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Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly for Athabasca
In office June 21, 1995 – August 15, 2021
Preceded by	Frederick John Thompson
Succeeded by	Jim Lemaigre
Dean of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
In office October 26, 2020 – August 15, 2021
Preceded by	Dan D'Autremont

Personal details
Born	(1960-03-21) March 21, 1960 (age 64) Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political party	Liberal Party of Canada
Other political affiliations	Saskatchewan NDP (1998–2021) Liberal Party of Saskatchewan (until 1998)
Residences	Île-à-la-Crosse, Saskatchewan
Occupation	Journalist

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. He is a member of the provincial New Democratic Party and the federal Liberal Party of Canada.

Career
Electoral history

Career

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. 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.

Electoral history

Canadian federal election, 2021
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
	PPC	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

2020 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 2020: 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

Saskatchewan general election, 2016: 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, Global News.

2011 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 2011: 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

Saskatchewan general election, 2007: 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

Saskatchewan general election, 2003: 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

Saskatchewan general election, 1999: 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

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

Saskatchewan general election, 1995: 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

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