Dave Marit
Canadian politician
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Dave Marit is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2016 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Wood River as a member of the Saskatchewan Party and has been Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet of Premier Scott Moe since 2018. He had previously been Minister of Highways and Infrastructure in the government of Brad Wall from 2016 to 2018.
Preceded byYogi Huyghebaert
Dave Marit | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly for Wood River | |
| Assumed office April 4, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Yogi Huyghebaert |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Saskatchewan Party |
Electoral record
| 2024 Saskatchewan general election: Wood River | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Dave Marit | 5,700 | 68.26 | -14.53 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mike Topola | 1,549 | 18.55 | +4.54 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Clint Arnason | 553 | 6.62 | +6.62 | ||||
| Saskatchewan United | Todd McIntyre | 495 | 5.93 | +5.93 | ||||
| Green | Melvin Pylypchuk | 54 | 0.65 | -2.48 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,351 | 99.22 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 66 | 0.78 | +0.19 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,417 | 63.26 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 13,306 | |||||||
| Saskatchewan hold | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan[2] | ||||||||
| 2020 Saskatchewan general election: Wood River | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Dave Marit | 6,413 | 82.79 | +6.72 | ||||
| New Democratic | Roger Morgan | 1,085 | 14.01 | +1.71 | ||||
| Green | Kimberly Soo Goodtrack | 248 | 3.20 | +0.72 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,746 | 99.41 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 46 | 0.59 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 7,792 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | – | |||||||
| Saskatchewan hold | Swing | – | ||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan | ||||||||
| 2016 Saskatchewan general election: Wood River | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Dave Marit | 6,125 | 76.07 | -6.03 | ||||
| New Democratic | Brenda Shenher | 991 | 12.30 | -2.42 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Brian Archer | 544 | 6.75 | - | ||||
| Green | Judy Mergel | 200 | 2.48 | -0.77 | ||||
| Liberal | Edward Ives | 191 | 2.37 | - | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,051 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | – | |||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan[3][4] | ||||||||
