Denis Arthur Allchurch (born 1953) is a Canadian provincial politician. He is a member of the Saskatchewan United Party, and was formerly a member of the Saskatchewan Party.
Denis Allchurch | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly for Rosthern-Shellbrook Shellbrook-Spiritwood (1999-2003) | |
| In office September 16, 1999 – November 7, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Lloyd Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Scott Moe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953 (age 70–71) |
| Political party | Saskatchewan Party (former), Saskatchewan United Party (starting 2024) |
Career
editAllchurch was elected to Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1999 from constituencies of Shellbrook-Spiritwood, unseating Lloyd Johnson of the then-governing New Democratic Party in a close race. In 2003 much Allchurch's riding was redistributed into Rosthern-Shellbrook. Running in a new district that included locales historically much less friendly to the NDP, Allchurch was re-elected by comfortable margins in 2003 and 2007.[1]
However, Allchurch had difficulty retaining the loyalty of his own party's membership. He managed to defeat a challenge for his party nomination prior to the 2007 election. However, on March 3, 2011, Allchurch lost the party nomination for his constituency. Newcomer Scott Moe, a businessperson from Shellbrook, Saskatchewan, ran as the Saskatchewan Party candidate in the 2011 provincial election. Nomination challenges against sitting lawmakers are relatively uncommon in Canada, and successful such challenges are considered rare events.[2] Allchurch's successor would go on to become Premier of Saskatchewan in 2018, an office he still holds as of 2024.
Saskatchewan United Party
editIn September 2024, it was announced that Allchurch would be a candidate in the 2024 Saskatchewan election under the Saskatchewan United Party banner in the Meadow Lake constituency.[3]
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saskatchewan | Denis Allchurch | 4,134 | 57.50 | – | |
| NDP | Ron Blocka | 2,553 | 35.51 | ||
| Liberal | Linda Neher | 339 | 4.72 | ||
| Green | Margaret-Rose Uvery | 163 | 2.27 | – | |
| Total | 7,189 | 100.00 | |||
| 2003 Saskatchewan general election: Rosthern-Shellbrook | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Saskatchewan | Denis Allchurch | 3,421 | 48.36 | |||||
| New Democratic | John Serheinko | 2,585 | 36.54 | |||||
| Liberal | George Cameron | 744 | 10.52 | |||||
| Western Independence | Laverne Isaac | 324 | 4.58 | |||||
| Total | 7,074 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Source: Saskatchewan Archives Board – Election Results by Electoral Division, pg. 2.14–101 | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saskatchewan | Denis Allchurch | 2,895 | 48.36 | – | |
| NDP | Lloyd Johnson | 2,863 | 36.54 | ||
| Liberal | Walter Krushelniski | 1,223 | 10.52 | ||
References
edit- ^ "Denis Allchurch". Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on 2010-12-17. Retrieved 2011-03-07.
- ^ Wood, James (March 5, 2011). "Sask. Party MLA loses nomination fight". The StarPhoenix. Postmedia Network. Retrieved 2011-03-07.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "'Not Brad Wall's Sask. Party': Two former Sask Party MLAs to run under Saskatchewan United banner". Saskatoon. 2024-09-16. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
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