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Volume 9 No. 5
Friday, February 2, 2018
Moe the new leader and premier following Jan. 27 race By Becky Zimmer Journal Editor
It took five rounds of voting but Saskatchewan has a new leader of the Saskatchewan Party and a new Premier-designate with Scott Moe taking 8,075, or 53.87 per cent, of the votes at the convention on Jan. 27 in Saskatoon. In total, 17,159 ballots were counted. By round four, Moe and fellow candidate Alanna Koch were in the lead with 36.43 per cent and 34.06 per cent of the vote respectively with Cheveldayoff being the last to be eliminated with 29.51 per cent of the popular vote. Candidates Rob Clarke, Tina Beaudry-Mellor, and Gord Wyant was eliminated in previous rounds. Candidates were given time for final speeches before the votes were counted. Moe said that he was honoured to stand with such dedicated people who have made it their life’s work to stand for Saskatchewan and win the election in 2020. “Our party is now stronger than ever and our commitment of our party and our people to this province and the communities within is most definitely stronger than it has ever been.� Moe took to the podium around 7 p.m. to thank his fellow candidates for a race that saw candidates out talking to Saskatchewan people in over a hundred communities as well as his family. “Saskatchewan is and always will be the very best place for us to live and to
work and to raise your family and mine. We can charge our own course.� Moe promised to keep on investing in infrastructure and the economy going forward, saying exports are up 65 per cent and agricultural exports doubling in the last decade. Part of his acceptance speech also included promising not to impose a carbon tax in Saskatchewan. “A federal carbon tax threatens the livelihood of every farmer, every miner, every worker in the energy sector. I will fight for this province, I will fight for our economy to ensure that we do not have a carbon tax.� Moe had a special message for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the carbon tax issue. “If you are wondering how far I will go, just watch me,� Premier-designate Scott Moe stands with former Premier Brad Wall after being ansaid Moe, in reference to Pierre Trudeau’s famous 1970 October nounced new leader of the Saskatchewan Party at the Saskatchewan Party convention on Jan. 27 in Saskatoon. After five rounds of voting, Moe and fellow candiCrisis line. Over 27,000 Saskatchewan date Alanna Koch were the last candidates standing with 36.43 per cent and 34.06 Party members were eligible to per cent of the vote respectively. Moe won with 8,075, or 53.87 per cent of the vote vote in the Saskatchewan Party for the leadership of the Saskatchewan Party. leadership race, a jump from photo by Jordan Twiss, Shellbrook Chronicle 9,500 members at the time of Votes were cast using the preferenBrad Wall’s retirement, said a Saskatch- pauer expects a smooth transition for ewan Party press release. Moe as he moves from MLA to party tial voting system where voters were asked to rank their preferences from Humboldt-Watrous MLA Donna leader. Harpauer was especially pleased by “He already has solid endorsements one to five. Candidates with the lowest Moe’s win considering she had en- and support from the team. He will be amount of votes were then eliminated dorsed Moe back able to transition quite quickly with with voters sec- ond choice counted. continued until when he first an- uniting caucus and then basically get- The count one candidate received nounced his plans ting back to work.� 50 per cent of to run for the leadEspecially with the provincial bud- over the popular ership of the party. get being next on the docket, Harpauer vote. Now that he has says Moe does have experience with t h won the leadership treasury boards and strength in g of the party, Har- cabinet. Ni
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