1975 Saskatchewan general election

Canadian provincial election December 2024 December 2024 1975 Saskatchewan general election Saskatchewan parliamentary no no 1971 Saskatchewan general election 1971 17th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 1975 06 11 members 1978 Saskatchewan general election 1978 61 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 31 150x150px SK NDP nohash Allan Blakeney SK NDP name July 4, 1970 Regina Elphinstone 45 39 6 180,700 40.07% 14.93pp SK Liberal nohash David Steuart SK Liberal name December 11, 1971 Prince Albert-Duck Lake 15 15 ±0 142,853 31.67% 11.15pp 150x150px SK PC nohash Richard Collver SK PC name March 18, 1973 Nipawin 0 7 7 124,573 27.62% 25.49pp Premier Allan Blakeney SK NDP name Premier after election Allan Blakeney SK NDP name The 1975 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 11, 1975, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Blakeney and the NDP were re-elected to a majority government. Both the New Democratic government of Premier Allan Blakeney and the opposition Liberal Party, led by David Steuart, dropped in support to the resurgent Progressive Conservative Party. The Tories, who were a minor force in the previous election, drew over a quarter of the 1975 electorate. Campaign One of the main issues of the campaign was natural resources management. At the onset of the campaign, Saskatchewan was facing court challenges and a capital strike from multinational resource extraction companies. The potash industry was opposed to the new provincial reserve tax that Blakeney's government had introduced on that mineral the previous year. The federal government under Pierre Trudeau supported the companies' court challenges, and announced in the November 1974 federal budget that it would end the deduction of provincial royalties from federal tax.Back to Blakeney : revitalizing the democratic state McGrane, David Romanow, Roy J. Whyte, John D. Isinger, Russell 978-0-88977-641-8 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 1090178443 Under these circumstances, the opposition Liberal and PC parties proposed lower natural resource royalty payments to ease the companies' concerns and bring investments back to the province. They were fiercely opposed to public ownership in the extraction and refinement of natural resources. On the other hand, Blakeney's NDP ran on the slogan New Deal '75. The platform promised to increase royalties, and more direct government participation in the natural resources sector, especially for the development and exploration of energy resources like oil, gas, coal and uranium; and minerals like potash. Results PartyParty Leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular Vote1971Elected% Change#%% Change SK NDP row New Democratic Allan Blakeney 6145 39-13.3%180,70040.07%-14.93% SK Liberal row Liberal David Steuart 6115 15–142,85331.67%-11.15% SK PC row Progressive Conservative Richard Collver 61– 7+600%124,57327.62%+25.49% SK Independent rowIndependent 5– ––2,8970.64%+0.60% Total 18860 61+1.7%451,023100% Source: Elections Saskatchewan Percentages Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px New Democratic SK NDP 40.07 Liberal SK Liberal 31.67 PC SK PC 27.62 Others SK Independent 0.64 Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px New Democratic SK NDP 63.93 Liberal SK Liberal 24.59 PC SK PC 11.48 Ranking Party SeatsSecondThirdFourthSK NDP row New Democratic391570 SK Liberal rowLiberal1527190 SK PC rowProgressive Conservative 719341 SK Independent rowIndependents0014 Riding results Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again. Northwest Saskatchewan Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentNDPLiberalPCOther    Athabasca Frederick John Thompson1,483Ben Siemens1,157Roy Simpson421Rod Bishop (Ind.)829 Allan Ray GuyCut Knife-Lloydminster Miro Kwasnica2,794Sam Herman2,076Fred Baynton2,113 Miro KwasnicaMeadow Lake Gord McNeill2,094Henry Coupland2,058Leo Jeannotte1,705 Henry Ethelbert CouplandRedberry Dennis Banda2,783Emil Craig2,006Nick E. Kowerchuk1,835 Dick Michayluk**Rosthern A.R. Friesen2,030Allan Ray Guy2,277Ralph Katzman2,718 David Boldt**The Battlefords Eiling Kramer3,660Peter Tarnowsky2,674Walter Kostyna1,212 Eiling KramerTurtleford Lloyd Johnson2,405Cyril Fransoo1,994Gordon Mayer1,666 Michael Feduniak** Northeast Saskatchewan Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentNDPLiberalPCOther    Cumberland Norm MacAuley1,646Winston McKay1,128Garry M. Houghton511Frank R. Tomkins (Ind.) 403New DistrictKelsey-Tisdale John R. Messer3,750Alan E. Caithcart2,266Jack Ukrainetz1,831 John Rissler MesserTisdale-KelseyKinistino Arthur Thibault3,215Ed Olchowy2,400Tom Smith1,657New DistrictMelfort Norm Vickar3,102Herbert J. Whitley2,196Bill Warner3,001 Arthur ThibaultMelfort-KinistinoNipawin John Comer2,599Ellis H. Hill1,447Richard Collver3,381 John Kristian ComerPrince Albert Mike Feschuk2,947Kenneth A. Beeson1,947Richard E. Spencer2,689Mike FeschukPrince Albert EastPrince Albert-Duck Lake Louis Roy2,822Davey Steuart3,675Norm Wipf1,472David Gordon SteuartPrince Albert WestShellbrook George Bowerman3,138Louis W. Hradecki1,584John P. Meagher2,035 George Bowerman March 2, 1977 By-election: Prince Albert-Duck Lake |- SK PC row |style="width: 130px"|Prog. Conservative |Norm Wipf |align="right"|3,022 |align="right"|39.84% |align="right"|+21.37 SK NDP row |NDP |Jerome Hammersmith |align="right"|2,773 |align="right"|36.55% |align="right"|+1.14 SK Liberal row |Liberal |Alexandre Joseph Baribeau |align="right"|1,791 |align="right"|23.61% |align="right"|-22.51 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,586 !align="right"|100.00 !align="right"| West Central Saskatchewan Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentNDPLiberalPCOther    Arm River Donald Leonard Faris2,854Ron Thorstad2,843Ron McLelland1,974 Donald Leonard FarisBiggar Elwood L. Cowley3,223Arthur Meister1,520Ralph Young1,906 Elwood Lorrie CowleyHumboldt Edwin Tchorzewski3,006Peter Cline2,087Ray Perpick2,334 Edwin TchorzewskiKindersley Alex Taylor2,322Allan McMillan2,659Bayne Secord2,348 Alex TaylorKerrobert-KindersleyRosetown-Elrose Bill Owens2,673Calvin W. Fensom2,004Roy Bailey3,078George Fredrick Loken**RosetownMerged districtHayden William OwensElroseWilkie Delaine Scotton2,223Linda Clifford2,831Jim Garner2,138 Joseph "Cliff" McIsaac** East Central Saskatchewan Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentNDPLiberalPCOther    Canora Al Matsalla4,024Marie Kotelko2,310Michael Kaminski1,656 Al MatsallaKelvington-Wadena Neil Byers4,051Joe Bencharski1,846Don Austring2,111Neil Erland ByersKelvingtonMerged districtFred Dewhurst**WadenaLast Mountain-Touchwood Gordon MacMurchy3,640Les Digney1,819Arnold Tusa2,565Gordon MacMurchyLast MountainMerged districtFrank Meakes**TouchwoodMelville John Kowalchuk3,747Joseph L. Sedlovitch2,019Glenn Miller2,478 John Russell KowalchukPelly Leo Larson3,511Peter E. McDonald2,250W.J. Ferniuk1,150George G. Shlakoff (Ind.) 75 Leonard Melvin LarsonQuill Lakes Murray Koskie3,211Arnold E. Boyko2,022Dick Harcourt1,342New DistrictSaltcoats Ed Kaeding2,887William H. Peasley2,058Wilfred J. Walker2,109 Ed KaedingYorkton Randy Nelson3,099Arlis Dellow2,958Ivan Daunt2,173 Irving Wensley Carlson** June 8, 1977 By-election: Pelly |- SK NDP row |style="width: 130px"|NDP |Norm Lusney |align="right"|3,724 |align="right"|48.29% |align="right"|-1.97 SK PC row |Prog. Conservative |Barrie Johnson |align="right"|2,314 |align="right"|30.00% |align="right"|+13.54 SK Liberal row |Liberal |Donn Walsh |align="right"|1,674 |align="right"|21.71% |align="right"|-10.50 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,712 !align="right"|100.00 !align="right"| Southwest Saskatchewan Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentNDPLiberalPCOther    Assiniboia-Gravelbourg Allan Engel3,012Roy Nelson3,400Connie McLeod1,517David Hadley LangeAssiniboia-BengoughMerged districtReginald John GrossGravelbourgMaple Creek Gene Flasch2,232Bill Stodalka2,698Eric Richardson2,241 Gene FlaschMoose Jaw North John Skoberg3,468Emmett Reidy2,284Ken Glenn2,286 Don MacDonald**Moose Jaw South Gordon Snyder3,950Faye Gordon1,521Arthur "Bud" Smith1,857 Gordon Taylor SnyderMorse Reg Gross2,502Jack Wiebe2,517Art Martens1,847 John Edward Niel WiebeShaunavon Allan Oliver2,593Eiliv "Sonny" Anderson3,370Eric Slater1,375 Allan Roy OliverSwift Current Murray Walter2,452Len Stein1,734Dennis Ham3,494 Everett Irvine Wood**Thunder Creek Jim Murdock2,036Colin Thatcher2,640Don Swenson2,348New District Southeast Saskatchewan Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentNDPLiberalPCOther    Bengough-Milestone David Lange2,819Grant Frank1,927E.R. Moody2,512David Hadley LangeAssiniboia-BengoughMerged districtCyril Pius MacDonaldMilestoneEstevan Kim Thorson2,499Ian MacDougall1,464Bob Larter4,354Kim ThorsonSouris-EstevanIndian Head-Wolseley Terry Hanson2,241Cyril MacDonald2,844Jack H. Horsman2,205 Terry Lyle HansonQu'Appelle-WolseleyMoosomin Fred A. Easton2,087Frank Gardner2,891Larry Birkbeck3,018 E. Franklin GardnerQu'Appelle Donald W. Cody3,430John Gary Lane3,796F. Warren Denzin1,806 John Gary LaneLumsdenSouris-Cannington James T. Eaton1,530Tom Weatherald2,494Eric Berntson3,212Kim ThorsonSouris-EstevanMerged districtThomas Milton WeatheraldCanningtonWeyburn Jim Pepper2,971Norm Flaten2,299John Whitell2,522 James Auburn Pepper Saskatoon Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentNDPLiberalPCOther    Saskatoon Buena Vista Herman Rolfes2,720Barry Korchinski2,487Harold W. Lane2,242New DistrictSaskatoon Centre Paul Mostoway3,117Douglas R. Knott2,758Morris T. Cherneskey2,284John Richards (Ind.)1,492 Beverly DyckSaskatoon City ParkSaskatoon Eastview Reg Parker2,466Glen Penner3,175Larry Fast1,418 Herman Harold RolfesSaskatoon Nutana SouthSaskatoon Mayfair Beverly Dyck3,467John Olsen2,120June Smith2,001 John Edward BrockelbankSaskatoon Nutana Wes Robbins3,881Bruno F. Riemer2,280Kay McCorkell2,112 W. Albert RobbinsSaskatoon Nutana CentreSaskatoon Riversdale Roy Romanow4,172William Stadnyk1,551Gary Barnes961 Roy RomanowSaskatoon Sutherland Anne Boulton3,145Evelyn Edwards3,843Karim Nasser1,759 John G. Richards**Saskatoon UniversitySaskatoon Westmount John Edward Brockelbank3,916Tim Ryan2,466Peter Shinkaruk1,592New District March 2, 1977 By-election: Saskatoon Sutherland |- SK PC row |style="width: 130px"|Prog. Conservative |Bill Lane |align="right"|3,962 |align="right"|38.68% |align="right"|+18.57 SK Liberal row |Liberal |Gerry Fraser |align="right"|3,423 |align="right"|33.42% |align="right"|-10.51 SK NDP row |NDP |Anne Boulton |align="right"|2,829 |align="right"|27.61% |align="right"|-8.35 SK Independent row |Independent |Alexander Vasey Barker |align="right"|30 |align="right"|0.29% |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|10,244 !align="right"|100.00 !align="right"| Regina Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentNDPLiberalPCOther    Regina Centre Ned Shillington3,603Les Hammond2,417Keith Jeal1,500William C. Beeching (Ind.) 98 Allan BlakeneyRegina Elphinstone Allan Blakeney4,096Donna Welke1,474Arthur Cropley1,374 Ken MacLeod**Regina Albert ParkRegina Lakeview Henri Saucier2,603Ted Malone3,374Reg Watts1,767 Edward Cyril MaloneRegina North East Walt Smishek3,735Del Miller1,735Christine Howard1,535 Walter SmishekRegina North West Ed Whelan3,174David Bouchard2,333William M. Sveinson2,027 Edward Charles WhelanRegina Rosemont Bill Allen3,602George Wagner1,685Gerald A. Fuller1,962New DistrictRegina South Eric Cline1,913Stuart Cameron3,796Paul Rousseau2,059 Gordon Grant**Regina Whitmore ParkRegina Victoria Henry Baker3,577Graham Wolk1,833Fred L. Dunbar1,377New DistrictRegina Wascana Agnes Groome2,752Anthony Merchant4,126Roy A. Rudichuk1,810 Henry Harold Peter Baker See also List of political parties in Saskatchewan List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts References Saskatchewan Archives Board - Election Results By Electoral Division Elections Saskatchewan: Provincial Vote Summaries Further reading Saywell John John Saywell Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1975 1976 University of Toronto Press Toronto 9781442671898 https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_q3c1 registration Category:1975 elections in Canada Category:1975 in Saskatchewan 1975 Category:June 1975 in Canada