By Teena Monteleone

Federal Election

Final list of candidates confirmed; fewer party options for voters in northern Sask.

Apr 10, 2025 | 5:00 PM

The deadline for candidate registration has passed and voters in north central Saskatchewan can now focus on their options for representation in the upcoming federal election.

Candidates had until Monday to submit their nomination papers and Elections Canada released the final confirmed list on Wednesday.

There are a total of 13 candidates in the four ridings of:

Prince Albert –

· Christopher Hadubiak – Liberal Party

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· Randy Hoback – Conservative Party (incumbent)

· Virginia Kutzan – New Democratic Party

North Battleford–Lloydminster–Meadow Lake –

· Larry Ingram – Liberal Party

· Rosemarie Falk – Conservative Party (incumbent)

· William Petryk – New Democratic Party

· Darrell Patan – Canadian Future Party

Carlton Trail–Eagle Creek–

· Katelyn Zimmer – Liberal Party

· Kelly Block – Conservative Party (incumbent)

· Cheryl Loadman – New Democratic Party

Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River–

· Buckley Belanger – Liberal Party

· Jim Lemaigre – Conservative Party

· Doug Racine – New Democratic Party

The 13 candidates representing just four parties is significantly fewer than the 24 candidates in the 2021 federal election and the six parties they came from. Absent this time around is any candidates for the Green Party or the People’s Party of Canada. The Maverick Party had representation in some of the ridings last election, but the party was deregistered in March because it failed to provide it’s financial records to Elections Canada. There are also no independent candidates this time.

University of Saskatchewan political studies professor Daniel Westlake said two or three elections ago, it looked like the Green Party was on the verge of a significant breakthrough and would have the national organization to mount a campaign across the country.

“It’s not overly surprising to me that they don’t because they struggled in the last election to have that kind of organization and that seems like it’s carried over to this election, but it is interesting that trend has continued and they’ve nominated fewer candidates,” said Westlake.

There are no Peoples Party of Canada candidates in the four north central ridings. Westlake said in the past they too were ‘pretty good at nominating candidates’, so that may speak to a decline in their organization as well.

“Again, not one that I think is going to affect an election result, but kind of interesting to see what it says about the party.”

Westlake said smaller parties always come and go, but the lack of representation this time around indicates there isn’t enough of an appetite for fringe parties.

“I can see how environmentalists, or more far right individuals, might be disappointed by not having a PPC or a Green candidate on the ballot, and that, from a democratic perspective, I think you can make a case that that matters.”

Elections Canada said 1,959 candidates are running in the upcoming federal election for 343 electoral districts. Election day is April 28.

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Teena.Monteleone@pattisonmedia.com