Sandra Masters

Sandra Masters is a Canadian politician and the current Mayor of Regina, Saskatchewan. Masters is the first woman to be elected mayor in either of Saskatchewan's major cities.[1] She was first elected in the 2020 Saskatchewan municipal elections, unseating two-term incumbent mayor Michael Fougere in a nine-person race with 46.4 per cent of the vote.[2] Masters is the first person since Pat Fiacco to become mayor of Regina with no previous city council experience.[3] She was sworn in as mayor on November 23, 2020.[4]

Sandra Masters
Mayor of Regina, Saskatchewan
Assumed office
November 23, 2020
Preceded byMichael Fougere
Personal details
CitizenshipCanadian
ResidenceRegina, Saskatchewan
OccupationCredit manager

Masters moved to Regina in 1999 and worked for Richardson Agriculture as the manager of credit for the Prairie Provinces.[5] Since 2014 she had served on the board of Regina Exhibition Association Limited (REAL), but she resigned her role as board chair in order to run for mayor.[6] Her mayoral campaign focused on developing an anti-poverty strategy for the city, supporting the Regina Police Service and local businesses, and reducing city administration costs by 15%.[7][8]

Election results
2020 Regina mayoral election
Candidate Votes %
Sandra Masters 19,015 46.4
Michael Fougere 14,649 35.7
Jerry Flegel 3,240 7.9
Tony Fiacco 1,514 3.7
5 other candidates 2,583 6.3
Total 41,001 100.00

See also

References
  1. Djurik, Mickey (November 9, 2020). "Sandra Masters will be Regina's first elected female mayor". Global News. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  2. "Regina's Sandra Masters becomes first woman voted to mayor's office in major Sask. city". CBC News. November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  3. Salloum, Alec (November 12, 2020). "'I'm one of eleven,' says Sandra Masters of her approach to leadership". Regina Leader-Post. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  4. Mattern, Ashleigh (November 24, 2020). "Regina's new city council ready to get to work, says Mayor Sandra Masters". CBC News. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  5. McNally, Ryan (November 16, 2020). "Sandra Masters enters Regina mayoral race". CKRM. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  6. Solomon, Michaela (September 16, 2020). "Former REAL board chair Sandra Masters enters Regina mayoral race". CTV News Regina. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  7. Salloum, Alec (September 25, 2020). "Sandra Masters lays out platform in race for Regina mayor". Regina Leader-Post. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  8. O'Donovan, Connor (October 8, 2020). "Sandra Masters unveils mayoral platform promising 'a Regina for every citizen'". Global News. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
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