Arm River-Watrous

Arm River-Watrous

Infobox Canadian provincial riding
name = Arm River-Watrous
province = Saskatchewan
legislature = Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan


member-type = Member of the
Legislative Assembly
party-colour = Saskatchewan Party
member = Greg P. Brkich
member-party = Saskatchewan Party
census-date = 2001
pop = 16,966
election-date = 2003
electors = 12,843
area =
popdens =
created = 2002
cdivision =
muns =

Arm River-Watrous is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency is located in south central Saskatchewan. Grain farming and cattle ranching are the major economic activities. Wynyard is home to the larger industries in this constituency. They include: Sunnyland Poultry Products, Big Quill Resources (Canada's largest manufacturer of potassium sulphate) and Cargill. Watrous is well-known for the healing waters of Lake Manitou and its Mineral Spa. This resort community hosts visitors from around the world. Blackstrap Provincial Park is also located in this constituency. The three largest communities are Wynyard with a population of 1,919, Watrous with a population of 1,808 and Davidson (1,035).

Geography

Towns

* Davidson
* Dundurn
* Govan
* Hanley
* Imperial
* Nokomis
* Raymore
* Watrous
* Wynyard

Villages

* Bladworth
* Dafoe
* Drake
* Duval
* Girvin
* Hawarden
* Jansen
* Kenaston
* Liberty
* Loreburn
* Quinton
* Semans
* Simpson
* Strongfield
* Young

Resort Villages

* Etters Beach
* Manitou Beach

Rural Municipalities

Reno
* Touchwood No. 248
* Last Mountain Valley No. 250
* Big Arm No. 251
* Arm River No. 252
* Willner No. 253
* Loreburn No. 254
* Kutawa No. 278
* Mount Hope No. 279
* Wreford No. 280
* Wood Creek No. 281
* McCraney No. 282
* Rosedale No. 283
* Big Quill No. 308
* Prairie Rose No. 309
* Usborne No. 310
* Morris No. 312
* Lost River No. 313
* Dundurn No. 314
* Viscount No. 341

First Nations

* Day Star First Nation
* Kawacatoose First Nation

Hutterite Colonies

* Clear Springs
* Hillcrest

Parks

* Blackstrap Provincial Park
* Manitou and District Regional Park
* Last Mountain Regional Park
* Wynyard and District Regional Park

History

Riding

This riding was created by the "The Representation Act, 2002" (Saskatchewan). Prior to the act, this constituency was a part of the Arm River, Last Mountain-Touchwood, and Watrous constituencies. The former riding of Arm River makes up much of the new riding.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

* Previous MLAs:
** Arm River: Greg P. Brkich, Saskatchewan Party
** Watrous: Donna Harpauer, Saskatchewan Party
** Last Mountain-Touchwood: Glen Hart, Saskatchewan Party

Election Results

-
style="width: 130px" |Saskatchewan Party
Greg P. Brkich
align="right"|3,994
align="right"|48.10%
align="right"
-
NDP
Carol Rowan
align="right"|3,169
align="right"|38.16%
align="right"
Liberal
Steven Barlow
align="right"|914
align="right"|11.01%
align="right"
Western Independence Party
Gord Pederson
align="right"|158
align="right"|1.90%
align="right"
Independent
Gord Anderson
align="right"|69
align="right"|0.83%
align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|8,304!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"

External links

* [http://www.legassembly.sk.ca/ Website of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan]


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