Erika Ritchie
Canadian politician
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Erika Ritchie is a Canadian politician, currently representing the riding of Saskatoon Nutana in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.
Erika Ritchie | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly for Saskatoon Nutana | |
| Assumed office October 26, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Cathy Sproule |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1969 (age 56–57) |
| Party | New Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | University of Saskatchewan |
| Profession | Environmental engineer |
| Website | www |
Political career
Ritchie's first foray into politics was as a candidate for the New Democratic Party in the 2019 federal election for the riding of Saskatoon—Grasswood. There she lost to incumbent Kevin Waugh.[1]
Ritchie ran for the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party in the 2020 Saskatchewan general election in a bid to replace the retired Cathy Sproule as MLA for Saskatoon Nutana. She was elected on October 26, securing 65% of the vote.[2][3]
On November 4, 2020, Ritchie, formerly an environmental engineer, was named NDP critic for environment, energy and resources, SaskEnergy, SaskWater, and the Water Security Agency.[4]
As of June 22, 2024, she serves as the Official Opposition critic for SaskEnergy, for the Water Security Agency and SaskWater, for Municipal Affairs, and for the Crown Investments Corporation.
Personal life
Ritchie studied engineering at the University of Saskatchewan.[5] In June 2019, Ritchie was elected to the board of directors for Saskatoon Co-op.[6] Ritchie was endorsed by the grassroots group Co-op Members for Fairness, which started in support of Co-op workers during a prolonged strike over a tiered-wage system.[6][7]
Electoral results
| 2020 Saskatchewan general election: Saskatoon Nutana | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Erika Ritchie | 4,777 | 65.13 | +8.60 | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Kyle Mazer | 2,339 | 31.89 | -4.70 | ||||
| Green | Albert Chubak | 219 | 2.99 | +0.18 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 7,335 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 73 | 1.00 | +0.72 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,408 | 57.20 | +2.16 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 12,951 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | - | ||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Saskatoon—Grasswood | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Kevin Waugh | 26,336 | 53.3 | $32,265.34 | ||||
| New Democratic | Erika Ritchie | 12,672 | 25.6 | none listed | ||||
| Liberal | Tracy Muggli | 8,419 | 17.0 | $50,741.23 | ||||
| Green | Neil Sinclair | 1,320 | 2.7 | $335.36 | ||||
| People's | Mark Friesen | 692 | 1.4 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,439 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 337 | |||||||
| Turnout | 49,776 | 77.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 64,150 | |||||||
| Source: Global News,[8] Elections Canada[9] | ||||||||
