Two more contenders have entered the race for Saskatchewan’s NDP leadership.
Ryan Meili, a Saskatoon doctor who finished second to Dwain Lingenfelter in the 2009 contest, and Trent Wotherspoon, MLA for Regina Rosemont, both announced their candidacy Sept. 14.
There are now four candidates, all men, running for the job of leader of Saskatchewan’s opposition.
Regina economist Erin Weir and MLA Cam Broten had previously announced their candidacies.
The leadership convention is set for March 9 in Saskatoon.
Meili, who was raised on a farm near Courval, Sask., told supporters in Saskatoon that his patients are the reason he is seeking the leadership.
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“Too often, the illnesses I treat are the symptoms of poverty, of shortsighted policy decisions, of failing to invest in this province’s greatest resource, its people,” he said.
Wotherspoon, a teacher before he entered politics, highlighted his family’s rural roots and said he has heard concerns about affordable housing, health care and putting people first.
“People want an entrepreneurial province where we capture the generational opportunity our resources provide for the sake of the people who own and develop them, and not for the sake of growth alone,” he said.
