Summary: A rural riding in southeast Saskatchewan, Souris-Moose Mountain was home to the Conservative Party’s largest margin of victory in the province in 2011.
Boundaries: All of southeast Saskatchewan, it includes the small cities of Weyburn and Estevan.
Last Election: Retiring Conservative MP Ed Komarnicki defeated NDP candidate Allan Arthur by 55.3 per cent.
History: The Liberals were able to squeak out a victory in 1993 thanks to vote splitting between the Progressive Conservatives and the Reform Party. Otherwise, this area of the province has been consistently conservative for decades.
Demographics: English was the mother tongue of 92.4 per cent of people in the 2011 census, the highest number in Saskatchewan.
Candidates
Conservative: Robert Kitchen, a chiropractor based in Estevan
NDP: Vicky O’Dell, health care worker and President of CUPE Local 5999
Liberal: Steven Bebbington, health care worker
Green: Bob Deptuck, Potash Corp employee