Dan Suberlak running for the City of North Battleford's upcoming byelection on Jan. 21. (submitted/DanSuberlak)

By Alyssa Rudolph

2026 byelection

‘I can provide insight’: retired city worker runs for council

Dec 31, 2025 | 2:30 PM

A candidate for the City of North Battleford’s upcoming byelection aims to provide a new perspective at the council table.

Dan Suberlak said his 32 years of employment with the city helped him to understand how operations work.

“I’ve sat on the Saskatchewan Municipal Workers Executive for a few years. I’ve helped negotiate several collective agreements within the city. So, I have an understanding of working with the administration and even goals and getting things done,” he said.

Suberlak added, when it comes to aging infrastructure, he believes residents could soon face large expenses.

“I can provide insight into how we can spend our tax dollars without losing more services and increasing taxes,” he said. “It’s tough times for everybody and the city is going through tough times too. But I really think that if we spend properly, we can achieve more for what we have.”

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Experience isn’t the only thing the candidate believes he could bring to the table. Providing a strong voice of accountability remains one of his top priorities.

“As a member of the council, you need to be accountable to the public. You’re representing the public out there; it’s their voice that council needs to be speaking and making decisions for,” Suberlak said.

If elected, he wants residents to feel confident that every decision he makes will be guided by what’s best for the city.

“This is my home; I’ve grown up here all my life, I love this community,” he said. “We kind of get a bad rap in the press due to social issues… This can be a great place to live, and I feel that we should have the opportunity to promote that to the rest of the country.”

Other confirmed candidates for the upcoming byelection include Donald Meriam, Gail Feser, Mercy George, and Alan Wiese.

Residents unable to vote in person can apply for a mail-in ballot until Jan. 20. For those voting in person, advance polls will be held Jan. 14 from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Jan. 17 from noon to 6 p.m. Voting day polls on Jan. 21 will run from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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