Conservative Andrew Scheer elected for 5th time in Regina-Qu'Appelle
Scheer originally elected in 2004
Make it five-in-a-row for Andrew Scheer.
The 36-year-old has been re-elected as the Member of Parliament for Regina-Qu'Appelle.
Scheer did not watch the results come in, instead letting his wife break the news to him.
Wife of <a href="https://twitter.com/andrewscheer">@andrewscheer</a> tells him he's won. It's his 5th election win, and 5th baby on the way. <a href="https://twitter.com/CBCSask">@CBCSask</a> <a href="https://t.co/K8OD5EYopK">pic.twitter.com/K8OD5EYopK</a>
—@AbbyCBCScheer has held the seat since 2004 when he unseated NDP MP Lorne Nystrom, but said he takes nothing for granted.
"The first time you run thinking you got it in the bag or you're going to win, that's the time you'll lose because voters — I don't think people in Canada — want to see politicians who just expect it," Scheer said.
Scheer recognized that back in the summer it appeared the NDP may have been making inroads, but said the party's stance on the oil sector and pipelines set them back.
"I think that's when voters in Saskatchewan said you know, a lot of people pay their mortgages a lot of people put their kids through activities because they have jobs in the energy sector. So going back to Ottawa, that's what I'll be champion for," he said.
The now 11-year MP was also elected Speaker of the House of Commons in 2011. Members will elect a Speaker at the start of the next Parliament that may or may not be Scheer.
Regina-Qu'Appelle remained an urban and rural riding after the 2012 redistribution, picking up sections of the old Palliser, Regina-Lumsden-Lake Centre and Blackstrap ridings.
Scheer will be interviewed by CBC Saskatchewan's The Morning Edition host Sheila Coles at 7:45 a.m. CST on Tuesday morning.