District created 2002 Last contested 2016 Province Saskatchewan | First contested 2003 Population (2001) 17,392 Elector 10,189 | |
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Legislature Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan MLA Delbert Kirsch
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See also Batoche (former electoral district) and Batoche (N.W.T. electoral district)
Batoche is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located in north central Saskatchewan and has an economy based primarily on mixed agriculture and farm implement manufacturing. Bourgault Industries in St. Brieux manufactures harrows, cultivators, ploughs. The Batoche area is where Louis Riel led his Metis people in an armed uprising against the Canadian government in 1885. Batoche National Historic Site is located in this constituency.
A former electoral district of the same name was in existence from 1905 until 1908.
The largest communities are Birch Hills, Wakaw and Cudworth with populations of 935, 884 and 766, respectively. Smaller centres in the riding include the villages of St. Brieux, St. Louis, Lake Lenore, Duck Lake, Weldon and Middle Lake; and the town of Kinistino.
Constituency
This riding was created by the The Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan). This constituency was a formed from parts of the Humboldt, Melfort-Tisdale, Prince Albert Carlton, Rosthern, Saskatchewan Rivers and Shellbrook-Spiritwood ridings.