The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. 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. The NDP currently forms the Official Opposition and is led by Carla Beck.
The premier of Saskatchewan is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The current premier of Saskatchewan is Scott Moe,who was sworn in as premier on February 2,2018,after winning the 2018 Saskatchewan Party leadership election. The first premier of Saskatchewan was Liberal Thomas Walter Scott,who served from 1905 to 1916. Since Saskatchewan was created as a province in 1905,15 individuals have served as premier.
Allan Emrys Blakeney was the tenth premier of Saskatchewan from 1971 to 1982,and leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP).
James Garfield Gardiner was a Canadian farmer,educator,and politician. He served as the fourth premier of Saskatchewan,and as a minister in the Canadian Cabinet.
Clifford James Cullen is a Canadian politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Spruce Woods. He was first elected in a by-election held in the summer of 2004,and was re-elected in 2007,2011,2016,and 2019.
David Richard Caplan was a Canadian politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the ridings of Oriole and Don Valley East from 1997 to 2011 and a cabinet minister in the government of Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty from 2003 to 2009.
Wilson Dwight Peter Parasiuk is a Canadian businessman and former politician. As founder and CEO of the Paralink Group of Companies,based in the Vancouver area,Parasiuk organizes private sector/public sector partnerships in the export of Canada's health care,education and governmental expertise. Paralink also provides advice on energy development matters within Canada and internationally. In his early career as a politician,he was an elected member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba,Canada,from 1977 to 1988 and a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Howard Pawley from 1981 to 1988.
Politics of the Turks and Caicos Islands takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency,whereby as of August 9,2006 the Premier is the head of government,and of a multi-party system. The islands are an internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom. The United Nations Committee on Decolonization includes the Turks and Caicos Islands on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Legislative Council.
Dwain Lingenfelter is a businessman,President and CEO,CypressView Land and Cattle Corp,politician,former Deputy Premier of Saskatchewan and former Leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party. Lingenfelter won the leadership of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party on June 6,2009. He resigned as leader on November 7,2011. Previously,he had also served as the president of the party.
Ed Byrne was a Canadian politician,formerly a member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. He served as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador and opposition leader from 1998 to 2001. When the Conservatives came to power in 2003,he was named Minister of Natural Resources and Government House Leader,being considered the second-most powerful politician in the province after Premier Danny Williams.
Ken Cheveldayoff is a Canadian provincial politician. He is the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLA) for the constituency of Saskatoon Willowgrove. He has been a cabinet minister in the governments of both Brad Wall and Scott Moe.
Dustin Duncan is a Canadian politician. He is the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Weyburn-Big Muddy. Duncan was first elected in a 2006 by-election when he was 26 years old.
The Politics of Saskatchewan relate to the Canadian federal political system,along with the other Canadian provinces. Saskatchewan has a lieutenant-governor,who is the representative of the Crown in right of Saskatchewan;a premier—currently Scott Moe—leading the cabinet;and a legislative assembly. As of the most recent provincial election in 2020,the province is divided into 61 electoral districts,each of which elects a representative to the Legislature,who becomes their member,or MLA. In 2020,Moe's Saskatchewan Party was elected to a majority government. Regina is the provincial capital.
Donna Harpauer is a Canadian provincial politician. She serves as the member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Humboldt-Watrous,and is a member of the Saskatchewan Party. First elected in 1999,Harpauer has been Saskatchewan's Minister of Finance since 2017—spanning the governments of Brad Wall and Scott Moe—and Deputy Premier since 2020.
Don Morgan is a Canadian provincial politician. He is the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLA) for the constituency of Saskatoon Southeast. Along with Donna Harpauer,he was the longest-serving current minister in Canada until he left the cabinet in August 2023,after announcing that he would not be seeking re-election.
Douglas Alan Horner is a former Canadian politician,who represented the electoral district of Spruce Grove-St. Albert in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 until January 31,2015. He was the President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Finance until Jim Prentice's cabinet was sworn in on September 15,2014. He was a candidate for the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party in its 2011 leadership election,placing third.
Rob Norris is a former Canadian politician and retired government relations officer. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 2007 to 2016 as a member of the Saskatchewan Party,and formerly a member of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party.
Scott Moe is a Canadian politician serving as the 15th and current premier of Saskatchewan since February 2,2018. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the riding of Rosthern-Shellbrook,first elected in 2011. He served in the Saskatchewan Party cabinet from 2014 to 2017 under the premiership of Brad Wall,twice as minister of environment and also as minister of advanced education. In January 2018 he was chosen to succeed Wall as leader of the Saskatchewan Party. He led the party to a fourth consecutive majority mandate in the 2020 provincial election.
Warren Kaeding is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2016 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Melville-Saltcoats as a member of the Saskatchewan Party.
The 2018 Saskatchewan Party leadership election was held on January 27,2018,due to the announcement on August 10,2017,by Premier Brad Wall that he would be retiring from politics once his successor was chosen. The winner,Scott Moe,succeeded Wall as Premier of Saskatchewan on February 2,2018.
