Career
He was the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Prince Albert Northcote. He was first elected in 1986 and was re-elected in subsequent elections in 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2003. He was appointed to the cabinet in 1992, and held several portfolios including Energy and Mines, Rural Development, Economic and Company-operative Development, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Forestry, Minister of Highways and Transportation, and Government House Leader.
Lautermilch did not run in the 2007 election.
