Sandra Masters
Sandra Masters is a Canadian politician and the current Mayor of Regina, Saskatchewan. Masters is the first female mayor in either of Saskatchewan's major cities. 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. Masters is the first person since Pat Fiacco to become mayor of Regina with no previous city council experience. She was sworn in as mayor on November 23, 2020. Masters moved to Regina in 1999 and worked for Richardson Agriculture as the manager  of credit for the Prairie Provinces. 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. 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%.