The 2017 Saskatoon Meewasin provincial by-election was a held on March 2, 2017. The vote was called after the death of incumbent MLA Roger Parent of the Saskatchewan Party, who died of cancer on November 29, 2016. Candidate Ryan Meili won the election, gaining the seat for the New Democratic Party.

Background

On February 3, Chief Electoral Officer of Saskatchewan Dr. Michael Boda issued the writ for a March 2 by-election to Saskatoon Meewasin's returning officer Lloyd Howey. Candidate nominations would be accepted until February 14, with advance voting days set from February 24 to February 28. Premier Wall chose to hold the election before the

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returned for the spring period.

Candidates

The New Democratic Party nominated

Ryan Meili Ryan Meili (born April 11, 1975) is a Canadian physician and politician from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. He previously served as the MLA for Saskatoon Meewasin from 2017 to 2022 and as leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party from 2018 to 2 ...

, who had previously run for the party's leadership in 2009 and

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. The Saskatchewan Party nominated Brent Penner, the executive director of Downtown Saskatoon. Penner defeated hopefuls

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and Roxanne Kaminski at a party nomination meeting on January 30. Liberal Party leader Darrin Lamoureux announced his candidacy for the by-election on January 18. The Progressive Conservative Party nominated David Prokopchuk, the chairman of Saskatoon's Ukrainian Day in the Park. The Green Party nominated their leader Shawn Setyo, who ran in the riding of

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in the previous provincial election.

Results

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Background

Candidates

Results

References

See also