Corey Tochor

Corey Tochor
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Saskatoon Eastview
Incumbent
Assumed office 2011
Preceded by	Judy Junor
Constituency	Saskatoon Eastview
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Incumbent
Assumed office May 17, 2016
Preceded by	Dan D'Autremont
Personal details
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Saskatchewan Party

Corey Tochor is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2011 election.^[1] He represents the constituency of Saskatoon Eastview as a member of the Saskatchewan Party caucus.

Tochor was re-elected in the 2016 general election, held on April 4, 2016.

On May 17, 2016, he was elected the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, defeating the previous Speaker, Dan D'Autremont.^[2] After being elected Speaker, Tochor joked that his two young sons will think he is now a pirate, when he wears the Speaker's tricorne hat.^[3]

Election results

Saskatchewan general election, 2016: Saskatoon Eastview

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Saskatchewan	Corey Tochor	4,169	53.4%	-4.1
	New Democratic	Jesse Todd	3,198	41.0%	+1.4
	Liberal	Ana Ashraf	272	3.5%	+3.5
	Green	Shawn Setyo	170	2.2%	-0.7
Total			7,809	100.00%

Saskatchewan general election, 2011: Saskatoon Eastview

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Saskatchewan	Corey Tochor	5,217	57.5%	+15.3
	New Democratic	Judy Junor	3,588	39.6%	-5.8
	Green	Shawn Setyo	266	2.9%	+0.4
Total			9,071	100.00%

References

1. "Sask Party takes over Saskatoon". Regina Leader-Post, November 8, 2011.
2. "MLAs elect new Speaker". Regina Leader-Post, May 17, 2016.
3. "New young Speaker Corey Tochor says he'll be fair but different". CBC News, May 17, 2016.