October 8, 2022 – The Final Count of all the ballots cast in the Saskatoon Meewasin provincial by-election is now complete. Final results can be viewed at https://results.elections.sk.ca/.
A total of 4,860 ballots have been counted from 56 ballot boxes. Final voter turnout this event was 39.4 per cent of the 12,336 registered voters in Saskatoon Meewasin. Final results for the five candidates are:
Candidate Party Votes Vote Percentage
Jacklin Andrews Saskatchewan Green Party 58 1.2%
Mark Friesen Buffalo Party of Saskatchewan 112 2.3%
Kim Groff Saskatchewan Party 1730 35.6%
Nathaniel Teed New Democratic Party, Sask Section 2813 57.9%
Jeff Walters Saskatchewan Liberal Party 135 2.8%
Timelines for counting:
First Preliminary Count. Took place after 8 p.m. on September 26. Counted were ballots from advance voting, homebound voting, by-election day and personal care facilities.
Second Preliminary Count. This takes place two days after by-election day, so it occurred on September 28. Mail-in ballots received by September 23 were counted as part of this count. Results are cumulative.
Final Count. This takes place 12 days after by-election day, so it occurred today, October 8. Final Count included mail-in ballots received after September 23 and by October 6. It also included any Hospital, Remand and Temporarily Displaced Voters ballots, and Extraordinary Voting ballots. Results are cumulative and final results produced.
Elections Saskatchewan (ESK) is the province’s nonpartisan election management body and an independent office of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. ESK directs and supervises the administration of provincial electoral events including Saskatchewan’s next general election, scheduled, by legislation, for October 28, 2024. Information for voters, workers, media, candidates, and parties at www.elections.sk.ca.
For more information contact:
Tim Kydd
Senior Director, Outreach & Communications
Elections Saskatchewan
306.537.9211
tim.kydd@elections.sk.ca