Kevin Kasun hopes to become the Sask Party's nominee for Prince Albert-Carlton (submitted photo/Kevin Kasun)

By Susan McNeil

Election 2024

Second name in for Sask Party’s P.A. Carlton nominee

Aug 12, 2024 | 12:48 PM

A second person has announced their hope to be the Sask. Party’s representative for the Prince Albert – Carlton riding in this fall’s general provincial election.

Kevin Kasun, has a varied work background but has more recently worked at Canada Post and with Corrections.

“I love it here and I’m passionate about this community. I want to see it thrive. I live in this constituency and I want to bring positive change that impacts all of us in this constituency,” he said in an emailed release announcing his candidacy.

“We are the third largest city in Saskatchewan. We are getting the third tertiary hospital in Saskatchewan. We take care of the entire top half of the province. We need a strong voice down south and I would like to be that voice”

Kasun said he grew up in several rural communities in Saskatchewan before moving to Saskatoon for a trucking career. He then began working with trains as a conductor and locomotive career before he met and married his wife Shevawn. He moved to Prince Albert for love, according to the release.

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“100 per cent of my time is in this constituency. While I don’t come with fancy titles, I am an everyday person who is ready to hit the ground running for you. My goal is to help my constituency have their voices heard in the legislature. I want to hear from you, my fellow Prince Albert Carlton people, about what matters to you when I represent you in the legislature.”

The nomination meeting will be on August 21 with results announced that evening.

Current long-time MLA Joe Hargrave announced he would not run again a few months ago.

In late July, firefighter Jeff Reeder said he would throw his name in the hat to be the nominee. With two candidates, there will need to be a constituency vote for Sask. Party members.

Whoever wins of the two will not have a cake walk however, as they will take on NDP candidate Carolyn-Brost Strom in a riding that polls have predicted having a chance of voting orange this fall.

In all fairness, however, political polls in Saskatchewan are few and far between and at least one political scientist told paNOW he doesn’t take them too seriously.

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susan.mcneil@pattisonmedia.com