LLOYDMINSTER -- Voters in the Border City have only three candidates to choose from in the 2024 provincial election. Candidates include incumbent Colleen Young (Saskatchewan Party), Adam Tremblay (NDP) and Patrick McNally (GP). SaskToday.ca would like to introduce each candidate.
Adam Tremblay - New Democratic Party
Adam Tremblay has taught in both the middle and high schools in Paradise Hill. "
I’ve taught a wide variety of subjects, from Industrial Arts to Social to Science (and even some Kindergarten)," he says. "Over the years, I have worked hard to establish myself in my school and community as a problem solver, working to not only to deliver the curriculum but also help wherever needed."
Tremblay says he is excited about the New Democratic Party’s generational investment of $2 billion into education. With his experience, he says, he has felt the firsthand effects of dangerous underfunding and devastating cuts to education.
"This has harmed not only our students, but families, and communities. As such, I cannot wait to do my part to help reverse these cuts and get us out of last place in education. I also relish any opportunity to get more involved and help deliver some much-needed change for the riding of Lloydminster."
Colleen Young - Saskatchewan Party
Colleen Young was first elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature in a November 2014 by-election for the Constituency of Lloydminster. She was re-elected in 2016 and 2020 Provincial General Elections.
On May 18, 2024, Colleen was appointed Minister of Advanced Education.
Colleen has served as Chair of the Standing Committee on the Economy, serves as a member of the Red Tape Reductions Committee, the Government Operations Committee, the House Committee on Privileges, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Committee and as a Steering Committee member of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Association for the Province of Saskatchewan.
Supporting, helping, and finding answers to constituents’ concerns, issues and challenges has always been a priority and the most rewarding part of her role as an MLA says Young. Staying involved and engaged in her community and advocating on behalf of her constituents is important to Young.
She was born and raised on a family farm east of Saskatoon and has called Lloydminster home for the past 37 years. She attended the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan beginning in 1979 and has been active in education ever since. She was a trustee on the Lloydminster Public School Board of Education for 20 years and served as board chair for 16 of those years. She is very active in the Lloydminster community attending and trying to stay abreast of all events throughout her constituency. She was involved with the Kiwanis Club, the Lloydminster Learning Council, sat on the Prairie North Regional Health Board, the Lloydminster Early Intervention Program, started and operated the Lloydminster In Motion After School Program, School Community Councils, Young Life, the Lloydminster Community Youth Center, the Lloydminster Concerned Citizens for Seniors Care, and helped with numerous other fundraising and volunteer opportunities in the community. Young says she always put kids, families, seniors, and newcomers to the community first.
She and her husband, Kim, have one daughter, Nevada, and seven sons: Casey, Chester, Riley, Fraser, Percy, and twins, Duke and Ace; five daughters-in-law, and currently, nine grandchildren. Youhg enjoys travelling and spending time with her family and close friends at the lake, or whenever the opportunity arises!
Patrick McNally - Saskatchewan Green Party
Pat McNally grew up on a farm near Rowatt, south of Regina. The ups and downs of farm life forged his determined character and versatility of skills. His work life has included building management, specialized renovations and janitorial services. McNally's political thinking came together in a Green direction in 2005 when he met Victor Lau, he says.
He promotes electing the SGP as the one party that can pilot the Just Transition, supporting workers' rights together with a clear scientific vision for Saskatchewan's future environmental welfare.
He scorns Saskatchewan's pitiful longtime minimum wage that is only getting changed at election time; McNally wants to dismiss what he describes as an anti-union government that ignores the current onset of robotics and AI computerization. He promotes the SGP plan for a Guaranteed Livable Income. He foretells a tsunami of green jobs that will start to wash over the province as Saskatchewan switches to itsd abundance of renewable energy sources.
