List of premiers of Saskatchewan

Brad Wall is the current premier of Saskatchewan.

This is a list of the premiers of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, since it was formed in 1905. Saskatchewan uses a unicameral Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the Legislative Assembly. The premier, sometimes called the prime, or first, minister, is Saskatchewan's head of government, while the Queen of Canada is its head of state and is represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. The premier chooses a "cabinet" from the elected members to form the Executive Council of Saskatchewan, and presides over that body.

Members are first elected to the legislature during general elections. General elections must be conducted every five years from the date of the last election, but the premier may ask for early dissolution of the legislative assembly. An election may also happen if the Governing party loses the confidence of the legislature, by the defeat of a supply bill or tabling of a confidence motion.

Prior to 1905, Saskatchewan was part of the North-West Territories and was governed by the Lieutenant-Governors of the Northwest Territories from 1870 until 1897, and the Premier of the Northwest Territories from 1897 to 1905.

List of Premiers

  Saskatchewan Liberal Party

  Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan

  Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

  Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

  Saskatchewan Party

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death) District	Term of office		Electoral mandates (Assembly)	Political party
Premiers of the North-West Territories
1		Sir Frederick W. A. G. Haultain (1857–1942) MLA for Macleod	7 October 1897	1 September 1905	Inter-election appt. (3rd Assembly) 1898 election (4th Assembly) 1902 election (5th Assembly)	Liberal-Conservative Party Named leader in 1897
Premiers of Saskatchewan
1		Thomas Walter Scott (1867–1938) MLA for Lumsden (until 1908) MLA for Swift Current (from 1908)	12 September 1905	20 October 1916	Inter-election appt. (none) 1905 election (1st Assembly) 1908 election (2nd Assembly) 1912 election (3rd Assembly)	Saskatchewan Liberal Party Named leader in 1905
2		William Melville Martin (1876–1970) MLA for Regina City (until 1921) MLA for Regina City #1 (from 1921)	20 October 1916	5 April 1922	Inter-election appt. (3rd Assembly) 1917 election (4th Assembly) 1921 election (5th Assembly)	Saskatchewan Liberal Party Named leader in 1916
			Until 20 October 1917 was the only premier to not be the President of the Executive Council (he was the Minister of Education and J. A. Calder was President of the Executive Council)
3		Charles Avery Dunning (1885–1958) MLA for Moose Jaw County	5 April 1922	26 February 1926	Inter-election appt. (5th Assembly) 1925 election (6th Assembly)	Saskatchewan Liberal Party Named leader in 1922
4 (1 of 2)		James G. Gardiner (1883–1962) MLA for North Qu'Appelle	26 February 1926	9 September 1929	Inter-election appt. (6th Assembly) 1929 election (7th Assembly)	Saskatchewan Liberal Party Named leader in 1926
5		James Thomas Milton Anderson (1878–1946) MLA for Saskatoon City #1	9 September 1929	19 July 1934	Inter-election appt. (7th Assembly)	Conservative Party of Saskatchewan Named leader in 1924
4 (2 of 2)		James Garfield Gardiner (1883–1962) MLA for Melville	19 July 1934	1 November 1935	1934 election (8th Assembly)	Saskatchewan Liberal Party Named leader in 1926
6		William John Patterson (1886–1976) MLA for Cannington	1 November 1935	10 July 1944	Inter-election appt. (8th Assembly) 1938 election (9th Assembly)	Saskatchewan Liberal Party Named leader in 1935
			First Premier born in Saskatchewan.
7		Tommy Douglas (1904–1986) MLA for Weyburn	10 July 1944	7 November 1961	1944 election (10th Assembly) 1948 election (11th Assembly) 1952 election (12th Assembly) 1956 election (13th Assembly) 1960 election (14th Assembly)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Named leader in 1942
8		Woodrow Lloyd (1913–1972) MLA for Biggar	7 November 1961	22 May 1964	(14th Assembly)	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Named leader in 1961
9		W. Ross Thatcher (1917–1971) MLA for Morse	22 May 1964	30 June 1971	1964 election (15th Assembly) 1967 election (16th Assembly)	Saskatchewan Liberal Party Named leader in 1959
10		Allan Blakeney (1925–2011) MLA for Regina Centre MLA for Regina Elphinstone	30 June 1971	8 May 1982	1971 election (17th Assembly) 1975 election (18th Assembly) 1978 election (19th Assembly)	Saskatchewan New Democratic Party Named leader in 1970
11		Grant Devine (b. 1944) MLA for Estevan	8 May 1982	1 November 1991	1982 election (20th Assembly) 1986 election (21st Assembly)	Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan Named leader in 1979
12		Roy Romanow (b. 1939) MLA for Saskatoon Riversdale	1 November 1991	8 February 2001	1991 election (22nd Assembly) 1995 election (23rd Assembly) 1999 election (24th Assembly)	Saskatchewan New Democratic Party Named leader in 1987
13		Lorne Calvert (b. 1952) MLA for Saskatoon Riversdale	8 February 2001	21 November 2007	Inter-election appt. (24th Assembly) 2003 election (25th Assembly)	Saskatchewan New Democratic Party Named leader in 2001
14		Brad Wall (b. 1965) MLA for Swift Current	21 November 2007	incumbent	2007 election (26th Assembly) 2011 election (27th Assembly)	Saskatchewan Party Named leader in 2004
^Co. Coalition government ^Min. Minority government

Living former premiers

As of April 2011, three former premiers are alive, the oldest being Roy Romanow (1991–2001, born 1939). The most recently-serving former premier to die was Allan Blakeney (1971–1982), on April 16, 2011.

Name	Term	Date of birth
Grant Devine	1982–1991	(1944-07-05) July 5, 1944
Roy Romanow	1991–2001	(1939-08-12) August 12, 1939
Lorne Calvert	2001–2007	(1952-12-24) December 24, 1952

Timeline

See also

• List of Leaders of the Opposition in Saskatchewan
• For more lists of this type, see Lists of incumbents.