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CONSTITUENCY: YORKTON

Candidate

Party

Vote Count

Pop. Vote

X

Clay Serby

New Democratic Party

3979

51.24%

X

Randy Atkinson

Saskatchewan Party

3197

41.17%

Charles Gunning

Liberal Party

371

4.78%

Bruce Ritter

Western Indep Party

218

2.81%

Last Update Wed Nov 5 11:14:01 CST 2003

46 of 46 polls reporting

YORKTON

Candidates:

  NDP: Clay Serby

  SASK: Randy Atkinson

  Liberal: Chuck Gunning

  WIP: Bruce Ritter

Current MLA: Clay Serby (NDP) is the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Revitalization.

Constituency Profile: This is a mixed urban/rural constituency. Yorkton is the agricultural service centre for east-central Sask. Yorkton has a significant manufacturing base. Leon's Manufacturing, Morris Industries, Ram Industries, and Ram Rod Equipment all make farm and agriculture-related implements. There are also a large number of service sector employees in Yorkton. Several small communities outside of Yorkton are also in the riding, including Orcadia, Mehan, Fonhill, Willowbrook, Enfin, Chrysler and Rokeby.

Political History: The boundaries have changed since the last election. The Yorkton riding now includes some polls from the Melville riding.


1991-2003:	NDP
1982-1991:	PC
1975-1982:	NDP

Overall Election Results
Party	E	L	T	Pop. Vote %
NDP	30	0	30	44.62%
SP	28	0	28	39.35%
LIB	0	0	0	14.17%
OTH	0	0	0	1.87%
Last Update Wed Nov 5 11:14:01 CST 2003


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