1975 Saskatchewan general election

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1975 Saskatchewan general election
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  1971 June 11, 1975 (1975-06-11) 1978  

61 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
32 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Allan-Blakeney-2009.jpeg Davey Steuart.jpg Richard Collver.jpg
Leader Allan Blakeney David Steuart Richard Collver
Party New Democratic Liberal Progressive Conservative
Leader since July 4, 1970 December 11, 1971 March 18, 1973
Leader's seat Regina Elphinstone Prince Albert-
Duck Lake
Nipawin
Last election45150
Seats won39157
Seat changeDecrease2.svg6±0Increase2.svg7
Popular vote180,700142,853124,573
Percentage40.07%31.67%27.62%
SwingDecrease2.svg14.93pp Decrease2.svg11.15ppIncrease2.svg25.49pp

Premier before election

Allan Blakeney
New Democratic

Premier after election

Allan Blakeney
New Democratic

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.

Contents

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. [1]

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. [1]

Results

PartyParty Leader# of
candidates
SeatsPopular Vote
1971 Elected% Change#%% Change
  New Democratic Allan Blakeney 614539-13.3%180,70040.07%-14.93%
  Liberal David Steuart 611515142,85331.67%-11.15%
  Progressive Conservative Richard Collver 617+600%124,57327.62%+25.49%
 Independent52,8970.64%+0.60%
Total1886061+1.7%451,023100% 
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Percentages

Popular vote
New Democratic
40.07%
Liberal
31.67%
PC
27.62%
Others
0.64%
Seats summary
New Democratic
63.93%
Liberal
24.59%
PC
11.48%

Ranking

PartySeatsSecondThirdFourth
  New Democratic 391570
  Liberal 1527190
  Progressive Conservative 719341
 Independents0014

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 DistrictCandidatesIncumbent
NDP Liberal PC Other
    
Athabasca   Frederick John Thompson
1,483
Ben Siemens
1,157
Roy Simpson
421
Rod Bishop (Ind.)
829
  Allan Ray Guy
Cut Knife-Lloydminster   Miro Kwasnica
2,794
Sam Herman
2,076
Fred Baynton
2,113
 Miro Kwasnica
Meadow Lake   Gord McNeill
2,094
Henry Coupland
2,058
Leo Jeannotte
1,705
 Henry Ethelbert Coupland
Redberry   Dennis Banda
2,783
Emil Craig
2,006
Nick E. Kowerchuk
1,835
  Dick Michayluk**
Rosthern  A.R. Friesen
2,030
Allan Ray Guy
2,277
Ralph Katzman
2,718
  David Boldt**
The Battlefords   Eiling Kramer
3,660
Peter Tarnowsky
2,674
Walter Kostyna
1,212
  Eiling Kramer
Turtleford   Lloyd Johnson
2,405
Cyril Fransoo
1,994
Gordon Mayer
1,666
  Michael Feduniak**

Northeast Saskatchewan

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbent
NDP Liberal PC Other
    
Cumberland   Norm MacAuley
1,646
Winston McKay
1,128
Garry M. Houghton
511
Frank R. Tomkins (Ind.) 403New District
Kelsey-Tisdale   John R. Messer
3,750
Alan E. Caithcart
2,266
Jack Ukrainetz
1,831
 John Rissler Messer
Tisdale-Kelsey
Kinistino   Arthur Thibault
3,215
Ed Olchowy
2,400
Tom Smith
1,657
New District
Melfort   Norm Vickar
3,102
Herbert J. Whitley
2,196
Bill Warner
3,001
 Arthur Thibault
Melfort-Kinistino
Nipawin   John Comer
2,599
Ellis H. Hill
1,447
Richard Collver
3,381
 John Kristian Comer
Prince Albert   Mike Feschuk
2,947
Kenneth A. Beeson
1,947
Richard E. Spencer
2,689
Mike Feschuk
Prince Albert East
Prince Albert-Duck Lake  Louis Roy
2,822
Davey Steuart
3,675
Norm Wipf
1,472
David Gordon Steuart
Prince Albert West
Shellbrook   George Bowerman
3,138
Louis W. Hradecki
1,584
John P. Meagher
2,035
 George Bowerman
March 2, 1977 By-election: Prince Albert-Duck Lake
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Prog. Conservative Norm Wipf 3,02239.84%+21.37
  NDP Jerome Hammersmith 2,77336.55%+1.14
  Liberal Alexandre Joseph Baribeau1,79123.61%-22.51
Total7,586100.00

West Central Saskatchewan

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbent
NDP Liberal PC Other
    
Arm River   Donald Leonard Faris
2,854
Ron Thorstad
2,843
Ron McLelland
1,974
 Donald Leonard Faris
Biggar   Elwood L. Cowley
3,223
Arthur Meister
1,520
Ralph Young
1,906
 Elwood Lorrie Cowley
Humboldt   Edwin Tchorzewski
3,006
Peter Cline
2,087
Ray Perpick
2,334
 Edwin Tchorzewski
Kindersley   Alex Taylor
2,322
Allan McMillan
2,659
Bayne Secord
2,348
 Alex Taylor
Kerrobert-Kindersley
Rosetown-Elrose   Bill Owens
2,673
Calvin W. Fensom
2,004
Roy Bailey
3,078
George Fredrick Loken**
Rosetown
Merged district
Hayden William Owens
Elrose
Wilkie  Delaine Scotton
2,223
Linda Clifford
2,831
Jim Garner
2,138
  Joseph "Cliff" McIsaac**

East Central Saskatchewan

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbent
NDP Liberal PC Other
    
Canora   Al Matsalla
4,024
Marie Kotelko
2,310
Michael Kaminski
1,656
 Al Matsalla
Kelvington-Wadena   Neil Byers
4,051
Joe Bencharski
1,846
Don Austring
2,111
Neil Erland Byers
Kelvington
Merged district
Fred Dewhurst**
Wadena
Last Mountain-Touchwood   Gordon MacMurchy
3,640
Les Digney
1,819
Arnold Tusa
2,565
Gordon MacMurchy
Last Mountain
Merged district
Frank Meakes**
Touchwood
Melville   John Kowalchuk
3,747
Joseph L. Sedlovitch
2,019
Glenn Miller
2,478
 John Russell Kowalchuk
Pelly   Leo Larson
3,511
Peter E. McDonald
2,250
W.J. Ferniuk
1,150
George G. Shlakoff (Ind.) 75 Leonard Melvin Larson
Quill Lakes   Murray Koskie
3,211
Arnold E. Boyko
2,022
Dick Harcourt
1,342
New District
Saltcoats   Ed Kaeding
2,887
William H. Peasley
2,058
Wilfred J. Walker
2,109
 Ed Kaeding
Yorkton   Randy Nelson
3,099
Arlis Dellow
2,958
Ivan Daunt
2,173
  Irving Wensley Carlson**
June 8, 1977 By-election: Pelly
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Norm Lusney 3,72448.29%-1.97
  Prog. Conservative Barrie Johnson2,31430.00%+13.54
  Liberal Donn Walsh1,67421.71%-10.50
Total7,712100.00

Southwest Saskatchewan

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbent
NDP Liberal PC Other
    
Assiniboia-Gravelbourg   Allan Engel
3,012
Roy Nelson
3,400
Connie McLeod
1,517
David Hadley Lange
Assiniboia-Bengough
Merged district
Reginald John Gross
Gravelbourg
Maple Creek   Gene Flasch
2,232
Bill Stodalka
2,698
Eric Richardson
2,241
 Gene Flasch
Moose Jaw North   John Skoberg
3,468
Emmett Reidy
2,284
Ken Glenn
2,286
  Don MacDonald**
Moose Jaw South   Gordon Snyder
3,950
Faye Gordon
1,521
Arthur "Bud" Smith
1,857
 Gordon Taylor Snyder
Morse   Reg Gross
2,502
Jack Wiebe
2,517
Art Martens
1,847
 John Edward Niel Wiebe
Shaunavon   Allan Oliver
2,593
Eiliv "Sonny" Anderson
3,370
Eric Slater
1,375
 Allan Roy Oliver
Swift Current  Murray Walter
2,452
Len Stein
1,734
Dennis Ham
3,494
  Everett Irvine Wood**
Thunder Creek  Jim Murdock
2,036
Colin Thatcher
2,640
Don Swenson
2,348
New District

Southeast Saskatchewan

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbent
NDP Liberal PC Other
    
Bengough-Milestone   David Lange
2,819
Grant Frank
1,927
E.R. Moody
2,512
David Hadley Lange
Assiniboia-Bengough
Merged district
Cyril Pius MacDonald
Milestone
Estevan   Kim Thorson
2,499
Ian MacDougall
1,464
Bob Larter
4,354
Kim Thorson
Souris-Estevan
Indian Head-Wolseley   Terry Hanson
2,241
Cyril MacDonald
2,844
Jack H. Horsman
2,205
 Terry Lyle Hanson
Qu'Appelle-Wolseley
Moosomin  Fred A. Easton
2,087
Frank Gardner
2,891
Larry Birkbeck
3,018
 E. Franklin Gardner
Qu'Appelle   Donald W. Cody
3,430
John Gary Lane
3,796
F. Warren Denzin
1,806
 John Gary Lane
Lumsden
Souris-Cannington  James T. Eaton
1,530
Tom Weatherald
2,494
Eric Berntson
3,212
Kim Thorson
Souris-Estevan
Merged district
Thomas Milton Weatherald
Cannington
Weyburn   Jim Pepper
2,971
Norm Flaten
2,299
John Whitell
2,522
 James Auburn Pepper

Saskatoon

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbent
NDP Liberal PC Other
    
Saskatoon Buena Vista   Herman Rolfes
2,720
Barry Korchinski
2,487
Harold W. Lane
2,242
New District
Saskatoon Centre   Paul Mostoway
3,117
Douglas R. Knott
2,758
Morris T. Cherneskey
2,284
John Richards (Ind.)
1,492
 Beverly Dyck
Saskatoon City Park
Saskatoon Eastview  Reg Parker
2,466
Glen Penner
3,175
Larry Fast
1,418
  Herman Harold Rolfes
Saskatoon Nutana South
Saskatoon Mayfair   Beverly Dyck
3,467
John Olsen
2,120
June Smith
2,001
  John Edward Brockelbank
Saskatoon Nutana   Wes Robbins
3,881
Bruno F. Riemer
2,280
Kay McCorkell
2,112
 W. Albert Robbins
Saskatoon Nutana Centre
Saskatoon Riversdale   Roy Romanow
4,172
William Stadnyk
1,551
Gary Barnes
961
  Roy Romanow
Saskatoon Sutherland  Anne Boulton
3,145
Evelyn Edwards
3,843
Karim Nasser
1,759
  John G. Richards**
Saskatoon University
Saskatoon Westmount   John Edward Brockelbank
3,916
Tim Ryan
2,466
Peter Shinkaruk
1,592
New District
March 2, 1977 By-election: Saskatoon Sutherland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Prog. Conservative Bill Lane 3,96238.68%+18.57
  Liberal Gerry Fraser3,42333.42%-10.51
  NDP Anne Boulton2,82927.61%-8.35
  Independent Alexander Vasey Barker300.29%
Total10,244100.00

Regina

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbent
NDP Liberal PC Other
    
Regina Centre   Ned Shillington
3,603
Les Hammond
2,417
Keith Jeal
1,500
William C. Beeching (Ind.) 98  Allan Blakeney
Regina Elphinstone   Allan Blakeney
4,096
Donna Welke
1,474
Arthur Cropley
1,374
  Ken MacLeod**
Regina Albert Park
Regina Lakeview  Henri Saucier
2,603
Ted Malone
3,374
Reg Watts
1,767
  Edward Cyril Malone
Regina North East   Walt Smishek
3,735
Del Miller
1,735
Christine Howard
1,535
 Walter Smishek
Regina North West   Ed Whelan
3,174
David Bouchard
2,333
William M. Sveinson
2,027
 Edward Charles Whelan
Regina Rosemont   Bill Allen
3,602
George Wagner
1,685
Gerald A. Fuller
1,962
New District
Regina South   Eric Cline
1,913
Stuart Cameron
3,796
Paul Rousseau
2,059
  Gordon Grant**
Regina Whitmore Park
Regina Victoria   Henry Baker
3,577
Graham Wolk
1,833
Fred L. Dunbar
1,377
New District
Regina Wascana  Agnes Groome
2,752
Anthony Merchant
4,126
Roy A. Rudichuk
1,810
 Henry Harold Peter Baker

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