The party will form government for the fifth consecutive time
Voters in Saskatchewan chose to stay the course with Scott Moe and the Saskatchewan Party, electing him as premier for the second straight time, and the party to form government for the fifth consecutive time on Oct. 28.
Sask Party MLAs are currently elected in 32 ridings – one more than what’s needed to form a majority government in the 61-seat legislature – and leading in three others.
“Thank you for your ongoing support,” Moe said during his victory speech. “17 years ago, you elected a new government in our province. And tonight, 17 years later you voted to re-elect that very same Saskatchewan Party to govern.”
The record for longest streak of consecutive provincial election wins belongs to the Progressive Conservatives in Ontario.
That party won 13 elections in a row from 1943 to 1985.
Carla Beck and the Saskatchewan NDP are elected in 22 ridings, leading in four ridings, and will once again form the official opposition.
“The close result tonight is a message that the people of Saskatchewan want and deserve a government that puts them first, and we are not going to stop until that vision is a reality,” she told supporters in her concession speech.
Saskatchewan’s minister of agriculture won re-election on Monday night.
David Marit won in Wood River, receiving 5,560 votes. Mike Topola of the NDP came in second in the riding with 1,464 votes.
Whether Marit keeps a spot in cabinet won’t be known until the new government is sworn in.
The NDP’s ag critic is also going back to the legislature.
Trent Wotherspoon won in Regina Mount Royal with 4,945 votes. Jaspreet Mander from the Saskatchewan Party collected 3,055 votes.
Final results are in for another provincial election.
After almost two weeks since B.C. voters went to the polls, the NDP will form the next government in that province.
NDP MLAs have been elected in 47 ridings, Elections BC says. The Conservative Party won in 44 ridings and will form the official opposition. The BC Green Party collected two seats.
Lovers of provincial politics don’t have to wait long for another election as voters in Nova Scotia will elect their new government on Nov. 26.