List of premiers of Saskatchewan
The premier of Saskatchewan, Canada, 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.
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Members are first elected to the legislature during general elections. General elections must be conducted every five years from the date of the last election, but the premier may ask for early dissolution of the legislative assembly. An election may also happen 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.
List of premiers
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Electoral mandates (Assembly) | Political party | Riding | Ref. | ||
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| Premiers of the North-West Territories | |||||||||
| 1 |  |
Frederick W. A. G. Haultain (1857–1942) |
7 October 1897 |
1 September 1905 |
Title created (3rd NW Leg.)
1898 election (4th NW Leg.) 1902 election (5th NW Leg.) |
Non-partisan | MLA for Macleod | ||
| Led negotiations for provincial status for Alberta and Saskatchewan. | |||||||||
| Premiers of Saskatchewan | |||||||||
| 1 |  |
Thomas Walter Scott (1867–1938) |
12 September 1905 |
20 October 1916 |
Title created (caretaker government)
1905 election (1st Leg.) 1908 election (2nd Leg.) 1912 election (3rd Leg.) |
Liberal (Ldr. 1905) |
MLA for Lumsden (1905–1908) MLA for Swift Current |
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| 2 |  |
William Melville Martin (1876–1970) |
20 October 1916 |
5 April 1922 |
Appointment (3rd Leg.)
1917 election (4th Leg.) 1921 election (5th Leg.) |
Liberal (Ldr. 1916) |
MLA for Regina City (1916–1921) MLA for Regina City #1 |
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| Until 20 October 1917 was the only premier to not be the President of the Executive Council (he was the Minister of Education and J. A. Calder was President of the Executive Council)[1] | |||||||||
| 3 |  |
Charles Avery Dunning (1885–1958) |
5 April 1922 |
26 February 1926 |
Appointment (5th Leg.)
1925 election (6th Leg.) |
Liberal (Ldr. 1922) |
MLA for Moose Jaw County | ||
| 4 (1 of 2) |
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James G. Gardiner (1883–1962) |
26 February 1926 |
9 September 1929 |
Appointment (6th Leg.)
1929 election (7th Leg.) |
Liberal (Ldr. 1926) |
MLA for North Qu'Appelle | ||
| 5 |  |
James Thomas Milton Anderson (1878–1946) |
9 September 1929 |
19 July 1934 |
Appointment (7th Leg.) | Conservative (Ldr. 1924) |
MLA for Saskatoon City #1 | ||
| — (2 of 2) |
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James Garfield Gardiner (1883–1962) |
19 July 1934 |
1 November 1935 |
1934 election (8th Leg.) | Liberal (Ldr. 1926) |
MLA for Melville | ||
| 6 |  |
William John Patterson (1886–1976) |
1 November 1935 |
10 July 1944 |
Appointment (8th Leg.)
1938 election (9th Leg.) |
Liberal (Ldr. 1935) |
MLA for Cannington | ||
| First Premier born in Saskatchewan.[2] | |||||||||
| 7 |  |
Tommy Douglas (1904–1986) |
10 July 1944 |
7 November 1961 |
1944 election (10th Leg.)
1948 election (11th Leg.) 1952 election (12th Leg.) 1956 election (13th Leg.) 1960 election (14th Leg.) |
Co-operative Commonwealth (Ldr. 1942) |
MLA for Weyburn | ||
| 8 |  |
Woodrow Lloyd (1913–1972) |
7 November 1961 |
22 May 1964 |
Appointment (14th Leg.) | Co-operative Commonwealth (Ldr. 1961) |
MLA for Biggar | ||
| 9 |  |
Ross Thatcher (1917–1971) |
22 May 1964 |
30 June 1971 |
1964 election (15th Leg.)
1967 election (16th Leg.) |
Liberal (Ldr. 1959) |
MLA for Morse | ||
| 10 |  |
Allan Blakeney (1925–2011) |
30 June 1971 |
8 May 1982 |
1971 election (17th Leg.)
1975 election (18th Leg.) 1978 election (19th Leg.) |
New Democratic (Ldr. 1970) |
MLA for Regina Centre (1971–1975) MLA for Regina Elphinstone |
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| 11 | |
Grant Devine (b. 1944) |
8 May 1982 |
1 November 1991 |
1982 election (20th Leg.)
1986 election (21st Leg.) |
Progressive Conservative (Ldr. 1979) |
MLA for Estevan | ||
| 12 |  |
Roy Romanow (b. 1939) |
1 November 1991 |
8 February 2001 |
1991 election (22nd Leg.)
1995 election (23rd Leg.) 1999 election (24th Leg.) |
New Democratic (Ldr. 1987) |
MLA for Saskatoon Riversdale | ||
| 13 |  |
Lorne Calvert (b. 1952) |
8 February 2001 |
21 November 2007 |
Appointment (24th Leg.)
2003 election (25th Leg.) |
New Democratic (Ldr. 2001) |
MLA for Saskatoon Riversdale | ||
| 14 |  |
Brad Wall (b. 1965) |
21 November 2007 |
2 February 2018 |
2007 election (26th Leg.)
2011 election (27th Leg.) 2016 election (28th Leg.) |
Saskatchewan (Ldr. 2004) |
MLA for Swift Current | ||
| 15 | |
Scott Moe (b. 1973) |
2 February 2018 |
incumbent | Appointment (28th Leg.)
2020 election (29th Leg.) |
Saskatchewan (Ldr. 2018) |
MLA for Rosthern-Shellbrook | ||
See also
- List of premiers of Saskatchewan by time in office
- List of leaders of the opposition in Saskatchewan
- For more lists of this type, see Lists of incumbents.
References
- Saskatchewan Premiers
- See article on William John Patterson at the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan.
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