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Estelle Hjertaas

Estelle Hjertaas is a Legal Aid lawyer. As a Prince Albert resident, she has founded three community organizations: PA Salsa, PA Young Professionals and co-founded the Dolly Parton Imagination Library of Prince Albert. She has also served on the board of eight others, including the YWCA, the JMC Public Library and La Société Canadienne-Française de Prince Albert. In her spare time she enjoys outdoor activities ranging from hunting to skiing to paddling. Estelle holds a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University, and Common and Civil Law degrees (with an environmental law designation) from University of Ottawa.

Randy Hoback

Randy Hoback is the incumbent member of parliament for the federal riding of Prince Albert. He was recently appointed as a member of the House of Commons Special Committtee on the Economic Relationship Between Canada and the United States by Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole. During his time as a Parliamentarian, Randy has served in many different roles including the Chair and Vice-Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade and the Standing Committee on Agriculture & Agri-Food. Randy was born in Prince Albert and grew up in Canwood. He holds a business administration certificate through the University of Saskatchewan and a Chartered Director’s designation (C. Dir.), which he completed through McMaster University’s Chartered Directors College. Randy is married and has two children.

Heather Schmitt

Heather Schmitt is a small business owner from Carrot River. In 2016, after completing her diploma in Business Administration from Lakeland College, she started her own business; HS Performance Horses, providing equine therapy and Schmitt Organics – a farm-gate beef sales business. She also does contract work in Organic Certification as an Administrator for chapters under TransCanada Organic Certification Services. Heather is involved in 4-H and is an avid barrel racer. Unlike any other federal party, the Maverick Party will only represent the best interests of the West.

Joseph McCrea

Joseph McCrea was born in Saskatoon and recently moved to Melfort. He is married a father to three children. Joseph is a property manager by day and a voice for freedom outside of his work hours. Joseph has a passion for Canada and the people here to be aware of their fights. He stands for and values freedom, liberty, truth, prosperity, and the overall wellbeing of Canadians.

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Kelly Block

Kelly Block was first elected to the House of Commons representing the riding of Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar on October 14, 2008 and was re-elected on May 2, 2011. She was elected as the MP for the newly created riding of Carlton Trail-Eagle Creek in 2015 and again in 2019. Kelly has served on several standing Committees, over the past ten years, as well as Special Committees including the Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women and the Special Subcommittee on a Code of Conduct for Members. Prior to being elected as a Member of Parliament, Kelly served on the town council of Waldheim for three terms, serving two of those terms as Mayor. At the same time, she was a member of the Saskatoon Regional Health Authority and the Director of Administration at Forest Grove Community Church. Kelly and her husband Milton have four children and eleven grandchildren.

Shannon O’Toole

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Mike Bohach

Mike Bohach was born and raised in Saskatoon and currently lives in Martensville with his family. He has been married for 17 years to his wife Erin and together they have two boys. They have also been foster parents for four years. Mike has a long-standing interest in business and sales and currently works in the construction supply sales industry. Mike brings a common-sense platform – freedom, responsibility, fairness and respect. He wants to know your concerns and will stand up to be your voice in the federal government.

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Diane Pastoor

Diane Pastoor was born and raised in British Columbia. She has spent her life in agriculture, growing up on a dairy farm then continuing that passion and career as she continues to farm with her husband, Mark. Diane and Mark and their four daughters made the big move to Saskatchewan in 2003 and switched from dairy farming to broiler chickens. That move resulted in her being elected to the board of directors for the Chicken Farmers of Saskatchewan as well as the Chicken Farmers of Canada. Diane also served on the Electoral District Association (EDA) for a Conservative Member of Parliament. Mark and Diane currently have a small grain operation and a bison ranch. Her hobbies include making and designing women’s clothing as well as traveling and spending time with their five precious grandchildren.

Federal Election 2021

Ballot count underway across the country as federal election polls close in B.C.
VANCOUVER - Polls have closed in British Columbia and Yukon, marking the end of voting across the country. Yukon's chief medical health officer Dr. Brendan Hanley is on leave to run for the Liberals to replace Larry Bagnell, who spent two decades as the territory's Liberal MP. While many ridings in B.C. have remained c...
Sep 21, 2021
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Conservatives make inroads in Atlantic Canada, but Liberal fortress remains strong
HALIFAX - Voters in Atlantic Canada loosened Justin Trudeau's grip on the region Monday by delivering a handful of new seats to the Conservatives, signalling a mild rebuke of the Liberal leader's decision to call an election during the pandemic's fourth wave. In the six years since Trudeau won a majority government in ...
Sep 21, 2021
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Trudeau's political future hangs in the balance as Atlantic results show tenuous lead
MONTREAL - Thirty-six days after his fateful decision to trigger a federal election, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau saw some early warning signs Monday night as results began to roll in for Canada's 44th election. He lost a cabinet minister in Bernadette Jordan after the Liberal-held South Shore-St. Margarets riding in ...
Sep 21, 2021
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Liberal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan loses re-election bid
OTTAWA - Liberal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Bernadette Jordan has been defeated in the South Shore-St. Margarets riding in Nova Scotia by Conservative candidate Rick Perkins. Jordan was first elected as a member of Parliament in 2015 and has served as a minister in Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's government since 20...
Sep 21, 2021
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The latest on results and developments in Canada's 44th general election
OTTAWA - The latest on developments and results in the federal election. All times are eastern. 9:30 p.m. Polls are now closed in Ontario - a key battleground that could determine the outcome of the federal election. In 2019, the Liberals swept Toronto and many of the so-called 905 ridings around the city. There are so...
Sep 21, 2021
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Erin O'Toole campaigned on a renewed, moderate Conservative party - but will it work?
OSHAWA, Ont. - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is waiting to see if his more moderate approach to issues like climate change, spending and abortion pays off with a victory over his Liberal foe. The 48-year-old is watching the election results roll in at a hockey arena in Oshawa, Ont., after casting a ballot earlier Mo...
Sep 21, 2021
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Jagmeet Singh says he's excited and nervous as NDP vie for more seats in election
VANCOUVER - The NDP are looking for any growth in their caucus as election night started off with the loss of a key seat in Atlantic Canada. St. John's East, the New Democrats only seat in the region, fell to Liberal Joanne Thompson. It was formerly held by Jack Harris, who retired from politics with the onset of the ...
Sep 21, 2021
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Election officials expect most postal votes to be counted by Wednesday
OTTAWA - The final results of the federal election may not be known until Wednesday, election officials have warned, because of almost one million mail-in ballots that will not be opened until Tuesday. A clutch of close-run ridings, where mail-in ballots could prove crucial to the result, may have to wait days for a wi...
Sep 21, 2021
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GET OUT TO VOTE
FSIN encouraging First Nations to head to the polls
The representative body of Saskatchewan's First Nations communities is encouraging First Nations people to get out and vote in Monday's federal election.Every eligible First Nations voter is asked to be diligent when voting today, according to a release by the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN)."We ...
Sep 20, 2021
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Last-Minute Voting
Unregistered voters still with options on election day
For those who've recently moved and haven't had time to plan out their voting strategy for tonight, there is one last option, even if you've left things until the last minute. In fact, you can sign up right at the polling station itself. "People can register at the polls," said Marie-France Kenny, regional me...
Sep 20, 2021
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Canadians heading to the polls to choose next federal government
OTTAWA - Canada's first-ever pandemic election culminates today as Canadians from coast-to-coast go to the polls to choose the 338 members of Parliament to sit in the House of Commons. Elections Canada says almost 6.8 million people voted early, most of them at advanced polls over a week ago, and the rest through speci...
Sep 20, 2021
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'Don't split the vote by voting PPC,' O'Toole tells supporters on final campaign day
TORONTO - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole delivered his starkest plea yet for people not to split the vote on the right by picking the People's Party of Canada on what was his last day before polls open. Conservatives have been ramping up their warnings in recent days against voters going over to Maxime Bernier's more...
Sep 20, 2021
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Bloc Québécois leader makes final stop in undecided ridings, hoping to recover seats
MONTREAL - Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet ended his final day of the federal election campaign on Sunday in Quebec ridings he hopes to wrest from his opponents ahead of Monday's election. He began his eleventh-hour push on familiar turf, campaigning in his adopted home city of Shawin...
Sep 19, 2021
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Singh vows to fight for people even if there's a 'Groundhog Day' minority government
BURNABY, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh made a final push for votes in British Columbia by saying his party will fight for people no matter what happens during Monday's election. The New Democrats remain on the offensive during a busy final day in the Lower Mainland, visiting ridings held by Liberals and Conservative...
Sep 19, 2021
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The Undecideds: How three Canadian voters made their choice in the election
Canadians are set to go to the polls Monday, but not everyone has always known what they were going to do when they got there. The Canadian Press followed three undecided voters through the ups and downs of this election campaign to see how they made up their minds. LEDON WELLON, MOUNT PEARL, N.L. Reflections on the c...
Sep 19, 2021
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Imams ask Conservative candidate to quit over poor follow-up on apology for posts
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - The Canadian Council of Imams says the Conservative candidate in Nova Scotia's Central Nova riding must resign because his apology for Islamophobic media posts was an insincere attempt at damage control. Two weeks ago, Steven Cotter apologized on Facebook for earlier posts he made about Shariah law a...
Sep 19, 2021
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Trudeau makes last-minute appeal to progressive voters on final campaign day
MONTREAL - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau kicked off the final day of the federal election campaign by telling progressive voters that his party is the best option to stop Erin O'Toole's Conservatives from forming government. Trudeau told some 300 supporters at an outdoor rally in Montreal that progressive voters no lon...
Sep 19, 2021
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Election official, who runs chocolate shop, flies ballot box to 27 B.C. lighthouses.
OTTAWA - They lead solitary lives, isolated for months on tiny islets and craggy ocean bluffs. Yet despite their remote locations, Canada's reclusive lighthouse keepers have one of the highest voter turnouts in the country - thanks to a part-time election official who flew in their ballots by helicopter. Vlasta Booth,...
Sep 19, 2021
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Winnipeg South has a history of siding with winners in federal elections
WINNIPEG - Winnipeg South This large suburban area is a true bellwether riding. Since its reincarnation in 1988 (it had been dissolved into parts of two ridings in 1979), it has always elected a politician of the winning party. Liberal incumbent Terry Duguid took the seat in 2015 after Rod Bruinooge had held the riding...
Sep 19, 2021
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Party leaders to make final appeals to voters ahead of tomorrow's election
OTTAWA - Candidates are making their final appeals to voters today ahead of tomorrow's federal election. The three main party leaders have packed schedules as they try to reach as much of the electorate as possible. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau has a series of virtual and in-person events planned in at least six pro...
Sep 19, 2021
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Green Party leader makes surprise, last-minute visit to Vancouver Island
VICTORIA - Green Party Leader Annamie Paul broke with her tradition throughout the federal election campaign and travelled to British Columbia Saturday, marking her first visit to the only region where her party held seats before Parliament was dissolved. Paul's trip to Vancouver Island was a departure from her approac...
Sep 18, 2021
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Trudeau says he remains 'open' to electoral reform if Liberals re-elected
RICHMOND HILL, Ont. - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said Saturday that he remains open to getting rid of Canada's first-past-the-post electoral system if his party is re-elected, but added that it's not a priority since there's no consensus on the issue. Trudeau said, however, that he would not favour proportional repr...
Sep 18, 2021
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Singh sets his sights on prairie Conservative-held seats hit hard by COVID-19
SASKATOON - Jagmeet Singh criticized the COVID-19 pandemic responses of Saskatchewan and Alberta's provincial governments as the federal NDP campaign focused on Conservative-held seats in the prairie provinces. Singh says people across the prairies are being hit extra hard by the fourth wave of the pandemic because the...
Sep 18, 2021
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Pandemic federal election campaign produces little enthusiasm for any party
OTTAWA - A campaign that started with anger over Justin Trudeau's decision to call an election in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is ending amid anger over conservative premiers' handling of the health crisis. The first wave of discontent appears to have sunk Trudeau's hopes for a Liberal majority and even put in je...
Sep 18, 2021
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