Gary Vidal

Gary Vidal (born in 1965) is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River in the House of Commons of Canada from 2019 Canadian federal election until 2025.^[3] In April 2024, Vidal, whose electoral boundary changed due to his residence being shifted, announced that he would not run for re-election in the 45th Canadian Federal Election because he did not anticipate that his party would allow for an open nomination.^[4]

Gary Vidal
Member of Parliament for Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River
In office October 21, 2019 – March 23, 2025
Preceded by	Georgina Jolibois
Succeeded by	Buckley Belanger
Personal details
Born	1964 or 1965 (age 59–60)[1] Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political party	Conservative Party of Canada
Residence	Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan[2]
Profession	accountant

Political career

Vidal previously served as mayor of Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan from 2011 until his resignation in April 2019.^[5]

On April 23, 2024, Vidal announced that he will not seek re-election in the next federal election.^[6]

Electoral record

Federal

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Gary Vidal	11,531	42.30	+12.17	$64,212.77
	New Democratic	Georgina Jolibois	7,741	28.40	−5.75	$89,787.05
	Liberal	Tammy Cook-Searson	7,225	26.51	−7.38	$63,291.05
	Green	Sarah Kraynick	543	1.99	+0.17	$1,816.39
	People's	Jerome Perrault	217	0.80	–	$2,050.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			27,257	99.21
Total rejected ballots			216	0.79	+0.49
Turnout			27,473	57.25	−7.47
Eligible voters			47,985
	Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+8.96
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

Municipal

2016 Meadow Lake mayoral election
Candidate	Vote	%
Gary Vidal (X)	Acclaimed

2012 Meadow Lake mayoral election
Candidate	Vote	%
Gary Vidal (X)	Acclaimed