Lyle Stewart
Lyle Eldon Stewart is a Canadian provincial politician. He is a current Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. First elected in 1999, Stewart represented the constituency of Thunder Creek until its abolition in 2016.[2] Stewart was subsequently elected in Lumsden-Morse, a new electoral district encompassing most of the former Thunder Creek constituency.
Lyle Stewart | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly for Lumsden-Morse Thunder Creek (1999-2016) | |
| Assumed office August 16, 1999 | |
| Preceded by | Gerard Aldridge |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 (age 70–71)[1] Pense, Saskatchewan |
| Political party | Saskatchewan Party |
| Residence(s) | Pense, Saskatchewan |
| Occupation | Farmer, Rancher |
Stewart has been the Minister of Agriculture and the Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation since May 25, 2012, a role he maintained following the August 23, 2016 cabinet shuffle.[3] He has been a member of the Executive Council of Saskatchewan since 2007, previously serving as the Minister for Enterprise and Innovation.[2] On August 9, 2018, he announced he was resigning from Cabinet due to health concerns.[4] In late 2020 Stewart was named Legislative Secretary to the Premier responsible for Provincial Autonomy and also the role of Provincial secretary.[5]
Electoral record
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saskatchewan | Lyle Stewart | 5,558 | 64.45% | +10.92 | |
| New Democratic | Larry Hall | 1,997 | 23.16% | -7.65 | |
| Liberal | Rod Haugerud | 590 | 6.84% | -6.84 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Richard Swenson | 295 | 3.42% | - | |
| Green | Russ Rudd | 184 | 2.13% | - | |
| Total | 8,624 | 100.00% | |||
| 2003 Saskatchewan general election: Thunder Creek | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Saskatchewan | Lyle Stewart | 4,450 | 53.50% | +0.58 | ||||
| New Democratic | Larry Hall | 2,572 | 30.92% | +10.85 | ||||
| Liberal | Rod Haugerud | 1,132 | 13.61% | −13.41 | ||||
| Western Independence | Harold Stephan | 164 | 1.97% | – | ||||
| Total | 8,318 | 100.00% | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saskatchewan | Lyle Stewart | 3,969 | 52.95% | - | |
| Liberal | Gerard Aldridge | 2,031 | 27.09% | -10.40 | |
| New Democratic | Ivan Costley | 1,496 | 19.96% | -10.90 | |
| Total | 7,496 | 100.00% | |||
Cabinet positions
References
- Members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine. Saskatchewan Archives.
- "Honourable Lyle Stewart". Cabinet. Government of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on 2018-08-09. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
- "Premier announces Saskatchewan cabinet shuffle". Regina Leader-Post. August 23, 2016.
- Adam MacVicar and David Baxter, "Lyle Stewart stepping down as Sask. agriculture minister following cancer diagnosis", Global News, August 9, 2018.
- https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2020/november/09/premier-scott-moe-announces-new-cabinet-after-receiving-strong-mandate
