Lieutenant governor Alexander Morris, a Scot, served as the principle commissioner in negotiating the three Indian treaties which covered “virtually all of what became the settled areas” of Saskatchewan and Alberta.  All of the other commissioners were Scots too.

Scots were also prominent in founding Saskatchewan’s world famous agriculture.  Archibald Wright imported the first Holstein cattle to western Canada and grew the first sweet clover there.  John Rutherford became the first dean of agriculture at the University of Saskatchewan, and A.J. McPhail was the first President of Saskatchewan Co-operative Wheat Producers Ltd.  Scottish capital, from Dundee in particular, financed huge farms.

The first two mayors of Regina were Scots, David L Scott from 1884 to 1885 and Daniel Mowat from 1886 to 1887.  Many merchants, lawyers, the schoolteacher and the deputy sheriff were also Scots.

In 1905 the first ministry of the province of Saskatchewan was composed entirely of four Scots named Calder, Scott, Lamont and Motherwell.

Walter Scot was the first Premier, and of the first 70 years of the office the premiership was held by Scots for more than 50 years.

T C Douglas, born in Falkirk, was elected premier 5 consecutive times and held the office from 1944 to 1961.