Province within a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Constitution
Constitution of Canada
Legislative branch
Name
Legislature
Legislative Assembly
Type
Unicameral
Meeting place
Saskatchewan Legislative Building, Regina
Presiding officer
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
Executive branch
Head of State
Currently
King Charles III represented by Russell Mirasty, Lieutenant Governor
Head of Government
Currently
Premier Scott Moe
Appointer
Lieutenant Governor
Cabinet
Name
Executive Council
Leader
Premier (as President of the Executive Council)
Appointer
Lieutenant Governor
Headquarters
Regina
Judicial branch
Court of Appeal
Chief judge
Robert G. Richards
Seat
Regina
Court of King's Bench
Chief judge
Martel D. Popescul
Provincial Court
Chief judge
James Plemel
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.
As of the most recent federal election in 2021, Saskatchewan elects 14 members to Canada's 338-member Parliament.
Politics in Saskatchewan have historically been shaped by the province's heavily agricultural and mineral resource-based economy. Politics have also been influenced by an enduring sense of western alienation within Canadian politics, tying its political history in with its western Canadian counterparts in British Columbia, Manitoba, and especially neighbouring Alberta. The province still has a unique political history, and is notable for having elected the first social democratic government in Canada in 1944, when Tommy Douglas' Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) won its first of five consecutive majority governments.[1] Under the CCF, the province pioneered universal medicare within Canada and was known for government ownership of key economic sectors. In the twenty-first century, politics in the province have been dominated by the conservative Saskatchewan Party and the federal Conservative Party.[2][3]
^Bonikowsky, Laura Neilson (2013-06-14). "Rise of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Editorial. Archived from the original on 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
^Eisler, Dale (2022). From Left to Right: Saskatchewan's Political and Economic Transformation. Regina: University of Regina Press. pp. xiv–xv. ISBN 9780889778672.
^Hunter, Adam (2021-09-21). "Sask. now Canada's Tory stronghold as election delivers status quo, few surprises". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2021-10-08. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
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