Cathay Wagantall
Conservative · Yorkton—Melville, SK
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Biography
- Born
- 1956-07-03, Reginaencyclopedia
- Languages
- English, Frenchofficial
- Occupation before politics
- administrative assistant, athletic director, business executive, politicianencyclopedia
Electoral history
Yorkton—Melville
Conservative · 45th Parliament2025-04-28 to 2026-09-29officialCathay Wagantall28,702Luke GuimondRunner-up · Liberal5,338Difference 23,364 votes. 3 other candidates also ran.
On the official list the riding is Yorkton--Melville.
Elections Canada, 45th general election.
Yorkton—Melville
Conservative · 44th Parliament2021-09-20 to 2025-04-27encyclopediaCathay Wagantall23,794Halsten David RustRunner-up · NDP-New Democratic Party4,239Difference 19,555 votes. 4 other candidates also ran.
On the official list the riding is Yorkton--Melville.
Elections Canada, 44th general election.
Yorkton—Melville
Conservative · 43rd Parliament2019-10-21 to 2021-09-19encyclopediaCathay Wagantall29,523Carter AntoineRunner-up · NDP-New Democratic Party4,747Difference 24,776 votes. 3 other candidates also ran.
On the official list the riding is Yorkton--Melville.
Elections Canada, 43rd general election.
Yorkton—Melville
Conservative · 42nd Parliament2015-10-19 to 2019-10-19encyclopediaCathay Wagantall21,683Doug OttenbreitRunner-up · NDP-New Democratic Party7,396Difference 14,287 votes. 2 other candidates also ran.
On the official list the riding is Yorkton--Melville.
Elections Canada, 42nd general election.
Education
- University of SaskatchewanDegree not recordedYears not recordedencyclopedia
Experience
Our sources do not list any previous employment for this member.
In their own words
3,150 Hansard interventions on file. These are the words said in the House, not a summary. Private conversations are not collected and are not invented.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to give my last speech in this place. Having been here since 2015, I am retiring as of the end of the summer, and I appreciate this opportunity. I am going to begin with some comments about my husband, very briefly, though. He is my rock. At the age of…Government Orders — Government Business No. 13—Proceedings on Bill C‑22 · 2026-06-17
Where they stand
Policy positions are scored only from this member's stored House words and, when it is on file, their own public website. Wikipedia and other encyclopedias may supply details such as a birth date, education or work history, and each of those details is labelled with its source, but they are never used to score a position. Members whose only sources are encyclopedias have no scored positions.
A stored score on 5 of 14 topics. Each row names the end of that topic’s axis the stored words reached, and the sentence the score rests on.
Climate
Slower phase-down, production first
The other end of this axis: Faster fossil phase-down
Repeats that high carbon taxes destroy economy with no global impact while praising Saskatchewan sequestration and energy production.
Even if Canada dramatically reduces its emissions through a carbon tax, global emissions will virtually be unchanged. I do not understand the doublespeak of the minister.Source of that line
Defence
Higher spending and more capability
The other end of this axis: Restrain spending and deployments
Praises past increases in National Defence budget and equipment investments.
Second, with their confidence in seeing our previous Conservative government spend 10 years repairing the damage, increasing the budget for National Defence from $14.5 billion in 2005-06 to over $20 billion in 2014-15, investing in tanks, helicopters, planes, extending the life of CF-18s, modernizing, refurbishing and upgrading, starting the national shipbuilding program, and allocating over $1 billion in infrastructure investment in bases and stations.Source of that line
Energy
Expand production and export
The other end of this axis: Restrict new oil and gas
Criticizes policies killing oil and gas industry and calls for championing Canadian resources.
Why do the Liberals want to stagnate and kill Canada’s oil and gas industry, and for that matter, the cutting-edge carbon sequestering clean coal industry, when the best resources and highest standards for environmental protections in the world exist right here and should be championed and shared all over the world? Jerry Dias, while participating in a Corporate Knights round table, spoke to the need for Canada to move forward with building and purchasing electric cars and installing charging stations across the country, which is a good thing.Source of that line
Fiscal policy
Lower taxes and tighter spending
The other end of this axis: Higher taxes and public spending
Repeats criticism of deficits, overspending and calls for lower taxes.
Canadians are frustrated by the overspending and inept spending of the Liberal government, while growing new boards, commissions and bureaucracy that tie up the true job creators in Canada.Source of that line
Trade
Deeper continental integration
The other end of this axis: Diversify away from one partner
Supports CUSMA for predictability with largest trading partner.
They know that CUSMA is an imperfect, but necessary agreement to provide better predictability in our relationships with Canada's largest trading partner.Source of that line
9 topics with no stored score
- AgricultureNo position has been scored.
- FederalismNo position has been scored.
- Financial regulationNo position has been scored.
- Foreign affairsNo position has been scored.
- HealthNo position has been scored.
- HousingNo position has been scored.
- ImmigrationNo position has been scored.
- LabourNo position has been scored.
- Public safetyNo position has been scored.
Who lines up
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