In 2020, Fred Bradshaw won his fourth term as MLA for the Carrot River Valley constituency. He is not running again. (File photo/northeastNOW)

By Susan McNeil

Bradshaw to retire from politics

Green, green grass of home part of Bradshaw retirement plan

Sep 1, 2023 | 5:00 PM

After 17 years as the MLA for Carrot River Valley, Fred Bradshaw has decided it is time to give up his seat in politics.

Bradshaw will not be running in the next provincial election after he was first elected in 2007 and every four years until 2020.

“I’m going to be 73 and a half and I just didn’t want to sign up for another four years,” he said. “I think it’s time to pass the torch to somebody new and probably smarter than me.”

Despite looming retirement, Bradshaw said he has no plans to “sit around the coffee shop”.

He maintains his farm, his pilot’s license and his Class 1 driver’s license and goes snowmobiling in the winter.

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“I will find something to do,” he said.

Over his 17 years as MLA, he has seen some big projects become reality across northeast Saskatchewan including pools, water slides and a new school being built in Carrot River.

A big focus for the Saskatchewan Party, which he is part of, has been highways and he said it continues to be.

“We’ve done a lot of work there too. We’ve improved a lot of highways. Is there more to do? There’s always more to do,” he said.

Recently, he had a short stint as Minister of Highways, but he has also been Deputy House Leader, and the Minister Responsible for the Water Security Agency and several roles as legislative secretary and served on multiple committees.

Closer to home, Bradshaw was a member of the Carrot River town council, the Pasquia Park board, the Aborfield Dehy board and a member of the Carrot River United Church choir.

He volunteered with the local fire department, and with the Boy Scouts and was part of the original board of the Northeast Early Childhood Intervention Program.

“Being a politician is not an easy job, but whoever wins the election, I hope they continue to move Saskatchewan, especially northeast Saskatchewan, forward,” he said.

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susan.mcneil@pattisonmedia.com