The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is the legislative chamber of the Saskatchewan Legislature in the province of

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, Canada. Bills passed by the assembly are given

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by the

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, in the name of the King in Right of Saskatchewan. The assembly meets at the

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in Regina. There are 61 constituencies in the province, which elect

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(MLAs) to the Legislative Assembly. All are single-member districts, though the cities of Regina,

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and

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were in the past represented through multi-member districts, with members elected through

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. 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 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 ho ...

Assemblies

Party standings

The current party standings in the assembly are as follows:

Members

*Member in BOLD CAPS is the

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. *Members in bold are in the Cabinet of Saskatchewan. *Members in ''italic'' are Legislative Secretaries to Cabinet Ministers. :^† Speaker of the Assembly

Current seating plan

Current Executive Council/Cabinet

For current cabinet see

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Officers

In September 2013 the assembly established the position of

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. Their role is functionally similar to the one for the

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. Rick Mantey was the first person to hold the office. The current Usher of the Black Rod, as of 2014, is Ben Walsh. The Black Rod was made by Scott Olson Goldsmith of Regina.

References

External links

List of MLAs from the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
{{DEFAULTSORT:Legislative Assembly Of Saskatchewan Politics of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Legislature 1905 establishments in Saskatchewan