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Election season officially underway in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan residents will vote for their next provincial government on Oct. 28.
On Tuesday morning from Saskatoon, Premier Scott Moe asked Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty to dissolve the legislature, launching the official campaign period.
Moe is in Saskatoon to attend the funeral of Ray Ahenakew where he was asked to speak, according to a news release from the Saskatchewan Party on Monday afternoon.
"A few minutes ago I had the opportunity to vist with our Lieutenant Governor Russ Mirasty and I asked him to dissolve the 29th Legislature, which will start the campaign for the election on October the 28th," Moe said Tuesday morning from the campaign office of Paul Merriman and Ghislaine McLeod.
The 27 days from now until Oct. 28 is, by law, the shortest allotted campaign period.
Based on polling data from Insightrix collected in partnership with CTV News, the incumbent Saskatchewan Party will face stiff competition from the NDP in this election.
In September, the two parties were essentially neck-in-neck among decided voters, with 49 per cent saying they plan to vote NDP and 48 per cent ready to throw their lot in with the Sask. Party.
-- Files from David Prisciak
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