The Conservative Party’s Fraser Tolmie is the new Member of Parliament for the Moose Jaw-Lake Centre-Lanigan constituency after thousands of voters cast their ballots during the 2021 federal election.
According to Elections Canada, Tolmie received 23,807 votes, or 61 percent of ballots cast, during the Sept. 20 federal election. As a result, the former mayor of Moose Jaw will head to Ottawa to represent the region, taking over from outgoing MP Tom Lukiwski, who retired earlier this year.
Lukiwski won the riding in 2019 with 71.1 per cent of the vote.
Talon Regent with the New Democratic Party came in second with 7,290 votes or 18.7 per cent of the popular vote. This was an increase from the previous federal election when he received 17 per cent of the vote.
Chey Craik with the People’s Party of Canada received 4,537 votes or 11.6 per cent, which was an increase from the previous federal election when he got 3.5 per cent of the popular vote.
Katelyn Zimmer with the Liberal Party got 2,323 votes or six per cent, which was an increase from 5.6 per cent of the popular vote that the party received here two years ago.
The Maverick Party’s David Craig Townsend received 630 votes or 1.6 per cent of the popular vote.
Isaiah Hunter with the Green Party got 421 votes or 1.1 per cent of the popular vote. This was a decrease from 2.67 per cent the party got here during the previous federal election.
There were 59,414 voters in the riding who were eligible to vote this year; 39,008 cast a ballot.
The Express visited Tolmie’s campaign office after national media declared him the winner. The new MP was speaking to several people when the Express walked in, and looking over, Tolmie gave a curt “Hello,” before returning to his conversation. He then turned and walked away out of sight.
The Express spoke with one campaign official and attempted to ask for an interview with Tolmie but was told that wasn’t possible. The official then called over the campaign manager, Scott, who explained that they were setting up Zoom interviews with each media outlet individually. The conversations would occur either that night or the next day.
The Express scheduled the interview with Tolmie for 9 a.m. on Sept. 21 and gave a business card to the campaign manager, while the manager promised to send the Zoom link.
Early the next morning, however, no Zoom link had been provided, and neither Tolmie nor anyone from his campaign had reached out to speak about the election results.
The Express will have a story featuring comments from the People's Party of Canada and the NDP.
