Kevin Doherty (politician)

Kevin Doherty
Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
for Regina Northeast
In office
November 7, 2011 – March 2, 2018
Preceded byRon Harper
Succeeded byYens Pedersen
Personal details
BornRose Valley, Saskatchewan
NationalityCanadian
Political partySaskatchewan Party

Kevin Doherty is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2011 election.[1] He represented the electoral district of Regina Northeast as a member of the Saskatchewan Party caucus.[2]

On May 21, 2015, Doherty was appointed to the Executive Council of Saskatchewan as Minister of Finance.[3][4]

He became Minister of Advanced Education August 30, 2017 but resigned exactly two months later to deal with personal issues.[5] He subsequently resigned his seat in the legislature on March 2, 2018, to accept a position in the private sector.[6]

  1. ^ "NDP loses seats in Regina as Sask. Party gains" Archived 2011-12-11 at the Wayback Machine. Regina Leader-Post, November 8, 2011.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2022-07-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Kevin Doherty to finance in cabinet shuffle for Saskatchewan". CBC News. May 21, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  4. ^ "Wall shuffles cabinet; appoints new Sask. finance minister". CTV News. May 21, 2015. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  5. ^ "Advanced Education Minister Kevin Doherty resigns from Sask. cabinet". CBC News. October 30, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  6. ^ "MLA Kevin Doherty announces he's leaving politics". CBC News. March 2, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.