During the 2007 provincial election, Bater ran as the Liberal candidate in the constituency of The Battlefords, placing second behind the NDP and Saskatchewan Party candidates with 93.36% of the vote.
The Battlefords is the collective name given to two adjacent communities in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada.
Pankiw was defeated again in the 2006 federal election in the Battlefords-Lloydminster constituency by Conservative Gerry Ritz.