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Wood River is a provincial electoral district 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

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Located in southern Saskatchewan, the district was created by the Representation Act, 1994 (Saskatchewan) out of the former district of Assiniboia-Gravelbourg

Assiniboia-Gravelbourg

Assiniboia-Gravelbourg was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency was created from the ridings of Gravelbourg and Assiniboia-Bengough before the 1975 Saskatchewan general election...

and half of the Shaunavon

Shaunavon (electoral district)

Shaunavon is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was created before the 8th Saskatchewan general election in 1934 as "Gull Lake"...

district.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Parliament	Years		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	Glen McPherson	Liberal
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 – 2000	Glen McPherson	Liberal
	2000 – 2003	Yogi Huyghebaert Yogi Huyghebaert Delwood Frederick "Yogi" Huyghebaert, O.M.M., C.D. is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Wood River, Saskatchewan. He represents the Saskatchewan Party....	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...
25th	2003 – 2007
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 – present

Election results

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|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...

|D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert

Yogi Huyghebaert

Delwood Frederick "Yogi" Huyghebaert, O.M.M., C.D. is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Wood River, Saskatchewan. He represents the Saskatchewan Party....

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...

Saskatchewan Party

|D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert

Yogi Huyghebaert

Delwood Frederick "Yogi" Huyghebaert, O.M.M., C.D. is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Wood River, Saskatchewan. He represents the Saskatchewan Party....

|align="right"|5,325
|align="right"|69.59
|align="right"|+14.23

|NDP
|Steve Ryan
|align="right"|1,320
|align="right"|17.26
|align="right"|-8.61

|Liberal
|Michael Klein
|align="right"|768
|align="right"|10.04
|align="right"|-6.09

|Greens

Green Party of Saskatchewan

Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan

The Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan is a provincial political party in Saskatchewan, Canada. It advocates the independence of Saskatchewan, and the formation of a new country. It is not affiliated with any federal party...

Saskatchewan Party

|D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert

Yogi Huyghebaert

Delwood Frederick "Yogi" Huyghebaert, O.M.M., C.D. is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Wood River, Saskatchewan. He represents the Saskatchewan Party....

|align="right"|4,324
|align="right"|55.36
|align="right"|-9.73

|NDP
|Trevor Davies
|align="right"|2,021
|align="right"|25.87
|align="right"|+8.91

|Liberal
|Louis Stringer
|align="right"|1,260
|align="right"|16.13
|align="right"|+4.58

|Western Independence Party

Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Party

|D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert

Yogi Huyghebaert

Delwood Frederick "Yogi" Huyghebaert, O.M.M., C.D. is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Wood River, Saskatchewan. He represents the Saskatchewan Party....

|align="right"|4,384
|align="right"|65.09
|align="right"|+25.35

|NDP
|Robert Anderson
|align="right"|1,142
|align="right"|16.96
|align="right"|-3.55

|Liberal
|Jerry Ruehs
|align="right"|778
|align="right"|11.55
|align="right"|-28.20

|New Green Alliance

Green Party of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Party

|D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert

Yogi Huyghebaert

Delwood Frederick "Yogi" Huyghebaert, O.M.M., C.D. is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Wood River, Saskatchewan. He represents the Saskatchewan Party....

|align="right"|3,162
|align="right"|39.74
|align="right"|–

|NDP
|Robert Anderson
|align="right"|1,632
|align="right"|20.51
|align="right"|-9.89
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!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,957
!align="right"|100.00%
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|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Glen McPherson
|align="right"|4,146
|align="right"|48.02
|align="right"|–

|NDP
|Allen Engel
|align="right"|2,624
|align="right"|30.40
|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....

|D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert

Yogi Huyghebaert

Delwood Frederick "Yogi" Huyghebaert, O.M.M., C.D. is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Wood River, Saskatchewan. He represents the Saskatchewan Party....

1999 Election controversy

In 1999, a controversy erupted in the Wood River constituency as Saskatchewan Party candidate Yogi Huyghebaert

Yogi Huyghebaert

Delwood Frederick "Yogi" Huyghebaert, O.M.M., C.D. is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Wood River, Saskatchewan. He represents the Saskatchewan Party....

tied Liberal candidate Glen McPherson. The returning officer cast the deciding vote in favour of McPherson, giving the Liberals four seats. This result was later thrown out in court and a by-election was ordered in June 2000. McPherson did not run and Huyghebaert then won a resounding victory.

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