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Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is Canada’s most popular premier, again

Every quarter, Angus Reid releases the results of its on-going popular premier survey.

And every quarter the same premier appears atop the poll: Saskatchewan's Brad Wall.

Their latest survey, released on Tuesday, has Wall with an approval rating of 67 per cent — the highest approval rating of any premier since 2010.

Angus Reid's Shachi Kurl says that the Tory Premier's appeal has something to do with the fact that he appears to a regular guy.

"Brad Wall, I think he’s effectively managed a political style that’s approachable and dare I say, even fun, while at the same time he’s clearly perceived to be someone who can ably manage the economy and affairs of state," she told Yahoo Canada News.

"It certainly doesn’t hurt him that Saskatchewan is booming and has been for some time, but it’s not the only factor."

Kurl also has a personal Brad Wall anecdote.

"I noticed on Twitter that Wall had pocket-tweeted, [because] there was this total gobbledygook tweet," Kurl said.

"I retweeted with a message that basically said, 'oh look, the premier of Saskatchewan is pocket tweeting, and it’s really funny, but it might be a staffer?'

"To which he replied via twitter, 'no it was me, oops.' And then followed up with 'yes everybody, I pocket tweeted but I didn’t inhale.'

"I mean, what other Canadian head of government is secure enough and/or charismatic enough to do that?"

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Wall also has some national appeal — enough so, that some consider him to be a potential successor to Stephen Harper as federal Conservative leader.

A recent Forum Research poll suggested that 3 per cent of Canadians think the Saskatchewan premier "would make the best leader" of the federal Tories. That doesn't sound like a lot but Justice Minister Peter MacKay topped that list with only 15 per cent of the 'vote.'

Wall, for his part, says he's happy where he is.

"I don’t have any interest in federal politics, and I don’t have the language requirements anyway," he recently told Maclean's.

With a 67 per cent approval rating — of course he's happy.

Where the other premiers rank:

Joining Wall atop of this quarter's rankings is Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil whose approval rating jumped to 66 per cent, up seven points from the survey released in March.

On the other side of the spectrum — in the doghouse if you will — are New Brunswick's David Alward and Manitoba's Greg Sellinger with approval ratings of 29 per cent and 26 per cent respectively.

Sellinger — the country's only NDP premier — has seen his approval rating drop by a whopping 20 per cent in the past two years.

Angus Reid's online survey of 6,318 Canadian adults was conducted between June 3 and June 12, with a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 per cent, 19 times out of 20. Prince Edward Island was not included in the survey.

(Photo courtesy of Angus Reid Global)

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