Yens Pedersen is a Canadian politician and lawyer, who served in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 2018 to 2020 representing the constituency of Regina Northeast.
Before entering the leadership race, he served as the president of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party.
[1] Pedersen was the NDP candidate in the constituency of Regina South in the 2007 and 2011 provincial elections.
On January 22, 2009, Pedersen announced his bid to succeed Lorne Calvert as the leader of the Saskatchewan NDP at the party's June 2009 leadership convention.
On May 2, 2018, Pedersen won the NDP nomination for an upcoming provincial by-election in Regina Northeast.