Saskatchewan Legislature

The Legislature of Saskatchewan is the legislature of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The legislature is made of two elements: the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan[1] as representative of the Queen, and the unicameral assembly called the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The legislature has existed since Saskatchewan was formed out of part of the Northwest Territories in 1905.

Saskatchewan Legislature
27th Saskatchewan Legislature
Type
Type	Unicameral
Houses	Legislative Assembly
History
Founded	1905 (1905)
Preceded by	Northwest Territories Legislature
Meeting place
Legislative Building, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

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 of Saskatchewan and Executive Council of Saskatchewan. The premier acts as Saskatchewan's head of government, while the Lieutenant Governor, as representative of the Queen of Canada, acts as its head of state.

List of Legislatures

Following is a list of the 27 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]
1st Legislature 3 sessions	1st general	Mar. 29, 1906 July 20, 1908	Liberal	Walter Scott	Provincial Rights Frederick Haultain	James Trimble
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 present	Saskatchewan Party	Brad Wall	New Democratic Party Dwain Lingenfelter[nb 30] John Nilson[nb 31] Cam Broten[nb 32]	Dan D'Autremont

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

References

1. "Saskatchewan Act, 1905". Section 12,  No. 4-5 Edw. VII, c. 42 of July 20, 1905. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
2. "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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