The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 47014Saskatchewan

Yorkton—Melville

Yorkton—Melville is a federal riding in Saskatchewan. The seat is vacant as of 2026-11-01. Cathay Wagantall (Conservative) held Yorkton—Melville for the Conservatives in the 2025 election by 23,364 votes (63.1 points), with 77.5% of the vote. Luke Guimond (Liberal) was second with 14.4%, on a turnout of 65.9% of 56,542 electors.

Fig. 1 — Yorkton—Melville on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on 2026-11-01. Open it on the board →

Who represents Yorkton—Melville

Vacant

No Member of Parliament for Yorkton—Melville as of 2026-11-01, by the House of Commons list.

Cathay Wagantall (Conservative) won the seat in 2025.

The 2025 result: Conservative hold

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Yorkton—Melville, April 28, 2025

Shares of the 37,013 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Cathay Wagantall	Conservative	28,702	77.5%
Luke Guimond	Liberal	5,338	14.4%
Michaela Krakowetz	New Democratic	2,034	5.5%
Valerie Brooks	Green	713	1.9%
Other (1)		226	0.6%

Cathay Wagantall (Conservative) won Yorkton—Melville on April 28, 2025 with 28,702 votes, 77.5% of the 37,013 valid votes. Luke Guimond (Liberal) was second with 5,338 (14.4%), 23,364 votes and 63.1 points behind.

Of the 37,013 valid votes, Cathay Wagantall (Conservative) took 77.5%, Luke Guimond (Liberal) 14.4%, Michaela Krakowetz (New Democratic) 5.5% and Valerie Brooks (Green) 1.9%; one other candidate took 0.6%. Turnout was 65.9% of 56,542 electors: 37,285 ballots cast, 37,013 of them valid, for 5 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 9.1 (68.4% to 77.5%), the Liberals up 8.1 (6.3% to 14.4%), the New Democrats down 6.6 (12.1% to 5.5%) and the Greens up 0.2 (1.7% to 1.9%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: a Conservative stronghold

The party first in Yorkton—Melville at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

2004Conservative60.4%by 41.2 points over the New Democrats
2006Conservative62.3%by 42.6 points over the New Democrats
2008Conservative66.8%by 45.3 points over the New Democrats
2011Conservative67.8%by 44.8 points over the New Democrats
2015Conservative58.8%by 38.2 points over the New Democrats
2019Conservative75.8%by 63.4 points over the New Democrats
2021Conservative68.4%by 56.4 points over the New Democrats
2025Conservative77.5%by 63.1 points over the Liberals

Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran.

The figures

Year	First	Share	Second	Margin (pts)	Basis
2004	Conservative	60.4%	New Democratic	41.2	carried, our estimate
2006	Conservative	62.3%	New Democratic	42.6	carried, our estimate
2008	Conservative	66.8%	New Democratic	45.3	carried, our estimate
2011	Conservative	67.8%	New Democratic	44.8	carried, our estimate
2015	Conservative	58.8%	New Democratic	38.2	carried, our estimate
2019	Conservative	75.8%	New Democratic	63.4	carried, our estimate
2021	Conservative	68.4%	New Democratic	56.4	transposed by Elections Canada
2025	Conservative	77.5%	Liberal	63.1	official result

The Conservatives were first here at all eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, by an average of 49.4 points over the next party. In 2025 the Conservatives took 77.5% of the vote here, 11.7 points above their average of 65.8% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the Conservatives were first here in 2004 (60.4%), 2006 (62.3%), 2008 (66.8%), 2011 (67.8%), 2015 (58.8%), 2019 (75.8%), 2021 (68.4%) and 2025 (77.5%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 77 of the 343 ridings are strongholds. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

Before 2025

2021 Conservative · Cathay Wagantall, by 19,555 votes (56.5 pts)
2019 Conservative · Cathay Wagantall, by 24,776 votes (64.0 pts)
2015 Conservative · Cathay Wagantall, by 14,287 votes (39.0 pts)

In the old Yorkton—Melville on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Yorkton—Melville lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Yorkton—Melville is

Population: 73,1902021 census
Area: 47,162km²
Density: 1.6people per km²
Electors: 56,542on the 2025 lists

Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings

9th-widest margin in Canada
Won by 63.1 points (23,364 votes) · 9th of 343
2nd-most candidates on the ballot in Saskatchewan
5 candidates stood · 2nd of 14 in Saskatchewan · 156th of 343 in Canada
2nd-least populous in Saskatchewan
73,190 people, 2021 census · 2nd of 14 in Saskatchewan · 14th of 343 in Canada

Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.6% — about 52 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.
highestlowest25th lowest of 343
Share with French as a mother tongue is 0.7% — about 44 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.
highestlowest48th lowest of 343
Median total household income is $70,000 — about 83 percent of the median riding's $84,000.
highestlowest60th lowest of 343
Share of households that own their home is 78.7% — a little higher than the median riding's 71.4%.
highestlowest71st highest of 343
Median age is 45.6 — a little higher than the median riding's 41.6.
highestlowest72nd highest of 343
Share who are immigrants is 6.5% — about 38 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
highestlowest73rd lowest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 96% of the 2025 electors in today's Yorkton—Melville lived in the old Yorkton—Melville; by area, 10% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding

95.8%Yorkton—Melville 89.8% of the area · 98% of it kept

3.5%Prince Albert 8.6% of the area · 21% of it kept

0.7%Regina—Qu'Appelle 1.5% of the area · 6% of it kept

How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

Candidate	Party	Votes	%	2021	±
Cathay Wagantall	Conservative	28,702	77.5%	68.4%	+9.1
Luke Guimond	Liberal	5,338	14.4%	6.3%	+8.1
Michaela Krakowetz	New Democratic	2,034	5.5%	12.1%	−6.6
Valerie Brooks	Green	713	1.9%	1.7%	+0.2

1 further candidate, under 1% of the vote

Alec Guggenmos

Other

226

0.6%

The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Third place vs. the margin

2,034 votes

New Democratic took fewer than the 23,364-vote margin.

Election-day polls won by others

6 of 174

No poll ended in a tie.

Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (168) · ■ won by another party (6).

Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 11,683 voters switching from Conservative to Liberal — 31.6% of the 37,013 valid votes, 31.6 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Voters who switch: 0023,366

Conservative28,702

Liberal5,338

Still Conservative by 23,364 votes. Actual margin: 23,364.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 62.7% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Conservatives took 77.7%, the Liberals 14.0%, the New Democrats 5.7% and the Greens 2.0%; in advance and special ballots, 77.3%, 15.2%, 5.1% and 1.9%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Yorkton—Melville, April 28, 2025

Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.

The figures

Party	Election day	Advance and special	Gap
Conservative	77.7%	77.3%	−0.4
Liberal	14.0%	15.2%	+1.2
New Democratic	5.7%	5.1%	−0.6
Green	2.0%	1.9%	−0.1

An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Yorkton—Melville and its 8 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Yorkton—Melville — federal riding profile and 2025 results."
The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/yorkton-melville/
Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.