13,515
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+23.20

October 17, 1979 By-election: Regina North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	John Solomon	3,354	47.73	-7.13
	Liberal	Ted Malone	2,211	31.47	+17.27
	Prog. Conservative	Philip Lundeen	1,460	20.78	-10.14
Total valid votes			7,025
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-12.20

1978 Saskatchewan general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Ed Whelan	5,575	54.87	+12.74
	Prog. Conservative	Philip Lundeen	3,142	30.93	+4.02
	Liberal	J. Culliton Poston	1,443	14.20	-16.76
Total valid votes			10,160	99.73
Total rejected ballots			28	0.27	-0.07
Turnout			10,188	78.52	+1.89
Eligible voters			12,975
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.36

1975 Saskatchewan general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Ed Whelan	3,174	42.13	-22.15
	Liberal	David Bouchard	2,333	30.97	-4.42
	Prog. Conservative	Bill Sveinson	2,027	26.90	-
Total valid votes			7,534	99.66
Total rejected ballots			26	0.34
Turnout			7,560	76.63
Eligible voters			9,865
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-8.86

1971 Saskatchewan general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Ed Whelan	8,805	64.27	+11.94
	Liberal	David H. Sheard	4,848	35.39	-0.98
	Communist	Fred J. Schofield	46	0.34	*
Total valid votes			13,699
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+6.46

1967 Saskatchewan general election: Regina North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	NDP	Ed Whelan	5,364	52.33
	Liberal	Frank Kleefeld	3,728	36.37
	Prog. Conservative	George Tkach	1,011	9.86
	Social Credit	H. Kenneth Cooper	147	1.43
Total valid votes			10,250

References[]

^ "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.

External links[]

[1] "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.

[2] "2016 General Election Results". Elections Saskatchewan. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.

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