title: Battleford-Cut Knife
text: # Battleford-Cut Knife
  
  Battleford-Cut Knife was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency was created by the merging of parts of the Cut Knife-Lloydminster and The Battlefords electoral districts before the 1995 Saskatchewan general election. The Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan) redistributed this riding into the Cut Knife-Turtleford and a revived The Battlefords electoral districts for the 2003 Saskatchewan general election.
  
  ## Member of the Legislative Assembly
  
  | # | MLA | Served | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Sharon Murrell | 1995 – 1999 | New Democratic Party |
  | 2. | Rudi Peters | 1999 – 2003 | Saskatchewan Party |
  | 3. | Wally Lorenz | 2003 | Saskatchewan Party |
  
  ## Election results
  
  Saskatchewan General Election 1995: Battleford-Cut Knife :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | New Democratic | Sharon Murrell | 2,961 | 40.90 | – |
  | | Liberal | Jock MacNell | 2,184 | 30.16 | – |
  | | Prog. Conservative | Eileen Sword | 1,940 | 26.79 | – |
  | | Independent | Leona Tootoosis | 154 | 2.12 | – |
  | Total | Total | Total | 7,239 | 100.00 | |
  
  Saskatchewan General Election 1999: Battleford-Cut Knife :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Saskatchewan | Rudi Peters | 3,107 | 45.77 | – |
  | | New Democratic | Sharon Murrell | 2,438 | 35.92 | -4.98 |
  | | Liberal | Gary B. McArthur | 1,242 | 18.29 | -11.87 |
  | Total | Total | Total | 6,787 | 100.00 | |
  
  March 17, 2003 By-Election: Battleford-Cut Knife :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Saskatchewan | Wally Lorenz | 2,946 | 58.45 | - |
  | | New Democratic | Gordon Yarde | 1,609 | 31.93 | - |
  | | Liberal | Larry Ingram | 485 | 9.62 | - |
  | Total | Total | Total | 5,040 | 48.92 | |
  