Dan Mazier is returning to Ottawa, and he does so with a strong mandate from voters in the Riding Mountain constituency.
Mazier grabbed over 67 per cent of the vote on Monday to defeat his closest competitor by well over 18,000 votes.
Mazier knocked on doors in all corners of the riding, and said doing so gave him a good understanding of what residents in the constituency are experiencing.
"One thing that I have really experienced and treasured the most was the stories I'm hearing, and connecting with so many constituents across this riding. We knocked on over 20,000 doors. And believe me, after you experience all of those conversations, you can not help but walk away a better person from it."
Mazier says he will continue to stand up for rural life in Canada when he returns to Parliament Hill.
"With the untapped potential that we have in this riding. Everything from the lumber that we harvest in Swan River to the pork that we export in Neepawa, to the shotgun shells that we manufacture in Carberry. The world wants our products! And I will stand up every day in the House of Commons and in Ottawa defending that and promoting that."
Terry Hayward of the Liberals was a distant second garnering 22.5 per cent of the vote, while Andy Maxwell of the NDP finished third.
