A Conservative member of Parliament says he isnt seeking re-election because his party is not allowing an open nomination in a new riding.

Gary Vidal cites the partys response to changing electoral boundaries in his announcement that he wont run.

Vidal was elected in 2019 to represent the sprawling Saskatchewan riding of Desnethe-Missinippi-Churchill River in the provinces far north.

Vidal says the riding boundaries are changing drastically and he will no longer reside in the electoral district he serves, but rather in the new riding of Battlefords-Lloydminster-Meadow Lake.

He says the party has decided there will be no open nomination to choose the candidate in that new riding, which he says is not the expected outcome I anticipated.

A spokeswoman for the party says Vidal was given the chance to run in his current riding.

Sarah Fischer says the party respects his decision not to seek re-election.

The redrawn version of Vidals current riding is still home to most of his current constituents, but its losing the community of Meadow Lake, where he says he was born and raised.

Vidals decision follows an announcement in February that he was stepping away from his role as the Tories critic in Parliament for Indigenous services.

The new federal riding boundaries took effect on Monday.