Saskatoon Riversdale

Saskatoon Riversdale

Saskatchewan electoral district
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Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
MLA	Danielle Chartier New Democratic
District created	1967
Last contested	2011
Demographics
Census divisions	11
Census subdivisions	Saskatoon

Saskatoon Riversdale is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It was held by two Premiers of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 2007--Roy Romanow and Lorne Calvert. It is currently occupied by Danielle Chartier of the New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan.

It contains Riversdale, a subdivision of the Core Neighbourhoods Suburban Development Area in Saskatoon.

The riding has historically been an NDP stronghold; it has been in NDP hands for all but one term of its existence.

Historical MLAs representing Saskatoon Riversdale

• Roy Romanow, New Democratic Party (1967–1982)
• Jo-Ann Zazelenchuk, Progressive Conservative (1982–1986)
• Roy Romanow, New Democratic Party (1986–2001)
• Lorne Calvert, New Democratic Party (2001–2009)
• Danielle Chartier, New Democratic Party (2009– )

Election history

Saskatchewan general election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Danielle Chartier	2,622	51.42	–
	Saskatchewan	Fred Ozirney	2,331	45.71	–
	Green	Vicki Strelioff	146	2.86	–
Total				100

2009 by-election

By-election, September 21, 2009
resignation of Lorne Calvert

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Danielle Chartier	2,154	53.02	-3.09
	Saskatchewan	Corey O'Soup	1,714	42.19	+9.71
	Liberal	Eileen Gelowitz	112	2.76	-5.30
	Green	Tobi-Dawne Smith	83	2.04	+0.11

2007 general election

Saskatchewan general election, 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	New Democratic	Lorne Calvert	3,524	56.11	–
	Saskatchewan	Fred Ozirney	2,040	32.48	–
	Liberal	Roman Todos	506	8.06	–
	Green	Jan Norris	121	1.93	–
	Marijuana	Michael Kereiff	89	1.42	–
Total			6,280	100

External links

• Website of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan