Scott Moe

The Honourable Scott Moe MLA
15th Premier of Saskatchewan
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2, 2018
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Lieutenant Governor	Vaughn Schofield W. Thomas Molloy
Preceded by	Brad Wall
Leader of the Saskatchewan Party
Incumbent
Assumed office January 27, 2018
Preceded by	Brad Wall
Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly for Rosthern-Shellbrook
Incumbent
Assumed office November 7, 2011
Preceded by	Denis Allchurch
Personal details
Born	1973/1974 (age 44–45)[1] near Shellbrook, Saskatchewan
Political party	Saskatchewan Party, Conservative Party of Canada
Residence	Shellbrook, Saskatchewan
Portfolio	Minister of the Environment (2016-2017) Minister of Advanced Education (2014-2016)
Website	www.standwithscott.ca

Scott Moe (born c. 1973) is a Canadian politician who is the 15th and current Premier of Saskatchewan, in office since February 2018. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the riding of Rosthern-Shellbrook. He served in the executive council of Brad Wall as Minister of Advanced Education from 2014 to 2016 and then as Minister of the Environment from 2016 to 2017, after which he resigned to launch his campaign for the leadership of the Saskatchewan Party.^[2]

Early life

Moe was born on a farm near Shellbrook. He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan, with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. He later worked in various community initiatives in and near Shellbrook, including the Economic Development Corporation, and the Shellbrook and District Physician Recruitment committee, which seeks to attract general practitioners to rural areas of the province which do not have good access to local medical facilities.^[2]

In 1992, Moe was convicted of drunk driving.^[3]

In 1997, he caused the death of one person in a highway traffic incident for which he was issued a ticket for driving without due care and attention. Alcohol was not a factor, but he claimed he couldn't recall the incident happening.^[4]

In the mid-1990s, while still attending university, Moe and his wife established a farming business, buying equipment and renting land. By the early 2000s, he had filed for bankruptcy with $208,500 in assets and $320,900 in liabilities.^[5]

Political career

Moe was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election, and re-elected in the 2016 election^[6][7][8] as a Saskatchewan Party MLA. On January 27, 2018, he was elected the new leader of the Saskatchewan Party. He was sworn in as premier on February 2, 2018.

During his campaign to replace outgoing premier Brad Wall, Moe stated that he does not support abortion, and that he would want to open a discussion to require mandated parental notification for minors seeking abortions.^[9]

While he was Minister of the Environment and responsible for the Water Security Agency, Moe met with a fellow Saskatchewan Party Member of the Legislative Assembly, Bill Boyd, regarding Boyd's personal irrigation projects. The projects were reviewed by Moe, and later found to have illegally cultivated protected grasslands and involved building irrigation infrastructure into a river without obtaining the proper licensing permits. Regarding the process, Moe commented that "There was a failure in following the law."^[10] When asked about specifics of the meeting with Boyd, such as where it was, when it was, who all attended, if there was a record of the meeting, or how it came about, Moe said he could not recall or did not know.^[11] Boyd was removed from the Saskatchewan Party caucus by then-premier Brad Wall over the matter, and eventually resigned his position as a Member of the Legislative Assembly.

Electoral history

Cabinet positions

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