Taking office during a period of growth catalyzed by rising global commodity prices, Wall's government focused on attracting investment and championing the province's resource-based industries.

Commodity price crashes beginning in 2014 strained the province's finances, and Wall's popularity waned, particularly after introducing a severe austerity budget in 2017.

[2] Wall attended the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, running for student council and graduating with an honours degree in Public Administration and an advanced certificate in Political Studies.

[3][4] During the 1980s, Wall began working as a political staffer, first in the office of Swift Current Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament Geoff Wilson in Ottawa.

An RCMP investigation led to the conviction of 14 MLAs who served in the Devine government, 6 of whom received jail time, including Gerich, who was sentenced to two years.

[2] Wall also launched a short-lived tourism business called the Last Stand Adventure Company that centred upon a "Western ranch experience.

[citation needed] Wall's first personal foray into provincial politics was in 1991 when he unsuccessfully sought the Progressive Conservative nomination for Swift Current.

[3] New policy resolutions included calling for treatment for drug addicts, a patient-first review of the health care system, the development of a plan to recruit and retain health care professionals, the development of an integrated addictions strategy for young offenders, a comprehensive review of the justice system, the establishment of a provincial youth justice board to address youth crime, rehabilitation and restitution measures, support for victims of crime, the establishment of a university research chair in occupational health and safety, and a review of the Workers' Compensation Board.

[13][14] Wall also introduced a Code of Ethics for party members and made a public commitment not to privatize or wind down the province's crown corporations.

Wall's personal popularity has been attributed to his skills as an orator and his sense of humour, and he has been credited with changing perceptions of the province, particularly through raising its profile on the national stage.

[23] Wall and his Saskatchewan Party took office at a time when global commodity prices began to soar, particularly for oil, potash, and uranium, but also for coal and agricultural products, and the economy started to boom accordingly.

In 2010 he signed Saskatchewan onto the New West Trade Partnership Agreement with Alberta and British Columbia, a free-trade pact that expanded to include Manitoba in 2017.

In 2010, Wall rose to national prominence through his opposition to an attempted hostile takeover of Saskatoon-based PotashCorp, which was the world's largest potash producer, by Australian mining giant BHP.

In 2011, the Saskatchewan Party led an investment of $1.2 billion to build the world's first industrial-scale carbon capture and storage unit at SaskPower's Boundary Dam power station in order to extend the use of coal in the province.

[32] In 2014 Wall was vocal in lobbying the federal government to strengthen its regulation of the oil industry, arguing that stronger measures would aid pipeline development.

[37] The 2016 spill of more than 200,000 liters of oil into the North Saskatchewan River from a Husky pipeline was blamed in part on a lack of proper regulation and monitoring.

[45] It also introduced private-sector involvement in health care, although it claimed some success in reducing surgical wait times, a longstanding political issue in the province.

[48] After 2015 Wall continued to keep a high profile on the national stage as a frequent critic of both Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta NDP Leader and Premier Rachel Notley.

[49] In 2015 Wall wrote a letter to Trudeau urging him to suspend the federal government's plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees before the end of that year.

[50] He would go on to consistently target Trudeau over the federal carbon tax, laying the groundwork for the province to launch a constitutional challenge against the measure in April 2018.

[55] Wall was influential in laying the groundwork for the project, including raising funds, and although he did not take on a formal role with the group he was a key advisor.

[61][62] In 2015, Brad Wall was named in a lawsuit against himself, Rob Norris—the former Minister of Advanced Education—and the University of Saskatchewan and its Board of Governors for the controversial firing of the President, Ilene Busch-Vishniac.

[64] In January 2016, inmates at the Regina Correctional Facility staged a hunger strike, alleging that they had been served unsafe and under-cooked food.

Interim NDP leader Nicole Sarauer described the remarks as "disgusting" and asked he withdraw the comments, while the victim took to social media to demand an apology.

"[68][69] In 2017, Wall addressed a room of Saskatchewan Party members at a nomination meeting, where he recited a joke about the execution of Métis leader Louis Riel.

[70][71] In 2018, Wall posted a derogatory message to social media in opposition to the federal carbon tax, which read "Usually when someone tells you to send in money but you’ll get more back in return, it’s a Nigerian prince."

[72] In 2022, court records revealed that Wall gave advice to Chris Barber as he helped to organize the convoy protest that went on to occupy downtown Ottawa that year.