David Marit has stepped down as president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities following his nomination as a candidate in the next provincial election.
Marit won a contested nomination last weekend to run for the Saskatchewan Party in Wood River.
Yogi Huyghebaert, who has represented the riding since 2000, did not seek re-election.
Well known for his work with SARM, Marit also farms with his brother in the Fife Lake area and has been involved with short-line rail development and transportation planning.
He was first elected to council in the RM of Willow Bunch in 1993 and to the SARM board as a director for Division 2 in 1999. He has been president since 2006.
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He said he leaves SARM with mixed emotions, although he was considering not letting his name stand again at the annual convention in March.
“I thought it was probably time to move on,” he said.
It will be up to the remainder of the SARM board to decide how to proceed without an elected president, he said.
Marit said his work advocating for rural Saskatchewan led him to provincial politics.
