Yorkton is a city located in south-eastern Saskatchewan,Canada. It is about 450 kilometres (280 mi) north-west of Winnipeg and 300 kilometres (190 mi) south-east of Saskatoon and is the sixth largest city in the province.
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party,branded as the Saskatchewan New Democrats,is a social democratic political party in Saskatchewan,Canada. The party was founded in 1932 as the Farmer-Labour Group and was known as the Saskatchewan section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) from 1935 until 1967. While the party is affiliated with the federal New Democratic Party,the Saskatchewan NDP is considered a "distinctly homegrown" party given the role of the province in its development and the party's history in the province.
Donald Grant Devine is a Canadian politician who served as the 11th premier of Saskatchewan from 1982 to 1991. He led the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan from 1979 to 1992 and is one of only two leaders of that party to serve as premier,following James Anderson.
Kevin Weedmark is the Saskatchewan Party Member of the Legislative Assembly representing the constituency of Moosomin-Montmartre. He was first elected in the 2024 Saskatchewan general election.
Don Morgan is a Canadian provincial politician. He was the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLA) for the constituency of Saskatoon Southeast from 2003 until 2024. Along with Donna Harpauer,he was the longest-serving sitting minister in Canada at the time he left the cabinet in August 2023,after announcing that he would not be seeking re-election.
Randall Percival Weekes is a Canadian provincial politician. He was the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Biggar-Sask Valley since being elected in 1999 until 2024.
David Anthony Rodney is a Canadian politician and was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the constituency of Calgary-Lougheed,first as a Progressive Conservative and then the United Conservative Party when it was formed in July 2017 by the merger of the PC Party merged with the Wildrose Party. He was first elected in the 2004 provincial election and re-elected three times. He resigned on November 1,2017,in order to open a seat for new United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney. He was the first Canadian to ascend to the summit of Mount Everest twice.
Greg Ottenbreit is a Canadian politician. He was elected to represent the electoral district of Yorkton in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2007 election and remained in office until 2024. He is a member of the Saskatchewan Party.
Laura Ross is a Canadian politician. She was elected to represent the electoral district of Regina Qu'Appelle Valley in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2007 election,having previously run unsuccessfully in the electoral district of Regina Douglas Park in the 2003 election. Ross was re-elected in the 2011 election,and since then has been re-elected twice more in the riding of Regina Rochdale. She is a member of the Saskatchewan Party. In July 2010,Ross was appointed Minister for Government Services. She lost her seat in the 2024 Saskatchewan general election.
Cathay Wagantall is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral riding of Yorkton—Melville during the 2015 Canadian federal election.
Carla Beck is a Canadian politician who has served as leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party since 2022. Beck was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the district of Regina Lakeview in the 2016 provincial election. Beck is the first elected female leader of the Saskatchewan NDP.
Doug Steele is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2016 provincial election. He represents the electoral constituency of Cypress Hills as a member of the Saskatchewan Party.
The 2024 United States Senate elections are scheduled to be held on November 5,2024,as part of the 2024 United States elections. 33 out of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate will be contested in regular elections. Senators are divided into 3 classes whose 6-year terms are staggered so that a different class is elected every 2 years. Class 1 senators will face election in 2024.
Gary Vidal is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. In April 2024,Vidal,whose electoral boundary changed due to his residence being shifted,announced that he would not run for re-election in the 45th Canadian Federal Election because he did not anticipate that his party would not allow for an open nomination.
The Buffalo Party of Saskatchewan is a conservative,populist,and separatist provincial political party in Saskatchewan. The party was established in 2020 as Wexit Saskatchewan and contested its first election that year. The party finished with the third highest vote share in the 2020 provincial election,although no party members were elected to the Legislative Assembly.
Gary Grewal is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2020 Saskatchewan general election. He represented the electoral district of Regina Northeast as a member of the Saskatchewan Party for one term and did not re-offer in the 2024 election.
The 2024 British Columbia general election was held on October 19,2024,to elect 93 members (MLAs) of the Legislative Assembly to serve in the 43rd parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia.
The 2024 Saskatchewan general election was held on October 28,2024,to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.
United States gubernatorial elections are scheduled to be held on November 5,2024,in 11 states and two territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2020,except in New Hampshire and Vermont,where governors only serve two-year terms and elected their governors in 2022. In addition to state gubernatorial elections,the territories of American Samoa and Puerto Rico will also hold elections for their governors.
Scott Sinclair is a United Conservative Party MLA representing the Alberta riding of Lesser Slave Lake and succeeding outgoing MLA Pat Rehn.
