The premier of Saskatchewan, Canada, is the province's head of government since 1905. Saskatchewan uses a unicameral Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that has the support of a majority in the Legislative Assembly. The premier chooses a cabinet from the elected members to form the Executive Council of Saskatchewan, and presides over that body.

Members are first elected to the legislature during general elections. General elections must be conducted every five years from the date of the last election, but the premier may ask for early dissolution of the legislative assembly. An election may also happen if the governing party loses the confidence of the legislature, by the defeat of a supply bill or passage of a non-confidence motion.

Prior to 1905, Saskatchewan was part of the North-West Territories and was governed by the lieutenant-governor of the North-West Territories from 1870 until 1897, and the premier of the North-West Territories from 1897 to 1905.

List of premiers

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Electoral mandates (Assembly)	Political party		Riding	Ref.
Premiers of the North-West Territories
1		Frederick W. A. G. Haultain (1857–1942)	7 October 1897	1 September 1905	Title created ( 3rd  NW  Leg.)⁠ 1898 election ( 4th  NW  Leg.)⁠ 1902 election ( 5th  NW  Leg.)		Non-partisan	MLA for Macleod
			Led negotiations for provincial status for Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Premiers of Saskatchewan
1		Thomas Walter Scott (1867–1938)	12 September 1905	20 October 1916	Title created ( caretaker government)⁠ 1905 election ( 1st  Leg.)⁠ 1908 election ( 2nd  Leg.)⁠ 1912 election ( 3rd  Leg.)		Liberal ( Ldr. 1905)	MLA for Lumsden (1905–1908) MLA for Swift Current (1908–1916)
2		William Melville Martin (1876–1970)	20 October 1916	5 April 1922	Appointment ( 3rd  Leg.)⁠ 1917 election ( 4th  Leg.)⁠ 1921 election ( 5th  Leg.)		Liberal ( Ldr. 1916)	MLA for Regina City (1916–1921) MLA for Regina City #1 (1921–1922)
			Until 20 October 1917 was the only premier to not be the President of the Executive Council (he was the Minister of Education and J. A. Calder was President of the Executive Council) [1]
3		Charles Avery Dunning (1885–1958)	5 April 1922	26 February 1926	Appointment ( 5th  Leg.)⁠ 1925 election ( 6th  Leg.)		Liberal ( Ldr. 1922)	MLA for Moose Jaw County
4 (1 of 2)		James G. Gardiner (1883–1962)	26 February 1926	9 September 1929	Appointment ( 6th  Leg.)⁠ 1929 election ( 7th  Leg.)		Liberal ( Ldr. 1926)	MLA for North Qu'Appelle
5		James Thomas Milton Anderson (1878–1946)	9 September 1929	19 July 1934	Appointment ( 7th  Leg.)		Conservative ( Ldr. 1924)	MLA for Saskatoon City #1
— (2 of 2)		James Garfield Gardiner (1883–1962)	19 July 1934	1 November 1935	1934 election ( 8th  Leg.)		Liberal ( Ldr. 1926)	MLA for Melville
6		William John Patterson (1886–1976)	1 November 1935	10 July 1944	Appointment ( 8th  Leg.)⁠ 1938 election ( 9th  Leg.)		Liberal ( Ldr. 1935)	MLA for Cannington
			First Premier born in Saskatchewan. [2]
7		Tommy Douglas (1904–1986)	10 July 1944	7 November 1961	1944 election ( 10th  Leg.)⁠ 1948 election ( 11th  Leg.)⁠ 1952 election ( 12th  Leg.)⁠ 1956 election ( 13th  Leg.)⁠ 1960 election ( 14th  Leg.)		Co-operative Commonwealth ( Ldr. 1942)	MLA for Weyburn
8		Woodrow Lloyd (1913–1972)	7 November 1961	22 May 1964	Appointment ( 14th  Leg.)		Co-operative Commonwealth ( Ldr. 1961)	MLA for Biggar
9		Ross Thatcher (1917–1971)	22 May 1964	30 June 1971	1964 election ( 15th  Leg.)⁠ 1967 election ( 16th  Leg.)		Liberal ( Ldr. 1959)	MLA for Morse
10		Allan Blakeney (1925–2011)	30 June 1971	8 May 1982	1971 election ( 17th  Leg.)⁠ 1975 election ( 18th  Leg.)⁠ 1978 election ( 19th  Leg.)		New Democratic ( Ldr. 1970)	MLA for Regina Centre (1971–1975) MLA for Regina Elphinstone (1975–1982)
11		Grant Devine (b. 1944)	8 May 1982	1 November 1991	1982 election ( 20th  Leg.)⁠ 1986 election ( 21st  Leg.)		Progressive Conservative ( Ldr. 1979)	MLA for Estevan
12		Roy Romanow (b. 1939)	1 November 1991	8 February 2001	1991 election ( 22nd  Leg.)⁠ 1995 election ( 23rd  Leg.)⁠ 1999 election ( 24th  Leg.)		New Democratic ( Ldr. 1987)	MLA for Saskatoon Riversdale
13		Lorne Calvert (b. 1952)	8 February 2001	21 November 2007	Appointment ( 24th  Leg.)⁠ 2003 election ( 25th  Leg.)		New Democratic ( Ldr. 2001)	MLA for Saskatoon Riversdale
14		Brad Wall (b. 1965)	21 November 2007	2 February 2018	2007 election ( 26th  Leg.)⁠ 2011 election ( 27th  Leg.)⁠ 2016 election ( 28th  Leg.)		Saskatchewan ( Ldr. 2004)	MLA for Swift Current
15		Scott Moe (b. 1973)	2 February 2018	incumbent	Appointment ( 28th  Leg.)⁠ 2020 election ( 29th  Leg.)		Saskatchewan ( Ldr. 2018)	MLA for Rosthern-Shellbrook

See also

• List of premiers of Saskatchewan by time in office
• List of leaders of the opposition in Saskatchewan
• For more lists of this type, see Lists of incumbents.

References