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A Saskatchewan Party candidate for Canora-Pelly has twice been convicted of impaired driving, a situation that has shocked a local Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) president.

“I’m kind of stunned. I don’t know what to say,” said Trina Cockle, chapter president for MADD’s Prince Albert branch.

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She said it’s another example of how drinking and driving isn’t taken seriously enough.

“They’re just not getting it. This is way too accepted,” Cockle said.

Morgan Clare, the Saskatoon MADD chapter’s “community leader,” also thinks the issue isn’t being taken seriously.

“I don’t think this is ok. Knowing it happened twice is really terrible. He didn’t learn his lesson,” she said.

Saturday, NDP leader Cam Broten announced a third and fourth candidate had been removed from the NDP slate following misogynist or otherwise inappropriate social media posts.

Sunday, the Saskatoon StarPhoenix confirmed Canora-Pelly Saskatchewan Party candidate Terry Dennis has twice been found guilty of impaired driving.

The convictions, registered in 1979 and 2001, the latter while he was serving his first of several terms as mayor of Canora.

Saskatchewan Party spokesperson Reg Downs said in an email that the party conducted criminal record checks, and Dennis also disclosed the convictions before seeking the nomination.