Saskatchewan.

• Author: Drake, Anne
• Position: Legislative Reports

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Twenty-Eighth General Election

On March 8, 2016, Vaughn Solomon Schofield, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, dissolved the twenty-seventh legislature at the request of Premier Brad Wall, starting a 27-day election period. A record 268 candidates were nominated for election in 61 constituencies. Constituency boundaries have been redrawn since the previous general election in 2011, and the number of constituencies has increased by three. At dissolution the Assembly comprised 47 Saskatchewan Party MLAs, nine New Democratic MLAs, and two vacancies.

On April 4, 2016, Saskatchewan held its twenty-eighth general election. The Saskatchewan Party was elected for a third consecutive majority government, taking 51 of the 61 seats. The New Democratic Party elected 10 MLAs and will form the opposition. Seventeen new MLAs were voted into office: three for the NDP and...