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2020 Saskatchewan General Election
The 2020 Saskatchewan general election was held on October 26, 2020 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. This date is set by Saskatchewan's fixed election date law. The writ was dropped on September 29 just in time to hold the election on October 26. The previous election re-elected the Saskatchewan Party to its third consecutive majority government under the leadership of Brad Wall. On August 10, 2017, Wall announced his resignation as leader, pending the election of his successor. On January 27, 2018, Environment Minister Scott Moe was elected leader of the Saskatchewan Party. He was appointed and sworn in as premier on February 2. The conservative Saskatchewan Party under Moe was re-elected to its fourth consecutive majority government. There had been discussion of holding a referendum on electoral change (moving to proportional representation) but no such referendum was held in conjunction with this election. Date Since 2010, the Legislative Assem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislative Assembly Of Saskatchewan
The Legislative Assembly of 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 in Right of Saskatchewan. 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) to the Legislative Assembly. 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 through Block Voting. The legislature has been unicameral since its establishment; there has never been a provincial upper house. The 29th Saskatchewan Legislature was elected at the 2020 Saskatchewan general election. Assemblies Party standings The current party standings in the assembly are as follows: Members *Member in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Canada
The COVID-19 pandemic in Canada is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (). It is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). Most cases over the course of the pandemic have been in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta. Confirmed cases have been reported in all of Canada's provinces and territories. The virus was confirmed to have reached Canada on January 25, 2020, after an individual who had returned to Toronto from Wuhan, Hubei, China, tested positive. The first case of community transmission in Canada was confirmed in British Columbia on March 5. In March 2020, as cases of community transmission were confirmed, all of Canada's provinces and territories declared states of emergency. Provinces and territories have, to varying degrees, implemented school and daycare closures, prohibitions on gatherings, closures of non-essential businesses and restrictions on entry. Canada severely restricted its border access, barring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Doke
Larry Doke is a Canadian provincial politician, who served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the riding of Cut Knife-Turtleford from 2011 to 2020 as a member of the Saskatchewan Party The Saskatchewan Party is a centre-right political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Since 2007, it has been the province's governing party; both the party and the province are currently led by Premier Scott Moe. The party was esta .... He was first elected in the 2011 election, and subsequently re-elected in the 2016 election. He did not run for re-election in the 2020 election. ''The Battlefords News-Optimist'', November 8, 2011. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Battlefords (provincial Electoral District)
The Battlefords is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It includes the city of North Battleford and the adjoining town of Battleford. Collectively these communities are commonly known as "The Battlefords". The district was first established in 1917 from the urban portions of the constituencies of Battleford and North Battleford. The district was contested in every election until 1995, when it was broken up into the re-created district of North Battleford and a new district, Battleford-Cut Knife. It was most recently contested in the 2020 election, when Saskatchewan Party candidate Jeremy Cockrill was elected. North Battleford and Battleford-Cut Knife were abolished in 2003 and The Battlefords re-established as an electoral district. Members of the Legislative Assembly Electoral results , - , NDP , Len Taylor , align="right", 2,475 , align="right", 35.83% , align="right", -7.99% , Liberal , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Cox
Herb Cox (born 1950 or 1951) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 2011 election, representing the electoral district of The Battlefords as a member of the Saskatchewan Party. Cox served in the cabinet of Premier Brad Wall twice, first as Minister of Environment and later briefly as Minister of Advanced Education. In 2012, Cox revealed that he had been diagnosed with bone cancer two days after his election victory, and had received chemotherapy Chemotherapy (often abbreviated to chemo and sometimes CTX or CTx) is a type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) as part of a standardized chemotherapy regimen. Chemotherap ... treatment for the disease. References Living people People from Battleford Politicians from Brandon, Manitoba Saskatchewan Party MLAs 1950s births 21st-century Canadian politicians Members of the Executive Council of Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Last Mountain-Touchwood
Last Mountain-Touchwood is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southern Saskatchewan, this constituency was created by combining the district of Last Mountain with part of the constituency of Touchwood. Communities in the district include the towns of Strasbourg, Ituna, Lemberg, Southey, and Balcarres. Villages in the district include Punnichy, Kelliher, Lestock, Abernethy, Goodeve, Neudorf, and Lebret. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results , - , NDP , Don Jeworski , align="right", 2,049 , align="right", 28.94 , align="right", -1.91 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,080 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right", , - , NDP , Jordon Hillier , align="right", 2,419 , align="right", 30.85 , align="right", -8.90 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,842 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Hart
Glen Philip Hart (born July 31, 1946) is a Canadian provincial politician. He was a Saskatchewan Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan and represented the constituency of Last Mountain-Touchwood Last Mountain-Touchwood is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southern Saskatchewan, this constituency was created by combining the district of Last Mountain with part of the constitue ... from 1999 to 2020. He chaired the Standing Committee on Human Services as well as participating in the Caucus Human Services Standing Policy Committee, and served as deputy speaker of the assembly from 2011 to 2020. His career has included many managerial positions in both provincial and federal government. Aside from representing Last Mountain-Touchwood, he also ran the family farm. References External linksBiography at the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cannington (electoral District)
Cannington is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in the extreme southeast corner of the province, this constituency was redrawn to include the former district of Souris for the 18th Saskatchewan general election in 1975. The original Cannington constituency, one of 25 created for the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905, was named after the Cannington Manor settlement located in the region. Currently the safest seat for the Saskatchewan Party, it is arguably one of the most conservative ridings in the province – having never elected a member of the CCF or NDP. The district has an economy based on grain and mixed farming. Oil production is scattered throughout the riding and oil service companies provide a great deal of off-farm employment. An integrated health facility in Wawota offers acute, long-term and palliative care. The constituency's major communities include Carlyle, Oxbow, and Carnduff with popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan D'Autremont
Daniel H. D'Autremont (born December 28, 1950) is a Canadian provincial politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, representing the constituency of Cannington and its predecessor Souris-Cannington from 1991 to 2020. He served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2016. He was born in Redvers, Saskatchewan, the son of Hugh and Violet D'Autremont, and grew up on the family farm about two miles east of Alida. D'Autremont studied engineering at the University of Calgary. He worked in the oil industry for a number of years before taking up farming in the Redvers area in 1977. D'Autremont was first elected in 1991 as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party, and was one of the eight founding members of the Saskatchewan Party in 1997. With the retirement of Don Toth in 2016, D'Autremont became the longest serving member in the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly. D'Autremont was elected as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moose Jaw North
Moose Jaw North is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. One of two provincial constituencies for the city of Moose Jaw, the riding's southern boundary follows Caribou Street from the Trans-Canada bypass in the east to the city limits in the west. This district was created for the 1967 election after the Saskatchewan government decided to retire a system of multiple-MLA electoral divisions for the cities of Regina, Saskatoon, and Moose Jaw. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results , - , NDP , Derek Hassen , align="right", 2,768 , align="right", 35.88 , align="right", -9.57 , Prog. Conservative , Rick Swenson , align="right", 283 , align="right", 3.67 , align="right", - , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,715 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right", , - , NDP , Glenn Hagel , align="right", 3,927 , align="right", 45.45 , align="right", -12.41 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Michelson
Warren Michelson is a former Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Moose Jaw North in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 2007 to 2020. He is a member of the Saskatchewan Party. He defeated long time NDP MLA Glenn Hagel to win the seat. In the 2018 Saskatchewan Party leadership election, Michelson supported Ken Cheveldayoff, who had stated that he doesn't believe rape victims should have legal access to abortion services, earning him the anti-abortion group Right Now's top rank out of the six leadership candidates. Michelson had previously attended as an MLA the anti-abortion March for Life rallies in Ottawa, Moose Jaw, and Regina in the past. As a president with the Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce, Michelson led the charge against a proposed government-directed employment hours scheme in the private sector. Michelson did not seek re-election in the 2020 Saskatchewan general election The 2020 Saskatchewan general election was held on Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martensville-Warman
Martensville-Warman is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It was created from parts of Martensville and was first contested in the 2016 election. It is currently represented by Terry Jenson from the Saskatchewan Party The Saskatchewan Party is a centre-right political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Since 2007, it has been the province's governing party; both the party and the province are currently led by Premier Scott Moe. The party was esta .... With the final report of the 2022 boundary commission, the riding will be eliminated at the next general election. Its two major cities will form the cores of two successor ridings, Martensville-Blairmore and Warman. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results References Martensville Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts {{Saskatchewan-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
