Donna Harpauer

The Honourable Donna Harpauer MLA
Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly for Humboldt-Watrous Humboldt (2003-2016)
Incumbent
Assumed office November 5, 2003
Preceded by	Arlene Julé
Deputy Premier of Saskatchewan
Incumbent
Assumed office November 9, 2020
Premier	Scott Moe
Preceded by	Gordon Wyant
Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly for Watrous
In office August 16, 1999 – November 5, 2003
Preceded by	Eric Upshall
Succeeded by	Riding Abolished
Personal details
Political party	Saskatchewan Party
Residence(s)	Humboldt, Saskatchewan

Donna Harpauer is a Canadian provincial politician. She is the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Humboldt.

She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 1999 election, defeating New Democrat incumbent Eric Upshall. In the 2003 election, Watrous was dissolved and Harpauer was re-elected in the new constituency of Humboldt.

Controversies

As the Social Services Minister in 2008, it was later revealed that Harpauer had used private email for government-related manners. In one email she told a former campaign staffer "I will hire you by contract if need be to get around the rules defined by the [Public Service Commission]." In a later email to the same person, she stated "The Public Service Commission is getting all crappy about us hiring people without open competition … Blah … Blah … Blah. Lots of fun. I really don't care what they think!!" The former staffer said Harpauer told him to use private email because "we wanted to be free from the freedom of information requests."

In 2018, Harpauer was revealed to have twice stayed at a hotel with her partner on personal trips in which the stay was paid for by the village of Pinehouse. Harpauer did not disclose any gifts or benefits for the stays in her personal disclosure statements.

External links

• Donna Harpauer