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.

Scott Moe is the current premier of Saskatchewan.

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
  Saskatchewan Liberal Party
  Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan

  Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
  Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
  Saskatchewan Party
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Electoral mandates (Assembly) Political party Riding Ref.
Premiers of the North-West Territories
1
Frederick W. A. G. Haultain
(1857–1942)		 7 October
1897		 1 September
1905		 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		 Liberal
(Ldr. 1905)		 MLA for Lumsden
(1905–1908)
MLA for Swift Current
(1908–1916)
2
William Melville Martin
(1876–1970)		 20 October
1916		 5 April
1922		 Liberal
(Ldr. 1916)		 MLA for Regina City
(1916–1921)
MLA for Regina City #1
(1921–1922)
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		 Liberal
(Ldr. 1922)		 MLA for Moose Jaw County
4
(1 of 2)
James G. Gardiner
(1883–1962)		 26 February
1926		 9 September
1929		 Liberal
(Ldr. 1926)		 MLA for North Qu'Appelle
5
James Thomas Milton Anderson
(1878–1946)		 9 September
1929		 19 July
1934		 Conservative
(Ldr. 1924)		 MLA for Saskatoon City #1
—
(2 of 2)
James Garfield Gardiner
(1883–1962)		 19 July
1934		 1 November
1935		 Liberal
(Ldr. 1926)		 MLA for Melville
6
William John Patterson
(1886–1976)		 1 November
1935		 10 July
1944		 Liberal
(Ldr. 1935)		 MLA for Cannington
First Premier born in Saskatchewan.[2]
7
Tommy Douglas
(1904–1986)		 10 July
1944		 7 November
1961		 Co-operative Commonwealth
(Ldr. 1942)		 MLA for Weyburn
8
Woodrow Lloyd
(1913–1972)		 7 November
1961		 22 May
1964		 Co-operative Commonwealth
(Ldr. 1961)		 MLA for Biggar
9
Ross Thatcher
(1917–1971)		 22 May
1964		 30 June
1971		 Liberal
(Ldr. 1959)		 MLA for Morse
10
Allan Blakeney
(1925–2011)		 30 June
1971		 8 May
1982		 New Democratic
(Ldr. 1970)		 MLA for Regina Centre
(1971–1975)
MLA for Regina Elphinstone
(1975–1982)
11
Grant Devine
(b. 1944)		 8 May
1982		 1 November
1991		 Progressive Conservative
(Ldr. 1979)		 MLA for Estevan
12
Roy Romanow
(b. 1939)		 1 November
1991		 8 February
2001		 New Democratic
(Ldr. 1987)		 MLA for Saskatoon Riversdale
13
Lorne Calvert
(b. 1952)		 8 February
2001		 21 November
2007		 New Democratic
(Ldr. 2001)		 MLA for Saskatoon Riversdale
14
Brad Wall
(b. 1965)		 21 November
2007		 2 February
2018		 Saskatchewan
(Ldr. 2004)		 MLA for Swift Current
15
Scott Moe
(b. 1973)		 2 February
2018		 incumbent Saskatchewan
(Ldr. 2018)		 MLA for Rosthern-Shellbrook

See also

References
  1. Saskatchewan Premiers
  2. See article on William John Patterson at the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan.
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