2020_Saskatchewan_general_election

2020 Saskatchewan general election

2020 Saskatchewan general election

Canadian provincial election


The 2020 Saskatchewan general election was held on October 26, 2020 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. This date was 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.[1]

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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.[2] On January 27, 2018, Environment Minister Scott Moe was elected leader of the Saskatchewan Party. He was appointed and sworn in as premier on February 2.

The conservative Saskatchewan Party under Moe was re-elected to its fourth consecutive majority government.

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".[3][4][5] However, the act also provides that if the election period overlaps 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.[5] Because the 43rd Canadian Parliament was 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 calling a snap election in spring 2020, Moe announced on March 12 that he would not do so, citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Saskatchewan.[6]

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

Incumbents not contesting their seats

Retiring incumbents

Saskatchewan Party

New Democratic Party

Election summary

Like the previous election, few seats changed hands, though there was a small swing in the overall popular vote to the NDP. The Saskatchewan Party retained its sweep of the central and southern rural ridings, with no rural seats changing hands. Overall, the NDP's seat total was left unchanged at 13. No other party won any seats.

Saskatoon saw a swing to the NDP, with the New Democrats recording a net gain of one seat. The NDP picked up Saskatoon Eastview and Saskatoon University from the Sask. Party, however (especially given the overall swing to the NDP in the cities) the surprise of the night was in Saskatoon Riversdale, the riding of former premier Roy Romanow, which was won by the Saskatchewan Party for the first time. It was only the second time in that riding's history it was not won by the NDP, and arguably an even bigger upset since the only other such occasion was the 1982 Progressive Conservative landslide in which (unlike in 2020) the Tories took all of Saskatoon.

Regina also saw a swing towards the NDP, which gained Regina University from the Saskatchewan Party. However, this was balanced by the loss of its 2018 by-election gain of Regina Northeast. The Saskatchewan Party also re-gained the seat of Prince Albert Northcote, leaving the NDP shut out outside of Saskatoon, Regina and Northern Saskatchewan.

The newly formed Buffalo Party finished second in four rural ridings, and finished third place in the overall popular vote despite running far fewer candidates than the Green Party or the Progressive Conservatives. The PC's finished fifth behind the Greens in overall popular vote, but recorded more votes per candidate than the Greens. The Greens were the only other party besides the Saskatchewan Party and NDP to run anything close to a full slate of candidates, but averaged barely more votes per candidate on average than the essentially dormant Liberal Party. The Liberals ran only three paper candidates in order to maintain their party registration and did not run a meaningful campaign.

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Historical results from 1991 onwards

Graph of Saskatchewan general election results by share of votes, 1991–2020; omitted are minor parties consistently registering less than 2% of the vote.
Graph of Saskatchewan general election results by seats won, 1991–2020; those of independent MNAs are omitted.

Synopsis of results

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  1. "2020 General Election Results". elections.sk.ca. Elections Saskatchewan. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
  2. "8 - Vote Summary by Constituency". A Report on the Twenty-ninth General Election (PDF). Vol. I - Statement of Votes. Elections Saskatchewan. 2020. pp. 46–55.
  3. sorted as per results summary
  4. including rejected and declined ballots
  = open seat
  = turnout is above provincial average
  = incumbency arose from byelection gain
  = incumbent re-elected in same riding
  = NDP candidate - nomination reversed by party leader
  = other incumbent renominated

Seats changing hands

Seven seats changed allegiance from 2016:

Sask to NDP
NDP to Sask
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Detailed analysis

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5 closest ridings

Incumbents are denoted in bold and followed by (I).

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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. [8]

Northwest Saskatchewan

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Northeast Saskatchewan

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West Central Saskatchewan

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Southwest Saskatchewan

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Southeast Saskatchewan

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Saskatoon

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Regina

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List of MLAs who lost their seat

Open seats changing hands

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Opinion polls

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References

  1. Solomon, Michaela (September 29, 2020). "Saskatchewan's 29th general election begins as writ drop announced". regina.ctvnews.ca. CTV News. Archived from the original on May 9, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  2. Martell, Creeden. "Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall retiring from politics". cbc.ca. CBC News. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2017.
  3. "Sask. gov't announces 2020 election date, tables election law changes". Global News. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  4. "Saskatchewan adjusting 2020 provincial, municipal election dates". Regina Leader Post. Archived from the original on September 13, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  5. "The Legislative Assembly Act, 2007" (PDF). The Queen's Printer (Saskatchewan). 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 21, 2018. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  6. "No spring election: Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe". Global News. Archived from the original on March 23, 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
  7. "2020 Elections Saskatchewan". Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  8. "2020 Official Provincial Election Candidates". Archived from the original on October 9, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.

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