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Souris—Moose Mountain is a federal
electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
in
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
,
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; it has been represented in the
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since 1988.


Geography

This electoral district is located in Southeast Saskatchewan, encompassing the cities of
Weyburn Weyburn is the tenth-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. The city has a population of 11,019. It is on the Souris River southeast of the provincial capital of Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina and is north from the North Dakota border in the ...
and
Estevan Estevan is the eleventh-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The Souris River runs by the city. This city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Estevan No. 5. History The ...
. The riding extends from Radville in the west to the
Manitoba Manitoba is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population ...
border, and from Estevan to Grenfell and the
Qu'Appelle River The Qu'Appelle River is a river in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba that flows east from Lake Diefenbaker in south-western Saskatchewan to join the Assiniboine River in Manitoba, just s ...
in the north.


History

This district was created in 1987 from
Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1988. This riding was created in 1966 from parts of Moose Mountain and Qu'Appelle riding ...
and portions of the
Assiniboia Assiniboia District refers to two historical districts of Canada's Northwest Territories. The name is taken from the Assiniboine First Nation. Historical usage ''For more information on the history of the provisional districts, see also Distric ...
riding. This riding lost a fraction of territory to
Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It encompasses a portion of Saskatchewan formerly included in the ...
and gained significant territory from Wascana during the 2012 electoral redistribution.


Historical boundaries


Members of Parliament


Current member of Parliament

Its member of Parliament is
Robert Kitchen Robert Gordon Kitchen (born 1957) is a Canadian politician and chiropractor. A member of the Conservative Party, he was a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons representing Souris—Moose Mountain from 2015 to 2025. Biography Kitchen w ...
, a medical practitioner in
Estevan Estevan is the eleventh-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The Souris River runs by the city. This city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Estevan No. 5. History The ...
who was elected in the 2015 Canadian federal election and re-elected in 2019.


Demographics


Election results


See also

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List of Canadian electoral districts This is a list of Canada's 343 federal electoral districts (commonly referred to as '' ridings'' in Canadian English) as defined by the ''2023 Representation Order''. Canadian federal electoral districts are constituencies that elect membe ...
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Historical federal electoral districts of Canada This is a list of past arrangements of Electoral district (Canada), Canada's electoral districts. Each district sends one member to the House of Commons of Canada. Federal electoral districts in Canada are re-adjusted every ten years based on the ...


References

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Notes


External links


Riding history for Souris—Moose Mountain (1987– ) from the
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Expenditures – 2008

Expenditures – 2004

Expenditures – 2000

Expenditures – 1997
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