The Saskatchewan Party was founded as a coalition between Progressive Conservative MLAs and Liberal MLAs in 1997. Liberal leader, Ken Krawetz, and Progressive Conservative leader, Bill Boyd, announced in August of 1997 that they, along with four MLAs from each of their caucuses, would be crossing the floor to form the Saskatchewan Party.<\/p>\n
The new party soon became the official opposition in the legislature. Ken Krawetz served as interim leader of the party and Elwin Hermanson was elected party leader the following year.<\/p>\n
The Saskatchewan Party won the most votes (but only the second-most seats) in the 1999 election. The new party won 39.6 per cent of the vote, compared to the NDP\u2019s 38.7 per cent, but only won 25 seats compared to the NDP\u2019s 29.<\/p>\n
The party came a close second in the 2003 election, winning a lower share of the popular vote (39.4 per cent) than they had in 1999 but a greater number of seats with 28.<\/p>\n
In 2004, Hermanson was replaced by Brad Wall who led the Saskatchewan Party to three election victories, securing majority governments each time. The party received 50.9 per cent of the vote in 2007, 64.25 per cent in 2011, and 62.36 per cent of the vote in 2016. The party also increased their seat count from 38 in 2007 (out of a possible 58 seats) to 51 out of a possible 61 seats in 2016 (three ridings were added in April 2016).<\/p>\n
In January 2018 Scott Moe replaced Brad Wall as the leader of the Saskatchewan Party. He was sworn in as Premier of Saskatchewan on February 2, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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