Saskatoon Riversdale 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. It was held by two Premiers of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 2007 –

Roy Romanow Roy John Romanow (born August 12, 1939) is a Canadian politician and the 12th premier of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 2001. Early life Romanow was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to Tekla and Michael Romanow, who were Ukrainian immigrants from O ...

and

Lorne Calvert Lorne Albert Calvert (born December 24, 1952) was the 13th premier of Saskatchewan, from 2001 to 2007. Calvert served as leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party from 2001 to June 6, 2009, when he was succeeded by Dwain Lingenfelter. Ea ...

. It is currently represented by

Marv Friesen Marv Friesen is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2020 Saskatchewan general election. He represents the electoral district of Saskatoon Riversdale as a member of the Saskatchewan Party ...

of the

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. The constituency was one of five created for the city of

Saskatoon Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, and has served as ...

when the former multi-member constituency of Saskatoon City was abolished prior to the 1967 general election. Of those five ridings, Saskatoon Riversdale is the only one to have existed continuously without renaming. It contains Riversdale, a subdivision of the Core Neighbourhoods Suburban Development Area in

. The riding has historically been an NDP stronghold, although it was won by the Saskatchewan Party in the 2020 provincial election. It had been in NDP hands for all but one term of its existence.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election history

;2020 general election ;2016 general election ;2011 general election ;2009 by-election , , NDP , Danielle Chartier , align="right", 2,154 , align="right", 53.02 , align="right", -3.09 ;2007 general election Saskatchewan Votes 2007

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. Retrieved May 23, 2009.

References

External links

Website of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Map of Saskatoon Riverside riding as of 2016
Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts Politics of Saskatoon {{Saskatchewan-stub