Conservative Gerry Ritz re-elected in Battlefords-Lloydminster

Gerry Ritz has once again been elected as the Member of Parliament for Battlefords-Lloydminster.

It's the seventh-straight time Ritz has been elected in the riding.

The Delisle, Sask., native defeated Larry Ingram (Liberal), Glenn Tait (NDP), and Mikaela Tenkink (Green).

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Ritz was first elected to office 1997 as a member of the Reform Party.

The 64-year-old has served as the minister of agriculture in the Conservative government since 2007.