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District created
  
2002

Last contested
  
2016

Province
  
Saskatchewan

First contested
  
2003

Electors
  
8,363

Elector
  
8,363

Cut Knife-Turtleford

Legislature
  
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

MLA
  
Larry Doke Saskatchewan

Census division
  
Division No. 12, Saskatchewan

Cut Knife-Turtleford is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in northwest Saskatchewan, this constituency has an economy based primarily on farming – while oil and gas development is rising. The Battlefords Provincial Park is located here. Communities in the riding include the towns of Cut Knife (population 610), Maidstone (1,037), Lashburn (914), and Turtleford (461); and the villages of Neilburg, Meota, Glaslyn, Marsden, and Edam.

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The riding was last contested in the 2016 general election. It returned incumbent MLA Larry Doke of the Saskatchewan Party.

This constituency was created by the Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan) out of the district of Battleford-Cut Knife and the former district of Turtleford.

History

Cut Knife-Turtleford has elected Saskatchewan Party members since it was first contested in 2003. It is considered a safe seat for the Saskatchewan Party, and typically returns members of that party with large majorities.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

References

Cut Knife-Turtleford Wikipedia


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