Claim: In the 2003 Saskatchewan general election, former CBC journalist Joan Beatty won with 3,268 votes, edgeing out her rival Winston McKay.
Evidence: 2003 Saskatchewan general election: Cumberland Joan Beatty 3,268 Winston McKay 1,029 A former CBC journalist, Beatty became the first Aboriginal woman and first First Nations person elected to the Saskatchewan legislature when she was elected on November 5, 2003.