The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was founded in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal Party members who sought to unite opposition to the governing New Democratic Party. Since 2007,the Saskatchewan Party has been the province's governing party,and both the party and the province are currently led by Premier Scott Moe.
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.
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.
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 unicameral legislature. 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.
Lyle Eldon Stewart is a retired Canadian provincial politician. A member of the Saskatchewan Party,he served six terms in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.
David Forbes is a former Canadian provincial politician. He was the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLA) for the constituency of Saskatoon Centre from 2001 to 2020. Forbes serves as the Minister of Environment and of Labour,and as Opposition critic for Labour,Housing,Saskatchewan Housing Corporation,Saskatchewan Worker's Compensation Board,and Diversity,Equality and Human Rights.
Christine Tell is a Canadian politician. She represents the electoral district of Regina Wascana Plains in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a member of the Saskatchewan Party.
Trent Wotherspoon is a Canadian politician and former interim leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP). He was elected to represent the electoral district of Regina Rosemont in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2007 election,and was re-elected in the 2011 election,and 2016 election. Wotherspoon was a candidate for the party's leadership in 2013. In 2016,the NDP caucus elected Wotherspoon to serve as Leader of the Opposition following the defeat of Cam Broten in the 2016 provincial election and the party's provincial council elected him interim leader.
The 2011 Saskatchewan general election was held on November 7,2011,to elect 58 members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLAs). The election was called on October 10 by the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan,on the advice of Premier Brad Wall. Wall's Saskatchewan Party government was re-elected with an increased majority of 49 seats,the third-largest majority government in the province's history. The opposition New Democratic Party was cut down to only nine ridings,its worst showing in almost 30 years.
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.
Bronwyn Olivia Eyre is a Canadian politician. Eyre is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLA) for the electoral district of Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota as a member of the Saskatchewan Party. She is currently the Minister of Justice and Attorney General for Saskatchewan,the first woman to hold that position.
The 2020 Saskatchewan general election was held on October 26,2020 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. This date was set by Saskatchewan's fixed election date law. The writ was dropped on September 29 just in time to hold the election on October 26.
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.
The Buffalo Party of Saskatchewan is a conservative,populist,and separatist provincial political party in Saskatchewan. The party was established in 2020 and contested its first election that same year.
Jeremy Cockrill is a Canadian politician. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLA),representing the electoral district of The Battlefords as a member of the Saskatchewan Party. He has served in the cabinet of Premier Scott Moe since 2022,and is currently the Minister of Education.
The 30th Saskatchewan general election will be held on or before October 28,2024,to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.
A by-election was held in the provincial district of Athabasca in Saskatchewan on February 15,2022,following the resignation of incumbent New Democrat MLA Buckley Belanger. After 16 years in Parliament,Belanger resigned from the legislature on August 15,2021,to run in the 2021 Canadian federal election,as a federal Liberal in the riding of Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River. He was defeated.
The Saskatchewan United Party (SUP) is a conservative political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was registered in November 2022. SUP is led by former Saskatchewan Party legislative member Nadine Wilson,and has promoted right-wing and populist ideologies.
