Carlton Trail-Eagle Creek

Candidates:

Kelly Block, Conservative Party
Lynn Wesley Oliphant, Green Party
Alexander Slusar, Liberal Party
Glenn Wright, New Democratic Party

Redistribution

Saskatoon—Humboldt loses: the northeast quadrant of Saskatoon to its University ridng; loses a northern section east of the South Saskatchewan River containing Batoche to Kinistino to Prince Albert. It loses a large eastern section from Brieux to Big Quill Lake to Yorkton-Melville; a wide area from its south to Blackstrap (now Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan). In the northwest and west it adds a large section of Saskatoon—Wanuskewin from Warman northwest to the Thickwood Hills and in the southwest, a large part of Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar from Asquith southwest to the Bear Hills plus a small part of Cypress Hills—Grassland in the southeast. All this produces this riding.

Electoral History

Saskatoon-Humboldt (later East), became a riding in 1965. Notable: Liberal Otto Lang 1968-1979, Minister of Justice, Manpower and more. Saskatoon-Humboldt was re-established in 1986 with NDP’s Stan Hobdebo in 1988.
Liberal Georgette Sheridan 1993-1997; Jim Pankiw, Reform,1997; Alliance, 2000. Opposed Stockwell Day and suspended from caucus then barred as Conservative for attacks on Indians and ran fourth to Tory Bradley Trost who won in 2004 and 2011 and moved to Saskatoon-University.
Saskatoon–Wanuskewin Appeared for 1997 vote from Clark's Crossing whose notable Chris Axworthy, NDP went to Saskatoon-Rosetown and won.
Axworthy ran and lost NDP provincial leadership advocating Tony Blair type policy, and beccame a Liberal. Maurice Vellacott won here for Reform in 1997 and 2000 and as a Conservative. defeated Liberal Axworthy in 2004 and 2006. Vellacott had big wins in 2008 and 2011 and retired in 2014.

SOURCE: Elections Canada