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Corey Tochor will represent the Conservative Party in the next federal election in the riding of Saskatoon-University.

The Saskatoon Eastview MLA, and former speaker of the Saskatchewan Legislature, challenged incumbent Brad Trost for the nomination, as did local businessman Brad Redekopp.

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The nomination meeting was held Saturday at Prairieland Park.

The Canada Elections Act bars sitting MLAs from running federally, so Tochor will have to resign his provincial seat to run in the next federal election, expected to be in 2019.

Trost, who finished fourth in the Conservative Party leadership race last year, has been an MP since 2004. He won the Saskatoon-University riding by about 4,400 votes in the last election in 2015.

Photo by Kayle Neis / Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Trost wrote on Facebook that the vote was “incredibly close” on Saturday.

“I am very thankful for my family and all my friends who have shown me so much care and support over the years. I am and always will be grateful to you,” Trost wrote.

Tochor posted a short message on Facebook thanking his supporters.

“We did it! Thank you Saskatoon-University so much for your support! We’re excited for a fresh start and look forward to getting to work for you!” Tochor wrote.