In 2021, Randy Hoback carried Prince Albert by 17,126 votes, a margin wider than 95% of Canada’s ridings
Randy Hoback (Conservative Party of Canada) is the MP for Prince Albert, the riding (a federal electoral district, which elects one MP) that takes in Birch Hills. No provincial riding is named for Birch Hills, because the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan’s boundary file gives no terms of reuse. Locally, Birch Hills is run as a town. Mayors and councillors in Saskatchewan aren’t on any open list, so Birch Hills’ council goes unnamed here.
What stands out in how Birch Hills is governed
A safe federal seat
The 2021 winner in Prince Albert finished 49.8 points ahead of the runner-up (New Democratic Party), a wider lead than in 95% of Canada’s 338 ridings. How Birch Hills has voted ↓
Low federal turnout
More electors stayed home in Prince Albert than in 73% of Canada’s ridings at the 2021 election. The 2021 turnout ↓
Compared with the province’s municipalities of 1,000+ residents (2021 Census; MAMH, MMAH and Statistics Canada).
Three governments, and who does what
Birch Hills, a town in Saskatchewan, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
legassembly.sk.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
No county or regional government sits above Birch Hills’s council; Division No. 15 is only a census division, a unit for statistics.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Birch Hills, from the most recent elections.
- 1Birch Hills councilTown
- 2Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan–
- 3House of CommonsPrince Albert
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Birch Hills votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Birch Hills council | 13 November 2024 | 8 November 2028 |
| Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan | 28 October 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Counts from April 2025 can’t appear here, since Elections Canada allows only non-commercial reuse of them. The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was last elected on 28 October 2024, and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. Voters last chose Birch Hills council on 13 November 2024 and will again on 8 November 2028. It is the second Wednesday in November every four years for cities, towns and villages, as the The Local Government Election Act, 2015 provides.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
legassembly.sk.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Randy Hoback represents Prince Albert in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Prince Albert · Conservative Party of Canada · first elected 2008
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Conservative Party of Canada13
- Liberal Party of Canada1
As Wikidata records them.
Randy Hoback sits with the Conservative Party of Canada, which holds 13 of the 14 seats from Saskatchewan.
The MP’s record
The current Parliament is Randy Hoback’s 6th, counting from a first win in 2008. Had the 2021 ballots been cast in today’s Prince Albert, the Conservative Party of Canada would have led with 64%; Randy Hoback held it for them in 2025.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
Randy Hoback kept Prince Albert for the Conservative Party of Canada in 2021
Counts for Prince Albert within its 2013 boundaries, used in 2019 and 2021; the 2025 election ran on a new map.
Randy Hoback (Conservative Party of Canada) took Prince Albert in 2021 with 65% of the vote, 17,126 votes ahead of Ken MacDougall (New Democratic Party). The 2019 result had favoured Randy Hoback as well, at 68%.
All 6 candidates in Prince Albert, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Hoback | Conservative Party of Canada | 22,340 | 64.9% |
| Ken MacDougall | New Democratic Party | 5,214 | 15.2% |
| Estelle Hjertaas | Liberal Party of Canada | 3,653 | 10.6% |
| Joseph McCrea | People's Party of Canada | 2,388 | 6.9% |
| Heather Schmitt | Maverick Party | 466 | 1.4% |
| Hamish Graham | Green Party of Canada | 364 | 1.1% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Birch Hills is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
elections.sk.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which riding. A place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
- Who holds each seat. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
- Not on this page. Party control (Canadian councils are mostly elected without parties, and the open lists record none), council budgets, and band councils.
- Election results. Official counts for 2019 and 2021 are by the 2013 ridings; Elections Canada also re-counted the 2021 ballots onto the 2023 ridings by polling division, and that estimate is what “today’s boundaries” means here.
Questions about how Birch Hills is run
Who is the MP for Birch Hills?
Randy Hoback (Conservative Party of Canada) sits for Prince Albert, the riding Birch Hills is in.
Which party won Birch Hills in the 2021 federal election?
Randy Hoback (Conservative Party of Canada) took Prince Albert in 2021 and is its MP today.
Who is the MLA for Birch Hills?
This page can’t say which riding Birch Hills is in; the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan lists every MLA with theirs.
Who heads the council in Birch Hills?
Birch Hills, a town, lists its council on its own pages; no open list names the head here.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).