Ken Cheveldayoff

{{short description|Canadian provincial politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image =

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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Ken Cheveldayoff

| honorific-suffix = ECS MLA

| constituency_AM1 = Saskatoon Willowgrove
Saskatoon Silver Springs (2003-2016)

| assembly1 = Saskatchewan Legislative

| term_start1 = November 5, 2003

| term_end1 =

| predecessor1 = Riding Established

| successor1 =

| office2 = Leader of the Government in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

| premier2 = Brad Wall

| term_start2 = June 5, 2014

| term_end2 = August 23, 2016

| predecessor2 = Jeremy Harrison

| successor2 = Paul Merriman

| office3 = Dean of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

| term_start3 = October 28, 2024

| term_end3 =

| predecessor3 = Donna Harpauer

| successor3 =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|4|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

| residence = Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

| nationality = Canadian

| party = Saskatchewan Party

| otherparty = Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

| profession =

| occupation = Business

| spouse = {{marriage|Trish Cheveldayoff (née Lamers)|1996}}

}}

Ken Cheveldayoff (born April 1, 1965) is a Canadian provincial politician. He is the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLA) for the constituency of Saskatoon Willowgrove. First elected to the Legislative Assembly in 2003, Cheveldayoff has been a cabinet minister in the governments of both Brad Wall and Scott Moe.

Early life and career

Cheveldayoff holds a B.A. (Honours) in Economics and Political Science and a Masters of Business Administration.{{Cite web |title=Ken Cheveldayoff - Saskatoon Willowgrove |url=https://www.skcaucus.com/ken_cheveldayoff |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927194551/https://www.skcaucus.com/ken_cheveldayoff |archive-date=2020-09-27 |access-date=2023-10-21 |website=Saskatchewan Party Caucus}} He was a parliamentary page in the House of Commons and won the Queen Elizabeth II scholarship for excellence in Parliamentary Studies.{{Cite news |last=Quesnel |first=Jennifer |date=2017-08-28 |title=Ken Cheveldayoff officially joins race to lead Saskatchewan Party |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/ken-cheveldayoff-saskatchewan-party-leadership-bid-1.4265281 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170831025936/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/ken-cheveldayoff-saskatchewan-party-leadership-bid-1.4265281 |archive-date=2017-08-31}} 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.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

Politics

=1993 federal election=

Cheveldayoff's first run for political office came in the 1993 Canadian federal election as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party in the riding of The Battlefords—Meadow Lake. The incumbent, Len Taylor of the New Democratic Party, held the seat, with Cheveldayoff finishing fourth.

=Saskatchewan Party MLA (2003–2017)=

Ten years after running federally, Cheveldayoff turned to provincial politics with the Saskatchewan Party, a new conservative party that had formed in 1997. First elected in November 2003, Cheveldayoff was the Opposition Critic for Finance, Deputy Critic for Learning, and served on a number of committees. Cheveldayoff was re-elected in the 2007 general election, after which the Saskatchewan Party formed government for the first time, and Cheveldayoff was named to Cabinet by Premier Brad Wall as Minister of Crown Corporations.{{Cite web |date=2007-11-21 |title=Premier Brad Wall and new Saskatchewan Party government take office |url=https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2007/november/21/premier-brad-wall-and-new-saskatchewan-party-government-take-office |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004181237/https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2007/november/21/premier-brad-wall-and-new-saskatchewan-party-government-take-office |archive-date=2017-10-04 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=saskatchewan.ca |publisher=Government of Saskatchewan}}

In a 2009 cabinet shuffle, he became Minister of Enterprise, and in 2010, he was appointed Minister of First Nations and Métis relations.{{Cite web |date=2009-05-29 |title=Premier Wall makes changes to cabinet |url=https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2009/may/29/premier-wall-makes-changes-to-cabinet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005070851/https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2009/may/29/premier-wall-makes-changes-to-cabinet |archive-date=2017-10-05 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=saskatchewan.ca |publisher=Government of Saskatchewan}}{{Cite news |date=2010-06-29 |title=Saskatchewan's new cabinet |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-s-new-cabinet-1.917757 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201025457/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-s-new-cabinet-1.917757 |archive-date=2016-02-01 |access-date=2024-11-20 |work=CBC News}} In 2012, Cheveldayoff was appointed Minister of Environment, Responsible for SaskWater and the Water Security Agency.{{Cite news |date=2012-05-25 |title=Norris, 6 others out in major Sask. cabinet shuffle |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/norris-6-others-out-in-major-sask-cabinet-shuffle-1.1226930 |url-status=live |access-date=2023-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430005049/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/norris-6-others-out-in-major-sask-cabinet-shuffle-1.1226930 |archive-date=2014-04-30}} In 2014, Cheveldayoff was dropped from cabinet but was appointed Government House Leader.{{Cite news |date=2014-06-05 |title=Saskatchewan premier shuffles cabinet; several major portfolios unchanged |url=https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/saskatchewan-premier-shuffles-cabinet-several-major-portfolios-unchanged-1.1855105 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111050356/https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/saskatchewan-premier-shuffles-cabinet-several-major-portfolios-unchanged-1.1855105 |archive-date=2016-01-11 |access-date=2024-11-20 |work=CTV News |location=Saskatoon}} In 2016, Cheveldayoff returned to cabinet when he was named Minister of Parks, Culture, Sport and Minister responsible for the Public Service Commission.{{Cite news |date=2016-08-23 |title=4 new faces as Brad Wall shuffles cabinet |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/4-new-faces-as-wall-shuffles-cabinet-1.3732480 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824185102/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/4-new-faces-as-wall-shuffles-cabinet-1.3732480 |archive-date=2016-08-24 |access-date=2024-11-18 |work=CBC News}}

=Sask Party leadership bid (2017–2018)=

Wall announced that he was retiring from politics on August 10, 2017.{{Cite web |date=2017-08-10 |title=Premier Brad Wall resigns as leader of Sask. Party |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3660516/premier-brad-wall-resigns-as-leader-of-sask-party/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813104513/https://globalnews.ca/news/3660516/premier-brad-wall-resigns-as-leader-of-sask-party/ |archive-date=2017-08-13 |access-date=2021-02-26 |website=Global News |language=en-US |agency=The Canadian Press}} On August 23, Cheveldayoff confirmed that he would be resigning from cabinet in order to pursue the Saskatchewan Party leadership.{{Cite news |last=Baxter |first=David |date=2017-08-23 |title=Parks Minister leaving cabinet to pursue Sask. Party leadership |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/3691059/parks-minister-leaving-cabinet-to-pursue-sask-party-leadership/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829235055/https://globalnews.ca/news/3691059/parks-minister-leaving-cabinet-to-pursue-sask-party-leadership/ |archive-date=2017-08-29 |access-date=2024-11-20 |work=Global News}} On August 28, Cheveldayoff officially launched his leadership campaign.{{cite web |last=MacPherson |first=Alex |date=2017-08-28 |title=Cheveldayoff confirms entry into race to become Saskatchewan Party leader, province's new premier |url=https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/cheveldayoff-confirms-entry-into-race-to-become-saskatchewan-party-leader-provinces-new-premier |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828223702/https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/cheveldayoff-confirms-entry-into-race-to-become-saskatchewan-party-leader-provinces-new-premier |archive-date=2017-08-28 |access-date=2017-08-31 |work=The StarPhoenix}} At his launch, Cheveldayoff stated that he would be willing to consider privatizing provincial crown corporations. While Cheveldayoff called himself a "centrist" and "very much a moderate" at the outset of the race, he drew scrutiny throughout the campaign for his stances on social issues. In a November interview, Cheveldayoff denied that racism was an issue in the province.{{Cite news |date=2017-11-21 |title=Sask. does not have a problem with racism, says Sask. Party leadership candidate Ken Cheveldayoff |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-does-not-have-a-problem-with-racism-says-sask-party-leadership-candidate-ken-cheveldayoff-1.4412896 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171128132908/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/sask-does-not-have-a-problem-with-racism-says-sask-party-leadership-candidate-ken-cheveldayoff-1.4412896 |archive-date=2017-11-28 |access-date=2023-10-21 |work=CBC News}} The same month, Cheveldayoff received the endorsement of a national anti-abortion lobbying group, who rated him the most "pro-life" of all leadership candidates.{{Cite news |last=Latimer |first=Kendall |date=2017-11-24 |title=RightNow co-founder says group aims to elect 'enough pro-lifers' to pass 'much-needed legislation' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/right-now-sask-party-leadership-candidates-1.4417637 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171125233234/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/right-now-sask-party-leadership-candidates-1.4417637 |archive-date=2017-11-25 |access-date=2023-10-21 |work=CBC News}} Cheveldayoff said that he would support "anything that emphasizes that life begins at conception", and stated that not even rape victims should have legal access to abortion services.{{cite web |date=2017-11-22 |title='Life begins at conception': Anti-abortion group names Ken Cheveldayoff top Sask. Party candidate |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/life-begins-at-conception-anti-abortion-group-names-ken-cheveldayoff-top-sask-party-candidate-1.4414980 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203081119/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/life-begins-at-conception-anti-abortion-group-names-ken-cheveldayoff-top-sask-party-candidate-1.4414980 |archive-date=2017-12-03 |access-date=2017-12-18 |work=CBC News |location=Saskatchewan}}

At the Saskatchewan Party leadership convention, held on January 27, 2018, Cheveldayoff finished third; he was eliminated on the fourth ballot, having received 30% of votes. The contest was won by Scott Moe.{{Cite news |date=2018-01-27 |title=Meet the new premier: Sask. Party elects Scott Moe |work=Regina Leader-Post |url=https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/saskatchewan-party-elects-scott-moe-as-the-15th-premier-of-the-province |url-status=live |access-date=2023-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130221444/https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/saskatchewan-party-elects-scott-moe-as-the-15th-premier-of-the-province |archive-date=2018-01-30}}

= Sask Party MLA (2018–present) =

Moe was sworn in as the 15th Premier of Saskatchewan on February 2, 2018. Moe named Cheveldayoff to his cabinet as Minister of Central Services and the minister responsible for the public service and provincial capital commission.{{Cite news |date=2018-02-02 |title=Premier Scott Moe names first cabinet, awarding positions to leadership rivals |url=https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/moe-to-be-sworn-in-with-new-cabinet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216151411/https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/moe-to-be-sworn-in-with-new-cabinet |archive-date=2018-02-16 |access-date=2023-10-21 |work=Regina Leader-Post}} After he was re-elected in the 2020 general election, Cheveldayoff was dropped from cabinet.{{Cite news |date=2020-11-09 |title=Moe drops two ministers, restores old veterans, in cabinet shuffle |url=https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/sask-cabinet-shuffle-most-sask-party-mlas-have-new-roles |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129075052/https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/sask-cabinet-shuffle-most-sask-party-mlas-have-new-roles |archive-date=2020-11-29 |access-date=2023-10-21 |work=Regina Leader-Post}}

The 2024 general election saw Cheveldayoff win his sixth consecutive term, making him the assembly’s current longest-serving member. Cheveldayoff was the only Saskatchewan Party candidate to win or retain a seat in either of the province's major urban centres, narrowly winning the Saskatoon Willowgrove seat over New Democratic Party challenger Alana Wakula by a margin of 136 votes.{{Cite news |last=Mihalik |first=Halyna |date=2024-11-10 |title=Sask. NDP wins all but 1 seat in Regina and Saskatoon after final votes counted |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatchewan-election-results-finalised-close-race-with-opposition-1.7379833 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241110190000/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatchewan-election-results-finalised-close-race-with-opposition-1.7379833 |archive-date=2024-11-10 |access-date=2024-11-11 |work=CBC News}} After the election, Cheveldayoff returned to cabinet as Minister of Advanced Education.{{Cite news |last=Simes |first=Jeremy |date=2024-11-07 |title=Premier Scott Moe unveils new, smaller Sask. cabinet and says change room policy no longer 1st priority |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/scott-moe-new-smaller-cabinent-shuffle-1.7376658 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241112223243/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/scott-moe-new-smaller-cabinent-shuffle-1.7376658 |archive-date=2024-11-12 |access-date=2024-11-07 |work=CBC News |agency=The Canadian Press}}

Personal life

Cheveldayoff’s wife Trish formerly worked as a news anchor at CTV Saskatoon. The couple have two children. Cheveldayoff and his family are members of various community organizations, along with the Lakeview Free Methodist Church.{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}

Cheveldayoff is the older brother of Kevin Cheveldayoff, the general manager of the National Hockey League's Winnipeg Jets.{{cite news |last=MacGregor |first=Roy |author-link=Roy MacGregor |date=October 10, 2011 |title=The fork in the road for Jets' boss Cheveldayoff |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/the-fork-in-the-road-for-jets-boss-cheveldayoff/article534733/ |url-status=live |work=The Globe and Mail |location=Winnipeg, Manitoba |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028014421/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/the-fork-in-the-road-for-jets-boss-cheveldayoff/article534733/ |archive-date=October 28, 2021 |access-date=February 3, 2024}} On May 20, 2018, Cheveldayoff was photographed trying to sell tickets outside a Jets home playoff game; he stated that he had bought the tickets for a friend, but when the friend could not use the tickets, he sold them on the street.{{cite web |date=May 22, 2018 |title=Saskatchewan MLA seen hawking Jets tickets says they were for a friend |url=http://toronto.citynews.ca/2018/05/22/saskatchewan-minister-hawking-jets-tickets-says-they-were-for-a-friend/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615113850/toronto.citynews.ca/2018/05/22/saskatchewan-minister-hawking-jets-tickets-says-they-were-for-a-friend/ |archive-date=2018-06-15 |access-date=2018-05-24 |work=City News Toronto |agency=The Canadian Press}}

Electoral history

=Provincial=

{{Canadian election result/top|SK|2024|Saskatoon Willowgrove|percent=yes|prelim=no}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Saskatchewan{{cite web|url=https://results.elections.sk.ca/ |title=2024 General Election Official Results |publisher=Elections Saskatchewan|date=2024-11-09|access-date=2024-11-13}}}}

{{Canadian election result/top|SK|2020|Saskatoon Willowgrove|percent=yes|prelim=no}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Saskatchewan{{cite web|url=https://cdn.elections.sk.ca/upload/2020-Statement-of-Votes-Volume-1-web-viewing.pdf |title=A Report on the Twenty-Ninth General Election, Volume I: Statement of Votes |publisher=Elections Saskatchewan|date=2021-06-30|access-date=2024-10-28}}}}

{{Canadian election result/top|SK|2016|Saskatoon Willowgrove|percent=yes|relim=no}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: [https://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2019_elections_results_by_electoral_division.pdf Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division]; Elections Saskatchewan{{cite web|url=http://results.elections.sk.ca/|title=2016 General Election Results|publisher=Elections Saskatchewan|date=4 April 2016|access-date=5 April 2016}}}}

{{Canadian election result/top|SK|2011|Saskatoon Silver Springs|percent=yes|relim=no}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: [https://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2019_elections_results_by_electoral_division.pdf Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division]}}

{{Canadian election result/top|SK|2007|Saskatoon Silver Springs|percent=yes|relim=no}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: [https://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2019_elections_results_by_electoral_division.pdf Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division]}}

{{Canadian election result/top|SK|2003|Saskatoon Silver Springs|percent=yes|relim=no}}

{{CANelec/source|Source: [https://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2019_elections_results_by_electoral_division.pdf Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division]}}

=Federal=

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1993|The Battlefords—Meadow Lake|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|CA|Progressive Conservative|Ken Cheveldayoff|4,299|13.74}}

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{{CANelec/source|Source: Parliament of Canada{{cite web|url=http://lop.parl.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp|title=History of Federal Ridings Since 1867|publisher=Parliament of Canada|access-date=2 September 2017}}}}

Cabinet positions

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{{ministry box cabinet posts

| post1preceded = Christine Tell

| post1 = Minister of Central Services

| post1years = February 2, 2018 – November 9, 2020

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| post1followed = Ministry Abolished

|post2=Minister of Advanced Education

|post2followed=Incumbent

|post2preceded=Colleen Young

|post2years=November 7, 2024 –}}

{{Canadian cabinet member navigational box header |ministry=Brad_Wall}}

{{ministry box cabinet posts

| post5preceded = Mark Docherty

| post5 = Minister of Parks, Culture and Sport

| post5years = August 23, 2016 – August 28, 2017

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| post5followed = Gene Makowsky

| post4preceded = Dustin Duncan

| post4 = Minister of Environment

| post4years = May 25, 2012 – June 5, 2014

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| post4followed = Scott Moe

| post3preceded = Bill Hutchinson

| post3 = Minister of First Nations and Métis Relations

| post3years = June 29, 2010 – May 25, 2012

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| post3followed = Jim Reiter

| post2preceded = Jeremy Harrison

| post2 = Minister of Enterprise

| post2years = May 29, 2009 – June 29, 2010

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| post2followed = Lyle Stewart

| post1preceded = Ministry Established

| post1 = Minister of Crown Corporations

| post1years = November 21, 2007 – May 29, 2009

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| post1followed = Ministry Abolished

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References

External links

[http://www.cheveldayoff.com Official website]
[http://www.gov.sk.ca/cabinet/cheveldayoff/ Cabinet biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102023148/http://www.gov.sk.ca/cabinet/cheveldayoff/ |date=2008-01-02 }}

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