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Saskatoon Centre was first created as an electoral district in 1975, was known as Saskatoon Idylwyld from 1991 to 2003, and since 2003 is called Saskatoon Centre again. This seat is an NDP stronghold on the west side of the river in Saskatoon.
The first MLA for Saskatoon Centre was Paul Mostoway of the NDP. Mostoway was re-elected in 1978 but was defeated in 1982 in the "Monday Night Massacre". From 1982 to 1986, the MLA for this seat was Progressive Conservative Jack Sandberg, a CFQC TV announcer who served briefly in the Devine Cabinet. Sandberg was defeated in 1986 by Anne Smart of the NDP. But Smart lost her nomination meeting to run again in 1991 to a young lawyer named Eric Cline, who would go on to become a well-known cabinet minister in the Romanow and Calvert Governments, including the post of Finance Minister. Cline was the MLA for Saskatoon Idylwyld until 1995, then fellow New Democrat Janice MacKinnon was the MLA here until 2001. MacKinnon was the first woman Finance Minister in Canada and brought in the first balanced budget in Canada in 1994.
David Forbes, a teacher and vice-principal, won the by-election to replace MacKinnon, and was re-elected in 2003 and 2007 in Saskatoon Centre. Forbes is standing for re-election on November 7. Apparently polling of voters in Saskatoon Centre shows that Forbes has a substantial lead in the riding, and is in no danger of being defeated. Thus he is very likely to survive the electoral tsunami headed for the Saskatchewan NDP on November 7.
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