Premier Moe Appoints New Cabinet

Premier Scott Moe, who last week secured a 5th consecutive majority mandate for the Saskatchewan Party, has named his new cabinet. Today’s swearing in marked the 17th anniversary of the election of the first Saskatchewan Party government.

"This is a new beginning - a new government with a new mandate from Saskatchewan voters, and today we have a new Cabinet” said Moe, who has reduced the size of his Cabinet from 18 Ministers prior to the election, to the current line up of 16. Moe’s new Cabinet includes four rookie Cabinet Ministers, two Ministers being brought back into Cabinet after a break from serving in the executive council, and eight Ministers returning from the previous Cabinet. 

Important changes see Everett Hindley and Jeremy Cockrill swap places with each other as Ministers of Health and Education respectively, the return of Ken Cheveldayoff (the lone Saskatchewan Party MLA from Saskatoon) to Cabinet as Minister of Advance Education, and the appointment of Jim Reiter, the longest serving member of Cabinet, as Minister of Finance and Deputy Premier. He will also serve as Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety and Minister of Immigration and Career Training.

The Government will introduce a Speech from the Throne and have a quick legislative session this fall with dates to be announced soon. 

“With a smaller caucus returned to the Legislature, it only made sense that the Premier would look to form a smaller Cabinet, which is exactly what Premier Moe did,” said Tyler Willox, Upstream Strategy Group's Principal, Western Canada. “The Premier has wisely relied on some of his most experienced Ministers to step up and fill the biggest roles, while relying on up-and-comers to prove themselves in junior portfolios.” 

Please contact Upstream to discuss how the new cabinet will impact your advocacy work and opportunities that these changes may have created. The full list of the next Cabinet is as follows:

• Jim Reiter becomes the new Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance and Minister of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety and Minister of Immigration and Career Training;
• Everett Hindley becomes Minister of Education;
• Jeremy Cockrill becomes Minister of Health;
• Lori Carr becomes Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, Seniors and Rural and Remote Health;
• Tim McLeod becomes Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Minister of Corrections and Public Safety;
• David Marit becomes Minister of Highways, Minister of SaskBuilds and Procurement; 
• Jeremy Harrison becomes Minister of Crown Investments Corporation and all of its commercial Crown Corporations, and Minister responsible for the Public Service Commission;
• Terry Jenson becomes Minister of Social Services; 
• Colleen Young becomes Minister of Energy and Resource
• Alana Ross as Minister of Parks, Culture and Sport, Minister responsible for the Status of Women, Tourism Saskatchewan and the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority;
• Daryl Harrison as Minister of Agriculture; 
• Travis Keisig as Minister of Environment; 
• Eric Schmalz as Minister of Government Relations, Minister responsible for First Nations, Métis and Northern Affairs;

• Ken Cheveldayoff as Minister of Advanced Education; 
• Warren Kaeding as Minister of Trade and Export Development.

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