Corey Tochor

The Honourable
Corey Tochor
MLA
Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
for Saskatoon Eastview
Assumed office
November 7, 2011
Preceded by Judy Junor
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Assumed office
May 17, 2016
Premier Brad Wall
Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Schofield
Preceded by Dan D'Autremont
Personal details
Nationality Canadian
Political party Saskatchewan Party

Corey Tochor is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2011 election.[1] He represents the constituency of Saskatoon Eastview as a member of the Saskatchewan Party caucus.

Tochor was re-elected in the 2016 general election, held on April 4, 2016.

On May 17, 2016, he was elected the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, defeating the previous Speaker, Dan D'Autremont.[2] After being elected Speaker, Tochor joked that his two young sons will think he is now a pirate, when he wears the Speaker's tricorne hat.[3]

Election results

Saskatchewan general election, 2016: Saskatoon Eastview
Party Candidate Votes % ±
SaskatchewanCorey Tochor 4,169 53.4% -4.1
New DemocraticJesse Todd 3,198 41.0% +1.4
LiberalAna Ashraf 272 3.5% +3.5
GreenShawn Setyo 170 2.2% -0.7
Total 7,809 100.00%
Saskatchewan general election, 2011: Saskatoon Eastview
Party Candidate Votes % ±
SaskatchewanCorey Tochor 5,217 57.5% +15.3
New DemocraticJudy Junor 3,588 39.6% -5.8
GreenShawn Setyo 266 2.9% +0.4
Total 9,071 100.00%

References

  1. ↑ "Sask Party takes over Saskatoon". Regina Leader-Post, November 8, 2011.
  2. ↑ "MLAs elect new Speaker". Regina Leader-Post, May 17, 2016.
  3. ↑ "New young Speaker Corey Tochor says he'll be fair but different". CBC News, May 17, 2016.


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