The Conservatives - Big Spenders
Saskatchewan Party financial statements filed with Elections Saskatchewan show that since 1999 seven former and current Saskatchewan Conservative MPs have contributed more than $13,000 to the party with Carol Skelton and Lynne Yelich leading the way with donations totaling $4,601.24 and $3,293.46 respectively.
Skelton was on the Saskatchewan Party’s executive and served on former Opposition leader Elwin Hermanson’s constituency association. Yelich worked for Conservative Allan Kerpan while he served as MP and received $300 funding from the MLA in the 2006 federal election.
Other MPs contributing to the Saskatchewan Party include: Dave Batters – $1,010, Tom Lukiwski – $1,689.75, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz – $1,061.66, Andrew Scheer – $500, and Brad Trost – $900.
Lukiwski was the Saskatchewan Party’s general manager from 1997 to 2004. He and Brad Wall have worked together for years- both appearing in the now infamous 1991 video from when they both worked on Grant Devine’s election campaign.
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Media reports indicate that at least 11 of the Saskatchewan Party’s 38-member caucus are current members of the Conservative Party of Canada. They include:
- Saskatoon Silver Springs MLA Ken Cheveldayoff
- Cypress Hills MLA Wayne Elhard
- Thunder Creek MLA Lyle Stewart
- Regina Wascana Plains MLA Christine Tell
- Saskatoon Southeast MLA Don Morgan
- Cut Knife-Turtleford MLA Michael Chisholm
- Yorkton MLA Greg Ottenbreit
- Rosetown-Elrose MLA Jim Reiter
- Regina Qu'Appelle Valley MLA Laura Ross
- Biggar MLA Randy Weekes
- Meadow Lake MLA Jeremy Harrison
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