Riding profile
Yorkton--Melville
The question
Yorkton--Melville: a safe seat for the Conservative Party?
Editorial read
Yorkton--Melville, a rural riding in Saskatchewan, elected a member with the Conservative Party in the previous cycle, with a 63-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservative Party ahead at 64% vote share, against 16% for the Liberal Party, and the probability of a close race is negligible.
Sitting member
Cathay Wagantall
Sits with Conservative
Current forecast
Conservative
Safe
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 48.4
- P(close race)
- 0%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Conservative | Liberal | NDP | Green | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HereYorkton--Melville | 64.3% | 15.9% | 2.9% | 2.6% |
| Provincial averageSaskatchewan | 50.9% +13.4 | 30.6% −14.7 | 4.4% −1.5 | 1.2% +1.4 |
| National averageCanada | 34.8% +29.5 | 41.9% −26.0 | 14.2% −11.3 | 2.1% +0.5 |
Provincial averages computed across the 343 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Projection track
How the projection has moved
Previous election · FED 2025
Detailed result · FED 2025
Candidates and votes
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathay Wagantall Elected | Conservative | 28,702 | 77.5 | Parliamentarian |
| Luke Guimond | Liberal | 5,338 | 14.4 | Political Staffer |
| Michaela Krakowetz | NDP | 2,034 | 5.5 | Sales Administrator |
| Valerie Brooks | Green | 713 | 1.9 | Teacher |
| Alec Guggenmos | Other | 226 | 0.6 | Surveyor, Junior Crew Chief |
Demographics
Who lives here
Linguistic profile
- Anglophone 96.5%
- Non-francophone (other) 3.5%
Around the region
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- Last model run
- Cycle
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