List of premiers of Saskatchewan
The premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan is the province's head of government since 1905. Saskatchewan uses a unicameral Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that has the support of a majority in the Legislative Assembly. The premier chooses a cabinet from the elected members to form the Executive Council of Saskatchewan, and presides over that body.
Members are first elected to the legislature during general elections. By constitutional standards, general elections must be conducted every five years from the date of the last election; the province of Saskatchewan has had fixed election dates calling for elections every four years by statutory legislation since 2007, though that has been standard practice since the 1938 election.[1] The premier may also ask the lieutenant governor for early dissolution of the legislative assembly or an early election may be called if the governing party loses the confidence of the legislature, by the defeat of a supply bill or passage of a non-confidence motion.
Prior to 1905, Saskatchewan was part of the North-West Territories and was governed by the lieutenant-governor of the North-West Territories from 1870 until 1897, and the premier of the North-West Territories from 1897 to 1905.
Contents
List of premiers
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) District[2] |
Term of office[3][4] | Electoral mandates (Assembly) | Political party
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| Premiers of the North-West Territories | |||||||||
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Sir Frederick W. A. G. Haultain (1857–1942) MLA for Macleod |
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Liberal-Conservative
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| Led negotiations for provincial status for Alberta and Saskatchewan. Later led the Provincial Rights Party.[5] | |||||||||
| Premiers of Saskatchewan | |||||||||
| 1 |
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Thomas Walter Scott (1867–1938) MLA for Lumsden MLA for Swift Current |
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Liberal Named leader in 1905 |
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| 2 |
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William Melville Martin (1876–1970) MLA for Regina City MLA for Regina City #1 |
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Liberal Named leader in 1916 |
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| For a period of one year, the only premier to not be President of the Executive Council—Martin served as Minister of Education, while J. A. Calder was President of the Executive Council, until 20 October 1917.[6] | |||||||||
| 3 |
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Charles Avery Dunning (1885–1958) MLA for Moose Jaw County |
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Liberal Named leader in 1922 |
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| 4 |
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James G. Gardiner (1883–1962) MLA for North Qu'Appelle |
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Liberal Named leader in 1926 |
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| 5 |
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James Thomas Milton Anderson (1878–1946) MLA for Saskatoon City #1 |
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Conservative Named leader in 1924 |
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| First premier to lead a minority coalition government. | |||||||||
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James Garfield Gardiner (1883–1962) MLA for Melville |
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Liberal Named leader in 1926 |
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| 6 |
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William John Patterson (1886–1976) MLA for Cannington |
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Liberal Named leader in 1935 |
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| First premier born in Saskatchewan.[7] | |||||||||
| 7 | Tommy Douglas (1904–1986) MLA for Weyburn |
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CCF Named leader in 1942 |
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| 8 |
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Woodrow Lloyd (1913–1972) MLA for Biggar |
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CCF Named leader in 1961 |
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| First premier born after the establishment of the province in 1905. | |||||||||
| 9 | Ross Thatcher (1917–1971) MLA for Morse |
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Liberal Named leader in 1959 |
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| 10 |
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Allan Blakeney (1925–2011) MLA for Regina Centre MLA for Regina Elphinstone |
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NDP Named leader in 1970 |
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| 11 | Grant Devine (b. 1944) MLA for Estevan |
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PC Named leader in 1979 |
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| 12 |
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Roy Romanow (b. 1939) MLA for Saskatoon Riversdale |
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NDP Named leader in 1987 |
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| 13 |
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Lorne Calvert (b. 1952) MLA for Saskatoon Riversdale |
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NDP Named leader in 2001 |
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| 14 |
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Brad Wall (b. 1965) MLA for Swift Current |
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Saskatchewan Named leader in 2004 |
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| 15 | Scott Moe (b. 1973) MLA for Rosthern-Shellbrook |
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Saskatchewan Named leader in 2018 |
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Premiers by party
Note: The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was succeeded by the New Democratic Party (NDP) in the 1960s. The party contested the 1964 election as the CCF-NDP.
List of premiers by time in office
| Rank | Premier | Incumbency | Terms of office | Elections won | Party | |
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| 1 | Tommy Douglas | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | July 10, 1944 | November 7, 1961 | 5 | █ Co-operative Commonwealth |
| 2 | Thomas Walter Scott | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | September 12, 1905 | October 20, 1916 | 3 | █ Liberal |
| 3 | Allan Blakeney | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | June 30, 1971 | May 8, 1982 | 3 | █ New Democratic |
| 4 | Brad Wall | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | November 21, 2007 | February 2, 2018 | 3 | █ Saskatchewan |
| 5 | Grant Devine | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | May 8, 1982 | November 1, 1991 | 2 | █ Progressive Conservative |
| 6 | Roy Romanow | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | November 1, 1991 | February 8, 2001 | 3 | █ New Democratic |
| 7 | William John Patterson | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | November 1, 1935 | July 10, 1944 | 1 | █ Liberal |
| 8 | W. Ross Thatcher | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | May 22, 1964 | June 30, 1971 | 2 | █ Liberal |
| 9 | Scott Moe (incumbent) | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | February 2, 2018 | Incumbent | 2 | █ Saskatchewan |
| 10 | Lorne Calvert | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | February 8, 2001 | November 21, 2007 | 1 | █ New Democratic |
| 11 | William Melville Martin | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | October 20, 1916 | April 5, 1922 | 2 | █ Liberal |
| 12 | James Thomas Milton Anderson | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | September 9, 1929 | July 19, 1934 | 1 | █ Progressive Conservative |
| 13 | James Garfield Gardiner[lower-alpha 1] | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | February 26, 1926 | September 9, 1929 | 1 | █ Liberal |
| July 19, 1934 | November 1, 1935 | |||||
| 14 | Charles Avery Dunning | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | April 5, 1922 | February 26, 1926 | 1 | █ Liberal |
| 15 | Woodrow Lloyd | Lua error in Module:Age at line 846: attempt to call method 'subtract' (a nil value). | November 7, 1961 | May 22, 1964 | 0 | █ Co-operative Commonwealth |
Notes
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- List of leaders of the opposition in Saskatchewan
- For more lists of this type, see Lists of incumbents.
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