Saskatchewan election results 2016: Sask. Party wins Regina Wascana Plains riding

Christine Tell of the Sask. Party has won the Regina Wascana Plains riding with 5,933 votes beating out the NDP’s Kaytlyn Criddle who got 2,501 votes.

Summary: Regina Wascana Plains is an urban riding located in the southeast portion of Regina. Saskatchewan Party MLA Christine Tell seeks re-election in this riding.

Boundaries: Regina Wascana Plains stretches from the Qu’Appelle River in the north to just past Kronau Creek, on Highway 33, before the hamlet of Kronau. The neighbourhood of Arcola East in Regina is in this riding as is the town of White City.

Last Election: Saskatchewan Party incumbent Christine Tell defeated NDP candidate Pat Maze by 4,565 votes, 69 per cent to 29 per cent.

History: Saskatchewan Party MLA Christine Tell has held her seat since 2007. Prior to that election, NDP MLA Doreen Hamilton was in office from 1991-2007. The riding was originally created for the 1967 election as Regina South East. The constituency was redrawn and called Regina Wascana in 1971.

Candidates

Saskatchewan Party: Christine Tell, Minister Responsible for Corrections and Policing. She has also served as Minister of Government Services, Minister of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport and Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority.

NDP: Kaytlyn Criddle, health sector policy analyst and Public Administration master’s student at Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy.

Liberal: Gulraiz Tariq, owner and accounting director at Skyways Trucking, a family business. He is also a business administration student at the University of Regina and vice president of development at Enactus Regina.

Green: Jeremy O’Connor

PC: Allen Mryglod, operations manager at Super Seamless of Canada, a family business. He also works on his family’s farm.