Lyle Eldon Stewart is a Canadian provincial politician. He is a current Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. First elected in 1999, Stewart represented the constituency of Thunder Creek until its abolition in 2016. Stewart was subsequently elected in Lumsden-Morse, a new electoral district encompassing most of the former Thunder Creek constituency.
Stewart has been the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation since May 25, 2012, a role he maintained following the August 23, 2016 cabinet shuffle. He has been a member of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan since 2007, previously serving as the Minister for Enterprise and Innovation.
Electoral record
Saskatchewan general election, 2007: Thunder Creek| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
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| Saskatchewan | Lyle Stewart | 5,558 | 64.45% | +10.92 |
| | NDP | Larry Hall | 1,997 | 23.16% | -7.65 |
| Liberal | Rod Haugerud | 590 | 6.84% | -6.84 |
| | Prog. Conservative | Richard Swenson | 295 | 3.42% | - |
| Green | Russ Rudd | 184 | 2.13% | - |
| Total | 8,624 | 100.00% | |
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| Saskatchewan general election, 2003: Thunder Creek |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% |
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| Saskatchewan | Lyle Stewart | 4,430 | 53.53% | +0.58 |
| New Democratic | Larry Hall | 2,550 | 30.81% | +10.85 |
| Liberal | Rod Haugerud | 1,132 | 13.68% | −13.41 |
| Western Independence | Harold Stephan | 164 | 1.98% | – |
| Total | 8,276 | 100.00% |
Saskatchewan general election, 1999: Thunder Creek| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
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| Saskatchewan | Lyle Stewart | 3,969 | 52.95% | - |
| Liberal | Gerard Aldridge | 2,031 | 27.09% | -10.40 |
| | NDP | Ivan Costley | 1,496 | 19.96% | -10.90 |
| Total | 7,496 | 100.00% | |
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