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| 15th Premier of Saskatchewan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office February 2, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lieutenant Governor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Preceded by | Brad Wall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of the Saskatchewan Party | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office January 27, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | James Thornsteinson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Brad Wall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for Rosthern-Shellbrook | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office November 7, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Denis Allchurch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | July 31, 1973[citation needed] Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Saskatchewan Party | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Krista Moe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence(s) | Shellbrook, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scott Moe MLA (born July 31, 1973[citation needed]) is a Canadian politician serving as the 15th and current premier of Saskatchewan since February 2, 2018. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the riding of Rosthern-Shellbrook, first elected in 2011. He served in the Saskatchewan Party cabinet from 2014 to 2017 under the premiership of Brad Wall, twice as minister of environment and also as minister of advanced education. In January 2018 he was chosen to succeed Wall as leader of the Saskatchewan Party.[1] He led the party to a fifth consecutive majority government in the 2024 provincial election.
Since becoming Premier, Moe has consistently been ranked among the most popular first ministers in the country.[2][3]
His tenure has been defined by an adversarial relationship with the federal government, including a failed court challenge against federal carbon pricing, and calls for a re-set to provincial-federal relations and expanded powers for the province, such as in the realms of policing and taxation.[4][5] Moe's time in office has also been defined by the COVID-19 pandemic. While Saskatchewan was one of the hardest hit provinces in Canada, Moe prioritized limiting public health measures throughout the pandemic, and twice made Saskatchewan the first province to lift its pandemic-related public health orders.[6][7]
With the rise of new populist conservative parties in the province since he became premier, commentators have noted that Moe has increasingly adopted right-wing populist rhetoric.[8][9][10]
- ^ "Honourable Scott Moe". Cabinet, Ministries, Agencies, and Other Governments. Government of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
- ^ "Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe has highest approval rating in the country: new poll". CBC News. 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ Idowu, Victoria (2023-09-19). "Is Premier Scott Moe losing popularity? This is what Angus Reid's poll is saying". Global News. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
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:13was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Skjerven, Kelly (2021-07-11). "Saskatchewan lifts all remaining COVID-19 public health restrictions". Global News. Archived from the original on 2021-07-15. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ Kliem, Theresa (2022-02-27). "Mask mandate ends in Saskatchewan Monday". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2022-03-01. Retrieved 2023-09-17.
- ^ Mandryk, Murray (2023-09-04). "Sask. United successfully pushes Moe further right". Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Archived from the original on 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ Watkinson, Alisa (2023-10-08). "Far right influencing Sask. Party government on education". Regina Leader-Post. Archived from the original on 2023-10-10. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ Tank, Phil (2023-10-11). "Sask. NDP has a year or less to show it's formidable again". Regina Leader-Post. Archived from the original on 2023-10-13. Retrieved 2023-10-20.