{{short description|Canadian provincial politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Greg Brkich | honorific_suffix = ECS | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|12|5}} | birth_place = Bladworth, Saskatchewan | constituency_AM = Arm River<ref>Riding was known as Arm River from 1999-2003, before it was reconstituted in 2016.</ref><br><small>Arm River-Watrous (2003-2016)</small> | assembly = Saskatchewan Legislative | term_start = August 16, 1999 | term_end = September 29, 2020 | predecessor = Harvey McLane | successor = Dana Skoropad | office2 = Leader of the Government in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan | premier2 = Brad Wall <br> Scott Moe | term_start2 = August 30, 2017 | term_end2 = August 13, 2019 | predecessor2 = Paul Merriman | successor2 = Jeremy Harrison | party = Saskatchewan Party (former), Saskatchewan United Party (starting 2024) | occupation = }}
'''Greg Brkich''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɜːr|k|iː|tʃ}} {{Respell|BUR|keetch}};<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od2FknqLGJ8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/Od2FknqLGJ8 |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Greg Brkich, MLA Arm River Endorses Ken Cheveldayoff|website=YouTube |accessdate=10 June 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> born December 5, 1958)<ref name=BrkichWebsite>{{cite web|url=http://www.gregbrkich.ca/index.php?docID=20|title=Greg Brkich official website|accessdate=December 21, 2010|archive-date=July 6, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181957/http://www.gregbrkich.ca/index.php?docID=20|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a Canadian provincial politician, currently a member of the Saskatchewan United Party. He served as a Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Arm River (known as Arm River-Watrous from 2003 to 2016).<ref name=BrkichWebsite/> He was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in 1999<ref name=assembly>{{cite web|url=http://www.legassembly.sk.ca/members/Bios/brkich.htm|title=Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan official website|accessdate=December 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217052050/http://legassembly.sk.ca/members/Bios/brkich.htm|archive-date=December 17, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was re-elected in 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2016.<ref name=assembly/> He did not seek re-election in 2020.
While in government, Brkich served as Deputy Speaker and Chair of the Committee of the Whole from 2007 to 2011, and as Government House Leader from 2017 to 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2017/august/30/cabinet-shuffle|title=Premier Makes Cabinet Changes | News and Media}}</ref> He also served as Legislative Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, Agriculture Programs Innovation Initiative, Vice-Chair of the caucus’ Standing Policy Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs and Justice and is a member of both the Legislature's Standing Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs and Justice and the Private Bills committee.<ref name=assembly/>
== Saskatchewan United Party == In September 2024, it was announced that Brkich would be a candidate in the 2024 Saskatchewan election under the Saskatchewan United Party banner in the Saskatoon Southeast constituency.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-16 |title='Not Brad Wall's Sask. Party': Two former Sask Party MLAs to run under Saskatchewan United banner |url=https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/not-brad-wall-s-sask-party-two-former-mlas-to-run-under-the-saskatchewan-united-banner-1.7040087 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240916210725/https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/not-brad-wall-s-sask-party-two-former-mlas-to-run-under-the-saskatchewan-united-banner-1.7040087 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 16, 2024 |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=Saskatoon |language=en}}</ref>
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