title: Terry Dennis
text: # Terry Dennis
  
  Terry Dennis is a Canadian provincial politician, who is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the riding of Canora-Pelly. He was first elected in the 2016 provincial election. He is a member of the Saskatchewan Party.
  
  Dennis served as a town councillor and later as mayor of the town of Canora, Saskatchewan, holding the latter position for fourteen years. He was also the co-owner of Dennis' Foods, a grocery store in Canora that had been owned by the Dennis family since 1947. The store was sold in the year 2016. He has been twice convicted of drunk driving, once in 1979 and again in 2001 during his first term as mayor.
  
  ## Electoral history
  
  ### 2016 Saskatchewan general election
  
  vte2016 Saskatchewan general election: Canora-Pelly :
  
  | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Saskatchewan | Terry Dennis | 4,318 | 67.46 | -3.69 |
  | | New Democratic | Theresa Wilson | 1,323 | 20.67 | -6.31 |
  | | Progressive Conservative | Merv Malischewski | 414 | 6.46 | - |
  | | Liberal | Kyle Budz | 192 | 3.00 | - |
  | | Green | Rachel Gregoire | 102 | 1.59 | -0.28 |
  | | Western Independence | David Sawkiw | 51 | 0.79 | - |
  | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 6,400 | 100.0 |
  | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | – |
  | | Saskatchewan hold | Saskatchewan hold | Swing | Swing | +5.00% |
  | Source: Elections Saskatchewan |||||||
  