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The Saskatchewan NDP will choose a new leader tomorrow. Cam Broten, Ryan Meili, Trent Wotherspoon and Erin Weir are vying for the leadership of the province's official opposition. Weir is considered a non-factor, with observers (and polling) suggesting this really a three-way race. Whoever wins faces a significant challenge given that the NDP holds just nine of Saskatchewan's 58 seats, including Cumberland MLA Doyle Vermette. More than 11,000 people will be eligible to vote for leader, a 35 per cent increase in the party's membership over 2012. 'We are pleased that the leadership contest has resulted in a substantial increase in our membership over last year,' Cory Oxelgren, president of the Saskatchewan NDP, said in a news release. 'Many of these new members are former members who hadn't renewed in some time, but a great many are first-time members. I'm particularly excited by the fact that membership in the Young New Democrats has increased by more than 350 per cent. This influx of new members, new energy and new ideas bodes well for the future of our party.'
