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How dominant was the Saskatchewan Party during the past decade? Well, it should be measured in historical terms.

The decade that ends at midnight tonight (yes, some of you will insist this decade doesn’t officially end until Dec. 31, 2020) is the first decade in Saskatchewan politics since the 1930s that wasn’t somewhat influenced by Co-operative Commonwealth Federation/New Democratic Party governance.

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It’s also the first time since the CCF in the 1950s that a single party has ruled for the entirety of a decade — a feat that’s been accomplished only three times in Saskatchewan political history.

And if the Sask. Party wins the next general election scheduled for Oct. 26, 2020 (something most are anticipating), it would make for a 17-year run that would be the longest since the Tommy Douglas/Woodrow Lloyd CCF initial run from 1944 to 1964. That would translate into governing for 17 of its 27 years of existence since its formation in 1997 — a record similar to the CCF’s initial run of governing for 20 of its first 31 years of existence.