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'''Bradley John Wall''' {{postnominals|country=CAN|SOM}} (born November 24, 1965) is a former Canadian politician who served as the 14th [[premier of Saskatchewan]] from November 21, 2007, until February 2, 2018. He is the [[List of premiers of Saskatchewan by time in office|fourth longest-tenured premier]] in the province's history.
Wall was first elected to the [[Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan]] as the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|member]] (MLA) for [[Swift Current (provincial electoral district)|Swift Current]] in 1999 and he was re-elected four times, in 2003, 2007, 2011, and 2016. He became leader of the Official Opposition [[Saskatchewan Party]] on July 15, 2004, replacing [[Elwin Hermanson]], and he led the party to a majority government in the [[2007 Saskatchewan general election|2007 election]]. In the [[2011 Saskatchewan general election|2011 election]], Wall's government won the largest vote share in Saskatchewan's history with 64% of the popular vote and 49 of the 58 seats in the legislature. The [[2016 Saskatchewan general election|2016 election]] delivered Wall another majority, marking the first time since 1925 that a party other than the [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|New Democratic Party]] or its predecessor, the [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party#The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]], had won three consecutive majority mandates.
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Wall is an avid football fan, supporting both the [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]] of the [[Canadian Football League]] and the [[National Football League]]'s [[Oakland Raiders]].<ref name=":11">{{Cite news|date=2017-08-10|title=Key facts about retiring Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall|url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/key-facts-about-retiring-saskatchewan-premier-brad-wall|access-date=2021-02-28|website=National Post|language=en-CA}}</ref> He is also a classic car enthusiast and owns a [[Cadillac]] that was once owned by [[Waylon Jennings]].<ref name=":11" /> As of 2021, Wall was a partner in his son Colter's Cattle Company, which operates a ranch in the Cypress Hills.<ref>{{cite web |last=Vossler |first=Glenda-Lee |date=2021-06-16 |title=Former Premier is Optimistic About Agriculture |url=https://www.swiftcurrentonline.com/articles/former-premier-is-optimistic-about-agriculture |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=Swift Current Online}}</ref>
== Electoral record ==▼
Wall was made a member of the [[Saskatchewan Order of Merit]] in 2024.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2024/may/02/10-individuals-to-receive-2024-saskatchewan-order-of-merit|title=10 Individuals to Receive 2024 Saskatchewan Order of Merit|publisher=Government of Saskatchewan|date=May 2, 2024}}</ref>
{{Canadian election result/top|SK|2016|Swift Current (provincial electoral district)|Swift Current|percent=yes|prelim=no}}
{{CANelec|SK|Saskatchewan|'''Brad Wall'''|6,071|82.44}}
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