Voters in the riding of Saskatoon Fairview will be heading to the polls on Sept. 7.
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall made the announcement on Friday, saying he wanted people in the riding to have a new MLA before the fall sitting of the legislature.
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The seat became vacant when Saskatchewan Party MLA Jennifer Campeau stepped down to accept a position with mining company Rio Tinto.
Four candidates are confirmed to be running in the byelection.
Cameron Scott is looking to retain the seat for the Saskatchewan Party while Vicki Mowat is running for the Saskatchewan NDP.
“Any election is hard, any election is difficult. It think that it’s important that you really look at it that way. It’s important that we go out and work and listen to the community and share their message,” said Scott.
Mowat ran in the 2016 provincial election, losing to Campeau by 182 votes.
“They’ve seen how close this race was last time, so our supporters definitely know this is the time to get out and vote,” said Mowat.
“This is going to be a tough constituency for the Saskatchewan Party. It always has been. Even in the last two general elections, the margins that Jenifer was able to put up were quite small,” Wall said to reporters Friday morning.
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Also running are David Prokopchuk for the P.C. Party of Saskatchewan and Shah Rukh for the Saskatchewan Liberals.
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