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2018 Saskatchewan Party Leadership Election
The Saskatchewan Party held a leadership election on January 27, 2018, to elect a replacement for party leader and Premier Brad Wall. Wall had announced on August 10, 2017 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 locatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatoon
Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, 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 Highway, Trans-Canada Yellowhead Highway, and has served as the cultural and economic hub of central Saskatchewan since its founding in 1882 as a Temperance movement, Temperance colony. With a Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census population of 266,141, Saskatoon is the List of cities in Saskatchewan, largest city in the province, and the List of census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in Canada, 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 UNE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Weekes
Randall Percival Weekes (born 1956) is a Canadian politician. He was a Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1999 until 2024, representing the constituencies of Redberry Lake, Biggar, and Biggar-Sask Valley. He served as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2020 until 2024. Early life Weekes was born in Biggar, Saskatchewan, where he lived on a ranch. He attended the University of Saskatchewan. Political career Weekes was first elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature in the 1999 provincial election as a member of the fledgling Saskatchewan Party, a new conservative party established in 1997 by a coalition of former Progressive Conservative and Liberal MLAs and under the leadership of former Reform Party Member of Parliament Elwin Hermanson. Weekes was re-elected five times during his political career, before losing a contested nomination ahead of the 2024 provincial election. When the Saskatchewan Party won the 2007 elec ... [...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="righ ... [...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 was the Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Indian Head-Milestone from the 1999 provincial election, when he was elected as a member of the Saskatchewan Party, until 2024 when he did not stand for re-election. A former Minister of Health, he was the Deputy Premier and Minister of Crown Investments in the Saskatchewan provincial government of Brad Wall. 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 reg ... [...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 former Canadian 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. W ...'s government in November 2007. He was later ousted by premier Brad Wall. He went back to policing in Prince Albert, however h ... [...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 Bachelor of Science in geophysics and a Bachelor of Arts 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 Canadi ... [...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 Oct ... [...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" CBC News
CBC News is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC ... , November 14, 2014. She is a member of the ...
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Warren Steinley
Warren Steinley (born April 27, 1982) is a Canadian politician, who was elected Parliament of Canada, 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 of Canada, House of Commons as a Member of the Conservative Party of Canada, 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 Friesian cattle, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delbert Kirsch
Delbert Kirsch is a Canadian provincial politician who served as Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Batoche (electoral district), Batoche from 2003 until 2024. He is a member of the Saskatchewan Party. 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 Saskatchewan Party MLAs Canadian auctioneers 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan {{SaskatchewanParty-Saskatchewan-MLA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Brkich
Greg Brkich ( ; born December 5, 1958) is a Canadian provincial politician, currently a member of the Saskatchewan United Party. He served as a Saskatchewan Party 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 ... for the constituency of Arm River (known as Arm River-Watrous from 2003 to 2016). He was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in 1999 and was re-elected in 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2016. He did not seek re-election in 2020. While in government, Brkich served as Deputy Speaker and Chair of the Committee of the Whole from 2007 to 2011, and as Government House Leader from 2017 to 2019. He also served as Legislative Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture, Agriculture Programs Innovation Initiative, Vice-Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
