16th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 16th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in October 1967. The assembly sat from February 15, 1968, to May 25, 1971. ^[1] The Liberal Party led by Ross Thatcher formed the government. ^[2] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Woodrow Lloyd formed the official opposition. Allan Blakeney succeeded Lloyd as party leader in 1970. ^[3]

James Snedker served as speaker for the assembly. ^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1967: ^[5]

	Electoral district	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Arm River	Wilbert McIvor	Liberal	1967
	Athabasca	Allan Ray Guy	Liberal	1960
	Bengough	Alexander Mitchell	Liberal	1966
	Biggar	Woodrow Stanley Lloyd	New Democratic Party	1944
	Cannington	Thomas Milton Weatherald	Liberal	1964
	Canora	Al Matsalla	New Democratic Party	1967
	Cut Knife	Miro Kwasnica	New Democratic Party	1967
	Elrose	George Gordon Leith	Liberal	1964
	Gravelbourg	Lionel Philias Coderre	Liberal	1956
	Hanley	Robert Andrew Heggie	Liberal	1967
	Humboldt	Mathieu Theodore Breker	Liberal	1964
	Kelsey	John Rissler Messer	New Democratic Party	1967
	Kelvington	Bryan Harvey Bjarnason	Liberal	1964
		Neil Erland Byers (1969)	New Democratic Party	1969
	Kerrobert-Kindersley	William S. Howes	Liberal	1964
	Kinistino	Arthur Thibault	New Democratic Party	1959
	Last Mountain	Donald Gilbert MacLennan	Liberal	1964
	Lumsden	Darrel Verner Heald	Liberal	1964
	Maple Creek	Alexander C. Cameron	Liberal	1948
	Meadow Lake	Henry Ethelbert Coupland	Liberal	1964
	Melfort-Tisdale	Clarence George Willis	New Democratic Party	1952
	Melville	John Russell Kowalchuk	New Democratic Party	1967
	Milestone	Cyril Pius MacDonald	Liberal	1964
	Moose Jaw North	Gordon Taylor Snyder	New Democratic Party	1960
	Moose Jaw South	William Gwynne Davies	New Democratic Party	1956
	Moosomin	Ernest Franklin Gardner	Liberal	1965
	Morse	Wilbert Ross Thatcher	Liberal	1960
	Nipawin	Frank Kenneth Radloff	Liberal	1964
	Notukeu-Willow Bunch	James Benjamin Hooker	Liberal	1964
	Pelly	Jim Barrie	Liberal	1956, 1967
	Prince Albert East-Cumberland	Bill Berezowsky	New Democratic Party	1952
	Prince Albert West	David Gordon Steuart	Liberal	1962
	Qu'Appelle-Wolseley	Douglas Thomas McFarlane	Liberal	1956
	Redberry	Demitro (Dick) Wasyl Michayluk	New Democratic Party	1960
	Regina Centre	Allan Emrys Blakeney	New Democratic Party	1960
	Regina North East	Walter Smishek	New Democratic Party	1964
	Regina North West	Edward Charles Whelan	New Democratic Party	1960
	Regina South	Gordon Burton Grant	Liberal	1964
	Regina South East	Henry Harold Peter Baker	New Democratic Party	1964
	Regina South West	Donald Mighton McPherson	Liberal	1967
	Rosetown	George Fredrick Loken	Liberal	1964
	Rosthern	David Boldt	Liberal	1960
	Saltcoats	James Snedker	Liberal	1960
	Saskatoon City Park-University	Joseph Jeffrey Charlebois	Liberal	1967
	Saskatoon Mayfair	John Edward Brockelbank	New Democratic Party	1964
	Saskatoon Nutana Centre	Clarence Leslie Baldwin Estey	Liberal	1967
	Saskatoon Nutana South	William Austin Forsyth	Liberal	1967
	Saskatoon Riversdale	Roy John Romanow	New Democratic Party	1967
	Shaunavon	Fernand Larochelle	Liberal	1964
	Shellbrook	George Reginald Anderson Bowerman	New Democratic Party	1967
	Souris-Estevan	Ian Hugh MacDougall	Liberal	1960
	Swift Current	Everett Irvine Wood	New Democratic Party	1956
	The Battlefords	Eiling Kramer	New Democratic Party	1952
	Touchwood	Frank Meakes	New Democratic Party	1956, 1967
	Turtleford	Bob Wooff	New Democratic Party	1944, 1952, 1960, 1964
	Wadena	Frederick Arthur Dewhurst	New Democratic Party	1945
	Watrous	Percy Arnold Schmeiser	Liberal	1967
	Weyburn	James Auburn Pepper	New Democratic Party	1964
	Wilkie	Joseph Clifford McIsaac	Liberal	1964
	Yorkton	Bernard David Gallagher	Liberal	1960

Notes:

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal	35
	New Democratic Party [nb 1]	24
Total		59
Government Majority		9

Notes:

1. The Saskatchewan CCF officially became the Saskatchewan NDP on November 25, 1967

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons: ^[5]

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Kelvington	Neil Erland Byers	New Democratic Party	June 25, 1969	Results of the 1967 election were declared invalid [6]

Notes:

References

1. "Saskatchewan Sessions of the Legislative Assembly and Their Duration" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
2. "Saskatchewan Premiers" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
3. "Saskatchewan Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
4. "Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
5. "Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
6. "Kelvington voters decide today". The Phoenix. Saskatoon. June 25, 1969. p. 10. Retrieved 2012-07-26.