Thousands of residents are eligible to vote in the riding. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

By Derek Cornet

Make your mark

Tri-community residents head to the polls for 2019 federal election

Oct 21, 2019 | 1:15 PM

Residents of the tri-communities are making their way to polling stations today to cast their vote in the 2019 Canadian federal election.

It total, there’s 338 seats in the House of Commons, which political candidates are vying for after 40 days on the campaign trail. In the Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River riding, voters can choose between incumbent NDP MP Georgina Jolibois, Tammy Cook-Searson (Liberal), Gary Vidal (Conservative), Sarah Kraynick (Green) and Jerome Perrault (People’s Party of Canada).

During advanced polls held last week, 149,043 ballots were cast in Saskatchewan representing a 55 per cent increase compared to the 2015 federal election. In Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill, 5,045 voters were cast.

Polling stations are open 7:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. in Saskatchewan.

In order to vote, residents must have a photo ID. Electors can only vote at their specific polling station and anyone outside of their riding will no longer be able to vote.

Nipawin visit

Newcomers visit Nipawin to explore life in rural communities

1h ago

LLRIB

Ratt wins Sucker River byelection

19h ago

NEW DEVELOPMENT

$1.9M land sale paves way for South Riverview growth in North Battleford

19h ago

Tune in to our special election radio show on 900 CKBI beginning at 8 p.m. tonight. We’ll have political analysis, results, and interviews with the candidates.

–

derek.cornet@jpbg.ca

Twitter: @saskjourno