The Battlefords (provincial electoral district)

For other similar ridings, see Battleford (disambiguation).

The Battlefords

Saskatchewan electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA	Jeremy Cockrill Saskatchewan
District created	1917 (original), 2002 (current)
First contested	2003
Last contested	2020
Demographics
Electors	9,528
Communities	North Battleford, Battleford

The Battlefords is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It includes the city of North Battleford and the adjoining town of Battleford. Collectively these communities are commonly known as "The Battlefords".

The district was first established in 1917 from the urban portions of the constituencies of Battleford and North Battleford. The district was contested in every election until the 1995 general election, when it was broken up into the re-created district of North Battleford and a new district, Battleford-Cut Knife. North Battleford and Battleford-Cut Knife were abolished before the 2003 general election and The Battlefords was re-established as an electoral district.

It was most recently contested in the 2020 election, when Saskatchewan Party candidate Jeremy Cockrill was elected.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
11th	1948–1949		Paul Prince	Liberal
	1949–1952		Hugh James Maher
12th	1953–1956		Eiling Kramer	CCF
13th	1957–1960
14th	1961–1964
15th	1965–1967
16th	1968–1971
17th	1971–1975			NDP
18th	1975–1978
19th	1978–1980
	1980–1982		David Manly Miner
20th	1982–1986		Myles Morin	Progressive Conservative
21st	1986–1991		Douglas Anguish	New Democrat
22nd	1991–1995
District divided into Battleford-Cut Knife and North Battleford
25th	2003–2007		Len Taylor	New Democrat
26th	2007–2011
27th	2011–2016		Herb Cox	Saskatchewan Party
28th	2016–2020
29th	2020–present		Jeremy Cockrill	Saskatchewan Party

Electoral results

2024 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Jeremy Cockrill
	New Democratic	Tom Kroczynski
	Green	Sara Piotrofsky
	Buffalo	Dale Richardson
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters			–
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

2020 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Jeremy Cockrill	4,477	66.19	+5.48
	New Democratic	Amber Stewart	1,931	28.55	-3.39
	Progressive Conservative	Harry Zamonsky	231	3.42	*
	Green	Joey Reynolds	125	1.85	+0.68
Total valid votes			6,764	98.99
Total rejected ballots			69	1.01	+0.81
Turnout			6,833	48.04	-5.07
Eligible voters			14,223
	Saskatchewan hold		Swing		+4.44
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

2016 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Saskatchewan	Herb Cox	4,296	60.70
	New Democratic	Rob Feist	2,260	31.93
	Liberal	Dexter Gopher	438	6.19
	Green	Josh Hunt	83	1.17
Total valid votes			7,077	99.80
Total rejected ballots			14	0.20
Turnout			7,091	53.11
Eligible voters			13,352
Source: Elections Saskatchewan, Global News

2011 Saskatchewan election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Saskatchewan	Herb Cox	3,527	51.06%	+11.40%
	NDP	Len Taylor	2,475	35.83%	-7.99%
	Liberal	Ryan Bater	812	11.76%	-1.60%
	Green	Owen Swiderski	93	1.35%	-1.04%
Total			6,907	100.00%
	Saskatchewan gain from New Democratic		Swing		-

2007 Saskatchewan general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Len Taylor	3,332	43.81%	+1.29
	Saskatchewan	Herb Cox	3,020	39.71%	+13.83
	Liberal	Ryan Bater	1,016	13.36%	−16.34
	Green	Reid Steward	180	2.39%	*
	Western Independence	Gordon Elias	57	0.76%	−1.18
Total			7,605	100.00%

2003 Saskatchewan election, The Battlefords (provincial electoral district)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Len Taylor	3,056	42.53%	*
	Liberal	Jack Hillson	2,134	29.70%	*
	Saskatchewan	Larry Doke	1,856	25.83%	*
	Western Independence	Gordon Elias	139	1.94%	*
Total			7,185	100.00%

External links

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