Lorne Calvert
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| Lorne Calvert | |
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| Assumed office February 8, 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Roy Romanow |
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| Born | December 24, 1954 (age 52) Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan |
| Political party | NDP |
| Spouse | Betty Sluzalo |
| Religion | United Church of Canada |
Lorne Calvert, MLA (born December 24, 1954 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) is the current premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. He is the leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party.
In 1975, Calvert married Betty Sluzalo of Perdue, Saskatchewan. After attending the St. Andrew's College seminary in Saskatoon, he was ordained as minister of the United Church of Canada in 1976, Calvert served as minister of several rural congregations. From 1979 to 1986, Calvert was the minister of the substantial pastoral charge of Zion United Church in Moose Jaw.
He entered provincial politics in the 1986 provincial election, running as a New Democrat on a platform of prohibiting the construction of a proposed casino in Moose Jaw. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the constituency of Moose Jaw South.
He was re-elected in the 1991 and 1995 elections in the riding of Moose Jaw Wakamow, and in a 2001 by-election in former premier Roy Romanow's riding of Saskatoon Riversdale.
Following the resignation of NDP leader and Premier Roy Romanow, Calvert won the NDP leadership, and became premier on February 8, 2001.
Calvert and the NDP narrowly defeated the centre-right opposition Saskatchewan Party in the 2003 provincial election. The NDP won 30 seats of the 58 seats in the election.
He has been featured in one of the episodes of Corner Gas, a comedy series set in Saskatchewan.
| Preceded by Roy Romanow |
Premiers of Saskatchewan 2001 – present |
Incumbent |
Stephen Harper (Prime Minister of Canada)
Gordon Campbell (BC) • Ed Stelmach (AB) • Lorne Calvert (SK) • Gary Doer (MB) • Dalton McGuinty (ON) • Jean Charest (QC)
Shawn Graham (NB) • Rodney MacDonald (NS) • Pat Binns (PE) • Dennis Fentie (YT) • Joe Handley (NT) • Paul Okalik (NU) • Danny Williams (NL)
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| Scott | Martin | Dunning | Gardiner | Anderson | Gardiner | Patterson | Douglas | Lloyd | Thatcher | Blakeney | Devine | Romanow | Calvert | ||
[edit] See also
- Executive Council of Saskatchewan for a list of the current provincial cabinet.
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| Lieutenant-Governor | Gordon L. Barnhart • Former lieutenant-governors |  |
| Premier | Lorne Calvert • Former premiers | |
| Opposition Leader | Brad Wall • Former Opposition Leaders | |
| Speaker of the Assembly | Myron Kowalsky | |
| Legislature | Current assembly • Former legislatures • Cabinet • electoral districts | |
| Political parties | Saskatchewan Party • New Democrats • Liberals Progressive Conservatives • Social Credit • Greens |
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| Elections | 2003 general election • Past elections • Electoral districts | |
| Current issues | Equalization payments | |
| Other Canadian politics | Federal • BC • AB • SK • MB • ON • QC • NB • NS • PEI • NL • YU • NT • NU | |
