News Analysis
The Saskatchewan Party’s narrow majority win on Oct. 28 and the stark urban-rural divide in the province raises questions as to what lies behind such stark polarization.
Premier Scott Moe led his party to a fifth straight majority government in the election, taking 35 of 61 seats. However, the party was shut out in Regina and won only two seats in Saskatoon. The party swept all other ridings, except for two in the far north of the province.
In 2020, the Saskatchewan Party won 51 seats and 62.5 percent of the vote, while the NDP took 10 seats and 30.3 percent support.
Ken Coates, professor emeritus at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, said the rural-urban divide stretches far beyond Saskatchewan’s borders….