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ÃŽle-Ã -la-Crosse (electoral District)
Athabasca is a Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located in the extreme northwest corner of the province. The major industries are tourism, mineral extraction, forestry, commercial fishing, and trapping. The Cluff Lake uranium mine is located in this constituency, as well as the Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Park and the Clearwater River Provincial Park. The major communities are La Loche, ÃŽle-Ã -la-Crosse, Saskatchewan, ÃŽle-Ã -la-Crosse and Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan, Buffalo Narrows with populations of 2,136, 1,268, and 1,137 respectively. The district was most recently contested in the 2020 Saskatchewan general election, 2020 general election, during which incumbent New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan, NDP MLA Buckley Belanger was re-elected, but a by-election is scheduled for February 15, 2022 to replace Belanger who resigned to run (unsuccessfull ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Saskatchewan Administration District
The Northern Saskatchewan Administration District (NSAD) is the unincorporated area of Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It encompasses approximately half of Saskatchewan's land mass. Despite its extent, the majority of Saskatchewanians live in the southern half of the province, while the majority of northern Saskatchewanians live in incorporated municipalities outside the NSAD's jurisdiction. The area is co-extensive with Division No. 18, Saskatchewan, one of Statistics Canada, Statistics Canada's Census divisions of Canada, census divisions in the province for its 2016 Canadian census, 2016 census. The census division is the largest in the province terms of area at , representing 46 per cent of the province's entire area of . The most populous communities in the census division are La Ronge and La Loche with populations of 2,743 and 2,611 respectively. The 2016 Canadian census, 2016 census also refers to the Unorganized Division No. 18, which counted only 1,115 residents, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Village
Michel Village is a northern hamlet in Saskatchewan. It is located on the western shore of Peter Pond Lake at the end of Highway 925 north of Dillon. There were 66 residents in Michel Village in 2011. The mayor is Cliff Coombs. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Michel Village had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. See also * List of communities in Northern Saskatchewan * List of communities in Saskatchewan Communities in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, include Incorporation (municipal government), incorporated municipalities, Unincorporated area#Canada, unincorporated communities and First Nations in Canada, First Nations communities. Types ... References Division No. 18, Saskatchewan Northern hamlets in Saskatchewan Dene communities {{SKDivision18-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada (LPC; , ) is a federal political party in Canada. The party espouses the principles of liberalism,McCall, Christina; Stephen Clarkson"Liberal Party". ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''. and generally sits at the Centrism, centre to Centre-left politics, centre-left of the Politics of Canada, Canadian political spectrum, with their main rival, the Conservative Party of Canada, Conservative Party, positioned to their Right-wing politics, right and the New Democratic Party positioned to their Left-wing politics, left. The party is described as "big tent",PDF copy at UBC Press. practising "brokerage politics", attracting support from a broad spectrum of voters. The Liberal Party is the longest-serving and oldest active federal political party in the country, and has dominated th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckley Belanger
Harold "Buckley" Belanger (; born March 21, 1960) is a Canadian politician who has been Secretary of State (Rural Development) since 2025. Belanger was elected to the House of Commons in the 2025 federal election and serves as the member of Parliament (MP) for Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River in Saskatchewan. Belanger is of Métis descent and a member of the Liberal Party. Belanger previously served in provincial politics, as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Athabasca from 1995 to 2021. He was initially elected with the Saskatchewan Liberal Party before switching to the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) in 1998. In 2021, Belanger resigned as MLA to run federally as a Liberal in Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, but lost to Conservative Gary Vidal. He ran again and won in 2025, becoming the only Liberal MP from Saskatchewan (a predominantly Conservative province). Political career Saskatchewan provincial politics He was original ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Democratic Party Of Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (Saskatchewan NDP or Sask NDP), branded as the Saskatchewan New Democrats, is a social democratic political party in Saskatchewan, Canada. The party was founded in 1932 as the Farmer-Labour Group and was known as the Saskatchewan section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) from 1935 until 1967. While the party is affiliated with the federal New Democratic Party, the Saskatchewan NDP is considered a "distinctly homegrown" party given the role of the province in its development and the party's history in the province. The party currently forms the Official Opposition and is led by Carla Beck. The CCF emerged as a dominant force in provincial politics under the leadership of Tommy Douglas, forming five consecutive majority governments from 1944 through 1964. The first social democratic government elected in Canada, the CCF created a wide range of crown corporations, normalized government involvement in the economy, and pioneered e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Saskatchewan General Election
The 2020 Saskatchewan general election was held on October 26, 2020 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. This date was set by Saskatchewan's fixed election date law. The writ was dropped on September 29 just in time to hold the election on October 26. The previous election re-elected the Saskatchewan Party to its third consecutive majority government under the leadership of Brad Wall. On August 10, 2017, Wall announced his resignation as leader, pending the election of his successor. On January 27, 2018, Environment Minister Scott Moe was elected leader of the Saskatchewan Party. He was appointed and sworn in as premier on February 2. The conservative Saskatchewan Party under Moe was re-elected to its fourth consecutive majority government. Date Since 2010, the Legislative Assembly has had a fixed four-year term. According to the 2019 amendment to ''The Legislative Assembly Act, 2007'' (Saskatchewan), "the first general election after the coming into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 name of the King of Canada. The assembly meets at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina. There are 61 constituencies in the province, which elect members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs). All are single-member districts, though the cities of Regina, Saskatoon and Moose Jaw were in the past represented through multi-member districts, with members elected through block voting. The legislature has been unicameral since its establishment; there has never been a provincial upper house. The 30th Saskatchewan Legislature was elected at the 2024 Saskatchewan general election. Assemblies Party standings The party standings in the Assembly are as follows: Members *Member in BOLD CAPS is the Premier of Saskatchewan. *Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District (Canada)
An electoral district in Canada is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based. It is officially known in Canadian French as a ''circonscription'' but frequently called a ''comté'' (county). In Canadian English it is also colloquially, and more commonly known as a Riding (division), riding or ''constituency''. Each federal electoral district returns one Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of Canada; each Provinces and territories of Canada, provincial or territorial electoral district returns one representative—called, depending on the province or territory, Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), National Assembly of Quebec, Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) or Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, Member of the House of Assembly (MHA)—to the provincial or territorial legislature. Beginning with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces And Territories Of Canada
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Canada, Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully Independence, independent country over the next century. Over its history, Canada's international borders have changed several times as it has added territories and provinces, making it the List of countries and dependencies by area, world's second-largest country by area. The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces receive their power and authority from the ''Constitution Act, 1867'' (formerly called the ''British North America Acts, British North America Act, 1867''), whereas territories are federal territories whose governments a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Saskatchewan
The regional designations vary widely within the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. With a total land area of 651,036 square kilometres (251,366 sq mi), Saskatchewan is crossed by major rivers such as the Churchill River (Hudson Bay), Churchill and the Saskatchewan River, Saskatchewan, and exists mostly within the Canada Hudson Bay drainage, Hudson Bay drainage area. Its borders were set at its entry into Canadian Confederation, Confederation in 1905, and Saskatchewan is one of only two landlocked provinces (the other is Alberta) and the only province whose borders are not based on natural features. As the fifth largest province Provinces and territories of Canada#Provinces, by area (and sixth largest Population of Canada by province and territory, by population), Saskatchewan has been divided up into unofficial and official regions in many ways. In addition, it is part of larger national regions. Colloquial regions Cardinal regions The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wapachewunak 192D
Wapachewunak 192D is an Indian reserve of the English River First Nation in Saskatchewan. It is along the course of the Churchill River, between Lac ÃŽle-Ã -la-Crosse and Shagwenaw Lake. See also * List of Indian reserves in Saskatchewan The following is the List of Indian reserves in Saskatchewan, Canada. There are over 700 Indian reserves in Saskatchewan. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T W Y ... References Indian reserves in Saskatchewan Division No. 18, Saskatchewan {{Saskatchewan-IndianReserve-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turnor Lake, Saskatchewan
Turnor Lake () is a community on the southern shore of Turnor Lake in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. From Highway 155 it is accessible by Highway 909. The community includes the Northern Hamlet of Turnor Lake and Turnor Lake 193B of the Birch Narrows First Nation. The combined population was 598 in the 2011 Canada Census. Turnor Lake had 179 people and Birch Narrows (Turnor Lake 193B) had 419 people. History The lake was once called Island Lake (Lac des Isles). In 1895, Birch Narrows had five families or 25 people in residence. Father Penard of La Loche mentions in his letter of 1911 that there were six or seven families living at "le Detroit du Bouleau" (Birch Narrows) 35 miles east of La Loche. In 1938, Father Ducharme had a chapel built in the community. In 1966, the people of Clear Lake were relocated to Turnor Lake. (Clear Lake had about 60 people in 1944 according to the Piercy Report.) Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
