1964 Saskatchewan general election

Canadian provincial election December 2024 December 2024 1964 Saskatchewan general election Saskatchewan 1957 parliamentary no no 1960 Saskatchewan general election 1960 14th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 1964 04 22 members 1967 Saskatchewan general election 1967 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 30 150x150px SK Liberal nohash Ross Thatcher SK Liberal name September 24, 1959 Morse 17 32 15 269,402 40.40% 7.3pp 150x150px SK CCF nohash Woodrow Lloyd SK CCF name November 3, 1961 Biggar 37 26 11 268,742 40.30% 0.46pp PC SK PC nohash Martin Pederson SK PC name October 28, 1958 Arm River 0 1 1 126,028 18.90% 4.95pp Premier Woodrow Lloyd SK CCF name Premier after election Ross Thatcher SK Liberal name The 1964 Saskatchewan general election was held on April 22, 1964, to elect members of the 15th Saskatchewan Legislature. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) government of Premier Woodrow Lloyd was defeated by the Liberal Party, led by Ross Thatcher. The CCF had governed Saskatchewan since the 1944 election under the leadership (until December 1961) of Tommy Douglas. By 1964 the provincial Social Credit Party had collapsed, nominating only two candidates. In another morale hit, the federal Social Credit Party endorsed the Liberals during the election. While the CCF held on to nearly all of their vote from the previous election and only trailed the Liberals by 0.1%, most of the shift in Social Credit support went to the Liberals and proved decisive in helping to push Thatcher to a majority government. The Progressive Conservative Party also picked up some support at the expense of Social Credit but won only one seat in the legislature, that of leader Martin Pederson. Election campaign Douglas' government was the first social democratic government in North America, and had introduced the medicare system in Canada. This led to a 23-day strike by the province's physicians. Universal public health care, however, was not an issue in the campaign. In fact, following its successful introduction, the opposition Liberals were for expanding Medicare even more. The only provincial party to advocate eliminating Medicare was the small Social Credit Party. The Social Credit party nominated only two candidates in the election, and they were hurt by statements by the federal Social Credit party leader, Robert N. Thompson, supporting the Saskatchewan Liberals. The Socreds' leader, Martin Kelln, chose not to spend much time on the campaign, in part because of the recent death of his mother. The Progressive Conservatives returned to the Legislative Assembly for the first time since 1934. They won only one seat despite winning almost 19% of the popular vote. The Tories promised to keep Medicare in place, but opposed the Liberals' plans to expand it. They argued that the Liberals were too radical, and that the CCF government was not doing enough to develop the province's natural resources. The Liberals were able to capitalize on the collapse of Social Credit and were more effective than the Tories in drawing the "anti-socialist" (anti-CCF) vote. Yet the campaign was not marked by any major issues. There was, however, considerable animosity between the Liberals and the CCF. The Liberals employed what were called "Madison Avenue campaign tactics" and spent a lot of money on campaign advertising, especially television advertising. They tried to characterize the election as being a choice between socialism and private enterprise-oriented reform. The Saskatchewan Liberals ran well to the right of the federal Liberals and claimed that the CCF government was stagnating. A warning sign came in the 1962 federal election. The federal CCF had merged with the Canadian Labour Congress to form the New Democratic Party, though the Saskatchewan branch kept the CCF name. Douglas resigned as premier and party leader to become the NDP's first leader, and was succeeded by then-Treasurer Woodrow Lloyd, a former teacher. However, the NDP was completely shut out in Saskatchewan, and Douglas lost by almost 10,000 votes in his bid for a Regina-area riding. The CCF campaigned heavily on its 20-year record in government. Lloyd attacked the Liberal campaign, stating that they had resorted to "hucksterism, the kind of sales attempts that one usually associates with useless pills, second hand cars and body deodorants." https://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/politics/provincial-territorial-politics/showdown-on-the-prairies-a-history-of-saskatchewan-elections/useless-pills-second-hand-cars-and-body-deodorants.html CBC Archives Lloyd faced several challenges: taxes in Saskatchewan were among the highest in Canada; spending on health care, welfare and education were high; and he lacked the popular support Douglas had enjoyed. However, Saskatchewan had the second highest per capita income in Canada and the lowest unemployment rate in Canada. Electoral system In this election, Saskatchewan used a mixture of single-member districts, electing through First past the post, and multiple-member districts, electing through Plurality block voting. Before the next election, Saskatchewan switched to consistent single-member districts.Parliamentary Guide Results PartyParty leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular vote1960Dissol.Elected% Change#%% Change SK Liberal row-nameRoss Thatcher 591719 32+68.4%269,40240.40%+7.73% SK CCF row-nameWoodrow Lloyd 593735 25/261-25.7%268,74240.30%-0.46% SK PC row-nameMartin Pederson 42–– 1+1000%126,02818.90%+4.95% SK Social Credit row-nameMartin Kelln 2–– ––2,6210.39%-11.96% SK Communist row-name 1–– ––680.01%-0.05% Total 1635454 591+9.3%666,861100% Source: Elections Saskatchewan Note: 1 One seat declared void. Percentages Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Liberal SK Liberal 40.40 CCF SK CCF 40.30 PC SK PC 18.90 Others SK Independent 0.40 Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px Liberal SK Liberal 54.24 CCF SK CCF 44.07 PC SK PC 1.69 Ranking Party SeatsSecondThird SK Liberal row-name32261 SK CCF row-name26312 SK PC row-name1239 SK Independent rowOther parties003 Riding results Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again. Northwestern Saskatchewan SK Liberal CCF PC Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Athabasca |SK Liberal background|  |Allan Ray Guy1,076 | |John M. Stonehocker684 | |Harry J. Houghton909 | | |SK Liberal background|  |Allan Ray Guy |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cut Knife-Lloydminster | |Raymond H. Rooney1,821 |SK CCF background|  |Isidore Charles Nollet2,927 | |Gordon Goodfellow1,617 | | |SK CCF background|  |Isidore Charles Nollet |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Meadow Lake |SK Liberal background|  |Henry Coupland3,149 | |Martin Semchuk2,113 | |Frederick L. Dunbar1,014 | | |SK CCF background|  |Martin Semchuk |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Redberry | |Bernard L. Korchinski1,993 |SK CCF background|  |Dick Michayluk2,200 | |Walter John Dolynny1,238 | | |SK CCF background|  |Demitro Wasyl Michayluk |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Rosthern |SK Liberal background|  |David Boldt2,873 | |George Guenther1,949 | | | |Isaak Elias (Social Credit) 1,239 |SK Liberal background|  |David Boldt |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shellbrook |SK Liberal background|  |John Cuelenaere2,427 | |John Thiessen2,259 | |Norval Horner1,701 | | |SK CCF background|  |John Thiessen |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|The Battlefords | |Herbert O.M. Sparrow4,242 |SK CCF background|  |Eiling Kramer4,645 | | | | |SK CCF background|  |Eiling Kramer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Turtleford | |Frank Foley2,123 |SK CCF background|  |Bob Wooff2,221 | |William Elmer Armstrong1,502 | | |SK Liberal background|  |Franklin Edward Foley Northeastern Saskatchewan SK Liberal CCF PC Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland | |Eldon McLachlan1,630 |SK CCF background|  |Bill Berezowsky2,135 | |Emanuel Sonnenschein963 | | |SK CCF background|  |Bill Berezowsky |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humboldt |SK Liberal background|  |Mathieu Breker4,226 | |Sylvester E. Wiegers3,030 | |Frank J. Martin1,244 | | |SK Liberal background|  |Mary Batten** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kelsey | |William John McHugh2269 |SK CCF background|  |John Hewgill Brockelbank5283 | |Carsten Johnson703 | | |SK CCF background|  |John Hewgill Brockelbank |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kelvington |SK Liberal background|  |Bryan Bjarnason2,888 | |Neil Byers2,398 | |Joseph M. Ratch1,341 | | |SK CCF background|  |Clifford Benjamin Peterson** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kinistino | |Michael A. Hnidy3,125 |SK CCF background|  |Arthur Thibault3,334 | | | | |SK CCF background|  |Arthur Thibault |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Melfort-Tisdale | |William Ernest Hurd3,056 |SK CCF background|  |Clarence George Willis3,471 | |Kenneth Aseltine2,094 | | |SK CCF background|  |Clarence George Willis |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Nipawin |SK Liberal background|  |Frank Radloff2,652 | |Bob Perkins2,440 | |John A. Whittome1,942 | | |SK CCF background|  |Robert Irvin Perkins |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Prince Albert |SK Liberal background|  |Davey Steuart5,024 | |Joseph E. Leon Lamontagne4,946 | |Richard E. Spencer3,828 | | |SK Liberal background|  |David Gordon Steuart West Central Saskatchewan SK Liberal CCF PC Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Arm River | |Gustaf Herman Danielson2,020 | |Emanuel Lang1,550 |SK PC background|  |Martin Pederson2,326 | | |SK Liberal background|  |Gustaf Herman Danielson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Biggar | |Benson McLeod Blacklock1,992 |SK CCF background|  |Woodrow S. Lloyd2,875 | |George Loucks1,120 | | |SK CCF background|  |Woodrow Lloyd |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hanley | |Herbert C. "Charlie" Pinder3,938 | |Robert Alexander Walker3,940 | |Hans Taal2,602 | | |SK CCF background|  |Robert Alexander Walker |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kerrobert-Kindersley |SK Liberal background|  |William S. Howes3,799 | |Eldon Johnson2,937 | | | | |SK CCF background|  |Eldon Arthur Johnson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Rosetown |SK Liberal background|  |George Loken2,573 | |Allan Stevens2,367 | |Les P. Hickson1,396 | | |SK CCF background|  |Allan Leonard Frederick Stevens |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Watrous | |Neil McArthur2,602 |SK CCF background|  |Hans Broten2,725 | | | | |SK CCF background|  |Hans Broten |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Wilkie |SK Liberal background|  |Joseph "Cliff" McIsaac3,593 | |W. Ray Grant2,162 | |Donald Wallace1,649 | | |SK Liberal background|  |John Whitmore Horsman** Re-run of voided election December 16, 1964, by-election: Hanley |- SK CCF row |style="width: 130px"|CCF |Robert Walker |align="right"|4,608 |align="right"|45.14% |align="right"|+7.55 SK Liberal row |Liberal |Herb Pinder |align="right"|3,864 |align="right"|37.86% |align="right"|+0.28 SK PC row |Prog. Conservative |W. Hugh Arscott |align="right"|1,735 |align="right"|17.00% |align="right"|-7.83 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|10,207 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| East Central Saskatchewan SK Liberal CCF PC Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Canora |SK Liberal background|  |Ken Romuld3,391 | |Alex Kuziak3,348 | | | | |SK CCF background|  |Alex Gordon Kuziak |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Last Mountain |SK Liberal background|  |Donald MacLennan2,857 | |Russell Brown2,799 | | | |Martin Kelln (Social Credit) 1,382 |SK CCF background|  |Russell Brown |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Melville |SK Liberal background|  |James W. Gardiner3,485 | |William Wiwchar3,229 | |Douglas A. Ellis1,627 | | |SK Liberal background|  |James Wilfrid Gardiner |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pelly | |Jim Barrie2,669 |SK CCF background|  |Leo Larson2,705 | |Bohdan E. Lozinsky1,212 | | |SK Liberal background|  |Jim Barrie |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saltcoats |SK Liberal background|  |James Snedker3,260 | |Baldur M. Olson2,275 | |David Arthur Keyes1,537 | | |SK Liberal background|  |James Snedker |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Touchwood |SK Liberal background|  |George Trapp2,692 | |Frank Meakes2,566 | |Alice M.L. Turner1,320 | | |SK CCF background|  |Frank Meakes |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Wadena | |Elizabeth Mary Paulson2,580 |SK CCF background|  |Fred Dewhurst3,295 | |H.D. McPhail1,405 | | |SK CCF background|  |Frederick Arthur Dewhurst |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yorkton |SK Liberal background|  |Barry Gallagher4,337 | |Karl Rokeby Bartelt3,494 | |Lawrence L. Ball1,841 | | |SK Liberal background|  |Bernard David Gallagher Southwest Saskatchewan SK Liberal CCF PC Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Elrose |SK Liberal background|  |George Leith3,317 | |Alex Turnbull3,263 | | | | |SK CCF background|  |Olaf Alexander Turnbull |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gravelbourg |SK Liberal background|  |Lionel Coderre2,999 | |Roland Leblanc2,448 | | | | |SK Liberal background|  |Lionel Philas Coderre |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Maple Creek |SK Liberal background|  |Alexander Cameron2,977 | |William Percy Rolick2,424 | |Marlyn K. Clary1,389 | | |SK Liberal background|  |Alexander C. Cameron |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Morse |SK Liberal background|  |Ross Thatcher3,188 | |Paul W. Beach2,952 | | | | |SK Liberal background|  |Ross Thatcher |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Notukeu-Willow Bunch |SK Liberal background|  |Jim Hooker2,660 | |Hasket Merle Sproule2,193 | |Boyd M. Anderson946 | | |SK Liberal background|  |Karl Frank Klein** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shaunavon |SK Liberal background|  |Fernand Larochelle2,955 | |Art Kluzak2,545 | |Clifford Boyd Clark1,225 | | |SK CCF background|  |Arthur Kluzak |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Swift Current | |T. Lawrence Salloum4,647 |SK CCF background|  |Everett Irvine Wood5,238 | | | | |SK CCF background|  |Everett Irvine Wood Southeast Saskatchewan SK Liberal CCF PC Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bengough |SK Liberal background|  |Sam Asbell2,613 | |Hjalmar Dahlman2,311 | |Roy Bailey1,192 | | |SK CCF background|  |Hjalmar Reinhold Dahlman |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cannington |SK Liberal background|  |Tom Weatherald3,852 | |Henry George Doty2,489 | |Glenn Brimner1,917 | | |SK Liberal background|  |Rosscoe Arnold McCarthy** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lumsden |SK Liberal background|  |Darrel Heald2,469 | |Cliff Thurston2,068 | |William Clyde Tufts1,614 | | |SK CCF background|  |Clifford Honey Thurston |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Milestone |SK Liberal background|  |Cyril MacDonald2,568 | |James M. Hubbs1,972 | |Leonard Frederick Westrum1,023 | | |SK CCF background|  |Jacob Walter Erb** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Moosomin |SK Liberal background|  |Alexander Hamilton McDonald4,523 | |William Francis Goodwin3,102 | | | | |SK Liberal background|  |Alex "Hammy" McDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Qu'Appelle-Wolseley |SK Liberal background|  |Doug McFarlane3,525 | |John Stephen Leier2,188 | |Victor Edward Horsman2,164 | | |SK Liberal background|  |Douglas Thomas McFarlane |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Souris-Estevan |SK Liberal background|  |Ian MacDougall6,220 | |Ivar Johann Kristianson4,040 | | | | |SK Liberal background|  |Ian Hugh MacDougall |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Weyburn | |Junior Staveley4,347 |SK CCF background|  |Jim Pepper4,453 | |Jean Benson1,234 | | |SK Liberal background|  |Junior Herbert Staveley June 30, 1965, by-election: Moosomin SK Liberal row |style="width: 130px"|Liberal |Frank Gardner |align="right"|3,033 |align="right"|36.72% |align="right"|-22.60 SK CCF row |CCF |William Francis Goodwin |align="right"|2,821 |align="right"|34.14% |align="right"|-6.54 SK PC row |Prog. Conservative |Andrew Emerson Bruce |align="right"|2,407 |align="right"|29.14% |align="right"|- |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|8,261 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| February 16, 1966, by-election: Bengough SK Liberal row |style="width: 130px"|Liberal |Alex Mitchell |align="right"|2,423 |align="right"|42.74% |align="right"|+0.02 SK CCF row |CCF |Hjalmar Dahlman |align="right"|2,285 |align="right"|40.31% |align="right"|+2.52 SK PC row |Prog. Conservative |George W. Spicer |align="right"|961 |align="right"|16.95% |align="right"|-2.54 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|5,669 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| Moose Jaw and Saskatoon Saskatchewan general election, 1964: Moose Jaw City (2 members elected) |- SK CCF row | style="width: 130px"|CCF |William Davies (incumbent) |align="right"|7,749 |align="right"|24.55% |align="right"|- SK CCF row | style="width: 130px"|CCF |Gordon Snyder (incumbent) |align="right"|7,550 |align="right"|23.92% |align="right"|- SK PC row |Prog. Conservative |Daniel J. Patterson |align="right"|7,115 |align="right"|22.54% |align="right"|- SK Liberal row |Liberal |E. A. Astell |align="right"|5,455 |align="right"|17.28% |align="right"|- SK PC row |Prog. Conservative |Gordon A. Hume |align="right"|3,697 |align="right"|11.71% |align="right"|- |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|31,566 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| Saskatchewan general election, 1964: Saskatoon City (5 members elected) |- SK CCF row | style="width: 130px"|CCF |Alex M. Nicholson (incumbent) |align="right"|16,701 |align="right"|7.83% |align="right"|- SK CCF row | style="width: 130px"|CCF |Edward Brockelbank (elected) |align="right"|16,559 |align="right"|7.76% |align="right"|- SK CCF row | style="width: 130px"|CCF |Wes Robbins (elected) |align="right"|16,126 |align="right"|7.56% |align="right"|- SK Liberal row |Liberal |Sally Merchant (elected) |align="right"|16,068 |align="right"|7.53% |align="right"|- SK CCF row | style="width: 130px"|CCF |Harry D. Link (elected) |align="right"|16,041 |align="right"|7.52% |align="right"|- SK Liberal row |Liberal |Clarence Estey |align="right"|15,761 |align="right"|7.39% |align="right"|- SK CCF row | style="width: 130px"|CCF |Gladys Strum (incumbent) |align="right"|15,741 |align="right"|7.38% |align="right"|- SK Liberal row |Liberal |Keith McLean Crocker |align="right"|15,661 |align="right"|7.34% |align="right"|- SK Liberal row |Liberal |Joseph J. Charlebois |align="right"|15,542 |align="right"|7.28% |align="right"|- SK Liberal row |Liberal |Victor C. Hession |align="right"|14,770 |align="right"|6.92% |align="right"|- SK PC row |Prog. Conservative |Lewis Brand |align="right"|11,401 |align="right"|5.34% |align="right"|- SK PC row |Prog. Conservative |W. Hugh Arscott |align="right"|11,344 |align="right"|5.32% |align="right"|- SK PC row |Prog. Conservative |Ray Hnatyshyn |align="right"|10,874 |align="right"|5.09% |align="right"|- SK PC row |Prog. Conservative |Henry Clay Rees |align="right"|10,543 |align="right"|4.94% |align="right"|- SK PC row |Prog. Conservative |Irving Goldenberg |align="right"|10,240 |align="right"|4.80% |align="right"|- |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|213,372 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| Regina SK Liberal CCF PC Other |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Regina East | |Paul Dojack8,208 Jacob W. Erb8,060 |SK CCF background|  |Henry Baker8,953 Walt Smishek8,395 | |Dick Shelton2,356 George J. Tkach2,343 | | | colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|New District |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Regina North | |Ron Atchison3,867 |SK CCF background|  |Ed Whelan4,722 | | | |Norman Brudy (Communist) 68 | colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|New District |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Regina South |SK Liberal background|  |Gordon Grant7,788 | |George R. Bothwell3,440 | | | | | colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|New District |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Regina West | |Alex Cochrane7,770 Betty Sear6,981 |SK CCF background|  |Allan Blakeney9,076 Marjorie Cooper8,413 | |Donald K. MacPherson4,495 | | | colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|New District 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 T. John Saywell Canadian Annual Review for 1964 1965 University of Toronto Press Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_w7t2 registration Category:1964 elections in Canada Category:1964 in Saskatchewan Category:April 1964 in Canada 1964