Saskatchewan Legislature

30th Saskatchewan Legislature
Type
Type|

Unicameral

Houses| Legislative Assembly
Sovereign| The lieutenant governor (representing the King of Canada)
History
Founded| 1905 (1905)
Preceded by| Northwest Territories Legislature
Meeting place
Legislative Building, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

The Saskatchewan Legislature is made of two elements: the lieutenant governor[1] as representative of the King of Canada, and the unicameral assembly called the Legislative Assembly. 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 premier and Executive Council. The premier is Saskatchewan's head of government.

## List of legislatures

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Following is a list of the 30 times the legislature has been convened since 1905. For previous legislatures, see List of Northwest Territories Legislative Assemblies.

Assembly
Sessions[2] | Election[3] | From
To[2][nb 1] | Governing Party  | Premier[4] | Official Opposition Party
Leader[5] | Speaker of the House[6]

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1st Legislature

3 sessions

| 1st general | Mar. 29, 1906
July 20, 1908  | Liberal | Walter Scott | Provincial Rights

Frederick Haultain

| Thomas MacNutt
2nd Legislature

4 sessions

| 2nd general | Dec. 10, 1908
June 15, 1912  | Liberal | Walter Scott | Provincial Rights

Frederick Haultain

| William Charles Sutherland
3rd Legislature

6 sessions

| 3rd general | Nov. 14, 1912
June 2, 1917  | Liberal | Walter Scott[nb 2]

William M. Martin

| Conservative

Wellington Willoughby

| John Albert Sheppard[nb 3]

Robert Menzies Mitchell

4th Legislature

4 sessions

| 4th general | Nov. 13, 1917
May 16, 1921  | Liberal | William M. Martin | Conservative

Donald Maclean[nb 4]

| Robert Menzies Mitchell[nb 5]

George Adam Scott

5th Legislature

5 sessions

| 5th general | Dec. 8, 1921
May 9, 1925  | Liberal | William M. Martin[nb 6]

Charles Avery Dunning

| Conservative

John Archibald Maharg[nb 7]
Harris Turner[nb 8]

| George Adam Scott
6th Legislature

4 sessions

| 6th general | Dec. 3, 1925
May 11, 1929  | Liberal | Charles Avery Dunning[nb 9]

James Garfield Gardiner

| Progressive

Charles Tran and
Conservative
James Thomas Milton Anderson

| Walter George Robinson
7th Legislature

6 sessions

| 7th general | Sep. 4, 1929
May 25, 1934  | Conservative

coalition

| James Thomas Milton Anderson | Liberal

James Garfield Gardiner

| James Fraser Bryant[nb 10]

Robert Sterritt Leslie

8th Legislature

4 sessions

| 8th general | Nov. 15, 1934
May 14, 1938  | Liberal | James Garfield Gardiner[nb 11]

William John Patterson

| Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

George Hara Williams

| John Mason Parker
9th Legislature

6 sessions

| 9th general | Jan. 19, 1939
May 10, 1944  | Liberal | William John Patterson | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

George Hara Williams[nb 12]
John Hewgill Brockelbank

| Charles Agar
10th Legislature

5 sessions

| 10th general | Oct. 19, 1944
May 19, 1948  | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Tommy Douglas | Liberal

William John Patterson

| Tom Johnston
11th Legislature

5 sessions

| 11th general | Feb. 10, 1949
May 7, 1952  | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Tommy Douglas | Liberal

Walter Adam Tucker

| Tom Johnston
12th Legislature

4 sessions

| 12th general | Feb. 12, 1953
May 8, 1956  | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Tommy Douglas | Liberal

Walter Adam Tucker[nb 13]
Asmundur A. Loptson[nb 14]
Alexander Hamilton McDonald

| Tom Johnston
13th Legislature

5 sessions

| 13th general | Feb. 14, 1957
May 4, 1960  | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Tommy Douglas | Liberal

Alexander Hamilton McDonald

| James Andrew Darling
14th Legislature

6 sessions

| 14th general | Feb. 9, 1961
Mar. 18, 1964  | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | Tommy Douglas[nb 15]

Woodrow Lloyd

| Liberal

Ross Thatcher

| Everett Irvine Wood[nb 16]

Frederick Arthur Dewhurst

15th Legislature

4 sessions

| 15th general | Feb. 4, 1965
Sept. 8, 1967  | Liberal | Ross Thatcher | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

Woodrow Lloyd

| James Snedker
16th Legislature

5 sessions

| 16th general | Feb. 15, 1968
May 25, 1971  | Liberal | Ross Thatcher | New Democratic Party

Woodrow Lloyd[nb 17]
Allan Blakeney

| James Snedker
17th Legislature

5 sessions

| 17th general | July 28, 1971
May 13, 1975  | New Democratic Party | Allan Blakeney | Liberal

Ross Thatcher[nb 18]
David Steuart

| Frederick Arthur Dewhurst
18th Legislature

5 sessions

| 18th general | Nov. 12, 1975
Sept. 19, 1978  | New Democratic Party | Allan Blakeney | Liberal

David Steuart[nb 19]
Edward Cyril Malone[nb 20]

Progressive Conservative[nb 21]
Richard Lee Collver

| John Edward Brockelbank
19th Legislature

4 sessions

| 19th general | Feb. 22, 1979
Mar. 29, 1982  | New Democratic Party | Allan Blakeney | Progressive Conservative

Richard Lee Collver[nb 22]
Eric Arthur Berntson

| John Edward Brockelbank
20th Legislature

5 sessions

| 20th general | June 17, 1982
Sept. 19, 1986  | Progressive Conservative | Grant Devine | New Democratic Party

Allan Blakeney

| Herbert Swan
21st Legislature

4 sessions

| 21st general | Dec. 3, 1986
Sept. 2, 1991  | Progressive Conservative | Grant Devine | New Democratic Party

Allan Blakeney[nb 23]
Roy John Romanow

| Arnold Bernard Tusa
22nd Legislature

5 sessions

| 22nd general | Dec. 2, 1991
May 23, 1995  | New Democratic Party | Roy Romanow | Progressive Conservative

Grant Devine[nb 24]
Richard Swenson[nb 25]
Bill Boyd

| Herman Rolfes
23rd Legislature

4 sessions

| 23rd general | Feb. 29, 1996
Aug. 19, 1999  | New Democratic Party | Roy Romanow | Liberal

Ron Osika

| Glenn Joseph Hagel
24th Legislature

4 sessions

| 24th general | Dec. 6, 1999
Oct. 8, 2003  | New Democratic Party | Roy Romanow[nb 26]

Lorne Calvert

| Saskatchewan Party

Elwin Hermanson

| Ron Osika[nb 27]

Myron Kowalsky

25th Legislature

3 sessions

| 25th general | Mar. 18, 2004
Oct. 10, 2007  | New Democratic Party | Lorne Calvert | Saskatchewan Party

Elwin Hermanson[nb 28]
Brad Wall

| Myron Kowalsky
26th Legislature

5 sessions[7]

| 26th general | Dec. 10, 2007
Oct. 10, 2011  | Saskatchewan Party | Brad Wall | New Democratic Party

Lorne Calvert[nb 29]
Dwain Lingenfelter

| Don Toth
27th Legislature
| 27th general | Dec. 5, 2011
Nov. 26, 2015  | Saskatchewan Party | Brad Wall | New Democratic Party

Dwain Lingenfelter[nb 30]
John Nilson[nb 31]
Cam Broten[nb 32]

| Dan D'Autremont
28th Legislature

4 sessions

| 28th general | May 17, 2016
Sep. 29, 2020  | Saskatchewan Party | Brad Wall[nb 33]

Scott Moe

| New Democratic Party

Cam Broten[nb 34]
Trent Wotherspoon[nb 35]
Nicole Sarauer[nb 36]
Ryan Meili[nb 37]

| Corey Tochor[nb 38]

Mark Docherty[nb 39]

29th Legislature | 29th general | Nov. 30, 2020
Oct. 1, 2024  | Saskatchewan Party | Scott Moe | New Democratic Party

Ryan Meili
Carla Beck

| Randy Weekes
30th Legislature | 30th general | Nov. 25, 2024
present  | Saskatchewan Party | Scott Moe | New Democratic Party
Carla Beck | Todd Goudy

Notes:

1. ^ From opening day of legislature to the day that the legislature was dissolved.
2. ^ Until October 20, 1916
3. ^ Until October 15, 1916
4. ^ Until April 1921
5. ^ Until May 1, 1919
6. ^ Until April 5, 1922
7. ^ In 1923
8. ^ From 1924 to 1925
9. ^ Until February 26, 1926
10. ^ Until September 9, 1929
11. ^ Until November 1, 1935
12. ^ Until 1941
13. ^ Until 1954
14. ^ Until 1955
15. ^ Until November 1961
16. ^ Until 1962
17. ^ Until 1970
18. ^ Until July 1971
19. ^ Until July 1976
20. ^ From June 24, 1977 to 1978, shared with Richard Lee Collver
21. ^ From June 24, 1977 to 1978
22. ^ Until November 1979
23. ^ Until November 1987
24. ^ Until October 1992
25. ^ Until November 1994
26. ^ Until February 8, 2001
27. ^ Until February 6, 2001
28. ^ Until 2004
29. ^ Until June 6, 2009
30. ^ Until November 19, 2011
31. ^ November 19, 2011 - March 9, 2013
32. ^ From March 9, 2013
33. ^ Until February 2, 2018
34. ^ Until April 4, 2016
35. ^ April 12, 2016 - June 20, 2017
36. ^ June 20, 2017 - March 3, 2018
37. ^ From March 3, 2018
38. ^ Until January 5, 2018
39. ^ From January 5, 2018

## References

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1. ^ Saskatchewan Act, 1905 (4-5 Edw. VII, c. 42, Section 12). July 20, 1905. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
2. ^ a b "Saskatchewan Sessions of the Legislative Assembly and Their Duration" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
3. ^ "Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
4. ^ "Saskatchewan Premiers" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
5. ^ "Saskatchewan Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
6. ^ "Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
7. ^ "26th Legislature Dates and Pages". Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 2012-03-08.

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