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Battleford-Cut Knife was a provincial
Provinces and territories of Canada
The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second-largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories...

 electoral district
Electoral district
An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

 for the Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
The 25th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was in power from 2003 until November 20, 2007. It was controlled by the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party under premier Lorne Calvert.-Members:-By-elections:...

 of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada
Canada
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. This constituency was created by the merging of parts of the Cut Knife-Lloydminster
Cut Knife (electoral district)
Cut Knife is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency was created before the 4th Saskatchewan general election in 1917...

 and The Battlefords
Battleford (provincial electoral district)
Battleford was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It was one of the 25 ridings created when the province came into existence in 1905...

 electoral districts before the 1995 Saskatchewan general election
Saskatchewan general election, 1995
The Saskatchewan general election of 1995 was the twenty-third provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 21, 1995 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

. The Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan) redistributed this riding into the Cut Knife-Turtleford
Cut Knife-Turtleford
Cut Knife-Turtleford is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in northwest Saskatchewan, this constituency has an economy based primarily on farming - while oil and gas development is rising. The Battlefords Provincial Park is located here...

 and a revived The Battlefords
The Battlefords (provincial electoral district)
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"....

 electoral districts for the 2003 Saskatchewan general election.

Member of the Legislative Assembly

|MLA |Party
1. Sharon Murrell
Sharon Murrell
Sharon Murrell is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Battleford-Cut Knife in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1995 to 1999....

1995 - 1999 New Democratic Party
2. Rudi Peters 1999 - 2003 Saskatchewan Party
Saskatchewan Party
The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...


3. Wally Lorenz 2003 Saskatchewan Party
Saskatchewan Party
The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...


Election results

|-

|style="width: 130px"|New Democratic Party
|Sharon Murrell
Sharon Murrell
Sharon Murrell is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Battleford-Cut Knife in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1995 to 1999....


|align="right"|2,961
|align="right"|40.90
|align="right"|-

|Liberal
|Jock MacNell
|align="right"|2,184
|align="right"|30.16
|align="right"|-

|Prog. Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....


|Eileen Sword
|align="right"|1,940
|align="right"|26.79
|align="right"|-

|Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...


|Leona Tootoosis
|align="right"|154
|align="right"|2.12
|align="right"|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,239
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|Saskatchewan Party
Saskatchewan Party
The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...


|Rudi Peters
|align="right"|3,107
|align="right"|45.77
|align="right"|-

|New Democratic Party
|Sharon Murrell
Sharon Murrell
Sharon Murrell is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Battleford-Cut Knife in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1995 to 1999....


|align="right"|2,438
|align="right"|35.92
|align="right"|-4.98

|Liberal
|Gary B. McArthur
|align="right"|1,242
|align="right"|18.29
|align="right"|-11.87
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|6,787
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|-

|style="width: 130px"|Saskatchewan Party
Saskatchewan Party
The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...


|Wally Lorenz
|align="right"|2,946
|align="right"|58.45
|align="right"|-

|New Democratic Party
|Gordon Yarde
|align="right"|1,609
|align="right"|31.93
|align="right"|-

|Liberal
|Larry Ingram
|align="right"|485
|align="right"|9.62
|align="right"|-
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|5,040
!align="right"|48.92
!align="right"|

See also

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