Brad Wall

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Brad Wall

Bradley ("Brad") John Wall (born November 24, 1965 in Swift Current , Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian politician and businessman . He was Prime Minister of Saskatchewan Province from November 21, 2007 until his resignation on February 2, 2018. Wall also chaired the center-right Saskatchewan Party from 2004 to 2017 , and represented the Swift Current constituency in the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly from 1999 to 2018 .

biography

Wall studied public administration and political science at the University of Saskatchewan . Its political roots lie with the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan , which provided the provincial government under Grant Devine in the 1980s . For several years Wall worked as an assistant to ministers Graham Taylor and John Gerich . In 1991, he joined Swift Current as Director of Economic Development, and he also ran a seasonal tourism company. He was also a member of various boards of directors as well as the founder of the Southwest Center for Entrepreneurial Development , a non-profit organization for business development .

Wall joined the newly formed Saskatchewan Party (SP), which arose out of a union of former progressive-conservative and liberal politicians. In the legislative assembly elections in September 1999, he ran for the constituency of Swift Current and was elected by a wide margin. In 2003 he was easily re-elected. On March 15, 2004, he was elected as the new chairman of the SP and was thus opposition leader. The party had advocated a complete withdrawal of the state from the economy and tax cuts in the 2003 elections, but under Wall's leadership it moved towards the political center.

In the elections on November 7, 2007, Wall led the SP to an election victory. The party increased its share of the vote by over eleven percent and won 38 of the 58 seats. Two weeks later, Wall took over the office of head of government from his predecessor Lorne Calvert . In the elections on November 7, 2011, the Saskatchewan Party was able to expand its majority and got 49 seats. Another election success was achieved in 2016. In August 2017, Wall announced his resignation, which he completed in February 2018. He was succeeded by Scott Moe .

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  1. ↑ The Globe and Mail: Scott Moe sworn in as new Saskatchewan Premier (February 2, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Wall, Brad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wall, Bradley John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Swift Current