Summary: Represented by outgoing Conservative MP Garry Breitkreuz for the last 22 years, this rural riding in eastern Saskatchewan will elect a new MP in 2015.
Boundaries: A rural riding in eastern Saskatchewan, this riding includes Quill Lake, Wadena, Endeavour, and its namesake communities of Yorkton and Melville.
Last Election: Breitkreuz defeated NDP candidate Doug Ottenbreit by 47.1 per cent.
History: Remarkably, Yorkton-Melville has had only two MPs for its entire 47 year history: Breitkreuz since 1993, and NDP stalwart Lorne Nystrom from 1968 to 1993.
Demographics: This riding has the highest percentage of people with Ukranian roots in all of Canada, at 27.3 per cent of the population, according to the 2011 National Household Survey. The median age of 46.6 is the highest in Saskatchewan.
Candidates
Conservative: Cathay Wagantall, owner of a family printing business
NDP: Doug Ottenbreit, a Melville lawyer and the party’s 2011 candidate
Liberal: Brooke Malinoski, university student
Green: Elaine Hughes, environmental activist
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