Cypress Hills is a

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for the

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, Canada. Located in the extreme southwest corner of the province, this constituency was formed by the ''Representation Act, 1994'' (Saskatchewan) through combining the districts of Shaunavon, Maple Creek, and portions of

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. The district has an economy based on agriculture, cattle ranching and major oil and gas production. The constituency also contains the Great Sand Hills in its northern areas and

Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park is a natural park in Canada straddling the Alberta / Saskatchewan boundary and jointly administered by the two provinces. Located south-east of Medicine Hat, it became Canada's first interprovincial park in ...

. A near-complete ''

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'' skeleton – one of only 12 in the world – was found near the town of

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. The largest communities include Maple Creek and Shaunavon with populations of 2,270 and 1,775 respectively. Smaller centers in the district include the towns of Gull Lake,

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, Cabri, Eastend and Burstall; and the villages of

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, Fox Valley, Tompkins, Alsask,

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. An electoral district in the same area called "

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until

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

, - ,

NDP NDP may stand for: Computing * Neighbor Discovery Protocol, an Internet protocol * Nortel Discovery Protocol, a layer two Internet protocol, also called SONMP * Nondeterministic programming, a type of computer language Government * National Deve ...

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, Jason Hicks , align="right", 1,129 , align="right", 15.96 , align="right", -4.85 ,

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, Josh Haugerud , align="right", 321 , align="right", 4.54 , align="right", -9.23 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,075 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right", , - ,

, Eric August , align="right", 1,418 , align="right", 20.81 , align="right", +0.09 ,

, Barry Thienes , align="right", 938 , align="right", 13.77 , align="right", -2.84 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 6,814 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right", , - ,

, Keith Murch , align="right", 1,368 , align="right", 20.72 , align="right", -1.42 ,

, Barry Thienes , align="right", 1,097 , align="right", 16.61 , align="right", -9.69 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 6,603 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right", , - ,

, Barry Thienes , align="right", 1,509 , align="right", 26.30 , align="right", -10.10 ,

, Keith Murch , align="right", 1,270 , align="right", 22.14 , align="right", -3.15 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 5,737 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right", , - , style="width: 130px" , Prog. Conservative ,

Jack Goohsen Jack Goohsen (born November 7, 1942) is a farmer and former political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. Goohsen was born in Gull Lake, Saskatchewan and studied agricultural management at the University of Saskatchewan. He established a farm in the ...

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, Barry Thienes , align="right", 2,720 , align="right", 36.40 , align="right", – ,

, Carl Wenaas , align="right", 1,890 , align="right", 25.29 , align="right", – , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,473 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right",

References

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of SaskatchewanSaskatchewan Archives Board – Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral District
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cypress Hills (Electoral District) Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts