Dana Skoropad Explained

Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Dana Skoropad
Residence:Chamberlain, Saskatchewan
Assembly1:Saskatchewan Legislative
Constituency Am1:Arm River
Term Start1:October 26, 2020
Predecessor1:Greg Brkich
Party:Saskatchewan Party
Occupation:Teacher
Insurance agent
Website:https://www.danaskoropad.ca

Dana Skoropad is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly in the 2020 general election. He represents Arm River as a member of the Saskatchewan Party.[1] On May 31, 2022, Skoropad was appointed to cabinet as Minister of Environment.[2] In August 2023, Skoropad announced that he would not be running in the next election, and he was shuffled out of cabinet on August 29.[3] [4]

Skoropad grew up on a family farm south of Chamberlain. He obtained an education degree from the University of Saskatchewan. He further completed a business program in Lethbridge, Alberta in the late 1990s.[5]

Notes and References

  1. News: Briere . Karen . Mail-in ballots delay some Sask. election results . 31 October 2020 . The Western Producer . 27 October 2020.
  2. https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2022/may/31/new-provincial-cabinet-sworn-in
  3. News: Ruttle . Derek . 2023-09-21 . MLA Skoropad announces political exit in 2024 . Sask Today . live . 2023-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231022170848/https://www.sasktoday.ca/central/outlook/local-mla-skoropad-announces-political-exit-in-2024-7583005 . 2023-10-22.
  4. News: Prisciak . David . Bamford . Allison . 2023-08-29 . Merriman, Duncan moved to new portfolios in major Sask. cabinet shuffle . CTV News Regina . live . 2023-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230902032449/https://regina.ctvnews.ca/merriman-duncan-moved-to-new-portfolios-in-major-sask-cabinet-shuffle-1.6539597 . 2023-09-02.
  5. Web site: Argue . Jennifer . 2021-05-29 . Why not us, why not here . 2023-07-23 . Last Mountain Times . en-ca.