[citation needed] Prior to running for provincial office, Beaudry-Mellor ran and came second in a race for Regina City Council in October 2012 in the southeast Ward 4.
[2] On August 15, 2017, Beaudry-Mellor announced her candidacy for the leadership of the Saskatchewan Party to succeed Brad Wall.
[3] In 2017, Beaudry-Mellor received widespread criticism as minister for approving cuts to funeral services as part of a Saskatchewan budget shortfall.
As Minister Responsible for Innovation Saskatchewan, she led numerous initiatives to grow the start up ecosystem in Saskatchewan, helping Saskatoon become one of the fastest growing tech hubs in Canada and seeing a record year in venture capital investment in 2019.
[6] On the innovation front, she was instrumental in securing both federal and provincial investment into VIDO Intervac's research for a vaccine for COVID-19 as well as funds for their planned manufacturing facility.