Aleana Young (') is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the

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in the

2020 Saskatchewan general election The 2020 Saskatchewan general election was held on October 26, 2020 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. This date is set by Saskatchewan's fixed election date law. The writ was dropped on September 29 just in time to ho ...

. She represents the electoral district of

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as a member of the

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caucus.

Career

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

Electoral history

References

External links

Campaign trail
for the 2020 general election by

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