Aleana Young

Canadian politician

Aleana Young MLA


Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly for Regina University
Incumbent
Assumed office October 26, 2020
Preceded by	Tina Beaudry-Mellor

Personal details
Political party	New Democratic
Residence(s)	Regina, Saskatchewan
Education	McGill University
Occupation	business owner

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.

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]

In the 2024 Saskatchewan general election Young will contest the newly created constituency of Regina South Albert.^[5]

Electoral history

2020 Saskatchewan general election: Regina University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Aleana Young	3,478	49.98	+7.02
	Saskatchewan	Tina Beaudry-Mellor	3,136	45.07	-3.86
	Green	Tanner Wallace	180	2.59	+0.23
	Progressive Conservative	Debbie Knill	164	2.36	–
Total valid votes			6,958	99.17
Total rejected ballots			58	0.83	+0.49
Turnout			7,016	62.78	-1.45
Eligible voters			11,175
	New Democratic gain from Saskatchewan		Swing		–
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

2016 Saskatchewan general election: Regina University
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Saskatchewan	Tina Beaudry-Mellor	3,418	48.93
	New Democratic	Aleana Young	3,001	42.96
	Liberal	Silvia Volodko	401	5.74
	Green	Yordanos Tesfamariam	165	2.36
Total valid votes			6,985	99.66
Total rejected ballots			24	0.34
Turnout			7,009	64.23
Eligible voters			10,913
Source: Elections Saskatchewan^[6]^[7]

References

^ Moises Canales, "NDP’s Aleana Young unseats Minister Beaudry-Mellor in Regina University". CKRM, October 29, 2020.
^ "A cheese to please: entrepreneur gets Regina gourmet shop off and running". CBC News, November 4, 2018.
^ David Lao, "‘Ready to Deliver’: Saskatchewan NDP candidate gives birth on eve of provincial election". Global News, October 27, 2020.
^ "Saskatchewan NDP leader names shadow cabinet". CJME. 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
^ "Aleana Young Regina South Albert". Saskatchewan NDP. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
^ "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.
^ "2016 General Election Results" (PDF). Elections Saskatchewan. Retrieved 11 October 2020.