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The 1982 Saskatchewan general election was held on April 26, 1982, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.
The Progressive Conservative Party, led by Grant Devine, defeated the New Democratic Party government of Premier Allan Blakeney, which had governed the province since the 1971 election. The Tories won over half the popular vote, and a large majority in the legislature – the first time that the party had won an outright majority, and making Devine only the second Tory premier in the province's history. The only other time that the Tories had ever led a government was after the 1929 election, when James Anderson led a coalition government of Conservatives, Progressives and independents.
The NDP vote fell to its lowest level since 1938, and the party lost 35 of its 44 seats in the legislature – the second-worst defeat of a sitting government in the province's history, behind only the Saskatchewan Liberal Party's 38-seat loss in 1944. The highest-profile casualty was Deputy Premier Roy Romanow, who was ousted by Tory challenger Jo-Ann Zazelenchuk as part of the Tories' sweep of Saskatoon.
This election included the Aboriginal People's Party, a party focused on issues affecting Saskatchewan's First Nations. The APP's best showing would be in the Cumberland district of northeast Saskatchewan, finishing third – ahead of the Liberal candidate.
Popular feelings of alienation in Saskatchewan from Ottawa reached a high point in 1982. The provincial wing of the Western Canada Concept movement won more votes than the Saskatchewan Liberal Party candidate in over a third of Saskatchewan's constituencies; in three ridings the WCC candidate captured more than 1,000 votes. The WCC would disappear by 1988, and be replaced by the Western Independence Party, and later the Buffalo Party, in the 21st century.
Party | Party leader | Candidates | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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1978 | Dissol. | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Grant Devine | 64 | 17 | 15 | 55 | +266.7% | 289,311 | 54.07% | +15.99% | |
New Democratic | Allan Blakeney | 64 | 44 | 44 | 9 | -79.5% | 201,390 | 37.64% | -10.44% | |
Liberal | Ralph Goodale | 64 | – | – | – | – | 24,134 | 4.51% | -9.27% | |
Western Canada Concept | Ray Bailey | 40 | * | * | – | * | 17,487 | 3.26% | * | |
Independent | 8 | – | 21 | – | -100% | 1,607 | 0.30% | +0.28% | ||
Aboriginal People's | 10 | * | * | – | * | 1,156 | 0.22% | * | ||
Total | 250 | 61 | 61 | 64 | +4.9% | 535,085 | 100% | |||
Source: Elections Saskatchewan |
Note:* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election. 1 Richard Collver and Dennis Ham, MLAs of the short-lived "Unionest Party".
Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | |
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Progressive Conservative | 55 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
New Democratic | 9 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Liberal | 0 | 1 | 38 | 26 | 1 | |
Western Canada Concept | 0 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 1 | |
Aboriginal People's | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again.
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Progressive Conservative | New Democratic | Liberal | Western Canada Concept | Other | ||||
Athabasca | Bruce Clarke 1,162 | Frederick John Thompson 1,606 | Willard Quewezance 147 | Rod Bishop (Ind.) 976 Vital Morin (APP) 210 | Frederick John Thompson | |||
Cut Knife-Lloydminster | Michael Hopfner 4,968 | Bob Long 3,963 | L. Allison Henderson 109 | Robert Gavin Long | ||||
Meadow Lake | George McLeod 4,236 | Dave Bridger 2,149 | R. Hugh Currie 131 | Paul S. Pospisil 242 | Ray L. Manegre (Ind.) 57 | George Malcolm McLeod | ||
Redberry | John Gerich 4,018 | Dennis Banda 2,556 | Bernadine Droesse 156 | Wayne Ratzlaff 303 | Dennis George Banda | |||
Rosthern | Ralph Katzman 6,816 | Chris Banman 1,889 | Bruce Wagner 412 | James E. Boschman (Ind.) 188 | Ralph Katzman | |||
The Battlefords | Myles Morin 5,737 | David Miner 3,625 | Mary Friedman 348 | Vernon D. Loeppky 249 | David Manly Miner | |||
Turtleford | Colin Maxwell 3,825 | Lloyd Johnson 2,803 | Glenn J. Mason 155 | Lloyd Emmett Johnson |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Progressive Conservative | New Democratic | Liberal | Western Canada Concept | Aboriginal People's Party | ||||
Cumberland | Edward Charlette 852 | Lawrence Riel Yew 2,587 | Roy Fosseneuve 251 | Leon E. McAuley 329 | Norm MacAulay** | |||
Kelsey-Tisdale | Neal Hardy 5,171 | Francis E. Schmeichel 2,874 | P. Hudson Foga 139 | John K. McConaghie 284 | Olga Flesjer 32 | Neal Herbert Hardy | ||
Kinistino | Bernard Boutin 4,266 | Don Cody 3,759 | Ed Olchowy 247 | Donald William Cody | ||||
Melfort | Grant Hodgins 4,626 | Norm Vickar 3,099 | S. Helen Hamilton 130 | Brian Bedard 489 | Norman Vickar | |||
Nipawin | Lloyd Sauder 4,267 | Irvin G. Perkins 2,844 | Ron J. Wassill 231 | Bob Fair 627 | Richard Collver** | |||
Prince Albert | John Meagher 4,258 | Mike Feschuk 4,232 | Bill Nutting 369 | Earl Switenky 764 | Mike Feschuk | |||
Prince Albert-Duck Lake | Phil West 3,491 | Jerome Hammersmith 3,500 | Mike Scholfield 404 | Ron Folstad 873 | John H. McLeod 86 | Jerome Hammersmith | ||
Shellbrook-Torch River | Lloyd Muller 4,117 | George Bowerman 3,274 | Jack Greening 287 | Stanley Stefanski 667 | Garry Standing 65 | George Bowerman Shellbrook |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Prog. Conservative | Sid Dutchak | 4,271 | 55.78% | +13.99 | |
NDP | Jerome Hammersmith | 3,386 | 44.22% | +2.32 | |
Total | 7,657 | 100.00 |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||
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Progressive Conservative | New Democratic | Liberal | Western Canada Concept | ||||
Arm River | Gerald Muirhead 5,608 | Donald Leonard Faris 2,719 | Marjorie Towstego 118 | Jim Cross 339 | Gerald Muirhead | ||
Biggar | Harry Baker 4,437 | Elwood Lorrie Cowley 3,070 | Neil Vander Nagel 141 | Roland Chouinard 327 | Elwood Lorrie Cowley | ||
Humboldt | Louis Domotor 4,480 | Edwin Tchorzewski 3,946 | Ligouri LeBlanc 361 | Glen Strueby 168 | Edwin Tchorzewski | ||
Kindersley | Robert Andrew 5,211 | Wayne Nargang 1,833 | Wayne Mah 166 | Chuck McIntyre 454 | Robert Lynal Andrew | ||
Rosetown-Elrose | Herbert Swan 4,802 | Jim Mills 2,327 | David Herle 166 | Dale Skelton 666 | Herbert Junior Swan | ||
Wilkie | James Garner 5,056 | Wayne Birn 2,039 | Arthur Reil 502 | James W.A. Garner |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Progressive Conservative | New Democratic | Liberal | Western Canada Concept | Aboriginal People's Party | ||||
Canora | Lloyd Hampton 4,398 | Gerard Pikula 3,520 | Michael Okrainetz 312 | Al Matsalla** | ||||
Kelvington-Wadena | Sherwin Petersen 4,330 | Neil Byers 3,755 | Ben Ferrie 215 | Neil Byers | ||||
Last Mountain-Touchwood | Arnold Tusa 4,588 | Gordon MacMurchy 4,059 | Charles Schuler 165 | Jack McMunn 218 | Gordon MacMurchy | |||
Melville | Grant Schmidt 4,172 | Pat Krug 3,486 | Jack Hanowski 627 | Ray Miller 421 | Harry Bird 64 | John Russell Kowalchuk** | ||
Pelly | Mervyn Abrahamson 3,179 | Norm Lusney 3,381 | Tom Campbell 476 | Norm Lusney | ||||
Quill Lakes | Ray Berscheid 3,892 | Murray Koskie 3,945 | Walter Paulson 448 | Murray J. Koskie | ||||
Saltcoats | Walt Johnson 3,921 | Ed Kaeding 3,531 | James Coueslan 416 | Ed Kaeding | ||||
Yorkton | Lorne McLaren 5,487 | Randy Nelson 3,727 | Joseph Matsalla 252 | Ted Yascheshen 194 | Randall Neil Nelson |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||
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Progressive Conservative | New Democratic | Liberal | Western Canada Concept | ||||
Assiniboia-Gravelbourg | Rene Archambault 2,438 | Allen Engel 2,875 | Ralph Goodale 2,760 | Hugh Clarke 459 | Allen Engel | ||
Maple Creek | Joan Duncan 4,228 | J.R. Porter 2,158 | Bernie Ford 422 | Larry English 806 | Joan Duncan | ||
Moose Jaw North | Keith Parker 5,859 | Glenn Hagel 3,895 | Terrance Ocrane 361 | Colin Campbell 256 | John Skoberg** | ||
Moose Jaw South | Arthur "Bud" Smith 4,110 | Gordon Snyder 3,908 | Bob Halter 328 | Jack Ashton 275 | Gordon Taylor Snyder | ||
Morse | Art Martens 3,565 | Reg Gross 2,409 | Don Meyer 277 | Ray L. Bailey 887 | Reginald John Gross | ||
Shaunavon | John Bleackley 2,730 | Dwain Lingenfelter 2,897 | Gratton Murray 745 | Barry W. Dixon 1,139 | Dwain Lingenfelter | ||
Swift Current | Patricia Anne Smith 4,756 | Spencer Wooff 2,941 | Anna Patricia White 316 | Henry Banman 787 | Dennis Ham** | ||
Thunder Creek | Colin Thatcher 4,412 | Ron Kurtz 2,036 | Gary Sherlock 264 | Pat Mullin 442 | Colin Thatcher |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Prog. Conservative | Richard Swenson | 2,670 | 42.49% | -19.18 | |
NDP | Betty Payne | 1,730 | 27.53% | -0.93 | |
Liberal | William Johnstone | 1,703 | 27.10% | +23.41 | |
WCC | Henry Banman | 181 | 2.88% | -3.30 | |
Total | 6,284 | 100.00 |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||
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Progressive Conservative | New Democratic | Liberal | Western Canada Concept | ||||
Bengough-Milestone | Bob Pickering 4,571 | Jim Liggett 2,653 | Tim Maloney 420 | Robert Hugh Pickering | |||
Estevan | Grant Devine 5,487 | John Chapman 2,947 | Heather MacDonald-Doyle 649 | Vernon McClement 184 | John Chapman | ||
Indian Head-Wolseley | Doug Taylor 4,251 | Pat Connolley 2,073 | Con Lalonde 571 | John Parley 554 | Douglas Graham Taylor | ||
Moosomin | Larry Birkbeck 4,165 | Fred Easton 2,476 | Peter Semchuk 250 | Don Donaldson 1,311 | Larry Birkbeck | ||
Qu’Appelle-Lumsden | John Gary Lane 5,643 | Tom Usherwood 2,372 | Cheryl Stadnyk 219 | Allan Smith 346 | John Gary Lane Qu’Appelle | ||
Souris-Cannington | Eric Berntson 4,093 | Dean Fraser 1,639 | William Owens 437 | Dale Nolin 1,082 | Eric Berntson | ||
Weyburn | Lorne Hepworth 5,426 | Elaine Driver 3,088 | David Wright 422 | James Auburn Pepper** |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||||
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Progressive Conservative | New Democratic | Liberal | Western Canada Concept | Aboriginal People's Party | Other | ||||
Saskatoon Centre | Jack Sandberg 3,553 | Paul Mostoway 2,987 | Delores Burkhart 470 | Paul Peter Mostoway | |||||
Saskatoon Eastview | Kimberly Young 6,981 | Bernie Poniatowski 3,736 | David Jackson 688 | Bernard Poniatowski | |||||
Saskatoon Fairview | Duane Weiman 6,185 | Bob Mitchell 3,432 | David Schwartz 181 | Brian Bellamy 200 | John Dorion 48 | New District | |||
Saskatoon Mayfair | Cal Glauser 7,386 | Dave Whalley 3,777 | Maureen Darling 441 | Don Kavanaugh 186 | Beverly Milton Dyck** | ||||
Saskatoon Nutana | Evelyn Bacon 3,685 | Pat Atkinson 3,580 | David Tunney 492 | Wes Robbins** | |||||
Saskatoon Riversdale | Jo-Ann Zazelenchuk 3,576 | Roy Romanow 3,557 | Harold Flett 228 | Joe Gallagher 143 | Alexander Barker (Ind.) 57 | Roy Romanow | |||
Saskatoon South | Bob Myers 4,611 | Herman Rolfes 3,221 | Don McCullough 422 | Reid Schmidt 90 | Carol Stadnyk (Ind.) 118 | Herman Harold Rolfes Saskatoon Buena Vista | |||
Saskatoon Sutherland | Paul Schoenhals 5,328 | Mark Koenker 3,026 | Ron Hannah 374 | Gordon Barnes 116 | Cecil King 43 | Peter Prebble | |||
Saskatoon University | Rick Folk 3,490 | Peter Prebble 3,041 | David B. Miller 718 | Earl A. Cowley 104 | Alphard Fafard (Not affiliated) 28 | New District | |||
Saskatoon Westmount | Gay Caswell 3,716 | John Edward Brockelbank 3,583 | Peter Groves 288 | Freda Moosehunter 136 | John Edward Brockelbank |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||
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Progressive Conservative | New Democratic | Liberal | Western Canada Concept | Other | ||||
Regina Centre | Jim Petrychyn 2,570 | Ned Shillington 3,821 | Cam McCannell 691 | Tyler Benson 165 | Gordon Massie (Not affiliated) 66 | Edward Shillington | ||
Regina Elphinstone | Ross Reibling 3,066 | Allan Blakeney 4,139 | Glenn Caleval 255 | Allan Blakeney | ||||
Regina Lakeview | Tim Embury 4,688 | Doug McArthur 3,808 | Delores Honour 520 | Douglas Francis McArthur | ||||
Regina North | Jack Klein 5,845 | Stan Oxelgren 3,715 | Daryl Boychuk 239 | New District | ||||
Regina North East | Russ Sutor 5,303 | Walt Smishek 3,559 | Robert Dall'Olio 178 | Ron J. Blashill 201 | Walter Smishek | |||
Regina North West | Bill Sveinson 6,797 | John Solomon 4,509 | Adrian McBride 245 | Les R. Kavanaugh 222 | John Solomon | |||
Regina Rosemont | Gordon Dirks 5,271 | Bill Allen 3,673 | Ken M. Grotsky 210 | Stewart Coward 206 | Bill Allen | |||
Regina South | Paul Rousseau 6,088 | Margaret Fern 2,869 | Lori Stinson 286 | Paul Emile Rousseau | ||||
Regina Victoria | Metro Rybchuk 4,108 | Henry Baker 3,512 | Steve Bata 335 | Barbara Duff 184 | Jim Harding (Ind.) 117 | Henry Harold Peter Baker | ||
Regina Wascana | Gord Currie 5,976 | Clint White 3,434 | Marlene Lamontagne 483 | Clinton Oliver White |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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NDP | Edwin Tchorzewski | 5,377 | 70.97% | +32.46 | |
Prog. Conservative | Wilma Staff | 1,768 | 23.34% | -34.05 | |
Liberal | Harvey Schick | 431 | 5.69% | +3.76 | |
Total | 7,576 | 100.00 |
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