Editing Swift Current (section)

==Government==

Swift Current has had its own [[Saskatchewan Legislature]] district since 1908. The current incarnation of [[Swift Current (provincial electoral district)]] is nearly coterminous with Swift Current's city limits, excluding only an industrial park on the western side of the [[Trans-Canada Highway]].<ref name="elections sask">{{cite web |title=Swift Current, 29th General Election |url=https://cdn.elections.sk.ca/maps-ge29/C57_SwiftCurrent_GE29_36x48.pdf |website=Elections Saskatchewan |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref> In the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]], Swift Current is part of [[Cypress Hills—Grasslands]], whose boundaries extend to [[Caronport]] and [[Kindersley]].<ref name="elections canada">{{cite web |title=Cypress Hills-Grasslands |url=https://www.elections.ca/res/cir/maps2/mapprov.asp?map=47002&lang=e |website=Elections Canada |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref> Following the 2021 federal election the riding is represented by [[Jeremy Patzer]], MP and from 2018 provincially by [[Everett Hindley]], MLA.<ref name="mla">{{cite web |title=Hon. Everett Hindley |url=https://www.legassembly.sk.ca/mlas/template?first=Everett&last=Hindley |website=Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="mp">{{cite web |title=Cypress Hills—Grasslands |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/constituencies/cypress-hills-grasslands(851) |website=Our Commons |publisher=Parliament of Canada |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref>

At both higher levels of government, Swift Current is predominantly conservative. The city was the home constituency of the first [[Saskatchewan Party]] premier, [[Brad Wall]], who won more than 80% of the popular vote on two occasions.<ref name="27ge">{{cite book |last1=Boda |first1=Michael |title=Statement of Votes - Volume I |date=November 7, 2011 |publisher=Elections Saskatchewan |location=Regina |page=134 |url=https://cdn.elections.sk.ca/reports/statement-of-votes-27ge.pdf |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref><ref name="28ge">{{cite book |last1=Boda |first1=Michael |title=Statement of Votes - Volume I |date=April 4, 2016 |publisher=Elections Saskatchewan |location=Regina |page=287 |url=https://cdn.elections.sk.ca/reports/2016%20Statement%20of%20Votes%20Volume%201.pdf |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref> Federally, its last non-conservative MP was [[Irvin Studer]], a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] who represented [[Swift Current—Maple Creek]] from 1953 to 1958.<ref name="studer">{{cite web |title=Irvin William Studer, M.P. |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=5506 |website=Parlinfo |publisher=Library of Parliament |access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref>

The city's current mayor is Al Bridal, who defeated incumbent Denis Perrault in the [[2020 Saskatchewan municipal elections]]. On the same ballot, two of five incumbent councillors held their seats. After 40 centimetres of snow fell on election day, voting in the city was postponed by two days.<ref name="bridal">{{cite news |last1=Radford |first1=Evan |title=Swift Current elects new mayor; to focus on smart spending, 'healthy discussion' |url=https://leaderpost.com/news/saskatchewan/swift-current-elects-new-mayor-to-focus-on-smart-spending-healthy-discussion |access-date=21 March 2021 |work=Regina Leader-Post |date=November 13, 2020}}</ref><ref name="bridal sco">{{cite news |last1=Zammit |first1=David |title=Bridal Wins Swift Current Mayoral Race |url=https://www.swiftcurrentonline.com/local/bridal-wins-swift-current-mayoral-race |access-date=21 March 2021 |work=Swift Current Online |date=November 12, 2020}}</ref>