{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Gary Vidal | image = | image_size = 200px | riding = Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River | parliament = Canadian | term_start = October 21, 2019 | term_end = March 23, 2025 | predecessor = Georgina Jolibois | successor = Buckley Belanger | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|54|2019|10|6}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Gary Vidal, Conservative Party of Canada|date=October 6, 2019|url=https://www.cjme.com/2019/10/06/566001/|publisher=980 CJME|access-date=October 21, 2019}}</ref> | birth_place = Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | profession = accountant | party = Conservative Party of Canada | footnotes = | spouse = | children = }}
'''Gary Vidal''' (born in 1965) is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River in the House of Commons of Canada from 2019 Canadian federal election until 2025.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canada election results: Desnethé-Missinippi-Churchill River|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5814963/canada-election-desnethe-missinippi-churchill-river/|date=October 21, 2019|publisher=Global News|access-date=October 21, 2019}}</ref> In April 2024, Vidal, whose electoral boundary changed due to his residence being shifted, announced that he would not run for re-election in the 45th Canadian Federal Election because he did not anticipate that his party would allow for an open nomination.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saskatchewan MP won't run again, cites Tory decision to disallow open nominations {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10445404/saskatchewan-mp-wont-run-again-tories-open-nomination/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Political career == Vidal previously served as mayor of Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan from 2011 until his resignation in April 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mayor Vidal resigns|date=April 9, 2019|access-date=October 21, 2019|url=https://northernprideml.com/2019/04/mayor-vidal-resigns/|publisher=Northern Pride}}</ref>
On April 23, 2024, Vidal announced that he will not seek re-election in the next federal election.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 24, 2024 |title=Sask. MP Gary Vidal not seeking reelection due to boundary changes |url=https://leaderpost.com/news/sask-mp-gary-vidal-not-seeking-reelection-due-to-boundary-changes |access-date=April 24, 2024 |work=Regina Leader-Post}}</ref>
==Electoral record== ===Federal=== {{2019 Canadian federal election/Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River}}
===Municipal=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="3" | 2016 Meadow Lake mayoral election |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px" | Candidate ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % |- |'''Gary Vidal''' (X) |colspan="2"| Acclaimed |}
{| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan="3" | 2012 Meadow Lake mayoral election |- ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="200px" | Candidate ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" | Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" | % |- |'''Gary Vidal''' (X) |colspan="2"| Acclaimed |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=20102}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vidal, Gary}} Category:Living people Category:Conservative Party of Canada MPs Category:People from Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Saskatchewan Category:Canadian accountants Category:1965 births Category:21st-century mayors of places in Saskatchewan Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada