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The Saskatchewan Party (SP or Sask Party) is a conservative political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was founded in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal Party members who sought to unite opposition to the governing New Democratic Party .
In 2024, 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.
This is a list of political parties in Saskatchewan that have contested provincial general elections or have had representatives in the Legislative Assembly since the establishment of the province in 1905. In addition to the parties listed below, Saskatchewan elections have historically included candidates running as Independents, sometimes in ...
The party, which won 32 seats, has held power in Saskatchewan since 2007. The opposition New Democratic Party under leader Carla Beck won 22, with seven unclear. Ruling party to stay in power in ...
Montreal is one of the rare examples of a city with municipal political parties in Canada (they also exist in Vancouver). [4] Political parties were legalized in Quebec by the PQ government in power in 1978. However, they existed long before official recognition by the provincial government. [5]
Electoral results by parties and independent MLAs (as a percentage of total Legislative Assembly seats) from 1912 to 2007. 1997 is shown due to the formation of the Saskatchewan Party. The table below shows the total number of seats won by the major political parties at each election. [ 2 ]
If the Saskatchewan Party completes a full four years in office, it will be the second-longest streak of party control in Saskatchewan, exceeded only by the Liberal governments of 1905–1929. [ 143 ] [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The NDP reduced the Saskatchewan Party's majority from eleven seats at dissolution to three, taking all of Regina and all but ...
The Saskatchewan Progress Party (SPP) is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was founded in 1905 as the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan, and retained that name until members voted to change it in 2023. Until 2009, the party was affiliated with the Liberal Party of Canada.