List of premiers of Saskatchewan

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Scott Moe is the current premier of Saskatchewan.

The premier of Saskatchewan, Canada, is the province's

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.

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

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.
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.)

1905
)
MLA for
Lumsden

(1905–1908)

MLA for Swift Current
(1908–1916)

2
William Melville Martin
(1876–1970)
20 October
1916
5 April
1922
Appointment (3rd Leg.)⁠

1917 election (4th Leg.)⁠


1921 election (5th Leg.)

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
Appointment (5th Leg.)⁠

1925 election (6th Leg.)

1922
)
MLA for Moose Jaw County
4
(1 of 2)
James G. Gardiner
(1883–1962)
26 February
1926
9 September
1929
Appointment (6th Leg.)⁠

1929 election (7th Leg.)

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)
James Garfield Gardiner
(1883–1962)
19 July
1934
1 November
1935
1934 election (8th Leg.)
1926
)
MLA for Melville
6
William John Patterson
(1886–1976)
1 November
1935
10 July
1944
Appointment (8th Leg.)⁠

1938 election (9th Leg.)

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.)

1942
)
MLA for Weyburn
8
Woodrow Lloyd
(1913–1972)
7 November
1961
22 May
1964
Appointment (14th Leg.)
1961
)
MLA for Biggar
9
Ross Thatcher
(1917–1971)
22 May
1964
30 June
1971
1964 election (15th Leg.)⁠

1967 election (16th Leg.)

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.)

1970
)
MLA for Regina Centre
(1971–1975)

MLA for Regina Elphinstone
(1975–1982)

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.)

1987
)
MLA for Saskatoon Riversdale
13
Lorne Calvert
(b. 1952)
8 February
2001
21 November
2007
Appointment (24th Leg.)⁠

2003 election (25th Leg.)

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

References

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