Conservatives hold on to seat in Battlefords-Lloydminster byelection, Rosemarie Falk to represent riding

OTTAWA — The Liberals retained two safe seats and the Conservatives hung onto a safe seat of their own in three of four federal byelections held Monday.
With all polls reporting in the safe Tory riding of Battlefords-Lloydminster in Saskatchewan, Conservative Rosemarie Falk captured 69.6 per cent of the vote — more than 55 points ahead of any of her competitors and an eight-point improvement over veteran Conservative MP Gerry Ritz, who had held the riding for 20 years before retiring