Executive Council of Saskatchewan

The Executive Council of Saskatchewan (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Saskatchewan) is the cabinet of that Canadian province.

Almost always made up of members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, the Cabinet is similar in structure and role to the Cabinet of Canada while being smaller in size. As federal and provincial responsibilities differ there are a number of different portfolios between the federal and provincial governments.

The Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan, as representative of the Queen in Right of Saskatchewan, formally heads the council, although he/she does not normally attend its meetings and in practice the Premier of Saskatchewan is its most powerful member. (However, many of its documents are referred to as being issued by the Governor-in-Council.) Other members of the Cabinet, the ministers, are selected by the Premier of Saskatchewan and appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor. Most cabinet ministers are the heads of ministries, but this is not always the case.

As at the federal level, the most important Cabinet post after that of the Premier is Minister of Finance. The next most powerful position is, arguably, Minister of Health, since the Ministry has a vast budget and is of central political import. Other powerful porfolios include Education and Energy.

Current Cabinet

The current Cabinet has been in place since 2007. The list below is current as of April 5, 2016.^[1] Members are listed in order of precedence.

Canadian executive councils
Queen's Privy Council for Canada Federal Cabinet Executive Councils of the Provinces and Territories British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Newfoundland & Labrador Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut

Politics of Saskatchewan
Lieutenant Governor (List)	Vaughn Solomon Schofield
Premier (List - Premiers by time in office)	Brad Wall
Opposition Leader (List)	Cam Broten
Speaker of the Assembly	Dan D'Autremont
Legislature	Current assembly Former legislatures Cabinet Electoral districts
Political parties	Greens Progressive Conservatives Liberals New Democrats Saskatchewan Party
Historic parties	Aboriginal People's Party Alliance Communist - Labour-Progressive - "Unity" Economic Group First Nations Party Marijuana Party Non-Partisan League Progressives Saskatchewan Democratic Action Social Credit Unionest Western Canada Concept
Elections	2011 general election Past elections Electoral districts
Other Canadian politics	Federal BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PEI NL YU NT NU

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