Corey Tochor

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| image = Cory Tochor.jpg

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| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP|size=100%}}

| riding = Saskatoon—University

| parliament = Canadian

| term_start = October 21, 2019

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| predecessor = Brad Trost

| successor =

| office1 = 26th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

| term_start1 = May 17, 2016

| term_end1 = January 5, 2018

| predecessor1 = Dan D'Autremont

| successor1 = Mark Docherty

| office2 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for Saskatoon Eastview

| term_start2 = November 7, 2011

| term_end2 = September 11, 2019

| predecessor2 = Judy Junor

| successor2 = Matt Love

| party = Conservative (federal) Saskatchewan Party (provincial)

| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|42|2019|10|7}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cjme.com/2019/10/07/corey-tochor-conservative-party-of-canada/|title = Corey Tochor, Conservative Party of Canada}}

| birth_place = Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, Canada

| nationality = Canadian

| residence = Saskatoon{{Cite web|url=https://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovr2019app/51/table12E.html|title=Official Voting Results|publisher=Elections Canada|accessdate=January 23, 2021}}

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Corey James Tochor {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP}} (born 1976 or 1977) is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Saskatoon—University since the 2019 federal election.

Tochor was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2011 election, to represent the constituency of Saskatoon Eastview as a member of the Saskatchewan Party caucus.{{cite news |last1=Hutton |first1=David |last2=Adam |first2=Betty Ann |date=November 8, 2011 |title=Sask Party takes over Saskatoon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leader-post-sask-party-takes-over-sa/137825198/ |work=Regina Leader-Post |agency=The StarPhoenix |location=Regina, Saskatchewan |access-date=January 1, 2024}} Tochor was re-elected in the 2016 general election, held on April 4, 2016. On May 17, 2016, he was elected the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, defeating the previous Speaker, Dan D'Autremont.{{Cite news|title=MLAs elect new Speaker|url=https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/mlas-elect-new-speaker|date=May 17, 2016|periodical=Regina Leader-Post|language=en-CA}} On January 5, 2018, Tochor resigned as Speaker.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-speaker-of-the-house-corey-1.4475475 "Corey Tochor stepping down as Speaker of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly"]. CBC News, January 5, 2018.

On March 10, 2018, he defeated incumbent MP Brad Trost for the Conservative nomination in Saskatoon—University.{{Cite web|title=Corey Tochor wins Conservative Party Saskatoon-University nomination|url=https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/corey-tochor-wins-conservative-party-saskatoon-university-nomination-1.3837620|date=March 10, 2018|access-date=2023-01-03|website=CTV News|language=en}} Tochor resigned his provincial seat on September 11, 2019, the same day the Writs of election were issued for the 2019 Canadian federal election. He successfully held the seat for the Conservatives.

Politics

= Abortion =

Tochor voted in support of Bill C-233 – An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion), which would make it a criminal offence for a medical practitioner to knowingly perform an abortion solely on the grounds of the child's genetic sex.{{Cite web |last=House of Commons |date=June 2, 2021 |title=2nd reading of Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion) |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/votes/43/2/125?view=result |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=LEGISinfo}}{{Primary source inline|date=July 2022}} The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada identifies his stance as anti-abortion.{{Cite web |last=ARCC |date=June 27, 2022 |title=Members of Parliament with an Anti-choice Stance |url=https://arcc-cdac.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Anti-choice-unknown-MPs-current.pdf |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada}}

= Conversion therapy =

On June 22, 2021, Tochor was one of 63 MPs to vote against Bill C-6, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy), which was ultimately passed by majority vote, making certain aspects of conversion therapy a crime, including "causing a child to undergo conversion therapy."{{Cite web |last=House of Commons |title=3rd reading and adoption of Bill C-6, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy) |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/votes/43/2/175?view=result |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=LEGISinfo}}