Canora-Pelly is a
provincial electoral district for the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is the legislative chamber of the Saskatchewan Legislature in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, in the na ...
, Canada. The constituency was created by the ''Representation Act, 1994'' (Saskatchewan) out of the former districts of
Canora and
Pelly.
Located in east central Saskatchewan, this constituency is made up of one of the province's most densely populated rural areas. The economy is based on mixed farming; primarily in the northern areas. The southern portion of the riding relies mainly on straight grain farming.
Duck Mountain Provincial Park and
Good Spirit Lake Provincial Park are also located in this constituency.
In 1899, much of the territory now covered by Canora-Pelly district fell within the
block settlement
A block settlement (or bloc settlement) is a particular type of land distribution which allows settlers with the same ethnicity to form small colonies. This settlement type was used throughout western Canada between the late 19th and early 20th ...
land grant that became the first Canadian home of the
Doukhobor
The Doukhobours or Dukhobors (russian: духоборы / духоборцы, dukhobory / dukhobortsy; ) are a Spiritual Christian ethnoreligious group of Russian origin. They are one of many non-Orthodox ethno-confessional faiths in Russia a ...
s. The village of
Veregin – named after the Doukhobor leader
Peter Verigin – was the central hub of the settlement.
The largest communities are
Canora and
Kamsack
Kamsack, Saskatchewan, Canada is a town in the Assiniboine River Valley, where the Whitesand River joins the Assiniboine River. It is northeast of Yorkton. Highway 8 and Highway 5 intersect in the town.
Coté First Nation is located north an ...
with populations of 2,013 and 1,713 respectively. Other centres in the riding include the towns of
Preeceville
Preeceville is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada. The town is 10 km (6 miles) west of Sturgis and 99 km (62 miles) north of Yorkton at the junction of Highway 49, Highway 47, Highway 9 and near Highway 755.
Demographics
In the 202 ...
,
Norquay,
Springside, and
Sturgis; and the villages of
Pelly,
Theodore
Theodore may refer to:
Places
* Theodore, Alabama, United States
* Theodore, Australian Capital Territory
* Theodore, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Banana, Australia
* Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada
* Theodore Reservoir, a lake in Sask ...
,
Endeavour,
Buchanan, and
Ebenezer Ebenezer may refer to:
Bible
* Eben-Ezer, a place mentioned in the Books of Samuel
People
* Ebenezer (given name), a male given name
Places Australia
* Ebenezer, New South Wales
* Ebenezer, Queensland, a locality in the City of Ipswich
* Ebene ...
(formerly "Ebenezer Valley").
Members of the Legislative Assembly
This riding has elected the following Members of the
Legislative Assembly:
Election results
2020 Saskatchewan general election
2016 Saskatchewan general election
2011 Saskatchewan general election
2007 Saskatchewan general election
2003 Saskatchewan general election
1999 Saskatchewan general election
1995 Saskatchewan general election
References
External links
Website of the Legislative Assembly of SaskatchewanSaskatchewan Archives Board – Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division
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Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts
Canora, Saskatchewan