Editing Saskatoon (section)

==Government and politics==
===Municipal===
{{also|List of mayors of Saskatoon}}
Saskatoon is governed by a [[Saskatoon City Council|City Council]] comprising ten councillors elected to represent ten separate wards, and a mayor elected city-wide. Historically, councillors have at times been elected at-large, and term lengths for both councillors (known as aldermen until 1991) and mayors have varied over time; council has operated on a ward-basis continuously since 1994, while both mayors and councillors have served four-year terms since 2012.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2014-12-14 |title=History |url=https://www.saskatoon.ca/community-culture-heritage/saskatoon-history-archives/history |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231028202613/https://www.saskatoon.ca/community-culture-heritage/saskatoon-history-archives/history |archive-date=2023-10-28 |access-date=2020-11-16 |website=City of Saskatoon |language=en}}</ref> Municipal elections are held in the fall. As of 2025, 209 individuals have served on the town or city council, and 29 individuals have served as mayor, with 24 of those individuals having first served as a councillor.<ref name=":2" /> The city's current mayor, elected in the [[2024 Saskatchewan municipal elections#Saskatoon|2024 municipal election]], is [[Cynthia Block]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Alex |date=2024-11-21 |title=New Kids On The Block: Saskatoon’s new mayor, council sworn in at city hall |url=https://www.ckom.com/2024/11/21/new-kids-on-the-block-saskatoons-new-mayor-council-sworn-in-at-city-hall/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121172617/https://www.ckom.com/2024/11/21/new-kids-on-the-block-saskatoons-new-mayor-council-sworn-in-at-city-hall/ |archive-date=2024-11-21 |access-date=2024-11-21 |work=[[CKOM]]}}</ref>

===Provincial===

Saskatoon is represented in the [[Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan]] by 15 of the province's 61 [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|MLAs]], including the riding of [[Martensville-Blairmore]], which contains one of the city's neighbourhoods. Following the [[2024 Saskatchewan general election]] in October 2024, thirteen of the city's MLAs are members of the [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|New Democratic Party]], and two, including the MLA for Martensville-Blairmore, are members of the governing [[Saskatchewan Party]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legassembly.sk.ca/mlas/|title=Members of the Legislative Assembly|publisher=Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan|access-date=2024-11-21}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" style="width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"
|+'''Saskatoon provincial election results'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.sk.ca/reports-data/election-results/ |title=Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in Saskatoon)|publisher=Elections SK |access-date=March 2, 2023}}</ref>
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Saskatchewan Party|Saskatchewan]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
|-
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP}}|
!2024
| {{Canadian party colour|SK|Saskatchewan|background}} | 41%
| style="text-align:right; background:#3CB371;"| 45,640
| {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}} | '''56%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| 62,881
|-
| style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|SK|Saskatchewan}}|
! [[2020 Saskatchewan general election|2020]]
| {{Canadian party colour|SK|Saskatchewan|background}} | '''52%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#3CB371;"| 53,428
| {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}} | 45%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| 46,135
|-
|}{{Clear}}

===Federal===
Saskatoon is represented by three [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|MPs]] in the Canadian [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]]. Following the [[2025 Canadian federal election|2025 Canadian federal election,]] all three seats belong to members of the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative Party]].<ref>{{cite web |date=May 1, 2025 |title=Election Night Results - Major Centres: Saskatoon |url=https://enr.elections.ca/MajorCentres.aspx?lang=e |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=April 28, 2025 General Election: Election Results |publisher=Elections Canada}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sciarpelletti |first=Laura |date=April 24, 2025 |quote=Updated April 29, 2025. |title=Conservatives nearly sweep Saskatchewan |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/federal-election-2025-saskatchewan-results-1.7517992 |access-date=May 1, 2025 |work=CBC News}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" style="width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"
|+'''Saskatoon federal election results'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/44gedata&document=bypro&lang=e |title=Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in Saskatoon)|date=April 7, 2022 |publisher=Elections Canada |access-date=March 2, 2023}}</ref>
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative}}|
! [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 11%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| 13,665
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | '''48%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| 57,114
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 35%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| 41,757
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 1%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| 1,299
|-
! [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | 13%
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| 17,211
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | '''51%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| 68,021
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 32%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| 42,091
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 3%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| 3,694
|-
|}{{Clear}}