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2018 Saskatchewan Party Leadership Election
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 leadership election was conducted by a one member-one vote preferential ballot system with voters able to either mail-in ballots or vote in person. Candidates had a $250,000 campaign expense limit and were required to disclose the names of contributors who donate $250 or more. The deadline for membership sales for those wanting to vote was on December 8, 2017. Patrick Bundrock is the Chief Electoral Officer. Timeline *August 10, 2017 – Party leader and premier, Brad Wall, announces his decision to resign as soon as his successor is chosen. *August 18, 2017 – The Saskatchewan Party's provincial council met to discuss the convention date and location, nomination filing fees, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatoon
Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, and has served as the cultural and economic hub of central Saskatchewan since its founding in 1882 as a Temperance colony. With a 2021 census population of 266,141, Saskatoon is the largest city in the province, and the 17th largest Census Metropolitan Area in Canada, with a 2021 census population of 317,480. Saskatoon is home to the University of Saskatchewan, the Meewasin Valley Authority (which protects the South Saskatchewan River and provides for the city's popular riverbank park spaces), and Wanuskewin Heritage Park (a National Historic Site of Canada and UNESCO World Heritage applicant representing 6,000 years of First Nations history). The Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344, the most populous rural municipality in Saskatchewan, surrounds th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Ross (politician)
Laura Ross is a Canadian politician. She was elected to represent the electoral district of Regina Qu'Appelle Valley in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2007 election, having previously run unsuccessfully in the electoral district of Regina Douglas Park in the 2003 election. Ross was re-elected in the 2011 election, and since then has been re-elected twice more in the riding of Regina Rochdale. She is a member of the Saskatchewan Party. In July 2010, Ross was appointed Minister for Government Services. Biography Laura Ross was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. Raised on her family's farm, Ross attained a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in geography and sociology from the University of Regina before entering the workforce. Ross, along with her husband Terry, were farmers before entering the catering business as a self-employed person. After exiting the world of catering, Ross moved into residential real estate, working in this field for over twenty years. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan D'Autremont
Daniel H. D'Autremont (born December 28, 1950) is a Canadian provincial politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, representing the constituency of Cannington and its predecessor Souris-Cannington from 1991 to 2020. He served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2016. He was born in Redvers, Saskatchewan, the son of Hugh and Violet D'Autremont, and grew up on the family farm about two miles east of Alida. D'Autremont studied engineering at the University of Calgary. He worked in the oil industry for a number of years before taking up farming in the Redvers area in 1977. D'Autremont was first elected in 1991 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, and was one of the eight founding members of the Saskatchewan Party in 1997. With the retirement of Don Toth in 2016, D'Autremont became the longest serving member in the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly. D'Autremont was elected as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Sas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Head-Milestone
Indian Head-Milestone is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southern Saskatchewan, this riding was created through the ''Representation Act, 1994'' (Saskatchewan) by combining the riding of Indian Head-Wolseley with part of the riding of Bengough-Milestone. With the final report of the 2022 boundary commission, the riding will be eliminated at the next general election, with the bulk of its population going to the new riding of White City-Qu'appelle. Communities in the district include the towns of Balgonie, Indian Head, Pilot Butte, Milestone, Rouleau, and Fort Qu'Appelle; and the villages of Edenwold, Odessa, Vibank, Avonlea, and Wilcox. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results , - , NDP , Richard Klyne , align="right", 1,516 , align="right", 20.02 , align="right", -7.49 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,571 !align="right", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don McMorris
Don McMorris (born July 12, 1961) is a Canadian provincial politician, in the province of Saskatchewan. He is the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Indian Head-Milestone, a position he has held since the 1999 provincial election when he was elected as a member of the Saskatchewan Party. A former Minister of Health, he was the Deputy Premier and Minister of Crown Investments in the Saskatchewan provincial government. On August 6, 2016, he resigned from the Saskatchewan Party caucus and from Executive Council, where he was the Deputy Premier and minister responsible for Saskatchewan Government Insurance and the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority, after being charged with impaired driving the previous day. He later pleaded guilty. On May 13, speaking about the launch of an impaired-driving awareness campaign, he spoke about Saskatchewan's high injury and fatality rates in regard to drinking and driving incidents. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alanna Koch
Alanna Koch is a Canadian civil servant and politician in the province of Saskatchewan. She previously ran for the leadership of the governing Saskatchewan Party, losing to Scott Moe on the fifth ballot. Early life Koch grew up on a farm near Edenwold, Saskatchewan, northeast of Regina. She attended the University of Saskatchewan. Career Koch held several political positions in the Saskatchewan legislative building under the Progressive Conservative government of Premier Grant Devine. Upon the defeat of the Devine government in 1991, Koch accepted a position as Executive Director of the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association. Later, she served on the Board of Directors of Agricore United, and then as President of the Canadian Agri-Food Alliance. After the Saskatchewan Party won the province's general election of 2007, she was appointed Deputy Minister of Agriculture. In 2016 she was appointed to the position of Deputy Minister to the Premier in Saskatchewan, the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darryl Hickie
Darryl Hickie (born ) is a Canadian politician. He was elected to represent the electoral district of Prince Albert Carlton in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2007 election. He is a member of the Saskatchewan Party. Hickie was born in Winnipeg into a military family, and moved to Prince Albert in 1975. He worked as a correctional officer and parole officer at the Saskatchewan Federal Penitentiary, and later as a police officer for the Prince Albert Police Service. He was appointed to the Executive Council of Saskatchewan as Minister of Corrections, Public Safety and Policing in Brad Wall Bradley John Wall (born November 24, 1965), is a Canadian former politician who served as the 14th premier of Saskatchewan from November 21, 2007 until February 2, 2018. He is the fourth longest-tenured premier in the province's history. His so ...'s government in November 2007. In 2020, he ran for mayor of Prince Albert, but finished second to incumbent mayor, Greg Dio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Trost
Bradley Ryan Trost (born May 15, 1974) is a former Canadian politician who served as a Conservative Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the ridings of Saskatoon—Humboldt from 2004 to 2015 and Saskatoon—University from 2015 to 2019. He was a candidate in the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, finishing fourth. Trost was known for his support of socially conservative positions. Early and personal life Before being elected, Trost worked as an exploration and mining geophysicist. Trost holds a B.Sc. in Geophysics and a B.A. in Economics, both from the University of Saskatchewan. He married in August 2012. Political career In 2004, in what was the closest four-way race in the country, Trost received 417 more votes than second place candidate, the New Democratic Party's (NDP) Nettie Wiebe, 435 votes ahead of the third place candidate, Liberal Patrick Wolfe, and 2368 votes ahead of former Canadian Alliance Member of Parli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Michelson
Warren Michelson is a former Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Moose Jaw North in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 2007 to 2020. He is a member of the Saskatchewan Party. He defeated long time NDP MLA Glenn Hagel to win the seat. In the 2018 Saskatchewan Party leadership election, Michelson supported Ken Cheveldayoff, who had stated that he doesn't believe rape victims should have legal access to abortion services, earning him the anti-abortion group Right Now's top rank out of the six leadership candidates. Michelson had previously attended as an MLA the anti-abortion March for Life rallies in Ottawa, Moose Jaw, and Regina in the past. As a president with the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce, Michelson led the charge against a proposed government-directed employment hours scheme in the private sector. Michelson did not seek re-election in the 2020 Saskatchewan general election The 2020 Saskatchewan general election was held on Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colleen Young (politician)
Colleen Young is a Canadian provincial politician, who currently serves as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the district of Lloydminster. She was first elected in a by-election on November 14, 2014."Sask. Party's Colleen Young wins Lloydminster byelection" , November 14, 2014. She is a member of the caucus. She was re-elected in the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Steinley
Warren Steinley (born April 27, 1982) is a Canadian politician, who was elected Member of Parliament for the riding of Regina—Lewvan in the 2019 Canadian federal election. He represents the riding of Regina—Lewvan in the House of Commons as a Member of the Conservative Party. Steinley serves as the Associate Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Agri-Food, and Food Security and he is also a member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. Early life Warren grew up on a dairy and beef farm near Rush Lake, Saskatchewan. His family was very involved with the showing of Holstein cattle across Western Canada. The Steinley Brothers proudly exhibited animals as a family for decades, and the Park Lane prefix was a fixture on the dairy show circuits for decades. Warren is a longtime athlete and sports enthusiast, and played competitive football, track and field, and hockey in his youth. Warren played in the Saskatchewan Senior Bowl for the top High School Graduating foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delbert Kirsch
Delbert Kirsch is a Canadian provincial politician, who serves as the current Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is the legislative chamber of the Saskatchewan Legislature in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, in the na ... for the constituency of Batoche. He is a member of the Saskatchewan Party, and was first elected in 2003 with the creation of the electoral district of Batoche. Electoral history 2020 Saskatchewan general election 2016 Saskatchewan general election 2011 Saskatchewan general election 2007 Saskatchewan general election 2003 Saskatchewan general election References External links Delbert Kirsch profile at Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan Year of birth missing (living people) Farmers from Saskatchewan Living people Saskatchew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
