Rosthern-Shellbrook

Rosthern-Shellbrook
Saskatchewan electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA	Scott Moe; Saskatchewan
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District created	2002
First contested	2003
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Electors	11,022
Census division(s)	Division 12, 15, 16

Rosthern-Shellbrook is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. The riding was last contested in the 2020 election, when incumbent Saskatchewan Party MLA and Premier Scott Moe was re-elected.

Communities in the district include the towns of Rosthern, Shellbrook, Hafford, Blaine Lake, and Spiritwood; and the villages of Canwood, Laird, Medstead, Leask, and Shell Lake.

History

The constituency was created in 2002 from portions of Shellbrook-Spiritwood, Redberry Lake, and Rosthern, and was first contested in the 2003 general election.^[1] Rosthern-Shellbrook will gain significant territory from Biggar-Sask Valley for the next general election, in what will be the riding's first major boundary reconfiguration since its creation.^[2]

Legislature	Years		Party
25th	2003 – 2007	Denis Allchurch	Saskatchewan Party
26th	2007 – 2011	Denis Allchurch
27th	2011 – 2016	Scott Moe
28th	2016 – 2020
29th	2020 – present

2024 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Scott Moe	5,279	64.18	-15.36
	New Democratic	Mark Thunderchild	1,826	22.20	+6.06
	Saskatchewan United	Cody Lockhart	1,031	12.53
	Green	Janice Dongworth	89	1.08	-1.09
Total valid votes			8,225
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing
Source: Elections Saskatchewan^[3]

2020 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Scott Moe	5,341	79.54	+7.96
	New Democratic	Trina Miller	1,084	16.14	-3.37
	Green	Larry Neufeld	146	2.17	+0.37
	Progressive Conservative	Yvonne Choquette	144	2.15	–
Total valid votes			6,715	99.67
Total rejected ballots			22	0.33	–
Turnout			6,737	–	–
Eligible voters			–
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		–
Source: Elections Saskatchewan, Global News

2016 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Scott Moe	4,724	71.58	+6.52
	New Democratic	Rose Freeman	1,288	19.51	-12.33
	Liberal	Orrin Murray Greyeyes	468	7.09	-
	Green	Jade Duckett	119	1.80	-1.30
Total valid votes			6,599	100.0
Eligible voters			–
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		–
Source: Elections Saskatchewan,^[4]^[5] Global News^[6]

2011 Saskatchewan general election: Rosthern-Shellbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Scott Moe	4,442	65.06	+7.56
	NDP	Clay DeBray	2,174	31.84	-3.67
	Green	Margaret-Rose Uvery	212	3.10	+0.83
Total			6,828	100.00
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		–

2007 Saskatchewan general election: Rosthern-Shellbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Denis Allchurch	4,134	57.50	+6.81
	NDP	Ron Blocka	2,553	35.51	-1.03
	Liberal	Linda Neher	339	4.72	-5.79
	Green	Margaret-Rose Uvery	163	2.27	–
Total			7,189	100.00
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		–

v t e 2003 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Saskatchewan	Denis Allchurch	3,421	48.36
	New Democratic	John Serheinko	2,585	36.54
	Liberal	George Cameron	744	10.52
	Western Independence	Laverne Isaac	324	4.58
Total			7,074	100.00
Source: Saskatchewan Archives Board – Election Results by Electoral Division, pg. 2.14–101