Brad Wall
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| Born | Bradley John Wall November 24, 1965 Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Saskatchewan |
| Children | 3 |
| Spouse | Tami Kildaw |
| Party | Saskatchewan Party |
Single Bilderberger Canadian politician | |
Bradley John Wall is a former Canadian politician who was the premier of Saskatchewan from November 21, 2007, until February 2, 2018. He attended the 2013 Bilderberg meeting, and was for at a time mooted as a national politician and potential Prime Minister of Canada.[1]
Education
Wall attended the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, graduating in Public Administration and with an advanced certificate in Political Studies.[2]
Career
His political roots lie with the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, which led 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, Wall became the director of business development for the City of Swift Current,, and also ran a tourism company on a seasonal basis. [3]
Wall joined the newly formed Saskatchewan Party (SP), which had emerged from a combination of former progressive conservative and liberal politicians. In the September 1999 Legislative Assembly elections, he ran as a candidate in the Swift Current constituency and was elected by a large margin. He easily won re-election in 2003. On March 15, 2004, he was elected the new chairman of the SP and was thus the leader of the opposition. In the 2003 elections, the party was still advocating tax cuts and a complete withdrawal of the government from the economy, but under Wall's leadership did otherwise. Wall and his Saskatchewan Party took office at a time when global commodity prices began to soar, particularly for oil, potash, and uranium, but also for coal and agricultural products, and the economy started to boom accordingly.[4]
In the elections on November 7, 2007, Wall led the SP to victory in the election. The party increased its voter share by over eleven percent and won 38 of the 58 seats. Two weeks later, Wall took over the post of head of government from his predecessor Lorne Calvert. In the elections on November 7, 2011, the Saskatchewan Party was able to further expand its majority and came to 49 seats. An electoral success was also achieved in 2016. In August 2017, Wall announced his resignation, which he completed in February 2018. He was succeeded by Scott Moe.[5]
References
- ↑ https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/columnists/gormley-why-brad-wall-will-pass-on-federal-politics
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20151208155336/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/wall-flowers/article4355629/?page=all
- ↑ https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/wall-brad/
- ↑ https://leaderpost.com/news/politics/sask-election/battle-of-the-records-which-party-is-better-on-growth-jobs-and-debt
- ↑ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/scott-moe-sworn-in-as-new-saskatchewan-premier/article37831275/
