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Yorkton is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It has historically almost always voted for the governing party, selecting an opposition candidate only twice in its history (1938 & 1960).

Yorkton

Saskatchewan electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA	Greg Ottenbreit Saskatchewan
District created	1905
First contested	1905
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Electors	10,961
Communities	Yorkton

The current boundaries of the constituency were set by the Representation Act, 2012 (Saskatchewan).

Founded as "York City" in 1882, Yorkton (pop. 15,038) became a city on February 1, 1928.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
10th	1943–1948		Arthur Percy Swallow	Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
11th	1949–1952
12th	1953–1956
To be added
22nd	1991–1995		Clay Serby	New Democratic
23rd	1995–1999
24th	1999–2003
25th	2003–2007
26th	2007–2011		Greg Ottenbreit	Saskatchewan Party
27th	2011–2016
28th	2016–2020
29th	2020–present

Election results (1991–present)

2020 Saskatchewan general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Greg Ottenbreit	4,171	74.01	+1.46
	New Democratic	Carter Antoine	1,301	23.08	+0.42
	Green	Judy Mergel	164	2.91	+1.05
Total valid votes			5,636	98.96
Total rejected ballots			59	1.04	–
Turnout			5,695	–	–
Eligible voters			–
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		–
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

2016 Saskatchewan general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Greg Ottenbreit	4,585	72.55	+0.10
	New Democratic	Greg Olson	1,432	22.66	-3.04
	Liberal	Aaron Sinclair	184	2.91	-
	Green	Chad Gregoire	118	1.86	+0.01
Total valid votes			6,319	100.0
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Saskatchewan[1][2]

Saskatchewan General Election 2011, Yorkton electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Greg Ottenbreit	5,446	72.45	+12.99
	NDP	Chad Blenkin	1,932	25.70	-11.82
	Green	Kathryn McDonald	139	1.85	–
Total			7,517	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 2007, Yorkton electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Greg Ottenbreit	5,005	59.46	+18.64
	NDP	Randy Goulden	3,158	37.52	-14.01
	Liberal	Joyce Landry	254	3.02	-1.77
Total			8,417	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 2003, Yorkton electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Clay Serby	3,993	51.53	+10.54
	Saskatchewan	Randy Atkinson	3,163	40.82	+4.17
	Liberal	Charles Gunning	371	4.79	-17.57
	Western Independence	Bruce Ritter	222	2.86	–
Total			7,749	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1999, Yorkton electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Clay Serby	2,893	40.99	-8.58
	Saskatchewan	Lorne Gogal	2,587	36.65	–
	Liberal	Richard Yaholnitsky	1,578	22.36	-16.19
Total			7,058	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1995, Yorkton electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Clay Serby	3,588	49.57	-9.41
	Liberal	David Bucsis	2,791	38.55	+19.76
	Prog. Conservative	Howard W. Evans	860	11.88	-10.35
Total			7,239	100.00

Saskatchewan General Election 1991, Yorkton electoral district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Clay Serby	4,897	58.98	–
	Prog. Conservative	Brian Fromm	1,846	22.23	–
	Liberal	Donna Taylor Yaholnitsky	1,560	18.79	–
Total			8,303	100.00

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly

	#	MLA	Served	Party
	1.	Thomas Henry Garry	1905–1929	Liberal
	2.	Alan Carl Stewart	1929–1934	Independent
	3.	Vincent Reynolds Smith	1934–1938	Liberal
	4.	Alan Carl Stewart	1938–1944	Unity
	5.	Arthur Percy Swallow	1944–1956	CCF
	6.	Frederick Neibrandt	1956–1960	CCF
	7.	Bernard David Gallagher	1960–1971	Liberal
	8.	Irving Wensley Carlson	1971–1975	NDP
	9.	Randall Neil Nelson	1975–1982	NDP
	10.	Lorne Aubrey McLaren	1982–1991	PC
	11.	Clay Serby	1991–2007	NDP
	12.	Greg Ottenbreit	2007–present	Saskatchewan Party

See also

• Yorkton – North-West Territories territorial electoral district
• Yorkton – Federal electoral district

References

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
• Saskatchewan Archives Board – Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division

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