Sask. Party Leader Scott Moe reveals 1994 impaired driving charge

Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe revealed Wednesday he once faced another impaired driving charge.

This is separate from an impaired driving incident in 1992, and the fatal crash in which he was involved in 1997.

“As you know, I have previously disclosed and spoke about an impaired driving conviction I had in 1992 as well as a 1997 automobile collision that I was in that included a fatality,” Moe said during a campaign stop in Regina.

“In 1994, when I was 20 years old, I was also charged with impaired driving and leaving the scene of an accident.”

Moe said the charges ended up being dropped because he wasn’t impaired and he did in fact stay on the scene.

“Those charges were later withdrawn because I wasn’t impaired and I didn’t leave the scene. I exchanged information with the owner of the vehicle and I called the accident into the police,” Moe said.

“Because the charges were withdrawn, it has not been about my public disclosure, but I am doing so now as I expect to be asked at some point and time about this because of the atmosphere that we are operating in today.

“As a young man I admit I have made some poor choices. I have learned from these mistakes and that is not the person that you see before you today.”

He added he hadn’t disclosed the information previously because of his innocence in the case, but he believed if the information was to become public, he wanted to be the one to disclose it.

“I had a drink at one point in the day, but I remained innocent of the charges,” Moe said.

He also provided more information regarding the fatal collision in 1997 that resulted in one person being killed.

“I am going to reach out and apologize to the family. This is something that is very personal to me,” Moe said. “I don’t believe a politically charged atmosphere is a good place for the conversation to have.

“This is deeply personal and I won’t be addressing it publicly again. I ask that you would respect that.”