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Buckley Belanger
Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
for Athabasca
In office
June 21, 1995 – August 15, 2021
Preceded byFrederick John Thompson
Succeeded byJim Lemaigre
Dean of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
In office
October 26, 2020 – August 15, 2021
Preceded byDan D'Autremont
Succeeded byDonna Harpauer
Personal details
Born (1960-03-21) March 21, 1960 (age 64)
Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political partyLiberal Party of Canada
Other political
affiliations		Saskatchewan NDP (1998–2021)
Liberal Party of Saskatchewan (until 1998)
Residence(s)Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan
OccupationJournalist

Harold "Buckley" Belanger (born March 21, 1960) is a Canadian provincial politician, who served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Athabasca, in the north-western corner of the province.[1] He is a member of the provincial New Democratic Party and the federal Liberal Party of Canada.

Career

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He was originally elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 1995 general election as a Liberal member. He left the party to join the NDP in 1998, recontesting his seat in a by-election in which he attained 93.64 per cent of the vote, the second highest margin of victory ever attained by an electoral candidate in the province.[citation needed] Belanger has been re-elected in every election since then, most recently in the 2020 general election, in which he was re-elected with a majority of 618.

Prior to his election to the legislature, Belanger served as mayor of Île-à-la-Crosse, and worked as a journalist and administrator for MBC Radio. On August 15, 2021 he resigned from the legislature to run in the 2021 Canadian federal election, as a federal Liberal in the riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River. He was defeated by Conservative candidate Gary Vidal.[2]

Electoral history

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2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Vidal 10,036 48.8 +6.5
Liberal Buckley Belanger 5,533 26.8 +0.3
New Democratic Harmonie King 3,548 17.2 -11.4
People's Dezirae Reddekopp 1,002 4.9 +4.1
Independent Stephen King 240 1.2 –
Green Nasser Dean Chalifoux 215 1.0 -1.0
Total valid votes 20,574
Total rejected ballots 127 0.6 -0.2
Turnout 20,701 44.8 -12.5
Eligible voters 46,257
Conservative hold Swing +4.0
Source: Elections Canada[3][4]

2020 Saskatchewan general election

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2020 Saskatchewan general election: Athabasca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Buckley Belanger 1,730 56.81 -7.86
Saskatchewan Kelly Kwan 1,112 36.52 +12.80
Green Leroy Laliberte 204 6.70 +4.75
Total valid votes 3,045 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 0.00 –
Turnout – – –
Eligible voters 9,053
Source: Elections Saskatchewan, Global News

2016 Saskatchewan general election

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2016 Saskatchewan general election: Athabasca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Buckley Belanger 1,734 64.7% –
Saskatchewan Philip Elliott 625 23.3% –
Liberal Michael Wolverine 267 9.9% –
Green Max C.D. Morin 53 1.9% –
Total valid votes – 100.0  
Eligible voters –
New Democratic hold Swing -
Source: Elections Saskatchewan,[5] Global News.[6]

2011 Saskatchewan general election

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2011 Saskatchewan general election: Athabasca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Buckley Belanger 1,867 63.79 +4.38
Saskatchewan Bobby Woods 1,021 34.88 +2.99
Green George Durocher 39 1.33 –1.88
Total valid votes 2,927 100.0  
New Democratic hold Swing +0.70

2007 Saskatchewan general election

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2007 Saskatchewan general election: Athabasca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Buckley Belanger 1,885 59.41 –10.58
Saskatchewan Phil Elliott 1,012 31.89 +8.54
Liberal Malvina Iron 174 5.48 –0.54
Green Sean Gilchrist 102 3.21 –
Total valid votes 3,173 100.0  
New Democratic hold Swing –9.56

2003 Saskatchewan general election

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2003 Saskatchewan general election: Athabasca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Buckley Belanger 2,407 69.99 –14.39
Saskatchewan Greg Ross 803 23.35 +20.80
Liberal Philip Durocher 207 6.02 –7.05
Progressive Conservative Sean Gilchrist 22 0.64 –
Total valid votes 3,439 100.0  
New Democratic hold Swing –17.60

1999 Saskatchewan general election

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1999 Saskatchewan general election: Athabasca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Buckley Belanger 2,512 84.38 –9.26
Liberal Allan Adam 389 13.06 +8.84
Saskatchewan Bert Roach 76 2.55 +0.42
Total valid votes 2,977 100.0  
New Democratic hold Swing –9.05

1998 Athabasca by-election

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Saskatchewan provincial by-election, 26 October 1998: Athabasca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Buckley Belanger 2,153 93.64 +53.43
Liberal Winston McKay 97 4.21 –41.37
Saskatchewan Tyson Delorme 49 2.13 –
Total valid votes 2,299 100.0  
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +47.40

1995 Saskatchewan general election

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1995 Saskatchewan general election: Athabasca
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Buckley Belanger 1,347 45.59 +40.85
New Democratic Frederick John Thompson 1,188 40.21 –43.58
Independent Jimmy Montgrand 390 13.20 –
Progressive Conservative Clay Poupart 29 0.98 –7.54
Total valid votes 2,954 100.0  
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +42.22

References

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  1. ^ "The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan | Details". esask.uregina.ca.
  2. ^ "NDP MLA Buckley Belanger resigns from legislature to seek federal Liberal nomination". thestarphoenix. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  3. ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Register of Official Candidates by Constituency - March 19 - FINAL" (PDF). Elections Saskatchewan. 19 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Saskatchewan election results 2016: NDP wins Athabasca riding". Global News. 5 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
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