Colleen Young (politician)
Colleen Young | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly for Lloydminster | |
| Assumed office November 14, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Tim McMillan |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Saskatchewan Party |
Colleen Young is a Canadian provincial politician who currently serves as the member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the district of Lloydminster. She was first elected in a by-election on November 14, 2014.[1] She is a member of the Saskatchewan Party caucus.[1] She was re-elected in the 2016 general election and 2020 general election.[2] On May 20, 2024, Young was appointed to cabinet as Minister of Advanced Education.[3]
Prior to her election to the legislature, Young was chair of the Lloydminster Public School Board, and served on the senate of the University of Saskatchewan.[1]
Electoral history
[edit]2016 Saskatchewan general election
[edit]| 2016 Saskatchewan general election: Lloydminster | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Colleen Young | 4,340 | – | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Michelle Oleksyn | 410 | – | – | ||||
| Liberal | Dolores Pahtayken | 191 | – | – | ||||
| Green | Lisa Grant | 64 | – | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | – | 100.0 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | – | |||||||
| Saskatchewan hold | Swing | - | ||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan,[4] Global News.[2] | ||||||||
2014 Lloydminster provincial by-election
[edit]| Saskatchewan provincial by-election, November 26, 2014 On the resignation of Tim McMillan | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Colleen Young | 1,802 | 64.22 | -2.20 | ||||
| New Democratic | Wayne Byers | 808 | 28.80 | -0.30 | ||||
| Liberal | Darrin Lamoureux | 77 | 2.74 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Randall Edge | 70 | 2.49 | |||||
| Green | Luke Bonsan | 49 | 1.75 | -2.74 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 2,806 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Saskatchewan hold | Swing | -0.95 | ||||||
Cabinet Positions
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Sask. Party's Colleen Young wins Lloydminster byelection". CBC News, November 14, 2014.
- ^ a b McElroy, Justin (April 5, 2016). "Saskatchewan election results 2016: Sask. Party wins Lloydminster riding". Global News. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
- ^ "Premier Scott Moe appoints new advanced education minister". Global News. May 17, 2024. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
- ^ "Register of Official Candidates by Constituency - March 19 - FINAL" (PDF). Elections Saskatchewan. March 19, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
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