Photo: Darren Kirby · CC BY-SA 2.0La Ronge’s MP is Buckley Belanger (Liberal Party of Canada), for Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River
Across Saskatchewan, 13 of the 14 MPs sit with the Conservative Party of Canada. For local government, La Ronge is a town. This page names no head of council for La Ronge, as no open list of councils exists in Saskatchewan. La Ronge’s riding for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan isn’t shown: the province’s boundary file states no licence, so it can’t be reused.
Three governments, and who does what
La Ronge, 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.
La Ronge has no upper-tier council: Division No. 18, its census division, exists for statistics only.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for La Ronge, from the most recent elections.
- 1La Ronge councilTown
- 2Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan–
- 3House of CommonsDesnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River
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 La Ronge votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| La Ronge council | 13 November 2024 | 8 November 2028 |
| Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan | 28 October 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The open federal catalogue ends at 2021; the 2025 results sit on elections.ca under terms that bar commercial use. The council elected on 13 November 2024 serves until 8 November 2028, when La Ronge council is chosen again. That date comes from the The Local Government Election Act, 2015, which sets the second Wednesday in November every four years for cities, towns and villages. Provincially the last general election was on 28 October 2024, for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan; federally, on 28 April 2025.
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
Buckley Belanger represents Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River · Liberal Party of Canada
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Conservative Party of Canada13
- Liberal Party of Canada1
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Had the 2021 ballots been cast in today’s Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, the Liberal Party of Canada would have led with 46%; Buckley Belanger held it for them in 2025. The 2025 general election sent Buckley Belanger to the Commons for the first time.
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
Gary Vidal kept Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River for the Conservative Party of Canada in 2021
Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River as it stood from 2013: the 2019 and 2021 counts, before the riding was redrawn for 2025.
Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River elected Gary Vidal (Conservative Party of Canada) in 2021: 49% of the vote, a lead of 4,503 over Buckley Belanger (Liberal Party of Canada). Gary Vidal was the sitting MP, elected there in 2019 with 42%. 44% of electors in Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River voted in 2021, below the 63% turnout across Canada.
All 6 candidates in Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Vidal | Conservative Party of Canada | 10,036 | 48.8% |
| Buckley Belanger | Liberal Party of Canada | 5,533 | 26.9% |
| Harmonie King | New Democratic Party | 3,548 | 17.3% |
| Dezirae Reddekopp | People's Party of Canada | 1,002 | 4.9% |
| Stephen King | Independent | 240 | 1.2% |
| Nasser Dean Chalifoux | Green Party of Canada | 215 | 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 La Ronge 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
- Election results. Elections Canada redrew the ridings in 2023 and re-tallied the 2021 ballots onto the new map from polling divisions; that estimate, and the official 2019 and 2021 counts on the old map, are what you see.
- Not on this page. No council budgets, no band councils, and no party tally for the council, which the open lists don’t record.
- 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.
- Which riding. A place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
Questions about how La Ronge is run
Who is the MP for La Ronge?
Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River’s MP, Buckley Belanger of the Liberal Party of Canada, represents La Ronge.
Which party won La Ronge in the 2021 federal election?
In 2021 it was Gary Vidal (Conservative Party of Canada), in Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River; Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River has elected Buckley Belanger since.
Who is the MLA for La Ronge?
The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan’s website names each MLA by riding; the riding of La Ronge has to be looked up there.
Who heads the council in La Ronge?
La Ronge is a town; its own website or the province’s municipal directory names the head of council.
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).