The riding consisted of the northeastern quadrant of Saskatoon and the city of Humboldt and the rural towns of Naicam, Wakaw and Watson.

The riding extended to Quill Lake in the east, Pleasantdale in the northeast and St. Louis in the north.

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons: Once a safe Liberal seat, the NDP took over the new creation in 1988.

The Liberals stole it back in 1993, but the Reform party and its successor the Canadian Alliance took it over with a strong win in 2000.

In 2004, with the incumbent, Jim Pankiw running as an independent on the ticket made for the closest four-way race in the country with the winning party receiving just 26.7% of the vote just 4.5 points ahead of the fourth place finisher.