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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.
The Politics of Saskatchewan relate to the Canadian federal political system, along with the other Canadian provinces. Saskatchewan has a lieutenant-governor, who is the representative of the Crown in right of Saskatchewan; a premier—currently Scott Moe—leading the cabinet; and a legislative assembly.
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 Saskatchewan Liberal Party had held office under Premier Walter Scott since Saskatchewan had joined Confederation in 1905. By 1916, the Liberal government was facing allegations of corruption and Premier Scott was having mental health problems. [2] The government was also involved in a bitter dispute over funding for separate schools.
d The Saskatchewan Party formed in 1997 with a merger of eight former Progressive Conservative and Liberal MLAs. e Three MLAs were elected to represent Saskatchewan residents serving overseas in Belgium, France, and England during the First World War.
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.
The assembly meets at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina. There are 61 constituencies in the province, which elect members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs). All are single-member districts, though the cities of Regina , Saskatoon and Moose Jaw were in the past represented through multi-member districts, with members elected ...
[3] [4] The Saskatchewan Liberal government itself had throughout the first decades of the twentieth century many members who were farmers, and the Liberals made a habit of consulting the SGGA about farm policy and of appointing prominent farm activists to cabinet such as Charles Dunning and John Maharg. Even so, a Saskatchewan Progressive ...