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Saskatchewan Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall to resign before fall sitting
Wagantall will leave after 10 years in Parliament, setting up a by-election in Yorkton-Melville and adding to a list of six vacancies.
- On Wednesday, June 17, 2026, Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall announced she will resign her Yorkton-Melville seat effective Aug. 31, 2026, fast-tracking her departure from Parliament.
- Representing the Saskatchewan riding of Yorkton-Melville since 2015, Wagantall previously committed to serving until the next federal election; the seat has been held by Conservatives and their Reform and Canadian Alliance predecessors since 1993.
- The MP faced scrutiny over socially conservative views on abortion and the COVID-19 pandemic; she was re-elected last year with 78 per cent of the vote despite this controversy.
- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre thanked Wagantall for "more than a decade of principled and faithful service to the great people of Yorkton Melville," while she wrote of "a deep, prevailing and confident hope."
- Six by-elections will fill vacancies in coming months as Wagantall joins a growing list of MPs resigning in recent months, with some departing politics entirely and others accepting diplomatic appointments.
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Yorkton-Melville MP Cathay Wagantall moves resignation plans ahead
Cathay Wagantall, a Conservative Member of Parliament for Yorkton-Melville who was once escorted from Parliament Hill for refusing to disclose her vaccination status, is resigning her seat at the end of August.
·Regina, Canada
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Cathay Wagantall was first elected in Saskatchewan in the 2015 election.
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