sask. party 'must do better,' says premier scott moe
"we're going to take a little bit of time. we're going to reflect on the message that was sent here this evening," said premier scott moe.
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shellbrook — premier scott moe said a message was sent this election, as his saskatchewan party appears to have lost its foothold in the province’s two largest cities. “i’ve heard that message. our team has heard that message, and we must do better,” said moe, speaking in the early hours of tuesday morning.
“we’re going to take a little bit of time. we’re going to reflect on the message that was sent here this evening.”
the saskatchewan party leader was 400 kilometres away from the provincial seat of power, opting instead to be in home constituency of shellbrook.
shortly before 9 p.m. on monday as election results trickled in, moe secured enough votes to win his constituency, rosthern-shellbrook. a watch party in the richardson pioneer recreation centre in shellbrook was for supporters and members of the community only, so no reporters were present to hear the reaction.
moe has been an mla with the sask. party since 2011 and became party leader in 2018.
speaking shortly before 11 p.m., reg downs, campaign coordinator for the saskatchewan party and moe’s campaign, said with the counts where they were, he felt the sask. party would form its fifth consecutive government.
“we’re going to have to look at the results and take the message that comes,” he said.
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rural and smaller urban centres held for the sask. party on monday night.
“we could win every seat outside of saskatoon, regina and the far north,” downs said.
as for the major urban centres, downs said “there was a message sent there tonight. we’re going to have to listen to what that message was, and respond.”
downs was hopeful that as the votes continued to be counted, the sask. party could hold onto a few seats across saskatoon and regina. by the end of the night, the sask. party was looking at wins in two saskatoon ridings.
moe did not take questions from reporters early tuesday morning, instead, he opted to let a few more results come in, with races still hanging in the balance. while his party is set to form its fifth consecutive government, the sask. party is doing so with its smallest majority ever. moe thanked the many thousands who cast ballots for his party, saying he knew this election would be a fight.
“when we started this campaign, and it was going to be a challenging campaign, recent history has not been kind to incumbent majority governing parties in this nation,” moe said.
still, he promised that “the saskatchewan party will be a government that works for all the people of saskatchewan.”
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saskatchewan party leader and premier scott moe speaks to media, following his party winning a majority government in the provincial election, in shellbrook, sask. on tuesday, oct. 29, 2024.
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that comes on the heels of moe and the sask. party losing several cabinet ministers and nearly all the seats the party just held in regina and saskatoon, according to elections saskatchewan’s initial count.
moe said a message had been sent on monday.
he thanked each and every candidate who ran in the election, commending them for putting their names in the ring and running for office. he was reflective during his address, with supporters joining to hear his speech.
since the writ dropped on oct. 1, moe has travelled all around saskatchewan promoting his party and the work it’s done over 17 years in office.
on issues of affordability, the sask. party has promised income tax adjustments. on education, the party has promised to build more schools. on health care, the party has promised to continue with its health human resources action plan, which aims to incentivize, retrain and recruit health care-workers to the province.
moe has said his first order of business should his party form government will be to bring in a policy to ban “biological boys” from using school changing rooms with “biological girls.”
check out the leader-post’s profile on moe here.
read more of our election coverage:
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- recap: 30th saskatchewan general election results
- map the votes: results of the 2024 sask. election
- leader carla beck says ndp has ‘awakened hope’ in saskatchewan
- five prominent cabinet ministers defeated in 2024 sask. election, initial count indicates
