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The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (French: Assemblée législative de la 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 name of the King of Canada . [ 1 ]
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 ...
SK Party: Canora-Pelly: 2016 Mark Docherty: SK Party: Regina Coronation Park: 2011 Resigned February 10, 2023 Ryan Domotor: SK Party: Cut Knife-Turtleford: 2020 Independent Elected as member of Saskatchewan Party Dustin Duncan: SK Party: Weyburn-Big Muddy: 2006 Bronwyn Eyre: SK Party: Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota: 2016 Muhammad Fiaz: SK Party ...
In Ontario, they are called members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs); in Quebec, they are called members of the National Assembly (MNAs); and in Newfoundland and Labrador, they are called members of the House of Assembly (MHAs). The legislative assembly with the most members is the National Assembly of Quebec, which consists
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 ...
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.
The legislature has existed since Saskatchewan was formed out of part of the North-West Territories in 1905. Like the Canadian federal government, Saskatchewan uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government , in which members are sent to the Legislative Assembly after general elections and from there the party with the most seats chooses a ...
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] The winning party's totals are shown in bold.