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Secondary Agency
Authorized form of name
Saskatchewan. Select Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections
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- Select Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections
- Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections
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Dates of existence
1906-2003
History
The Select Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections was established in March, 1906 and met at various times between 1906 and 2003 to examine matters relating to the privileges of the House or of its Members. Matters relating to elections were also brought forward to the Committee.
The Select Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, was called upon on November 21, 1977 during the Fourth Session of the Eighteenth Legislature to examine if allegations contained in a letter written by Eric Berntson, MLA, Souris-Cannington on November 16, 1977 breached the privileges of any Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, and to determine if so what action should be taken thereon. It met nine times from November 23, 1977 to January 3, 1978. The Committee called seven witnesses, and five of the witnesses who appeared before the Committee were questioned under oath. The Committee presented its Report on January 3, 1978.
Members of the Select Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections were: M. Koskie, MLA (Quill Lakes) (Chairman); A. McMillan, MLA (Kindersley) (Vice-Chairman); D. Banda, MLA (Redberry); S. Cameron, MLA (Regina South); E. Cowley, MLA (Biggar); M. Feschuk, MLA (Prince Albert); R. Katzman, MLA (Rosthern); R. Larter, MLA (Estevan); G. MacMurchy, MLA (Last Mountain-Touchwood); G. MacNeill, MLA (Meadow Lake); R. Nelson, MLA (Yorkton); N. Shillington, MLA (Regina Centre); J. Skoberg, MLA (Moose Jaw North); W. Stodalka, MLA (Maple Creek); E. Tchorzewski, MLA (Humboldt); and C. Thatcher, MLA (Thunder Creek).
Staff Members for the Committee were: G. Barnhart (Clerk) and G. Roynk (Assistant Clerk).
The Committee has not been called upon since 1978. It became known as the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections in November, 1981. Since the commencement of the Twenty-fifth Legislature in 2004, the Standing Committee on Privileges has operated as a House Committee under the Standing Committee structure.
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e Select Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections is called upon from time to time to examine serious matters of privilege within the Assembly, and to report thereon.
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Resolution of the Assembly, March 29, 1906 (First Session - First Legislature)
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General context
As there was no substantial functional or administrative change with the Committee's name change of 1981, this Committee is being recognized as one agency, and as such, has only one secondary agency history.
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Authority record created on 2008-05-22. Approved 2012-03-06. Last modified on 2017-11-29.
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Report of the Select Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections
Minutes of the Select Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections
Journals of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Saskatchewan