Saskatchewan Premier Lorne Calvert

A Moose Jaw native, Saskatchewan Premier Lorne Calvert was a United Church Minister before he entered politics in 1986. A cabinet minister in the Roy Romanow government, Lorne Calvert replaced Romanow as Premier in 2001. The vision of the Lorne Calvert NDP government was to build Saskatchewan into a "have" province with heart. In the 2007 provincial election Saskatchewan voters looking for a change defeated the NDP government and elected the right-leaning Brad Wall and the Saskatchewan Party.

2001 to 2007

December 24, 1952 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

• BA in Economics - University of Regina

• BD in Theology - University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon

United Church Minister

New Democratic Party

• Moose Jaw South (1986-91)

• Moose Jaw Wakamow (1991-2001)

• Saskatoon Riversdale (2001 to present)

• Lorne Calvert was first elected to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly in the riding of Moose Jaw South in 1986.

• He was re-elected in the riding of Moose Jaw Wakamow in 1991, 1995 and 1999.

• In 1992 Lorne Calvert was appointed Associate Minister of Health and Minister Responsible for the Wakamow Valley Authority.

• Later that year he became Minister for SaskPower and SaskEnergy.

• In 1995, Lorne Calvert became Minister of Health, and then Minister of Social Services.

• Lorne Calvert was elected Leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party in 2001.

• He was sworn in as Premier of Saskatchewan in 2001.

• Lorne Calvert was re-elected in the riding of Saskatoon Riversdale in 2001.

• The NDP government was defeated by Brad Wall and the Saskatchewan Party in the 2007 Saskatchewan provincial election.

• Lorne Calvert won his own seat in the 2007 election and became Leader of the Opposition.

• In October 2008 Lorne Calvert resigned as Leader of the Saskatchewan NDP. He said he would stay on until the Saskatchewan NDP hold a leadership convention, scheduled for June 2009.