This is a list of political parties in Saskatchewan that have contested provincial general elections or have had representatives in the Legislative Assembly since the establishment of the province in 1905. In addition to the parties listed below, Saskatchewan elections have historically included candidates running as Independents, sometimes in coalitions or with affiliations to existing parties. [1]
| Name | Founded | Ideology | Leader | MLAs | Political position | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic Party | 1932 | Social democracy | Carla Beck | 27 | Centre-left | Successor to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (originally Farmer-Labour; became CCF-NDP in 1961 and NDP in 1967). | |
| Saskatchewan Party | 1997 | Conservatism | Scott Moe | 34 | Centre-right to right-wing | Founded by a coalition of Progressive Conservative and Liberal MLAs. [2] | |
| Name | Founded | Ideology | Leader | Political position | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Party | 2020 | Libertarianism | Phillip Zajac | Right-wing to far-right | Founded as Wexit Saskatchewan; promotes Western independence. [3] | |
| Green Party | 1998 | Green politics | Naomi Hunter | Left-wing | Founded as the New Green Alliance. [4] | |
| Progressive Conservative Party | 1912 | Conservatism | Rose Buscholl (interim) | Centre-right | Founded as the Provincial Rights Party in 1905; the Conservative Party from 1912 to 1942. | |
| Saskatchewan Progress Party | 1905 | Liberalism | Teunis Peters (interim) | Centre | The Saskatchewan Liberal Party from 1905 to 2023. [5] | |
| Saskatchewan United Party | 2022 | Conservatism | Jon Hromek | Right-wing to far-right | Founded with former Saskatchewan Party MLA Nadine Wilson as leader. [6] | |
| Name | Founded | Ideology | Elections | Political position | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aboriginal People's Party | 1982 | Aboriginal rights | 1982 | Single-issue | ||
| Communist Party | — | Communism | 1938; 1944; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1971; 1986 | Left-wing to far-left | Also ran candidates under the Unity and Labor-Progressive front banners, the latter when the Communist Party was banned in Canada. | |
| Non-Partisan League | — | Social democracy | 1917; 1921 | Left-wing | Outgrowth of the Non-Partisan League of North Dakota; democratic socialist and agrarian. [7] | |
| Marijuana Party | 2006 | Anti-Prohibitionism | 2007 | Single-issue | ||
| Progressive Party | 1920 | Agrarianism | 1921; 1925; 1929 | Left-wing | Joined a coalition government with the Conservatives in 1929. [8] | |
| Social Credit Party | 1935 | Social credit | 1938; 1944; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1967 | Right-wing | Party promoting social credit monetary theory and reform. | |
| Unionest Party | 1980 | Conservatism | — | Right-wing to far-right | Founded by former PC leader Dick Collver, who along with Dennis Ham, sat as Unionest MLAs until the party dissolved ahead of the 1982 election. [9] The Unionests advocated for Western Canada to join the United States. [10] | |
| Western Canada Concept | 1980 | Conservatism | 1982; 1986; 1991 | Right-wing | Promoted Western independence. | |
| Western Independence Party | 2003 | Libertarianism | 2003; 2007; 2011; 2016 | Right-wing | Promoted Western independence. | |
Roy John Romanow is a Canadian politician who served as the 12th premier of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 2001. He was the leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party from 1987 until his retirement in 2001. He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Saskatoon Riversdale from 1967 to 1982 and from 1986 to 2001.
Lorne Albert Calvert is a Canadian politician who served as the 13th premier of Saskatchewan, from 2001 to 2007. Calvert served as leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Saskatoon Riversdale from 2001 to 2009, when he retired. He also served as the MLA for Moose Jaw Wakamow from 1986 to 1999.
Wilbert Ross Thatcher, was a Canadian politician who served as the ninth premier of Saskatchewan from 1964 to 1971. Thatcher began his career as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1942, elected first to Moose Jaw City Council and then in 1945 as a Member of Parliament representing Moose Jaw. In 1959, Thatcher made the switch both to Saskatchewan provincial politics and to the provincial Liberal Party, which he led through four provincial elections, winning majority governments in 1964 and 1967. Following his defeat in the 1971 provincial election, Thatcher retired from politics and died shortly afterwards.
The Saskatchewan Progress Party (SPP) is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was founded in 1905 as the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan, and retained that name until members voted to change it in 2023. Until 2009, the party was affiliated with the Liberal Party of Canada.
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.
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a conservative political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Founded in 1905 by former Northwest Territories Premier Frederick Haultain, the party was first known as the Provincial Rights Party. In 1912, its name changed to the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, and in 1942 it adopted its current name. Members are commonly known as Tories.
Woodrow Stanley Lloyd was a Canadian politician and educator who served as the 8th premier of Saskatchewan from 1961 to 1964. Born in Saskatchewan in 1913, he became a teacher in the early 1930s. He worked as a teacher and school principal and was involved with the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, eventually becoming its president.
Allan Emrys Blakeney was a Canadian politician who served as the tenth premier of Saskatchewan from 1971 to 1982. Originally from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Blakeney moved to Regina, Saskatchewan, and worked in the province's civil service before running for office with the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) under Tommy Douglas. Blakeney became leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) in 1970. Altogether, he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1960 to 1988.
The Unionest Party was a political party in Saskatchewan, Canada, in the early 1980s. The party advocated for a union between the four Western Canadian provinces—British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba—and the United States. The party's name is a portmanteau of ‘best' and 'union’.
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.
Nadine Wilson is a Canadian politician and former member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLA) for Saskatchewan Rivers (2007-2024). From 2022 to 2024, she served as the first leader of the Saskatchewan United Party. Wilson was formerly a Saskatchewan Party MLA who served as the Provincial Secretary in the governments of Brad Wall and Scott Moe.
The Progressive Party of Saskatchewan was a provincial section of the Progressive Party of Canada, and was active from the beginning of the 1920s to the mid-1930s. The Progressives were an agrarian social democratic political movement. Dedicated to political and economic reform, the Progressive movement challenged economic policies that favoured the financial and industrial interests in Central Canada over agrarian and, to a lesser extent, labour interests. Like its federal counterpart, it favoured free trade over protectionism. The movement can be considered the first partisan expression of western alienation in Canada.
The 4th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1917. The assembly sat from November 13, 1917, to May 16, 1921. The Liberal Party led by William Melville Martin formed the government. The Conservative Party of Saskatchewan led by Donald Maclean formed the official opposition. Wellington Willoughby had resigned from the assembly shortly after the election.
The 5th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1921. The assembly sat from December 8, 1921, to May 9, 1925. The Liberal Party led by William Melville Martin formed the government. After Martin retired in 1922, Charles Avery Dunning became Liberal party leader and Premier. The former leader of the Conservative Party, Donald Maclean had left politics to serve as a judge shortly before the election. The opposition in the assembly was unorganized and there was no official opposition leader in 1921 or 1922. Independent member John Archibald Maharg served as leader of the opposition in 1923 and Harris Turner, also independent, served as opposition leader in 1924 and 1925.
The 6th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1925. The assembly sat from December 3, 1925, to May 11, 1929. The Liberal Party led by Charles Avery Dunning formed the government. After Dunning entered federal politics in 1926, James Garfield Gardiner became Liberal party leader and Premier. Charles Tran, the leader of the Progressive Party, and James Thomas Milton Anderson, the leader of the Conservative Party, shared the role of opposition leader in the assembly.
Allan Ray Guy is a Canadian former educator and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Athabasca from 1960 to 1975 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. After leaving politics in 1975, Guy became principal at Prud'Homme Central School.
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.
The Saskatchewan United Party (SUP) is a conservative political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was registered in November 2022. SUP was started by former Saskatchewan Party MLA Nadine Wilson, and has promoted a right-wing populist ideology.
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