Moe gets more than 80% approval in leadership vote after taking blame for Sask. Party losses in cities
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Premier Scott Moe has received more than 80 per cent support from members at his Saskatchewan Party’s convention.
Moe faced the leadership vote at the party’s convention on Saturday. Organizers did not provide Moe’s exact approval rating percentage.
Ahead of the vote, Moe had told the gathering he plans on running in the next election, but said the party needs to do better.
He says he takes responsibility for losses in the province’s two major cities in last year’s provincial election, which saw Moe’s government win a fifth-straight majority but lose significant ground in Regina and Saskatoon.
The Opposition NDP won all of the Regina seats, and all but one in Saskatoon.
Currently, the Saskatchewan Party holds 34 seats in the legislature, while the NDP holds 27.
“[The loss] was a step backwards for us and a step backwards for the Saskatchewan Party. For that, I take responsibility,” he told the crowd ahead of the leadership vote on Saturday.
“I was the face of the campaign, and we didn’t always get it right.”
Moe said he needed the support of his members so he can run again as the party leader in the next election.
“I will never, ever take that support for granted,” he said.
Moe said he offers a stable choice to voters who want the economy to grow, arguing the NDP is “lost and reckless.”
But the party needs to refocus and organize, he added.
Potential candidates for the next election can start seeking their nominations early next year, he said.
“This is not the time for any of us in this room or in this province to in any way become complacent,” Moe said. “We cannot afford to take anything for granted as we move forward.”
Moe, who has led the Saskatchewan Party since 2018, received an approval rating of 97 per cent during the party’s last convention in 2023.
