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Cypress Hills-Grasslands

Cypress Hills—Grasslands
Saskatchewan electoral district
Cypress Hills—Grasslands 2013 Riding.png
Cypress Hills—Grasslands in relation to other Saskatchewan federal electoral districts as of the 2013 Representation Order.
Federal electoral district
Legislature House of Commons
MP
 
 
 
David Anderson
Conservative
District created 1996
First contested 1997
Last contested 2015
District webpage profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011) 67,834
Electors (2015) 49,713
Area (km²) 77,822
Pop. density (per km²) 0.87
Census subdivisions Swift Current, Kindersley, Assiniboia, Maple Creek

Cypress Hills—Grasslands is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997.

The district is in the southwestern corner of the Province of Saskatchewan.

The electoral district was created in 1996 from Kindersley—Lloydminster, Moose Jaw—Lake Centre and Swift Current—Maple Creek—Assiniboia ridings.

This riding lost territory to Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek and gained territory from Battlefords—Lloydminster and Palliser during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons:

Its Member of Parliament is David Anderson, a former farmer. He was first elected in 2000. He represents the Conservative Party of Canada. He is the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and for the Canadian Wheat Board. In the last parliamentary session he served as a member on the 'Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food'.


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