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{{Infobox political party
| name = Saskatchewan Green Party
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| logo = Sask Green Logo.png
| logo_size = 250px
| leader = Naomi Hunter
| president
| leader1_title = Deputy leader
| leader1_name = Victor Lau
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| foundation = 1998
| dissolution =
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| headquarters = RR#1 Site 9 Comp 23 [[Shellbrook, Saskatchewan|Shellbrook, SK]] S0J 2E0<ref name="Contact">{{cite web |last1=|first1=|title=Contact |url=https://www.saskgreen.ca/contact |website=Saskatchewan Green Party|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104111052/https://www.saskgreen.ca/contact |archive-date=2024-01-04 |date=2022-04-17 |access-date=2024-01-04}}</ref>
| ideology = [[Green politics]]
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| colours = [[Green]]
| colorcode = {{Canadian party colour|SK|Green}}
| blank1_title = Fiscal policy
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| blank2_title = Social policy
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| seats1_title = Seats in the House of Commons
| seats1 =
| seats2_title = Seats in the Senate
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| seats3_title = Seats in [[Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan|Legislature]]
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|61|hex={{Canadian party colour|SK|Green}}}}
| website = {{url|http://www.saskgreen.ca}}
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| state = Saskatchewan
| parties_dab1 = List of political parties in Saskatchewan | elections_dab1 = List of Saskatchewan general elections
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{{Green politics sidebar}}
The '''Saskatchewan Green Party''' is a [[Green politics|Green]] [[political party]] in [[Saskatchewan]], Canada. The party was founded in 1998 as the '''New Green Alliance''' by a coalition of environmental and social justice activists. In the twenty-first century, only the [[New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan|New Democratic Party]] and the [[Saskatchewan Party]] have fielded more candidates than the Greens in provincial elections, yet no Greens have been elected to the [[Saskatchewan Legislature|Legislature]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tank |first=Phil |date=2022-10-04 |title=It sure ain't easy being Green in Saskatchewan politics |url=https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/columnists/phil-tank-it-sure-aint-easy-being-green-in-saskatchewan-politics |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004153447/https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/columnists/phil-tank-it-sure-aint-easy-being-green-in-saskatchewan-politics |archive-date=2022-10-04 |access-date=2024-04-05 |work=[[Saskatoon StarPhoenix]]}}</ref> The current party leader is Naomi Hunter.
== History ==
=== Foundations and the New Green Alliance ===
In the mid-1990s, a number of environmental and social justice activists began to organize against the perceived [[right-wing politics|rightward]] drift of the governing New Democrats (NDP) under [[Premier of Saskatchewan|Premier]] [[Roy Romanow]], who were seen to have embraced [[Third Way]] politics.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Warnock |first=John W. |title=Saskatchewan: The Roots of Discontent and Protest |publisher=[[Black Rose Books]] |year=2004 |isbn=1-55164-244-1 |location=Montreal |pages=413–414 |language=en-CA}}</ref> In April 1998, organizers held a news conference, stating their intention "... to create a political party committed to protect the environment from corporate plunder and to advance a social justice agenda," before officially registering the New Green Alliance (NGA) with [[Elections Saskatchewan]] in January 1999.<ref name="NGAwebsite">{{Cite web |title=Who We Are |url=http://www.nga.sk.ca/whoweare.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010217222141if_/http://www.nga.sk.ca/whoweare.html |archive-date=2001-02-17 |website=Saskatchewan New Green Alliance}}</ref> Early on, the party debated focusing on [[community activism]] over [[electoralism]]—future party leader Victor Lau stated in 1998 that in his opinion, "... 20 per cent of the energy of the new party should be devoted to electoral politics and 80 per cent to promoting community projects like low-cost housing, new transit systems, or solar energy."<ref name=":0" /> Others looked to revive the [[Democratic socialism|democratic socialist]] politics of [[Tommy Douglas]], the first CCF/NDP Premier of Saskatchewan, which they argued the NDP had drifted away from.<ref name=":0">{{cite magazine |last=Gonick |first=Cy |date=July–August 1998 |title=It's Party Time in Regina |url=https://www.questia.com/magazine/1G1-21109344/it-s-party-time-in-regina |access-date=October 11, 2020 |magazine=[[Canadian Dimension]], Vol. 32, No. 4}}</ref>
The party's first leader was [[anti-nuclear]] activist Neil Sinclair. In the [[1999 Saskatchewan general election|1999 provincial election]], the NGA ran 16 candidates province-wide, earning 1% of the vote and approximately 4% of the vote on average where they ran.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Voyageur |first=Cora |url=https://archive.org/details/saskatchewanpoli0000unse/mode/2up |title=Saskatchewan Politics: Into the Twenty-First Century |last2=Green |first2=Joyce |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Centre |year=2001 |isbn=0-88977-131-6 |editor-last=Leeson |editor-first=Howard A. |pages=344 |language=en-CA |chapter=From Many Peoples, Strength: Demographics and Democracy in Saskatchewan's 1999 'Harvest Election' |url-access=registration}}</ref> The NGA, whose platform was characterized as "counter-ideological" in contrast to the NDP and Saskatchewan Party, who were competing to form government, found it difficult to garner media attention during the campaign.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sperling |first=Gerald B. |title=Saskatchewan Politics |last2=Wishlow |first2=Kevin |editor-last=Leeson |pages=394 |language=en-CA |chapter=Politics and the Media in Saskatchewan}}</ref> In the [[2003 Saskatchewan general election|2003 election]], under the leadership of Ben Webster, the party ran 27 candidates but actually lost support compared to 1999, earning only 0.6% of the vote province-wide.
=== Saskatchewan Green Party ===
In 2005, the NGA changed its name to come in line with the federal Greens, becoming the Green Party of Saskatchewan; however, the party maintained that it was only loosely affiliated with the [[Green Party of Canada]].<ref name="NGACBC">{{cite news |date=2005-04-28 |title=New Green Alliance changes name |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/new-green-alliance-changes-name-1.521590 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113035923/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/new-green-alliance-changes-name-1.521590 |archive-date=2022-11-13 |access-date=2020-10-11 |work=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> The party had several short-term leaders between 2005 and 2006, when [[antiwar]] and [[anti-vaccination]] activist Sandra Finley became leader ahead of the [[2007 Saskatchewan general election|2007 provincial election]]. The Greens ran a much larger campaign in 2007, fielding candidates in 48 out of 58 ridings. The party was able to capture 2.0% of the vote; Harold Johnson, running in the [[Cumberland (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district)|Cumberland]] riding, received 6.2% of the vote and secured the first third-place finish for the Greens.
On 6 September, 2011—the unofficial kickoff for the [[Saskatchewan general election, 2011|2011 provincial election]] campaign—Green leader Larissa Shasko resigned her position to join the campaign of [[Regina South]] NDP candidate [[Yens Pedersen]].<ref name="Saskatchewan Green Party">{{cite news |date=2011-09-06 |title=Saskatchewan Green Party leader resigns |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-green-party-leader-resigns-1.1045858 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416200553/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-green-party-leader-resigns-1.1045858 |archive-date=2016-04-16 |access-date=2020-10-11 |work=CBC News}}</ref> Upon her resignation, Shasko cited frustrations with the "inner workings" of the party and concerns about a potential candidate.<ref name="Saskatchewan Green Party" /> Her resignation triggered a visit to Saskatoon by federal Green leader [[Elizabeth May]], who also announced that deputy leader Victor Lau had been elevated to become the provincial party's new leader<ref name="Saskatchewan Green Party" />—a decision that was reinforced by party members at a special leadership convention held on 25 September.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-09-26 |title=Lau new leader of Saskatchewan Greens |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/lau-new-leader-of-saskatchewan-greens-1.1083192 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227071827/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/lau-new-leader-of-saskatchewan-greens-1.1083192 |archive-date=2013-12-27 |access-date=2024-04-06 |work=CBC News}}</ref> Lau and the party ran a full slate of 58 candidates—a first for the party—and 43% of which were women.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-10-22 |title=Greens, NDP, Sask. Party field full slates |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/greens-ndp-sask-party-field-full-slates-1.1068303 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111182800/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/greens-ndp-sask-party-field-full-slates-1.1068303 |archive-date=2020-11-11 |access-date=2024-04-06 |work=CBC News}}</ref> Although no Green candidates were elected, the party increased its vote share and emerged from the election as the third largest party in the province, surpassing the Liberals for the first time.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2011-11-07 |title=Green Party hopefuls shut out |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/green-party-hopefuls-shut-out-1.1068302 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707224013/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/green-party-hopefuls-shut-out-1.1068302 |archive-date=2016-07-07 |access-date=2024-04-06 |work=CBC News}}</ref>
After the 2011 election, the party began an effort to organize on a constituency basis across the province. In March 2015, the party was rebranded as the Saskatchewan Green Party and ran a nearly full slate again in the [[2016 Saskatchewan general election|2016 provincial election]] under Lau, though fell back in vote share across the province, finishing in fourth place.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cowan |first=Micki |date=2016-04-05 |title=Liberals 3rd place in Sask. election, Greens slide to 4th |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/liberals-3rd-greens-4th-saskvotes2016-1.3520963 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512140357/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/liberals-3rd-greens-4th-saskvotes2016-1.3520963 |archive-date=2016-05-12 |access-date=2024-04-06 |work=CBC News}}</ref>
In March 2020, former federal Green candidate Naomi Hunter was named leader of the Greens ahead of the [[2020 Saskatchewan general election|2020 provincial election]].<ref name="HunterRL">{{cite news |last=White-Crummey |first=Arthur |date=2020-03-01 |title=Sask. Green Party chooses new leader who wants to target Sask. Party seats |url=https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/sask-green-party-chooses-new-leader-who-wants-to-target-sask-party-seats |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302131440/https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/sask-green-party-chooses-new-leader-who-wants-to-target-sask-party-seats |archive-date=2020-03-02 |access-date=2020-10-11 |work=[[Regina Leader-Post]]}}</ref> In the election, the party increased its vote share, finishing with its second highest total after 2011, but again finished fourth, this time finishing behind the fledgling [[Buffalo Party of Saskatchewan|Buffalo Party]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last1=Pearce |first1=Nick |last2=Radford |first2=Evan |date=2020-10-27 |title=Saskatchewan election: Buffalo Party takes larger than expected share of vote in debut |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7424871/saskatchewan-election-buffalo-party/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121040000/https://globalnews.ca/news/7424871/saskatchewan-election-buffalo-party/ |archive-date=2020-11-21 |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=Global News}}</ref>
== Election results ==
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== Party leaders ==
[[File:NaomiHunter SK.jpg|150px|thumb|Naomi Hunter, SGP leader since 2020]]''†'' Denotes interim leader
{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Party Leader
!Highest Position
!Tenure
! style="width: 40%" |Notes
|-
|1
|Neil Sinclair
|Party leader
|1999 – 2002
|
|-
|2
|Ben Webster
|Party leader
|2002 – 2005
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|-
|3
|Neal Anderson
|Party leader
|2005 – 2006
|
|-
|''†''
|Victor Lau
|Party leader
|2006
|<small>Interim</small>
|-
|''†''
|John Kern
|Party leader
|2006
|<small>Interim</small>
|-
|4
|Sandra Finley
|Party leader
|2006 – 2008
|
|-
|5
|Amber Jones
|Party leader
|2008 – 2009
|
|-
|6
|Larissa Shasko
|Party leader
|2009 – 2011
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|-
|7
|Victor Lau
|Party leader
|2011 – 2016
|<small>First leader to organize a full slate of candidates for a general election.</small>
|-
|8
|Shawn Setyo
|Party leader
|2016 – 2019
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|-
|''†''
|Richard Jack
|Party leader
|2019 – 2020
|<small>Interim</small>
|-
|9
|Naomi Hunter
|Party leader
|2020 – present
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|}
== See also ==
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