Doyle Vermette

Doyle Vermette
MLA for Cumberland
Incumbent
Assumed office 2008
Preceded by	Joan Beatty
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Born	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Political party	New Democratic Party

Doyle Vermette (born Prince Albert, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian politician. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, representing the electoral district of Cumberland as a member of the New Democratic Party

Political career

Vermette won a nomination race over two other candidates to run for the NDP in the Cumberland provincial electoral district by-election held on June 25, 2008,^[1] following the resignation of Joan Beatty from the legislature. He won the electoral district in the by-election defeating two other candidates.^[2] On election night, the results see-sawed back and forth between Vermette and Saskatchewan Party candidate Dale McAuley.^[3]

Electoral record

Cumberland by-election: June 25, 2008 resignation of Joan Beatty
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Doyle Vermette	1,564	49.73%	-16.23%
	Saskatchewan Party	Dale McAuley	1,400	44.52%	+21.55%
	Green	Tory McGregor	181	5.76%	-0.45%
Total			3,145	100.00%

References

1. ^ "NDP Nominates Candidate For Cumberland By-Election". Saskatchewan NDP. May 12, 2008. 
2. ^ "Cumberland Preliminary Results". Elections Saskatchewan. June 25, 2008. http://www.elections.sk.ca/cumberland/pdfs/preliminary-results.pdf. Retrieved 2008-06-26. 
3. ^ "New Democrats narrowly regain seat in Cumberland byelection". Canadian Press. June 26, 2008. http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hcOByrNsppj4FMmi2AWNTD8jl-Tw. 

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Name	Vermette, Doyle
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Place of birth	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
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