Randy Hoback will once again represent Prince Albert following the 2021 federal election. (Submitted Photo/Prince Albert Conservative Association)

By Rob Mahon

Hoback Re-Elected

‘Hold their feet to the fire’: Hoback vows to hold Liberals to account on return to Ottawa

Sep 21, 2021 | 9:00 AM

Since 2008, Randy Hoback has represented Prince Albert on the federal stage as a member of the Conservative party. For the fifth time, he’s been re-elected to do so again.

Hoback was declared the winner not long after 8:30, just over an hour after the polls in Saskatchewan closed. At the time, he had about 64 per cent of the popular vote, comfortably ahead of NDP candidate Ken MacDougall, who was sitting at around 15 per cent.

Hoback said he’s looking forward to returning to Ottawa for that fifth term. His goal once he arrives there will be similar to what it was after the last election in 2019, which boasted a nearly identical result at the federal level.

“The only reason to call this election was because Trudeau read the polls or the tea leaves and thought he could get a majority government,” Hoback said. “He wanted to seize power. So I look forward to getting back to Ottawa and hold their feet to the fire and make sure Western Canada is properly represented.”

Though the result was similar to 2019, Hoback said this election was unique due in no small part to the pandemic. COVID-19 will be one of the biggest issues on his plate when he gets back to Ottawa, including how to handle all the differing opinions on vaccinations, vaccine passports and masking.

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“A lot of those are provincial by nature,” Hoback said, “so we have to respect the provinces jurisdiction in that and make sure the federal government doesn’t put their fingers where they don’t belong and let the provinces decide what they think is best to manage the province.”

In the 2019 federal election, Hoback retained his seat with 67.7 per cent of the popular vote, which was the largest margin he’d won any of his four elections at the time. This time around, he won his seat with 64 per cent of the vote with 177 of 198 polls reported at press time. The difference could be explained by gains made by the People’s Party of Canada, who went from two per cent of the popular vote to seven per cent.

Before being elected for the first time in 2008 with 57.7 per cent of the vote, Hoback worked for a farm machinery manufacturer and on his own family farm. He was also chairman of the Western Canadian Wheat Grower’s Association.

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