Yurdiga biggest spender in the House for most of 2016, Speaker Regan among the thriftiest

Conservative David Yuridga expensed $427,322 during the last nine months of 2016, more than any other MP during that span.

Conservative MP David Yurdiga, right, was the biggest spender among MPs over the first three quarters of 2016-17, which he largely attributed to hiring additional staff to assist constituents in the wake of the devastating Fort McMurray wildfire last spring. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MARCO VIGLIOTTI

March 29, 2017

Conservative David Yurdiga billed taxpayers $427,322 for travel, living, and advertising costs, meals, gifts, and office expenses over the last nine months of 2016, the most of any MP during that span, new House of Commons statistics show. As part of his official dut...

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