# Souris—Moose Mountain

Souris—Moose Mountain is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada; it has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988.

## Geography

This electoral district is located in Southeast Saskatchewan, encompassing the cities of Weyburn and Estevan. The riding extends from Radville in the west to the Manitoba border, and from Estevan to Grenfell and the Qu'Appelle River in the north.

## History

This district was created in 1987 from Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain and portions of the Assiniboia riding.
This riding lost a fraction of territory to Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan and gained significant territory from Wascana during the 2012 electoral redistribution.

### Historical boundaries

* 1996 representation order
* 2013 representation order
* 2023 final report

### Members of Parliament

| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Souris—Moose Mountain Riding created from Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain and Assiniboia |||||
| 34th | 1988–1993 | Lenard Gustafson | Progressive Conservative |
| 35th | 1993–1997 | Bernie Collins | Liberal |
| 36th | 1997–2000 | Roy Bailey | Reform |
| 36th | 2000–2000 | Roy Bailey | Alliance |
| 37th | 2000–2003 | Roy Bailey | Alliance |
| 37th | 2003–2004 | Roy Bailey | Conservative |
| 38th | 2004–2006 | Ed Komarnicki | Conservative |
| 39th | 2006–2008 | Ed Komarnicki | Conservative |
| 40th | 2008–2011 | Ed Komarnicki | Conservative |
| 41st | 2011–2015 | Ed Komarnicki | Conservative |
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Robert Kitchen | Conservative |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Robert Kitchen | Conservative |
| 44th | 2021–present | Robert Kitchen | Conservative |

### Current member of Parliament

Its member of Parliament is Robert Kitchen, a medical practitioner in Estevan who was elected in the 2015 Canadian federal election and re-elected in 2019.

## Demographics

Panethnic groups in Souris—Moose Mountain (2011−2021) :
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| European | 57,275 | 82.86% | 61,210 | 86.19% | 62,870 | 89.39% |
| Indigenous | 7,090 | 10.26% | 5,860 | 8.25% | 6,025 | 8.57% |
| Southeast Asian | 2,860 | 4.14% | 2,285 | 3.22% | 710 | 1.01% |
| South Asian | 740 | 1.07% | 605 | 0.85% | 225 | 0.32% |
| East Asian | 410 | 0.59% | 325 | 0.46% | 250 | 0.36% |
| African | 360 | 0.52% | 410 | 0.58% | 170 | 0.24% |
| Latin American | 140 | 0.2% | 115 | 0.16% | 20 | 0.03% |
| Middle Eastern | 100 | 0.14% | 75 | 0.11% | 0 | 0% |
| Other/multiracial | 145 | 0.21% | 130 | 0.18% | 40 | 0.06% |
| Total responses | 69,120 | 97.93% | 71,020 | 97.78% | 70,330 | 97.6% |
| Total population | 70,579 | 100% | 72,635 | 100% | 72,058 | 100% |
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. |||||||

## Election results

2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 31,897 | 76.01 |
| People's | 3,848 | 9.17 |
| New Democratic | 3,377 | 8.05 |
| Liberal | 1,763 | 4.20 |
| Green | 24 | 0.06 |
| Others | 1,053 | 2.51 |
vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Robert Kitchen | 30,049 | 76.4 | -8 | $42,572.46 |
| | People's | Diane Neufeld | 3,571 | 9.1 | +7.4 | $2,854.44 |
| | New Democratic | Hannah Ann Duerr | 3,107 | 7.9 | +0.16 | $0.00 |
| | Liberal | Javin Ames-Sinclair | 1,636 | 4.2 | +0.07 | $2,023.58 |
| | Maverick | Greg Douglas | 977 | 2.5 | – | $3,190.12 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 39,340 | 100.0 | – | $119,102.72 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 285 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 39,625 | 76.96 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 51,485 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Robert Kitchen | 35,067 | 84.40 | +14.26 | $39,724.57 |
| | New Democratic | Ashlee Hicks | 3,214 | 7.74 | -5.94 | $889.04 |
| | Liberal | Javin Ames-Sinclair | 1,718 | 4.13 | -9.4 | $1,657.78 |
| | People's | Phillip Zajac | 702 | 1.69 | | none listed |
| | Green | Judy Mergel | 681 | 1.64 | -1.01 | $294.15 |
| | Canadian Nationalist | Travis Patron | 168 | 0.40 | | $10,118.21 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,550 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 114 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,664 | 80.19 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 51,957 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +10.10 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Robert Kitchen | 26,315 | 70.14 | -2.72 | $40,077.78 |
| | New Democratic | Vicky O'Dell | 5,131 | 13.68 | -4.81 | $28,983.38 |
| | Liberal | Steve Bebbington | 5,076 | 13.53 | +7.94 | $159.00 |
| | Green | Bob Deptuck | 994 | 2.65 | -0.48 | $0.11 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 37,516 | 100.0 | | $228,560.45 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 126 | – | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,642 | 72.25 | +8.25 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 52,093 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -3.78 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 22,424 | 72.86 |
| New Democratic | 5,689 | 18.49 |
| Liberal | 1,719 | 5.59 |
| Green | 944 | 3.07 |
vte2011 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Ed Komarnicki | 21,598 | 74.0 | +3.5 | $45,028 |
| | New Democratic | Allan Arthur | 5,461 | 18.7 | +1.9 | $11,460 |
| | Liberal | Gerald Borrowman | 1,236 | 4.2 | –2.5 | $30,532 |
| | Green | Bob Deptuck | 898 | 3.1 | –2.9 | $483 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 29,193 | 100.0 | | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 77 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,270 | 64.0 | +3 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 46,242 | – | – |
vte2008 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Ed Komarnicki | 19,293 | 70.5 | +7.7 | $43,314 |
| | New Democratic | Raquel Fletcher | 4,599 | 16.8 | +2.9 | $6,182 |
| | Liberal | Marlin Belt | 1,834 | 6.7 | -11.8 | – |
| | Green | Bob Deptuck | 1,643 | 6.0 | +1.3 | $2,093 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 27,369 | 100.0 | | $89,152 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 90 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 27,459 | 57 | -8 |
vte2006 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Ed Komarnicki | 19,282 | 62.8 | +25.9 | $40,537 |
| | Liberal | Lonny McKague | 5,681 | 18.5 | -1.1 | $42,576 |
| | New Democratic | Michael Haukeness | 4,284 | 14.0 | +0.2 | $6,329 |
| | Green | Mathew Smith | 1,448 | 4.7 | +3.0 | $518 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,695 | 100.0 | | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 83 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,778 | 65.3 | +2.3 |
vte2004 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Ed Komarnicki | 11,306 | 36.9 | -33.1 | $52,238 |
| | Independent | Grant Devine | 8,399 | 27.4 | – | $69,162 |
| | Liberal | Lonny McKague | 6,001 | 19.6 | +5.2 | $44,913 |
| | New Democratic | Robert Stephen Stringer | 4,202 | 13.7 | -1.9 | $15,033 |
| | Green | Sigfredo Gonzalez | 537 | 1.8 | – | |
| | Christian Heritage | Robert Thomas Jacobson | 191 | 0.6 | – | $194 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,636 | 100.0 | | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 83 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,719 | 63.0 | 0.0 |
vte2000 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Alliance | Roy Bailey | 19,278 | 63.3 | +22.1 | $32,614 |
| | New Democratic | Tom Cameron | 4,755 | 15.6 | -3.0 | $12,747 |
| | Liberal | Myles Fuchs | 4,371 | 14.3 | -12.9 | $11,644 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Larry Gabruch | 2,060 | 6.8 | -6.2 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 30,464 | 100.0 | | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 98 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,562 | 63.0 | +4.0 |
vte1997 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Reform | Roy Bailey | 13,732 | 41.2 | +10.5 | $24,042 |
| | Liberal | Bernie Collins | 9,077 | 27.2 | -5.0 | $42,840 |
| | New Democratic | Gary Lake | 6,209 | 18.6 | +2.1 | $26,063 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Greg Douglas | 4,333 | 13.0 | -2.0 | $11,530 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,351 | 100.0 | | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 128 | 0.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 33,479 | 67.0 |
vte1993 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Bernie Collins | 10,829 | 32.2 | +13.2 |
| | Reform | Doug Heimlick | 10,330 | 30.7 | – |
| | New Democratic | Caroline Saxon | 5,539 | 16.5 | -16.0 |
| | Progressive Conservative | Earl Silcox | 5,051 | 15.0 | -31.8 |
| | Independent | Art Mainil | 918 | 2.7 | – |
| | Independent | David Davis | 701 | 2.1 | – |
| | Canada Party | David Bouchard | 271 | 0.8 | – |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 33,639 | 100.0 |
vte1988 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Progressive Conservative | Lenard Gustafson | 17,200 | 46.8 |
| | New Democratic | Jeff Sample | 11,924 | 32.5 |
| | Liberal | Mike Bauche | 6,965 | 19.0 |
| | Confederation of Regions | Kelvin G. Rutten | 652 | 1.8 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 36,741 | 100.0 |