Federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada
Yorkton—Melville Saskatchewanelectoral district Coordinates: 51°55′44″N 102°45′04″W / 51.929°N 102.751°W /51.929; -102.751 Federal electoral district Legislature House of Commons MP Cathay Wagantall Conservative District created 1966 First contested 1968 Last contested 2025 District webpage profile ,map Demographics Population (2011 )[ 1] 71,270 Electors (2015)53,446 Area (km²)[ 2] 43,272 Pop. density (per km²) 1.6 Census subdivision(s) Yorkton ,Melville ,Esterhazy ,Canora ,Orkney ,Kamsack ,Hudson Bay ,Wadena ,Langenburg ,Foam Lake
Yorkton—Melville is a federalelectoral district inSaskatchewan , Canada, that has been represented in theHouse of Commons of Canada since 1968.
The district is in east-central Saskatchewan.
The electoral district was created in 1966 fromYorkton ,Melville andMackenzie ridings .
In 2006, 30.2% of the population of the Yorkton—Melville constituency were ofUkrainian ethnic origin , the highest such percentage in Canada.[ 3] Also during the 2006 election, the Yorkton—Melville riding had the highest percentage of eligible voters over the age of 65, and highest average age of all the then-308 federal electoral districts.
This riding lost a fraction of territory toRegina—Qu'Appelle and gained territory fromSaskatoon—Humboldt and a fraction fromDesnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River during the2012 electoral redistribution .
Historical boundaries [ edit ] 1966 representation order
1976 representation order
1987 representation order
1996 representation order
2003 representation order
2013 representation order
2023 final report
Members of Parliament [ edit ] Panethnic groups in Yorkton—Melville (2011−2021)Panethnic group2021[ 4] 2016[ 5] 2011[ 6] Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % European [ a] 56,145 80.71%58,820 84.6%61,600 88.21%Indigenous 8,765 12.6%7,530 10.83%6,735 9.64%Southeast Asian [ b] 2,330 3.35%1,910 2.75%845 1.21%South Asian 915 1.32%315 0.45%40 0.06%African 545 0.78%310 0.45%255 0.37%East Asian [ c] 400 0.58%435 0.63%310 0.44%Latin American 250 0.36%120 0.17%0 0%Middle Eastern [ d] 80 0.12%55 0.08%10 0.01%Other/multiracial [ e] 135 0.19%60 0.09%35 0.05%Total responses 69,565 97.68%69,530 97.89%69,830 97.98%Total population 71,220 100%71,031 100%71,270 100%Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.
Vote share Year 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 Liberal Conservative NDP Green PC Reform/Alliance People's Social Credit Federal election results in Yorkton-Melville
Graph of election results in Yorkton—Melville (minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)
2021 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Cathay Wagantall 23,850 68.67 -7.48 $48,266.24 New Democratic Halsten David Rust 4,237 12.20 -0.05 $504.29 People's Braden Robertson 3,247 9.35 +6.92 $8,392.80 Liberal Jordan Ames-Sinclair 2,183 6.29 -0.13 $2,023.58 Green Valerie Brooks 615 1.77 -0.99 $1,434.77 Maverick Denise Loucks 601 1.73 – $2,354.31 Total valid votes/expense limit 34,733 – – $119,557.84 Total rejected ballots Turnout 66.25 -6.56 Eligible voters 52,429 Conservative hold Swing -3.72 Source:Elections Canada [ 9]
2015 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Cathay Wagantall 21,683 59.22 -9.66 $57,632.77 New Democratic Doug Ottenbreit 7,396 20.20 -1.76 $21,043.83 Liberal Brooke Taylor Malinoski 6,504 17.76 +11.15 $3,627.04 Green Elaine Marie Hughes 1,030 2.81 +0.43 $130.31 Total valid votes/expense limit 36,613 100.0 $229,969.51 Total rejected ballots 95 – – Turnout 36,708 68.36 +4.96 Eligible voters 53,694 Conservative hold Swing -3.95 Source:Elections Canada [ 12] [ 13]
2011 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Garry Breitkreuz 21,906 68.9 +0.9 $68,801 New Democratic Doug Ottenbreit 6,931 21.8 +1.0 $13,345 Liberal Kash Andreychuk 2,167 6.8 +1.4 $40,387 Green Elaine Marie Hughes 774 2.4 -3.3 $540 Total valid votes/expense limit 31,778 100.0 $92,190 Total rejected ballots 90 0.3 -0.1 Turnout 31,868 63.4 +6 Eligible voters 50,254 – – Conservative hold Swing -0.05
2008 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Conservative Garry Breitkreuz 19,824 68.0 +4.6 $65,139 New Democratic Doug Ottenbreit 6,076 20.8 +2.0 $12,454 Green Jen Antony 1,664 5.7 +2.9 $3,767 Liberal Bryan H. Bell 1,578 5.4 -8.5 – Total valid votes/expense limit 29,142 100.0 $89,452 Total rejected ballots 107 0.4 +0.2 Turnout 29,249 57 -7 Conservative hold Swing +1.3
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.
1997 Canadian federal election Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures Reform Garry Breitkreuz *17,216 50.1 +17.4 $53,836 New Democratic Evan Carlson 8,583 25.0 -4.4 $43,899 Liberal Lloyd Sandercock 6,481 18.9 -10.6 $39,999 Progressive Conservative Ivan Daunt 2,101 6.1 -2.6 $6,357 Total valid votes 34,381 100.0 – Total rejected ballots 116 0.3 Turnout 34,497 66.9 – Reform hold Swing +10.90
* Denotes incumbent.
^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority,n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census. ^ Statistics Canada : 2012^ Statistics Canada : 2012^ "2Profile of Ethnic Origin and Visible Minorities for Canada, Provinces, Territories and Federal Electoral Districts (2003 Representation Order), 2006 Census" . 2.statcan.gc.ca. Archived fromthe original on October 5, 2013. RetrievedDecember 2, 2012 .^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 26, 2022)."Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population" .www12.statcan.gc.ca . RetrievedOctober 21, 2023 . ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (October 27, 2021)."Census Profile, 2016 Census" .www12.statcan.gc.ca . RetrievedOctober 21, 2023 . ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (November 27, 2015)."NHS Profile" .www12.statcan.gc.ca . RetrievedOctober 21, 2023 . ^ "Voter information service" .Elections Canada . RetrievedApril 18, 2025 .^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders" .Elections Canada . RetrievedApril 9, 2024 .^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election" .Elections Canada . RetrievedSeptember 2, 2021 .^ "List of confirmed candidates" .Elections Canada . RetrievedOctober 4, 2019 .^ "Official Voting Results" . Elections Canada. RetrievedSeptember 22, 2021 .^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Yorkton—Melville, 30 September 2015 ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates ^ Pundits' Guide to Canadian Elections
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