 In the 2017 by-election, Rosemarie Falk ran as the Conservative candidate for Battlefords—Lloydminster, following the resignation of long-standing Conservative MP Gerry Ritz.Falk won the House of Commons seat with 8,952 votes of 12,876 votes cast, earning nearly 70% of the vote share.Falk defeated New Democratic Party candidate Matt Fedler, the Liberal Party’s Larry Ingram, the Green Party’s Yvonne Potter-Pihach and independent Ken Finlayson.