Glen Hart of the Sask. Party has won the Last Mountain-Touchwood riding with 4,206 votes beating out the NDP’s Mary Ann Harrison who got 1,544 votes.
Summary: Glen Hart, one of the longest serving MLAs in the legislature, seeks a fifth term in Last Mountain-Touchwood.
Boundaries: A rural riding to the north of Regina, Last Mountain-Touchwood is broadly bordered by the Qu’Appelle River to the south, Melville to the east, Last Mountain Lake to the west, and the communities of Strasbourg and Punnichy to the north. Additional towns in the riding include Ituna, Lemberg, Southey and Balcarres.
Last Election: Hart defeated NDP candidate Don Jeworski by over 2700 votes, 67-29 per cent—his highest margin of victory in four elections.
History: The riding was created prior to the 1975 election, and had been a bellwether electoral district in the 1999 election, when Hart was first elected.
Candidates
Saskatchewan Party: Glen Hart, MLA since 1999.
NDP: Mary Ann Harrison, VP with the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union.
Liberal: David Buchocik, 25-year SaskPower employee
Green: Justin Stranack
PC: Rick Swenson, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. He previously served as Minister of Energy and Mines in 1989, as well as Minister Responsible for SEDCO and Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Research Council also in 1989.
Western Independence Party: Frank J. Serfas, party leader
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