Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Jeremy Patzer (Conservative Party of Canada) represents Swift Current in Ottawa as MP for Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley
Swift Current is a city by Statistics Canada’s count of municipalities. No open list of councils exists in Saskatchewan, so no mayor of Swift Current is named here. No provincial riding is named for Swift Current, because the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan’s boundary file gives no terms of reuse. The Conservative Party of Canada has 13 of the 14 MPs elected in Saskatchewan.
Three governments, and who does what
Swift Current, a city in Saskatchewan, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
legassembly.sk.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
Swift Current has no upper-tier council: Division No. 8, its census division, exists for statistics only.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Swift Current, from the most recent elections.
- 1Swift Current councilCity
- 2Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan–
- 3House of CommonsSwift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Swift Current votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Swift Current council | 13 November 2024 | 8 November 2028 |
| Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan | 28 October 2024 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
After the 13 November 2024 election, Swift Current council next goes to the polls on 8 November 2028. It is the second Wednesday in November every four years for cities, towns and villages, as the The Local Government Election Act, 2015 provides. Voters last chose the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan on 28 October 2024 and the House of Commons on 28 April 2025. Counts from April 2025 can’t appear here, since Elections Canada allows only non-commercial reuse of them.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
legassembly.sk.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Jeremy Patzer represents Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley · Conservative Party of Canada · first elected 2019
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Conservative Party of Canada13
- Liberal Party of Canada1
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
Jeremy Patzer has sat in the Commons since 2019, now for the 3rd Parliament. Elections Canada’s transposition of the 2021 vote onto today’s Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley puts the Conservative Party of Canada first at 72%; Jeremy Patzer held it for the party in 2025.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
Cypress Hills—Grasslands returned Jeremy Patzer (Conservative Party of Canada) in 2021
The 2019 and 2021 counts in Cypress Hills—Grasslands, Swift Current’s riding before the map was redrawn; it now votes in Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley.
Only 2 of Canada’s 338 ridings were won by a wider margin. At 69%, more of Cypress Hills—Grasslands voted in 2021 than Canada as a whole (63%). Jeremy Patzer won the 2021 race in Cypress Hills—Grasslands for the Conservative Party of Canada, polling 72% and beating Alex McPhee (New Democratic Party) by 20,914 votes. 81% had elected Jeremy Patzer there in 2019.
All 7 candidates in Cypress Hills—Grasslands, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Patzer | Conservative Party of Canada | 24,518 | 71.5% |
| Alex McPhee | New Democratic Party | 3,604 | 10.5% |
| Charles Reginald Hislop | People's Party of Canada | 2,826 | 8.2% |
| Mackenzie Hird | Liberal Party of Canada | 1,492 | 4.4% |
| Mark Skagen | Maverick Party | 1,360 | 4.0% |
| Carol Vandale | Green Party of Canada | 284 | 0.8% |
| Maria Rose Lewans | Independent | 193 | 0.6% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Swift Current is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
elections.sk.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Who holds each seat. MPs come from Wikidata’s records of the 45th Parliament, which can lag a resignation or a by-election by some days.
- Which riding. A place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
- Election results. Where the page says “today’s boundaries”, it means Elections Canada’s estimate of the 2021 vote on the 2023 ridings; every other count is official and on the 2013 map.
- Not on this page. No council budgets, no band councils, and no party tally for the council, which the open lists don’t record.
Questions about how Swift Current is run
Who is the MP for Swift Current?
Jeremy Patzer of the Conservative Party of Canada is the MP for Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley, which includes Swift Current.
Which party won Swift Current in the 2021 federal election?
Jeremy Patzer (Conservative Party of Canada) took Cypress Hills—Grasslands in 2021, and still holds the seat, now Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley.
Who is the MLA for Swift Current?
The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan’s website names each MLA by riding; the riding of Swift Current has to be looked up there.
Who heads the council in Swift Current?
Swift Current, a city, lists its council on its own pages; no open list names the head here.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).