Saskatoon Northwest
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Saskatoon Northwest is a provincial
Provinces and territories of Canada
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 electoral district
Electoral district
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 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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. It covers the neighborhoods of Lawson Heights
Lawson Heights, Saskatoon
Lawson Heights derived its origins when ReverendStephen George Lawson homesteaded here on the North east quarter of section 10 Township 37 Range 5 West of the 3rd Meridian. He had come from Prince Edward Island and was a Presbyterian minister....

, Silverwood Heights
Silverwood Heights, Saskatoon
Silverwood Heights is a mostly residential neighbourhood located in north-central Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is a suburban subdivision, composed mostly of single detached dwellings and some multiple-unit apartment and semi-detached dwellings. As of 2009, the area is home to 10,786 residents...

 and the surrounding area. This constituency includes Wanuskewin Heritage Park
Wanuskewin Heritage Park
Wanuskewin Heritage Park is a non-profit internationally-recognized award-winning interpretive centre that reflects First Nations culture, history, and values...

, Saskatoon Correctional Centre
Saskatoon Correctional Centre
The Saskatoon Correctional Centre is an adult male, provincial correctional centre located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is one of four provincial correctional centres in the province including the Regina Correctional Centre, the Prince Albert Correctional Centre and the only female...

 and Credit Union Centre
Credit Union Centre
Credit Union Centre is an arena, located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Situated near the city's northern entrance, the facility opened in February, 1988 with a seating capacity of around 7,800. It was expanded to 11,330 for the World Junior Hockey Championships in 1990...

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

Parliament Years Member Party
23rd
23rd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
The 23rd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the 1995 Saskatchewan election. It was controlled by the New Democratic Party under Premier Roy Romanow....

1995–1999     Grant Whitmore New Democratic Party
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...

24th
24th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
The 24th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the 1999 Saskatchewan election. It was controlled by the New Democratic Party under Premier Roy Romanow...

1999–2001     Jim Melenchuk
Jim Melenchuk
Jim Melenchuk is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Saskatoon Northwest in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1999 to 2003....

Liberal
Saskatchewan Liberal Party
The Saskatchewan Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.-Early history :The party dominated Saskatchewan politics for the province's first forty years providing six of the first seven Premiers, and being in power for all but five of the years between the...

2001–2003     Independent
25th 2003–2007     Ted Merriman
Ted Merriman
Ted Merriman is a Canadian politician and member of the Saskatchewan Party. He represented the electoral district of Saskatoon Northwest in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 2003 to 2007....

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...

26th
26th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
The 26th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the 2007 Saskatchewan election, and was sworn in on November 21, 2007. It is controlled by the Saskatchewan Party under Premier Brad Wall.-Members:...

2007–2010 Serge LeClerc
Serge LeClerc
Serge LeClerc was a pardoned Canadian ex-criminal, former politician and co-author of the autobiography Untwisted....

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...

2010     Independent
2010–2011     Gordon Wyant
Gordon Wyant
Gordon Wyant, QC is a lawyer and politician from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He has served elected positions on two levels of government on the provincial and municipal level. Wyant currently serves as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan since winning a by-election in 2010...

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...

27th 2011–present

Election results

| 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...


|Gordon Wyant
Gordon Wyant
Gordon Wyant, QC is a lawyer and politician from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He has served elected positions on two levels of government on the provincial and municipal level. Wyant currently serves as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan since winning a by-election in 2010...


|align="right"|4,761
|align="right"|70.35
|align="right"|+11.40

|NDP
|Nicole White
|align="right"|1,718
|align="right"|25.39
|align="right"|-7.67

|Greens
Green Party of Saskatchewan
The Green Party of Saskatchewan is a left-leaning Green political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.It was founded in 1998 as the New Green Alliance by environmental and social justice activists frustrated by the social democratic Saskatchewan New Democratic Party's move to the right...


|Luke Bonsan
|align="right"|153
|align="right"|2.26
|align="right"|-0.09

|Liberal
|Eric Steiner
|align="right"|135
|align="right"|2.00
|align="right"|-1.03
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|6,767
!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...


|Gordon Wyant
Gordon Wyant
Gordon Wyant, QC is a lawyer and politician from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. He has served elected positions on two levels of government on the provincial and municipal level. Wyant currently serves as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan since winning a by-election in 2010...


|align="right"|3,051
|align="right"|58.95
|align="right"|+5.15

|NDP
|Jan Dyky
|align="right"|1,711
|align="right"|33.06
|align="right"|+3.38

|Liberal
|Eric Steiner
|align="right"|157
|align="right"|3.03
|align="right"|-11.73

|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....


|Manny Sonnenschein
|align="right"|133
|align="right"|2.57
|align="right"|-

|Greens
Green Party of Saskatchewan
The Green Party of Saskatchewan is a left-leaning Green political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.It was founded in 1998 as the New Green Alliance by environmental and social justice activists frustrated by the social democratic Saskatchewan New Democratic Party's move to the right...


|Larissa Shasko
Larissa Shasko
Larissa Shasko is a Canadian politician and the former leader of the Green Party of Saskatchewan, elected in April 2009 at the AGM. Shasko is a student at the University of Regina where she is studying Political Science. In addition to her work with the GPS she is also an active member of the...


|align="right"|122
|align="right"|2.35
|align="right"|+0.59
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|5,175
!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...


|Serge LeClerc
Serge LeClerc
Serge LeClerc was a pardoned Canadian ex-criminal, former politician and co-author of the autobiography Untwisted....


|align="right"|4,513
|align="right"|53.80
|align="right"|+13.03

|NDP
|Ken Winton-Grey
|align="right"|2,490
|align="right"|29.68
|align="right"|-7.64

|Liberal
|Ryan Androsoff
|align="right"|1,238
|align="right"|14.76
|align="right"|-7.15

|Greens
Green Party of Saskatchewan
The Green Party of Saskatchewan is a left-leaning Green political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.It was founded in 1998 as the New Green Alliance by environmental and social justice activists frustrated by the social democratic Saskatchewan New Democratic Party's move to the right...


|Rick Barsky
|align="right"|148
|align="right"|1.76
|align="right"|*
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|8,389
!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...


|Ted Merriman
Ted Merriman
Ted Merriman is a Canadian politician and member of the Saskatchewan Party. He represented the electoral district of Saskatoon Northwest in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 2003 to 2007....


|align="right"|3,197
|align="right"|40.77
|align="right"|+11.40

|NDP
|Jim Melenchuk
Jim Melenchuk
Jim Melenchuk is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Saskatoon Northwest in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1999 to 2003....


|align="right"|2,927
|align="right"|37.32
|align="right"|+2.98

|Liberal
|Ken McDonough
|align="right"|1,718
|align="right"|21.91
|align="right"|-14.38
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,842
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|-

| style="width: 130px" |Liberal
|Jim Melenchuk
Jim Melenchuk
Jim Melenchuk is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Saskatoon Northwest in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1999 to 2003....


|align="right"|2,363
|align="right"|36.29
|align="right"|-4.83

|NDP
|Grant Whitmore
|align="right"|2,236
|align="right"|34.34
|align="right"|-11.47

|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...


|Jerry Ehalt
|align="right"|1,912
|align="right"|29.37
|align="right"|*
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|6,511
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|
|-

| style="width: 130px" |NDP
|Grant Whitmore
|align="right"|2,776
|align="right"|45.81
|align="right"|*

|Liberal
|Jim Melenchuk
Jim Melenchuk
Jim Melenchuk is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Saskatoon Northwest in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1999 to 2003....


|align="right"|2,492
|align="right"|41.12
|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....


|Nicholas Stooshinoff
|align="right"|791
|align="right"|13.05
|align="right"|*
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|6,059
!align="right"|100.00
!align="right"|

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