Bronwyn Eyre of the Sask. Party has won the Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota riding with 6,509 votes beating out the NDP’s Steve Jimbo who got 2,293 votes.
Summary: An urban/rural mixed riding, Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota is a new riding for the 2016 provincial election.
Boundaries: The riding composition includes Saskatoon’s Stonebridge and The Willows neighbourhoods, the rural communities of Dundurn, Clavet, Bradwell and Elstow, and the Whitecap-Dakota First Nation.
Last Election: New riding so no incumbent.
History: This is the first time the riding will be contested in a Saskatchewan election. Much of the riding is part of the old Saskatoon Southeast riding, which has voted for Saskatchewan Party candidates in the last two elections.
Candidates
Saskatchewan Party: Bronwyn Eyre, school board trustee and former journalist
NDP: Steve Jimbo, Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Saskatchewan
Liberal: Kevin Ber
Green: Michelle Wendzina
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