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Prince Albert Carlton first appeared on Saskatchewan political maps in the 1991 provincial election, having been carved out of the old Prince Albert constituency. The first MLA for Prince Albert Carlton was New Democrat Myron Kowalsky, who was first elected in 1986 in the old Prince Albert constituency. Kowalsky was easily re-elected in 1991, 1995, 1999, and in 2003. Kowalsky became Speaker of the Saskatchewan Legislature in 2001 and remained in the post until his retirement in 2007. The 2007 election saw Prince Albert police officer Darryl Hickie win Prince Albert Carlton for the Saskatchewan Party by a razor-thin 61 vote margin. Since his win in 2007, Hickie has been a cabinet minister in the Wall Government. Hickie was initially Minister of Corrections and Public Safety.
Hickie is running for re-election on November 7, and his main opponent is New Democrat candidate Ted Zurakowski, a teacher. The NDP hope to pick up this seat on Monday, but without a Liberal candidate in the race, that will be a tall order. In 2007 the Liberal candidate in Prince Albert Carlton got 370 votes or 4.77 percent of the vote. If all of those people are voting this time, most if not all of them will be voting Sask Party this time. And if one considers the strong momentum behind the Sask Party in this election, it could be that Dickie wins again by a plurality of several hundred votes. Prince Albert Carlton has been an NDP stronghold in the past and in normal circumstances is very winnable for the party. However the 2011 election is not a normal situation.
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