The vote count was set to begin as polls closed Monday night in Saskatchewan’s 30th general election. Polls closed at 8 p.m. after a campaign that had Scott Moe's Saskatchewan Party seeking a fifth-straight majority to add to its 17 years in office.
The vote count was set to begin as polls closed Monday night in Saskatchewan’s 30th general election.
Political experts have said Moe is favoured to win, given his party's strength in rural areas, but polls suggested a closer race. Beck cast her ballot Monday morning in her constituency of Regina Lakeview, along with her husband and three children. She wore a T-shirt that read,"Prairie Living," and thanked election workers.Beck told supporters Sunday in Regina that she's ready to deliver the change people were asking for.
"It's time to invest in our kids, our most important resource, and make sure that they have the education that they need.Moe did not have any public events on the last day of the campaign. But in Saskatoon on Saturday, he said incumbent governments have had it tough and his party was seeing similar challenges.Blaine Higgs' New Brunswick Progressive Conservatives were defeated last week to Susan Holt's Liberals. Higgs, who also lost his own seat, was in power for six years.
He made the promise after learning of a complaint at a southeast Saskatchewan school about two biological boys using a girls change room. The pledge was not previously included in his party’s platform document.
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