Ryan Meili wins in Saskatoon Meewasin byelection

Ryan Meili wins in Saskatoon Meewasin byelection

Postby Oscar » Fri Mar 10, 2017 4:29 pm

Ryan Meili defeats Brent Penner in Saskatoon Meewasin byelection

[ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon ... -1.4007885 ]

Seat had been empty since death of Sask. Party MLA Roger Parent in Nov. 2016

CBC News Mar 03, 2017

The NDP's Ryan Meili took a strong lead in the early ballot-counting and held it to defeat the Saskatchewan Party in the Saskatoon Meewasin byelection Thursday night.

"Meewasin is the word in Cree for beautiful, and isn't this a beautiful feeling?" he told his supporters after the win was announced..

Unofficial results from Elections Saskatchewan show the candidate winning with 54.2 per cent of the vote, compared to 39.9 per cent for the Saskatchewan Party's Brent Penner.

Meili told a crowd of jubilant supporters his victory in the Saskatoon Meewasin byelection Thursday night was a message to the Saskatchewan Party.

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Thursday's result secures a long-awaited win for the Saskatoon physician, who also ran as a leadership candidate for the Saskatchewan NDP in 2009 and 2013.

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