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class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Strahl" title="Chuck Strahl">Chuck Strahl</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Steckle" title="Paul Steckle">Paul Steckle</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Bezan" title="James Bezan">James Bezan</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-08-19</span>) </span>August 19, 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Delisle,_Saskatchewan" title="Delisle, Saskatchewan">Delisle, Saskatchewan</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan_United_Party" title="Saskatchewan United Party">Saskatchewan United Party</a><sup id="cite_ref-SUP_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SUP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_Canada" title="Reform Party of Canada">Reform</a> (1997–2000)<br /><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Alliance" title="Canadian Alliance">Canadian Alliance</a> (2000–2003)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Judy Fleury<sup id="cite_ref-About_Ritz_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About_Ritz-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/North_Battleford" title="North Battleford">North Battleford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a>, Canada</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Profession</th><td class="infobox-data">Construction contractor, politician</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gerry Ritz</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Privy_Council_for_Canada" title="King's Privy Council for Canada">PC</a></span></span> (born August 19, 1951) is a former <a href="/wiki/Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian">Canadian</a> politician. He served as member of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons of Canada</a> for <a href="/wiki/Battlefords%E2%80%94Lloydminster" title="Battlefords—Lloydminster">Battlefords—Lloydminster</a> from 1997 until his resignation in 2017. He served as Canada's <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Agriculture (Canada)">agriculture minister</a> from 2007 through 2015 under Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_pre-political_career">Life and pre-political career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Ritz&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and pre-political career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ritz was born in <a href="/wiki/Delisle,_Saskatchewan" title="Delisle, Saskatchewan">Delisle, Saskatchewan</a>, and prior to his political career, he worked as a farmer at the family farm for over 20 years and owned a contracting business company. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Federal_politics">Federal politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Ritz&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Federal politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ritz was elected as the <a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_Canada" title="Reform Party of Canada">Reform Party</a> candidate in the <a href="/wiki/1997_Canadian_federal_election" title="1997 Canadian federal election">1997 general election</a> and then re-elected with the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Alliance" title="Canadian Alliance">Canadian Alliance</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2000_Canadian_federal_election" title="2000 Canadian federal election">2000 election</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative Party of Canada</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2004_Canadian_federal_election" title="2004 Canadian federal election">2004 election</a>. Ritz served as vice-chair of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons</a> Agriculture Committee from 2002 to 2007. He was appointed <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of State (Canada)">minister of state</a> for small business and tourism in the <a href="/wiki/28th_Canadian_Ministry" title="28th Canadian Ministry">Harper government</a> on January 4, 2007. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_of_Agriculture">Minister of Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Ritz&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Minister of Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Canadian_Minister_of_Agriculture_Gerry_Ritz,_Mexico_Secretary_of_Agriculture,_Livestock,_Rural_Development,_Fisheries_and_Food_Martinez_y_Martinez,_and_U.S._Agriculture_Secretary_Tom_Vilsack.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Canadian_Minister_of_Agriculture_Gerry_Ritz%2C_Mexico_Secretary_of_Agriculture%2C_Livestock%2C_Rural_Development%2C_Fisheries_and_Food_Martinez_y_Martinez%2C_and_U.S._Agriculture_Secretary_Tom_Vilsack.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Canadian_Minister_of_Agriculture_Gerry_Ritz%2C_Mexico_Secretary_of_Agriculture%2C_Livestock%2C_Rural_Development%2C_Fisheries_and_Food_Martinez_y_Martinez%2C_and_U.S._Agriculture_Secretary_Tom_Vilsack.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Canadian_Minister_of_Agriculture_Gerry_Ritz%2C_Mexico_Secretary_of_Agriculture%2C_Livestock%2C_Rural_Development%2C_Fisheries_and_Food_Martinez_y_Martinez%2C_and_U.S._Agriculture_Secretary_Tom_Vilsack.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1383" data-file-height="1394" /></a><figcaption>Canadian Minister of Agriculture Gerry Ritz, Mexico Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food Martinez y Martinez, and U.S. Agriculture Secretary <a href="/wiki/Tom_Vilsack" title="Tom Vilsack">Tom Vilsack</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On August 14, 2007, Ritz was promoted to the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian Cabinet">Cabinet</a> as Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food replacing <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Strahl" title="Chuck Strahl">Chuck Strahl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CTV_News_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CTV_News-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ritz made national news when, in response to the <a href="/wiki/2008_Canadian_listeriosis_outbreak" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Canadian listeriosis outbreak">2008 Canadian listeriosis outbreak</a> he was quoted as saying, "This is like a death by a thousand cuts. Or should I say cold cuts." Then when told of a death in <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island" title="Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a>, Ritz said, "Please tell me it's (Liberal MP) <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Easter" title="Wayne Easter">Wayne Easter</a>." Ritz later apologized for his comments,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Prime Minister Stephen Harper kept Ritz in Cabinet after the 2008 Canadian general election. </p><p>In September 2012, <i><a href="/wiki/E._coli" class="mw-redirect" title="E. coli">E. coli</a></i> bacteria was found in meat from the <a href="/wiki/XL_Foods" title="XL Foods">XL Foods</a> plant in <a href="/wiki/Brooks,_Alberta" title="Brooks, Alberta">Brooks, Alberta</a>. This led to over 1800 products being recalled across Canada and the United States. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated that 1.1 million kilograms of meat from XL Foods were recalled from American stores.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was also the largest beef recall in Canadian history, with meat being recalled in every province and territory in Canada and 41 American states.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opposition_MP_and_resignation_from_politics">Opposition MP and resignation from politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Ritz&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Opposition MP and resignation from politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ritz announced on August 31, 2017, that he intended to resign from the House of Commons in the near future and leave politics to spend more time with family.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 19, 2017, Ritz caused controversy when he tweeted a link to a news story stating no industrialized nations were on pace to meet <a href="/wiki/Paris_Agreement" title="Paris Agreement">Paris Agreement</a> carbon emission targets with the comment "Has anyone told our climate <a href="/wiki/Barbie" title="Barbie">Barbie</a>!  [<i><a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a></i>]" (referring to Environment Minister <a href="/wiki/Catherine_McKenna" title="Catherine McKenna">Catherine McKenna</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ritz deleted the original post within 20 minutes, afterward posted another message stating: "I apologize for the use of Barbie, it is not reflective of the role the Minister plays".<sup id="cite_ref-CBC_climate_barbie_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBC_climate_barbie-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conservative leader <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Scheer" title="Andrew Scheer">Andrew Scheer</a> condemned Ritz's comment later in the day and stated he would reach out to McKenna personally to "assure the minister that this type of behavior has no place in the Conservative caucus".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next day Ritz's office issued a statement confirming his resignation from the House of Commons effective October 2, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ritz's successor, <a href="/wiki/Rosemarie_Falk" title="Rosemarie Falk">Rosemarie Falk</a>, was elected in a by-election on December 11, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post_federal_politics">Post federal politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Ritz&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post federal politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2020, Ritz was elected as the reeve for the <a href="/wiki/Rural_Municipality_of_Mervin_No._499" title="Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499">Rural Municipality of Mervin No. 499</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Reeve_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reeve-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, he was involved in helping create the <a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan_United_Party" title="Saskatchewan United Party">Saskatchewan United Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SUP_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SUP-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_record">Electoral record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gerry_Ritz&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Electoral record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span></th> <th width="90px">Expenditures </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gerry Ritz</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">20,547</td> <td style="text-align:right;">61.01</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-4.94</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$70,973.30 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Glenn Tait</td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,930</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17.61</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-10.45</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$6,284.73 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td>Larry Ingram</td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,550</td> <td style="text-align:right;">16.48</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+13.10</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$17,912.01 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician#Canada" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td>Doug Anguish</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,076</td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.19</td> <td style="text-align:right;">n/a</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Mikaela Tenkink</td> <td style="text-align:right;">575</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.71</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.90</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$56.97 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes/expense limit </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">33,678</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">99.45</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">$214,778.83</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">186</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.55</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">–</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">33,864</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">66.51</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">–</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Eligible voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">50,917</span> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:white"> <td style="color:black;background:#6495ED; width:16px; border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:border-top:1px solid darkgray;">+2.76 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Source: <a href="/wiki/Elections_Canada" title="Elections Canada">Elections Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:2011_Canadian_federal_election/Battlefords%E2%80%94Lloydminster" title="Template:2011 Canadian federal election/Battlefords—Lloydminster"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:2011_Canadian_federal_election/Battlefords%E2%80%94Lloydminster" title="Template talk:2011 Canadian federal election/Battlefords—Lloydminster"><abbr title="Discuss this 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style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td>(x) <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gerry Ritz</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">19,203</td> <td style="text-align:right;">66.9</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+6.8</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$57,125 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Glenn Tait</td> <td style="text-align:right;">7,767</td> <td style="text-align:right;">27.1</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+1.8</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$57,552 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td>Jordan LaPlante</td> <td style="text-align:right;">950</td> <td style="text-align:right;">3.3</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-4.9</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$4,043 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Norbert Kratchmer</td> <td style="text-align:right;">785</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.7</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-2.3</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$345 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes/expense limit </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">28,705 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.0</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">–</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 109</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 0.4</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.0 </span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">28,814 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 58.2</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">+7 </span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Eligible voters </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">49,530 </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">–</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">–</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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</th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span></th> <th width="90px">Expenditures<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td>(x) <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gerry Ritz</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">15,621</td> <td style="text-align:right;">60.1</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+6.1</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$60,942 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Bob Woloshyn</td> <td style="text-align:right;">6,572</td> <td style="text-align:right;">25.3</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+9.6</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$52,759 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td>Greg Nyholt</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,140</td> <td style="text-align:right;">8.2</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-4.6</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Norbert Kratchmer</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,287</td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.0</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+2.9</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$4,638 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #CC6699; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Heritage_Party_of_Canada" title="Christian Heritage Party of Canada">Christian Heritage</a></td> <td>Harold Stephan</td> <td style="text-align:right;">368</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.4</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.4</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$6 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes/expense limit </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">25,988</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 100.0</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">$87,340 </span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">96</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> 0.4</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">+0.1 </span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">26,084</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">51</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> -9</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:2006_Canadian_federal_election/Battlefords%E2%80%94Lloydminster" title="Template:2006 Canadian federal election/Battlefords—Lloydminster"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:2006_Canadian_federal_election/Battlefords%E2%80%94Lloydminster&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:2006 Canadian federal 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election">±%</span></th> <th width="90px">Expenditures </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td>(x) <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gerry Ritz</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">16,491</td> <td style="text-align:right;">54.1</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-4.2</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$54,526 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Elgin Wyatt</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,829</td> <td style="text-align:right;">15.7</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-4.6</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$20,468 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician#Canada" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jim_Pankiw" title="Jim Pankiw">Jim Pankiw</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,396</td> <td style="text-align:right;">14.4</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$77,133 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td>Dominic LaPlante</td> <td style="text-align:right;">3,901</td> <td style="text-align:right;">12.8</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-4.6</td> <td style="text-align:right;">– </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Norbert Kratchmer</td> <td style="text-align:right;">637</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.1</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.8</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$145 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #CC6699; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Heritage_Party_of_Canada" title="Christian Heritage Party of Canada">Christian Heritage</a></td> <td>Harold Stephan</td> <td style="text-align:right;">306</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.0</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-0.2</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$562 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">30,560</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.0</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">–</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">89</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.3</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">-0.1</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">30,649</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">60</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">+8</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:2004_Canadian_federal_election/Battlefords%E2%80%94Lloydminster" title="Template:2004 Canadian federal election/Battlefords—Lloydminster"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:2004_Canadian_federal_election/Battlefords%E2%80%94Lloydminster&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:2004 Canadian federal election/Battlefords—Lloydminster (page does not exist)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li 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#6495ED; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Conservative Party of Canada">Conservative</a></td> <td>(x) <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gerry Ritz</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">15,441</td> <td style="text-align:right;">58.3</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-7.0</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$45,813 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Shawn McKee</td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,367</td> <td style="text-align:right;">20.2</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+2.9</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$41,961 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td>Del Price</td> <td style="text-align:right;">4,617</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17.4</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+0.1</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$32,265 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #99C955; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_Canada" title="Green Party of Canada">Green</a></td> <td>Kelsey Pearson</td> <td style="text-align:right;">766</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.9</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;">  </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #CC6699; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Christian_Heritage_Party_of_Canada" title="Christian Heritage Party of Canada">Christian Heritage</a></td> <td>Diane Stephan</td> <td style="text-align:right;">316</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.2</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;">  </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">26,507</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.0</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">–</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">94</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.4</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">26,601</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">52</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">-8.3</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:2000_Canadian_federal_election/Battlefords%E2%80%94Lloydminster" title="Template:2000 Canadian federal election/Battlefords—Lloydminster"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:2000_Canadian_federal_election/Battlefords%E2%80%94Lloydminster&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:2000 Canadian federal election/Battlefords—Lloydminster (page does not exist)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:2000_Canadian_federal_election/Battlefords%E2%80%94Lloydminster" title="Special:EditPage/Template:2000 Canadian federal election/Battlefords—Lloydminster"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/2000_Canadian_federal_election" title="2000 Canadian federal election">2000 Canadian federal election</a>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battlefords%E2%80%94Lloydminster" title="Battlefords—Lloydminster">Battlefords—Lloydminster</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span></th> <th width="90px">Expenditures </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #5F9EA0; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Alliance" title="Canadian Alliance">Alliance</a></td> <td>(x) <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gerry Ritz</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">17,691</td> <td style="text-align:right;">60.2</td> <td style="text-align:right;">+17.5</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$43,761 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>Elgin Wayne Wyatt</td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,107</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17.4</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-10.4</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$22,558 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td>Peter Frey</td> <td style="text-align:right;">5,098</td> <td style="text-align:right;">17.4</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-2.7</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$15,510 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td>Harry Zamonsky</td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,474</td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.0</td> <td style="text-align:right;">-4.4</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$3,102 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">29,370</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.0</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">–</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">107</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.4</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">29,477</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">60</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">-3.3</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:758px;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini" style="float:left;"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:1997_Canadian_federal_election/Battlefords%E2%80%94Lloydminster" title="Template:1997 Canadian federal election/Battlefords—Lloydminster"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:1997_Canadian_federal_election/Battlefords%E2%80%94Lloydminster&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:1997 Canadian federal election/Battlefords—Lloydminster (page does not exist)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1997_Canadian_federal_election/Battlefords%E2%80%94Lloydminster" title="Special:EditPage/Template:1997 Canadian federal election/Battlefords—Lloydminster"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><a href="/wiki/1997_Canadian_federal_election" title="1997 Canadian federal election">1997 Canadian federal election</a>: <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Battlefords%E2%80%94Lloydminster" title="Battlefords—Lloydminster">Battlefords—Lloydminster</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2 style=" bgcolor="">Party </th> <th width="250px">Candidate </th> <th width="48px">Votes</th> <th width="43px">%</th> <th width="52px"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span></th> <th width="90px">Expenditures </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #3CB371; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_Canada" title="Reform Party of Canada">Reform</a></td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gerry Ritz</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">13,125</td> <td style="text-align:right;">42.7</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$37,206 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #F4A460; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Party" title="New Democratic Party">New Democratic</a></td> <td>(x) <a href="/wiki/Len_Taylor" title="Len Taylor">Len Taylor</a></td> <td style="text-align:right;">8,535</td> <td style="text-align:right;">27.8</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$49,152 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #EA6D6A; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Canada" title="Liberal Party of Canada">Liberal</a></td> <td>Glenn Hornick</td> <td style="text-align:right;">6,155</td> <td style="text-align:right;">20.0</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$43,136 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF; width: 16px;"> </td> <td style="width: 180px; text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative</a></td> <td>Ken Ritter</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,888</td> <td style="text-align:right;">9.4</td> <td style="text-align:right;">–</td> <td style="text-align:right;">$22,635 </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">30,703</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">100.0</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap"> </span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">–</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;">Total rejected ballots </td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">91</span></td> <td style="text-align:right;border-top:1px solid darkgray;"><span class="nowrap">0.3</span> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:white;color:black;"> <td colspan="3" 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