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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 .
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 ...
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.
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.
The Saskatchewan United Party failed to win any seats, and lost its sole seat—held by party founder and former leader Nadine Wilson in the Saskatchewan Rivers riding—to the Saskatchewan Party candidate Eric Schmalz. [146] Of the 32,476 mail-in ballots requested, only 20,417 had been returned by October 30.
b Includes results as the Provincial Rights Party from 1905 and 1908 and the Conservative Party from 1912 to 1944. c Includes results as the Farmer-Labour Group for 1934. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation became the New Democratic Party; the party ran as the CCF-NDP in 1964 and as the NDP from 1967.
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.