Voters head to the polls in northern Saskatchewan byelection

Athabasca constituents are heading to the polls on Tuesday in a byelection to choose a new MLA.

The byelection was triggered in August 2021 after long-time NDP MLA Buckley Belanger resigned to pursue an unsuccessful bid to be elected as a Liberal in the September federal election.

La Loche mayor and former NDP MP Georgina Jolibois won the nomination for the NDP candidacy in December and, since then, she’s been campaigning against the Saskatchewan Party’s Jim Lemaigre and Independent Darwin Roy. The third candidate in the race is Clint Arnason for the Buffalo Party.

Preliminary results are expected later tonight after polls close at 8 p.m.