Aleana Young

Aleana Young (A-leena) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2020 Saskatchewan general election.[1] She represents the electoral district of Regina University as a member of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party caucus.

Aleana Young
MLA
Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
for Regina University
Assumed office
October 26, 2020
Preceded byTina Beaudry-Mellor
Personal details
Political partyNew Democratic
Residence(s)Regina, Saskatchewan
EducationMcGill University
Occupationbusiness owner

Career

Prior to her election to the legislature, Young served on Regina's public school board, and owned and operated a gourmet cheese shop.[2] She was pregnant during the election campaign, and gave birth to a daughter the day before the election.[3]

She defeated Tina Beaudry-Mellor, the incumbent MLA from the Saskatchewan Party.

On November 4, 2020, Young was named NDP critic for Economy and Jobs, Immigration, Trade, Sask Builds, Central Services, SGI, and Sask Power, in addition to serving as the NDP deputy House Leader.[4]

Electoral history
2020 Saskatchewan general election: Regina University
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticAleana Young3,47849.98+7.02
SaskatchewanTina Beaudry-Mellor3,13645.07-3.86
GreenTanner Wallace1802.59+0.23
Progressive ConservativeDebbie Knill1642.36–
Total valid votes 6,95899.17
Total rejected ballots 580.83+0.49
Turnout 7,01662.78-1.45
Eligible voters 11,175
New Democratic gain from Saskatchewan Swing –
Source: Elections Saskatchewan
2016 Saskatchewan general election: Regina University
Party Candidate Votes%
SaskatchewanTina Beaudry-Mellor3,41848.93
New DemocraticAleana Young3,00142.96
LiberalSilvia Volodko4015.74
GreenYordanos Tesfamariam1652.36
Total valid votes 6,98599.66
Total rejected ballots 240.34
Turnout 7,00964.23
Eligible voters 10,913
Source: Elections Saskatchewan[5][6]

References
  1. Moises Canales, "NDP’s Aleana Young unseats Minister Beaudry-Mellor in Regina University". CKRM, October 29, 2020.
  2. "A cheese to please: entrepreneur gets Regina gourmet shop off and running". CBC News, November 4, 2018.
  3. David Lao, "‘Ready to Deliver’: Saskatchewan NDP candidate gives birth on eve of provincial election". Global News, October 27, 2020.
  4. News, CJME (2020-11-04). "Saskatchewan NDP leader names shadow cabinet". 980 CJME. Retrieved 2020-11-20. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. "Register of Official Candidates by Constituency - March 19 - FINAL" (PDF). Elections Saskatchewan. 19 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  6. "2016 General Election Results" (PDF). Elections Saskatchewan. Retrieved 11 October 2020.


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