REGINA — Former Saskatchewan Party legislature member Lyle Stewart has died.

Premier Scott Moe says Stewart died at 73 after a battle with cancer.

Moe says Stewart was a man of few words but you always knew where he stood.

Stewart was first elected in 1999 and represented the ridings of Thunder Creek and Lumsden-Morse.

He served in cabinet as minister of agriculture and minister of enterprise and innovation.

Stewart resigned in March 2023 because of his health, saying at the time he had been living with prostate cancer for a number of years.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 30, 2024.

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