The Conservative government has appointed former Saskatchewan Party leader Elwin Hermanson to head the Canadian Grain Commission.
According to a cabinet order passed last week, the Beechy, Sask.-area farmer takes the job of chief commissioner at the Winnipeg-based agency on Jan. 21, 2008.
Elwin Hermanson was the leader of the Saskatchewan Party from 1998 to 2004.
Hermanson, 55, was the leader of the Saskatchewan Party from 1998 to 2004 and led the party in two general elections.
He was the MLA for Rosetown-Biggar, but didn't run in the 2007 election. Before provincial politics, he was a Reform party MP representing Kindersley-Lloydminster.
The grain commission licences grain elevators and sets guidelines for grading grains.
Hermanson is appointed to a five-year term, and, according to the cabinet order, his salary will be between $204,300 and $240,400.
