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Norman rebin endorses ken cheveldayoff for leader of the sask party
Ken Cheveldayoff (born 1965) is a Canadian provincial politician. He is the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Saskatoon Willowgrove. He is currently running for the leadership of the Saskatchewan Party and to become the next Premier of Saskatchewan. His younger brother Kevin is a former professional hockey player and currently the general manager of the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League.
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- Norman rebin endorses ken cheveldayoff for leader of the sask party
- Ken cheveldayoff interview on gormley show 29th august 2017
- Early life and education
- Career
- 1993 federal election
- Saskatchewan Party MLA
- 2018 leadership election
- Personal life
- References
Ken cheveldayoff interview on gormley show 29th august 2017
Early life and education
Cheveldayoff holds a B.A. (Honours) in Economics and Political Science (1988) and a Masters of Business Administration (1996). He was a parliamentary page in the House of Commons and won the Queen Elizabeth II scholarship for excellence in Parliamentary Studies.
Career
Prior to being elected to public office, Cheveldayoff worked with Western Economic Diversification as a senior business advisor. He is also the majority shareholder in a real estate company developing several Saskatoon properties.
1993 federal election
Cheveldayoff ran in the 1993 Canadian federal election for the Progressive Conservative Party in the riding of The Battlefords—Meadow Lake. At the time the seat was held by Len Taylor of the New Democratic Party. Cheveldayoff finished a distant fourth.
Saskatchewan Party MLA
First elected in November 2003, Cheveldayoff was the Opposition Critic for Finance, Deputy Critic for Learning (Post-Secondary Education), and was a member of the Public Accounts Committee. He also served as Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Human Services. After being re-elected in 2007 as a member of the government, he was appointed to cabinet as the Minister of Crown Corporations. In a cabinet shuffle in 2009, he became Minister of Enterprise, and in 2010, he was appointed Minister of First Nations and Métis relations. On May 25, 2012, Cheveldayoff was appointed Minister of Environment, Responsible for SaskWater and the Water Security Agency.
In 2014, Cheveldayoff was appointed Government House Leader.
With the Cabinet shuffle on August 23, 2016, Cheveldayoff was asked by the Premier to serve as Minister of Parks, Culture, Sport and Minister responsible for the Public Service Commission (PSC).
2018 leadership election
On August 28, 2017, Cheveldayoff announced his bid for the leadership of the Saskatchewan Party just days after party leader and Premier Brad Wall announced that he was retiring from politics. The Saskatchewan Party leadership vote will be held on January 27, 2018. The winner will become the 15th Premier of Saskatchewan.
Personal life
Cheveldayoff is married to Trish Cheveldayoff and has two children. He is a member of various community organizations and Lakeview Free Methodist Church. His wife Trish is a former news anchor at CFQC-TV.