2020 Saskatchewan general election

2020 Saskatchewan general election

October 26, 2020
61 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 31 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
First party Second party   File:Scott-Moe-Crop.jpg Leader Scott Moe Ryan Meili Party Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader since January 27, 2018 March 3, 2018 Leader's seat Rosthern-Shellbrook Saskatoon Meewasin Last election 51 seats, 62.36% 10 seats, 30.20% Seats before 46 13 Seats won 46 15 Seat change 0 2
Premier before election Scott Moe Saskatchewan Premier after election Scott Moe Saskatchewan

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, Scott Moe was elected leader of the Saskatchewan Party. He was appointed and sworn in as premier on February 2.

Date

Since 2010, the Legislative Assembly has had a fixed four-year term. According to the 2019 amendment to The Legislative Assembly Act, 2007 (Saskatchewan), "the first general election after the coming into force of this subsection must be held on Monday, October 26, 2020". However, the act also provides that if the election period would overlap with a federal election period, the provincial election is to be postponed until the first Monday of the following April; in this case: April 5, 2021. Because the incumbent 43rd Canadian Parliament is a minority Parliament, such a federal election was possible, but it did not occur prior to the provincial election being called. The fixed election law does not infringe on the Lieutenant Governor's right to dissolve the Legislative Assembly at an earlier date on the Premier's advice.

Although Premier Moe hinted at the possibility of a snap election in the Spring of 2020, Moe announced on March 12 that he would not do so, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan.

This is the third provincial election held in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic after New Brunswick and British Columbia.

Legislative summary

Summary of the 28th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Party		Leader	Seats
			2016	Current
	Saskatchewan	Scott Moe	51	46
	New Democratic	Ryan Meili	10	13
	Vacant		0	2
Total			61	61

Incumbents not contesting their seats

Retiring incumbents

Saskatchewan Party

• Nancy Heppner, Martensville-Warman
• Warren Michelson, Moose Jaw North
• Dan D'Autremont, Cannington
• Glen Hart, Last Mountain-Touchwood
• Herb Cox, The Battlefords
• Larry Doke, Cut Knife-Turtleford
• Greg Brkich, Arm River

New Democratic Party

• Cathy Sproule, Saskatoon Nutana
• David Forbes, Saskatoon Centre
• Warren McCall, Regina Elphinstone-Centre
• Danielle Chartier, Saskatoon Riversdale

Election summary

Summary of the 2020 Saskatchewan Legislature election
Results are preliminary with TBA% of the polls counted

Party		Leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				2016	Dissol.	2020	+/-	Votes	%	% change
	Saskatchewan	Scott Moe	61	51	46	46
	New Democratic	Ryan Meili	61	10	13	15
	Green	Naomi Hunter	60	0	0
	Progressive Conservative	Ken Grey	31	0	0
	Buffalo	Wade Sira (i)	17	0	0
	Liberal	Robert Rudachyk (i)	3	0	0
	Independent		3	0	0
	Vacant			–	2	—
Blank and invalid votes
Total			236	61	61	61	0		100%
Registered voters / turnout
Source:

Candidates by riding

Candidates in bold represent cabinet members and the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol † indicates incumbent MLAs who are not running again.

Northwest Saskatchewan

Electoral District		Candidates				Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	Other
Athabasca		Kelly Kwan	Buckley Belanger	Leroy Laliberte			Buckley Belanger
Cut Knife-Turtleford		Ryan Domotor	Matt Fedler	Patrick McNally	Richard Nelson (Buff.)		† Larry Doke
Lloydminster		Colleen Young	Colleen Morrell Henning	Audra Kish	Steve Gessner (Buff.)		Colleen Young
Meadow Lake		Jeremy Harrison	Harmonie King	Carol Vandale			Jeremy Harrison
Rosthern-Shellbrook		Scott Moe	Trina Miller	Larry Neufeld	Yvonne Choquette (PC)		Scott Moe
The Battlefords		Jeremy Cockrill	Amber Stewart	Joey Reynolds	Harry Zamonsky (PC)		† Herb Cox

Northeast Saskatchewan

Electoral District		Candidates					Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	PC	Buffalo
Batoche		Delbert Kirsch	Lon Borgerson	Hamish Graham	Carrie Harris			Delbert Kirsch
Canora-Pelly		Terry Dennis	Stacey Strykowski	Breton Gattinger		Robert Hayes		Terry Dennis
Carrot River Valley		Fred Bradshaw	Rod McCorriston	Liam Becker	Glen Leson			Fred Bradshaw
Cumberland		Darren Deschambeault	Doyle Vermette	Aaron Oochoo				Doyle Vermette
Kelvington-Wadena		Hugh Nerlien	Linda Patenaude	Melissa Fletcher	Wayne Mastrachuk	Justin Chrobot		Hugh Nerlien
Melfort		Todd Goudy	Lorne Schroeder	Matthew Diakuw		Dave Waldner		Todd Goudy
Prince Albert Carlton		Joe Hargrave	Troy Parenteau	Shirley Davis	Renee Grasby			Joe Hargrave
Prince Albert Northcote		Alana Ross	Nicole Rancourt	Sarah Kraynick	Jaret Nikolaisen			Nicole Rancourt
Saskatchewan Rivers		Nadine Wilson	Lyle Whitefish	Marcia Neault	Shaun Harris	Fred Lackie		Nadine Wilson

West Central Saskatchewan

Electoral District		Candidates					Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	PC	Buffalo
Arm River		Dana Skoropad	Cam Goff	Tiffany Giesbrecht	Steve Forbes			† Greg Brkich
Biggar-Sask Valley		Randy Weekes	Twyla Harris Naciri	Darcy Robilliard		Trevor Simpson		Randy Weekes
Humboldt-Watrous		Donna Harpauer	Wendy Sekulich	Jim Ternier	Rose Buscholl	Constance Maffenbeier		Donna Harpauer
Kindersley		Ken Francis	Steven Allen	Evangeline Godron	Terry Sieben	Jason Cooper		Ken Francis
Martensville-Warman		Terry Jenson	Carla Streeton	Melvin Pylypchuk		Wade Sira		†Nancy Heppner
Rosetown-Elrose		Jim Reiter	Brenda Edel	Justina Robinson	Adrian Janssens			Jim Reiter

Southwest Saskatchewan

Electoral District		Candidates				Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	Other
Cypress Hills		Doug Steele	Kelly Genert	Dianna Holigroski	Crystal Tiringer (Buff.) John Goohsen (PC)		Doug Steele
Lumsden-Morse		Lyle Stewart	Nic Lewis	Isaiah Hunter	Les Guillemin (Buff.)		Lyle Stewart
Moose Jaw North		Tim McLeod	Kyle Lichtenwald	North Hunter			†Warren Michelson
Moose Jaw Wakamow		Greg Lawrence	Melissa Patterson	Abby Firlotte	Darcy Jensen (PC)		Greg Lawrence
Swift Current		Everett Hindley	Stefan Rumpel	George Watson			Everett Hindley
Wood River		Dave Marit	Roger Morgan	Kimberly Soo Goodtrack			Dave Marit

Southeast Saskatchewan

Electoral District		Candidates					Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	PC	Buffalo
Cannington		Daryl Harrison	Dianne Twietmeyer	Jaina Forrest		Wes Smith		†Dan D'Autremont
Estevan		Lori Carr	Seth Lendrum	Scott Meyers	Linda Sopp	Phil Zajac		Lori Carr
Indian Head-Milestone		Don McMorris	Jared Clarke	Billy Patterson	Elvin Mandziak			Don McMorris
Last Mountain-Touchwood		Travis Keisig	Thera Nordal	Justin Stranack	Victor Teece	Gordon Bradford		†Glen Hart
Melville-Saltcoats		Warren Kaeding	Bonnie Galenzoski	Jack Powless	Trever Ratti			Warren Kaeding
Moosomin		Steven Bonk	Ken Burton	Marjorie Graham	Frank Serfas			Steven Bonk
Weyburn-Big Muddy		Dustin Duncan	Regan Lanning	Shane Caellaigh		Collin Keith		Dustin Duncan
Yorkton		Greg Ottenbreit	Carter Antoine	Judy Mergel				Greg Ottenbreit

Saskatoon

Electoral District		Candidates				Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	Other
Saskatoon Centre		Kim Groff	Betty Nippi-Albright	Raven Reid			†David Forbes
Saskatoon Churchill-Wildwood		Lisa Lambert	Dave McGrane	Gillian Walker	John Lowe (PC)		Lisa Lambert
Saskatoon Eastview		Chris Guérette	Matt Love	Jan Norris			Vacant
Saskatoon Fairview		Manny Sadhra	Vicki Mowat	Tobi-Dawne Smith	Tony Ollenberger (PC)		Vicki Mowat
Saskatoon Meewasin		Rylund Hunter	Ryan Meili	Jacklin Andrews			Ryan Meili
Saskatoon Northwest		Gordon Wyant	Gillian Strange	Maria Krznar			Gordon Wyant
Saskatoon Nutana		Kyle Mazer	Erika Ritchie	Albert Chubak			†Cathy Sproule
Saskatoon Riversdale		Marv Friesen	Ashlee Hicks	Delanie Passer			†Danielle Chartier
Saskatoon Silverspring-Sutherland		Paul Merriman	Tajinder Grewal	Jaime Fairley			Paul Merriman
Saskatoon Southeast		Don Morgan	Pamela Beaudin	Cheryl Mazil			Don Morgan
Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota		Bronwyn Eyre	Judicaël Moukoumi	Lydia Martens	Brett Gregg (Buff.)		Bronwyn Eyre
Saskatoon University		Eric Olauson	Jennifer Bowes	Erickka Patmore			Eric Olauson
Saskatoon Westview		David Buckingham	Malik Draz	Glenn Wright	Robert Rudachyk (Lib.)		David Buckingham
Saskatoon Willowgrove		Ken Cheveldayoff	Kaitlyn Harvey	David Greenfield			Ken Cheveldayoff

Regina

Electoral District		Candidates					Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	PC	Other
Regina Coronation Park		Mark Docherty	Noor Burki	Irene Browatzke	David Coates			Mark Docherty
Regina Douglas Park		Nadeem Naz	Nicole Sarauer	Victor Lau	Sara Healey			Nicole Sarauer
Regina Elphinstone-Centre		Caesar Khan	Meara Conway	Naomi Hunter	Don Kirk	Rolf Hartloff (Ind.)		†Warren McCall
Regina Gardiner Park		Gene Makowsky	Faycal Haggui	Helmi Scott	David Teece			Gene Makowsky
Regina Lakeview		Megan Patterson	Carla Beck	Michael Wright		Bruno Sahut (Lib.)		Carla Beck
Regina Northeast		Gary Grewal	Yens Pedersen	Anthony Majore	Corie Rempel	Jeff Walters (Lib.)		Yens Pedersen
Regina Pasqua		Muhammad Fiaz	Bhajan Brar	Heather Lau	Harry Frank			Muhammad Fiaz
Regina Rochdale		Laura Ross	Brett Estey	Sarah Risk	Murray Morhart			Laura Ross
Regina Rosemont		Alex Nau	Trent Wotherspoon	James Park	Chris McCulloch			Trent Wotherspoon
Regina University		Tina Beaudry-Mellor	Aleana Young	Tanner Wallace	Debbie Knill			Tina Beaudry-Mellor
Regina Walsh Acres		Derek Meyers	Kelly Hardy		Ken Grey	Sandra Morin (Ind.)		Vacant
Regina Wascana Plains		Christine Tell	Mike Sinclair	Sonja Doyle		Nestor Mryglod (Ind.)		Christine Tell

Opinion polls

Date(s) conducted	Polling organization/client	Sample size	SK Party	NDP	Liberal	Green	PC	Others	Lead
25 October 2020	Forum Research	1011	56.2%	35.8%	1.4%	1.7%	n/a	4.9%	20.4%
23-25 October 2020	Research Co.	500	56%	38%	1%	2%	2%	1%	18%
24 October 2020	Mainstreet Research	616	55.2%	37.3%	n/a	2.4%	n/a	4.9%	17.9%
8-13 October 2020	Angus Reid	759	60%	33%	n/a	n/a	n/a	7%	27%
8-10 October 2020	Research Co.	500	58%	36%	1%	2%	2%	1%	22%
6-8 October 2020	Insightrix	801	54%	35%	2%	3%	4%	3%	19%
Sep 29, 2020	Premier Scott Moe announces a general election to be held on October 26, 2020.
28 Sep 2020	Naveed Anwar steps down as leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party.
16 September 2020	CHASR Research	400	53%	25%	8%	0.5%	12%		28%
10 July-26 August 2020	EKOS Research	1,638	60%	28%				12%	32%
16 June-9 July 2020	EKOS Research	1,240	57%	32%				12%	25%
19-24 May 2020	Angus Reid	459	57%	32%	3%	2%		6%	25%
6-10 May 2020	The Canadian Perspective	792	51.9%	35.0%	2.9%	5.0%	1.9%	3.3%	16.9%
1 Mar 2020	Naomi Hunter is elected leader of the Green Party of Saskatchewan.
20-22 March 2019	Mainstreet Research	695	55.0%	31.2%	4.9%	4.0%		5.0%	23.8%
14-15 January 2019	Mainstreet Research	830	55.8%	32.6%	5.9%	2.4%		3.3%	23.2%
3 Nov 2018	Ken Grey is elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan.
30 October-1 November 2018	Mainstreet Research	779	55.1%	30.3%	6.8%	4.2%		3.5%	24.8%
15-17 July 2018	Mainstreet Research	776	52.1%	35.1%	5.6%	4.0%		3.1%	17.0%
16-18 Apr 2018	Mainstreet Research	963	49.8%	38.7%	6.7%	3.3%		1.5%	11.1%
5 May 2018	Naveed Anwar is elected leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party.
3 Mar 2018	Ryan Meili is elected leader of the Saskatchewan NDP.
2 Feb 2018	Scott Moe becomes Premier of Saskatchewan.
4-6 Jan 2018	Mainstreet Research	764	50.9%	34.4%	8.8%	5.8%			16.5%
24-27 Aug 2017	The Canadian Perspective	273	42.9%	45.4%	6.2%	4%	1.5%		2.5%
5-12 Jun 2017	Angus Reid	1,053	48%	41%	6%	3%		2%	7%
15-16 May 2017	Mainstreet Research	2,000	40%	49%	6%	5%			9%
11-13 Apr 2017	Insightrix	803	44%	40%	5%	4%	7%		4%
30-31 Mar 2017	Mainstreet Research	1,704	47%	42%	6%	5%			5%
22-23 Aug 2016	Mainstreet Research	1,690	53%	37%	5%	5%			16%
13 Jun 2016	Mainstreet Research	1,400	59%	32%	4%	5%			27%
4 Apr 2016	General election results	433,030	62.4%	30.2%	3.6%	1.8%	1.3%	0.5%	32.2%