Jeremy Patzer has been re-elected as the Conservative MP for Swift Current-Grasslands-Kindersley.
Patzer won his riding with about 83 per cent of the vote (over 30,000), beating Liberal candidate William Caton, NDP candidate Alex McPhee, and Independent Maria Rose Lewans.
Thanking each one of his voters, Patzer also extended gratitude to his volunteers and staff.
"This is truly an honour and a privilege to once again be able to represent this area," said Patzer. "To my volunteers that worked here in the campaign office, to the people that helped me out with signs, to the people that helped me with meet and greets or coffee row in their town. To my campaign manager and my official agent, and of course, my family for the sacrifice they made for me to be here to be able to do this. Thank you."
With a predicted Liberal minority government, Patzer says the Conservatives will be working to ensure their self-described 'common sense approach to life' is represented in Ottawa.
"That is at the heart and the core of the values for what it means to be Conservative," said Patzer. "Whether it's the farmer, whether it's the rancher, whether it's the guy that's working in the oil patch or whether it's the small business owner, whoever just puts it all on the line. That's the core of the Conservative base here in southwest Saskatchewan."
Patzer believes the roughly ten per cent boost to his voting base, and the surge of seats the Conservatives saw in this election, proves the cost of living under the last ten years of the Liberal government is reaching a boiling point.
"That's what they've been getting out to vote," said Patzer. "They want change because they want to see safe streets. They want to see the drug problem dealt with and addictions and the opioid crisis taken seriously. They want to see our resource sector grow because they know that's what runs our national economy."
One of the main concerns Patzer is hopeful about addressing is the tariffs from China on canola and pork.
"Agriculture is huge here," said Patzer. "The Liberal government has been asleep on the trade file, so we're going to push them on that so we get better outcomes for our producers."
Patzer believes the growing rift between East and West Canadians will continue to grow under the Liberals. It is his belief that the divide between the prairie provinces and Ontario can only be remedied by a Conservative leader.
"When the Harper government was in power, there was no the East-West rift," said Patzer. "The divide was very small because the economy worked for everybody. Everybody had a chance to participate in it and that division just didn't exist because it was a government that largely stayed out of people's way and allowed people to work hard."
"The more you do, the more you work, the harder you get taxed by this government, and that needs to change," said Patzer.
Shortly after his victory was confirmed, Patzer received a phone call from Liberal candidate William Caton, congratulating him on his victory.