Constituency Profile: Saskatchewan Rivers

Saskatchewan Rivers constituency is outlined in red on the map above.

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Saskatchewan Rivers first appeared on the Saskatchewan political map for the 1995 provincial election. Since that time, this seat has gone back and forth between the NDP and the Saskatchewan Party.

The first MLA for Saskatchewan Rivers was Jack Langford of the NDP. Langford was first elected in 1991 in the old Shellbrook-Torch River riding. In 1995 Langford won Saskatchewan Rivers by 1,021 votes or 15 percentage points over the Liberals. But in 1999 Langford was handed a narrow defeat by Daryl Wiberg of the Saskatchewan Party. Wiberg had narrowly lost in the 1997 federal election for the Reform Party but beat Langford in 1999 by 156 votes. But Wiberg's time as an MLA was, for in 2003 he lost to Lon Borgerson of the NDP. Borgerson won by 618 votes or about 8 percentage points. Borgerson was MLA until 2007, when he in turn was defeated by Nadine Wilson by 1,073 votes or about 13 percentage points.

Wilson is running for re-election in Saskatchewan Rivers on November 7th. Wilson won with about 55 percent of the vote in 2007. Without a Liberal candidate this time and with Premier Wall's popularity fuelling support for the Sask Party, Wilson could win this time with over 60 percent of the vote.