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The 2011 Saskatchewan general election was held on November 7, 2011, to elect 58 members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLAs). [2] The election was called on October 10 by the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, on the advice of Premier Brad Wall. [3] Wall's Saskatchewan Party government was re-elected with an increased majority of 49 seats, the third-largest majority government in the province's history. The opposition New Democratic Party was cut down to only nine ridings, its worst showing in almost 30 years.
This was the first Saskatchewan provincial vote to use a fixed election date, set on the first Monday of November every four years. [4]
On election night, the incumbent Saskatchewan Party won 84% of the seats in the provincial legislature on the strength of 64% of the popular vote. In the process, they won the third-biggest majority government (in terms of percentage of seats won) in the province's history. The only bigger majorities came in 1934, when the Liberals won 50 out of 55 seats, and 1982, when the Tories won 55 out of 64. The NDP recorded its lowest share of the popular vote since 1938, when it was known as the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. The NDP was reduced to its smallest presence in the legislature since 1982, when the party won the same number of seats in what was then a larger assembly. Opposition leader Dwain Lingenfelter was unseated.
The Saskatchewan Party maintained their dominance of rural regions, and also broke the NDP's longstanding grip on the province's two largest cities, Regina and Saskatoon. The Green Party failed to win any seats – though they ran a full slate of 58 candidates and took third place in the overall popular vote, ahead of the Liberal Party. The Liberals put most of their resources into getting party leader Ryan Bater elected in the Battlefords, but he finished a distant third. The Progressive Conservatives made a small gain in popular vote for the second straight election.
Party | Party leader | Candidates | Seats | Popular vote | ||||||
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2007 | Dissol. | 2011 | Change | # | % | Change | ||||
Saskatchewan | Brad Wall | 58 | 38 | 38 | 49 | +11 | 258,598 | 64.25 | +13.33 | |
New Democratic | Dwain Lingenfelter | 58 | 20 | 20 | 9 | -11 | 128,673 | 31.97 | -5.27 | |
Green | Victor Lau | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 11,561 | 2.87 | +0.86 | |
Liberal | Ryan Bater | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2,237 | 0.56 | -8.84 | |
Progressive Conservative | Rick Swenson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1,315 | 0.33 | +0.15 | |
Western Independence | Dana Arnason | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 58 | 0.01 | -0.12 | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 44 | 0.01 | |||
Total | 191 | 58 | 58 | 58 | 402,486 | 100.00 |
Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | |
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Saskatchewan | 49 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
New Democratic | 9 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 52 | 6 | 0 | |
Liberal | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |
Progressive Conservative | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
Western Independence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The Saskatchewan Party maintained their sweep of the southern and central rural ridings. The Saskatchewan Party succeeded in unseating New Democrats in all of the smaller cities – including Moose Jaw, The Battlefords, and Prince Albert. The Saskatchewan Party also won eight of the 12 ridings in Saskatoon, marking the first time since the 1982 PC landslide that a centre-right party had won the most seats in that city. This didn't come as a surprise, since Saskatoon has traditionally been friendly to centre-right parties and candidates. However – and perhaps most surprisingly – the Saskatchewan Party also took eight out of 11 ridings in Regina, in part due to picking up local support from the largely absent Liberal Party. As was the case in Saskatoon, this was the first time a centre-right party had won the most seats there since 1982.
The New Democratic Party maintained their hold on the two northernmost ridings in Saskatchewan, in addition to three seats in the provincial capital and four constituencies in Saskatoon. The NDP recorded the lowest share of the popular vote since 1938 (when it was known as the CCF). However, compared to its result in 1982, NDP support in 2011 was more concentrated in the North and the inner cities of Regina and Saskatoon, a factor which allowed the party to equal its 1982-seat tally (and indeed exceed it in terms of proportion of seats). Also, for the first time in history, a Saskatchewan NDP leader lost his own seat, with Dwain Lingenfelter losing by a shocking 10-percentage-point margin in Regina Douglas Park to a Saskatchewan Party challenger.
Party Name | Northern | Prince Albert | Central | Southern | Moose Jaw | Saskatoon | Regina | Total | ||
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Saskatchewan | Seats: | 11 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 49 | |
Popular Vote: | 63.58% | 55.79% | 76.58% | 76.78% | 54.67% | 58.21% | 55.69% | 64.25% | ||
New Democratic | Seats: | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
Popular Vote: | 32.81% | 41.64% | 19.67% | 19.71% | 40.34% | 37.53% | 40.60% | 31.97% | ||
Green | Popular Vote: | 2.58% | 2.57% | 3.27% | 2.91% | 1.46% | 2.87% | 3.22% | 2.87% | |
Liberal | Popular Vote: | 1.03% | xx | xx | xx | xx | 1.39% | 0.21% | 0.56% | |
Progressive Conservative | Popular Vote: | xx | xx | 0.41% | 0.56% | 3.53% | xx | 0.23% | 0.33% | |
Western Independence | Popular Vote: | xx | xx | 0.07% | 0.04% | xx | xx | xx | 0.01% | |
Independents | Popular Vote: | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx | xx | 0.05% | 0.01% | |
Total seats: | 13 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 58 |
Lost nomination election
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Polling Firm | Date of Polling | Link | Saskatchewan | New Democratic | Liberal | Green |
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Forum Research | November 5, 2011 | HTML Archived 2012-04-03 at the Wayback Machine | 62 | 34 | 1 | 3 |
Praxis | November 4, 2011 | HTML Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine | 66.7 | 26.4 | * | 5.2 |
Forum Research | October 27, 2011 | HTML [ permanent dead link ] | 66 | 30 | 1 | 3 |
Insightrix | October 25–26, 2011 | HTML [ permanent dead link ] | 60.0 | 33.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
Praxis | August 29 – September 2, 2011 | HTML [ permanent dead link ] | 63.4 | 26.1 | 5.9 | 3.0 |
Insightrix | July 6–8, 2011 | HTML [ permanent dead link ] | 58.2 | 30.8 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
Sigma Analytics | November 6, 2010 | HTML [ permanent dead link ] | 57.3 | 29.4 | 8.2 | 4.8 |
Insightrix | April 15, 2010 | 58.3 | 28.7 | * | * | |
Insightrix | November 2009 | 66.6 | 23.0 | * | * | |
Environics | June 2009 | HTML | 62 | 35 | 2 | * |
Environics | April 2009 | HTML | 61 | 30 | 8 | * |
Environics | December 2008 | HTML | 65 | 27 | 8 | * |
Environics | October 2008 | HTML | 50 | 37 | 11 | * |
Environics | June 2008 | HTML | 46 | 41 | 10 | * |
Environics | March 2008 | HTML | 46 | 41 | 10 | * |
Environics | December 2007 | HTML | 50 | 33 | 15 | * |
Election 2007 | November 7, 2007 | HTML | 50.9 | 37.2 | 9.4 | 2.0 |
People in bold represent cabinet ministers and the speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbols ** indicates MLAs who did not run again.
All results are preliminary until approved by Elections Saskatchewan.
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||
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SK Party | New Democratic | Green | Liberal | ||||
Athabasca | Bobby Woods 1,017 (34.53%) | Buckley Belanger 1,888 (64.11%) | George Durocher 40 (1.36%) | Buckley Belanger | |||
Cut Knife-Turtleford | Larry Doke 3,977 (63.27%) | Bernadette Gopher 2,096 (33.34%) | Vinessa Currie-Foster 213 (3.39%) | Michael Chisholm** | |||
Lloydminster | Tim McMillan 2,797 (66.42%) | Wayne Byers 1,225 (29.09%) | Meggan Hougham 189 (4.49%) | Tim McMillan | |||
Meadow Lake | Jeremy Harrison 4,207 (61.97%) | Helen Ben 2,491 (36.69%) | Susan Merasty 91 (1.34%) | Jeremy Harrison | |||
Rosthern-Shellbrook | Scott Moe 4,442 (65.06%) | Clay DeBray 2,174 (31.84%) | Margaret-Rose Uvery 212 (3.10%) | Denis Allchurch** | |||
The Battlefords | Herb Cox 3,527 (51.06%) | Len Taylor 2,475 (35.83%) | Owen Swiderski 93 (1.35%) | Ryan Bater 812 (11.76%) | Len Taylor |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||
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SK Party | New Democratic | Green | ||||
Batoche | Delbert Kirsch 4,650 (66.86%) | Janice Bernier 2,106 (30.28%) | Amber Jones 199 (2.86%) | Delbert Kirsch | ||
Canora-Pelly | Ken Krawetz 4,371 (71.15%) | Rob Carlson 1,657 (26.98%) | Jaime Fairley 115 (1.87%) | Ken Krawetz | ||
Carrot River Valley | Fred Bradshaw 4,903 (75.29%) | Arnold Schellenberg 1,445 (22.19%) | Spence Bourassa 164 (2.52%) | Fred Bradshaw | ||
Cumberland | Joe Hordyski 1,755 (33.42%) | Doyle Vermette 3,319 (63.19%) | Samuel Hardlotte 178 (3.39%) | Doyle Vermette | ||
Kelvington-Wadena | June Draude 5,091 (78.72%) | Graham Reid 1,187 (18.36%) | Elaine Hughes 189 (2.92%) | June Draude | ||
Melfort | Kevin Phillips 4,736 (73.10%) | Ivan Yackel 1,599 (24.68%) | Melvin Pylypchuk 144 (2.22%) | Rod Gantefoer** | ||
Prince Albert Carlton | Darryl Hickie 4,284 (60.17%) | Ted Zurakowski 2,674 (37.56%) | George Morin 162 (2.27%) | Darryl Hickie | ||
Prince Albert Northcote | Victoria Jurgens 2,816 (50.23%) | Darcy Furber 2,625 (46.83%) | Raymond Bandet 165 (2.94%) | Darcy Furber | ||
Saskatchewan Rivers | Nadine Wilson 4,749 (65.92%) | Jeanette Wicinski-Dunn 2,247 (31.19%) | Paul-Emile L'Heureux 208 (2.89%) | Nadine Wilson |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||
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SK Party | New Democratic | Green | Other | ||||
Arm River-Watrous | Greg Brkich 5,061 (73.67%) | Eric Skonberg 1,640 (23.87%) | Orest Shasko 169 (2.46%) | Greg Brkich | |||
Biggar | Randy Weekes 4,493 (68.15%) | Glenn Wright 1,695 (25.71%) | Darryl Amey 206 (3.12%) | James Yachyshen (PC) 171 (2.59%) Dana Arnason (WIP) | Randy Weekes | ||
Humboldt | Donna Harpauer 5,677 (73.02%) | Gord Bedient 1,807 (23.24%) | Lynn Oliphant 291 (3.74%) | Donna Harpauer | |||
Kindersley | Bill Boyd 4,502 (79.71%) | Peter Walker 907 (16.06%) | Norbert Kratchmer 239 (4.23%) | Bill Boyd | |||
Martensville | Nancy Heppner 6,819 (83.14%) | Catlin Hogan 1,109 (13.52%) | Chad Wm. Crozier 274 (3.34%) | Nancy Heppner | |||
Rosetown-Elrose | Jim Reiter 5,690 (81.20%) | Tom Howe 1,121 (16.00%) | Dianne Rhodes 196 (2.80%) | Jim Reiter |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||
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SK Party | New Democratic | Green | Prog. Conservative | ||||
Cypress Hills | Wayne Elhard 5,080 (82.90%) | Alex Mortensen 757 (12.35%) | William Caton 291 (4.75%) | Wayne Elhard | |||
Moose Jaw North | Warren Michelson 4,565 (59.17%) | Derek Hassen 2,768 (35.88%) | Corinne Johnson 99 (1.28%) | Rick Swenson 283 (3.67%) | Warren Michelson | ||
Moose Jaw Wakamow | Greg Lawrence 3,064 (49.10%) | Deb Higgins 2,863 (45.88%) | Deanna Robilliard 104 (1.67%) | Tom Steen 209 (3.35%) | Deb Higgins | ||
Swift Current | Brad Wall 6,021 (80.97%) | Aaron Ens 1,223 (16.45%) | Amanda Huxted 192 (2.58%) | Brad Wall | |||
Thunder Creek | Lyle Stewart 5,920 (79.61%) | Ryan McDonald 1,304 (17.54%) | Jill Forrester 212 (2.85%) | Lyle Stewart | |||
Wood River | Yogi Huyghebaert 5,354 (82.03%) | Randy Gaudry 961 (14.72%) | Amelia Swiderski 212 (3.25%) | Yogi Huyghebaert |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||
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SK Party | New Democratic | Green | Other | ||||
Cannington | Dan D'Autremont 4,691 (75.65%) | Todd Gervais 919 (14.82%) | Daniel Johnson 134 (2.16%) | Chris Brown (PC) 457 (7.37%) | Dan D'Autremont | ||
Estevan | Doreen Eagles 4,796 (79.24%) | Blair Schoenfeld 1,045 (17.27%) | Sigfredo Gonzalez 211 (3.49%) | Doreen Eagles | |||
Indian Head-Milestone | Don McMorris 5,766 (76.16%) | Richard J. Klyne 1,516 (20.02%) | Shelby Hersberger 289 (3.82%) | Don McMorris | |||
Last Mountain-Touchwood | Glen Hart 4,778 (67.49%) | Don Jeworski 2,049 (28.95%) | Greg Chatterson 222 (3.14%) | Frank J. Serfas (WIP) 30 (0.42%) | Glen Hart | ||
Melville-Saltcoats | Bob Bjornerud 5,071 (73.46%) | Leonard Dales 1,689 (24.47%) | Jordan Fieseler 143 (2.07%) | Bob Bjornerud | |||
Moosomin | Don Toth 4,810 (77.06%) | Carol Morin 1,244 (19.93%) | Laura Forrester 188 (3.01%) | Don Toth | |||
Weyburn-Big Muddy | Dustin Duncan 5,194 (75.71%) | Ken Kessler 1,517 (22.12%) | Gene Ives 149 (2.17%) | Dustin Duncan | |||
Yorkton | Greg Ottenbreit 5,446 (72.45%) | Chad Blenkin 1,932 (25.70%) | Kathryn McDonald 139 (1.85%) | Greg Ottenbreit |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||
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SK Party | New Democratic | Green | Liberal | ||||
Saskatoon Centre | David Cooper 2,218 (42.92%) | David Forbes 2,790 (54.00%) | Daeran Gall 159 (3.08%) | David Forbes | |||
Saskatoon Eastview | Corey Tochor 5,217 (57.51%) | Judy Junor 3,588 (39.56%) | Shawn Setyo 266 (2.93%) | Judy Junor | |||
Saskatoon Fairview | Jennifer Campeau 2,644 (50.98%) | Andy Iwanchuk 2,397 (46.22%) | Jan Norris 145 (2.80%) | Andy Iwanchuk | |||
Saskatoon Greystone | Rob Norris 4,885 (58.39%) | Peter Prebble 3,174 (37.94%) | Tammy McDonald 140 (1.67%) | Simone Clayton 167 (2.00%) | Rob Norris | ||
Saskatoon Massey Place | Fawad (Ali) Muzaffar 3,072 (43.40%) | Cam Broten 3,812 (53.85%) | Diane West 195 (2.75%) | Cam Broten | |||
Saskatoon Meewasin | Roger Parent 3,853 (54.05%) | Frank Quennell 2,975 (41.73%) | Tobi-Dawne Smith 160 (2.24%) | Nathan Jeffries 141 (1.98%) | Frank Quennell | ||
Saskatoon Northwest | Gordon Wyant 4,761 (70.35%) | Nicole White 1,718 (25.39%) | Luke Bonsan 153 (2.26%) | Eric Steiner 135 (2.00%) | Gordon Wyant | ||
Saskatoon Nutana | Zoria Broughton 3,290 (43.06%) | Cathy Sproule 3,793 (49.64%) | Mark Bigland-Pritchard 369 (4.83%) | Cole Hogan 189 (2.47%) | Pat Atkinson** | ||
Saskatoon Riversdale | Fred Ozirney 2,349 (45.66%) | Danielle Chartier 2,649 (51.50%) | Vicki Strelioff 146 (2.84%) | Danielle Chartier | |||
Saskatoon Silver Springs | Ken Cheveldayoff 7,736 (74.59%) | Cindy Lee Sherban 2,242 (21.62%) | D'Arcy Hande 230 (2.22%) | Rod Stoesz 163 (1.57%) | Ken Cheveldayoff | ||
Saskatoon Southeast | Don Morgan 8,073 (75.41%) | Zubair Sheikh 2,068 (19.32%) | Sarah Risk 297 (2.77%) | Brenda McKnight 268 (2.50%) | Don Morgan | ||
Saskatoon Sutherland | Paul Merriman 3,994 (58.21%) | Naveed Anwar 2,376 (34.63%) | Larry Waldinger 305 (4.45%) | Kaleb Jeffries 186 (2.71%) | Joceline Schriemer** |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||
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SK Party | New Democratic | Green | Other | ||||
Regina Coronation Park | Mark Docherty 3,354 (53.59%) | Jaime Garcia 2,756 (44.04%) | Helmi Scott 148 (2.37%) | Kim Trew** | |||
Regina Dewdney | Gene Makowsky 4,435 (60.65%) | Kevin Yates 2,558 (34.98%) | Darcy Robilliard 143 (1.96%) | Robin Schneider (Lib.) 176 (2.41%) | Kevin Yates | ||
Regina Douglas Park | Russ Marchuk 4,411 (52.00%) | Dwain Lingenfelter 3,507 (41.34%) | Victor Lau 565 (6.66%) | Dwain Lingenfelter | |||
Regina Elphinstone-Centre | Bill Stevenson 1,743 (38.54%) | Warren McCall 2,581 (57.06%) | Ingrid Alesich 199 (4.40%) | Warren McCall | |||
Regina Lakeview | Bob Hawkins 3,762 (46.56%) | John Nilson 3,908 (48.37%) | Mike Wright 410 (5.07%) | John Nilson | |||
Regina Northeast | Kevin Doherty 4,054 (58.90%) | Dwayne Yasinowski 2,663 (38.69%) | Nathan Sgrazzutti 165 (2.40%) | Ron Harper** | |||
Regina Qu'Appelle Valley | Laura Ross 6,269 (63.57%) | Steve Ryan 3,359 (34.06%) | Billy Patterson 190 (1.93%) | Hafeez Chaudhuri (Ind.) 44 (0.44%) | Laura Ross | ||
Regina Rosemont | Tony Fiacco 2,745 (42.21%) | Trent Wotherspoon 3,567 (54.85%) | Allan Kirk 191 (2.94%) | Trent Wotherspoon | |||
Regina South | Bill Hutchinson 4,461 (53.79%) | Yens Pedersen 3,534 (42.61%) | David Orban 299 (3.60%) | Bill Hutchinson | |||
Regina Walsh Acres | Warren Steinley 3,679 (58.18%) | Sandra Morin 2,488 (39.34%) | Bart Soroka 157 (2.48%) | Sandra Morin | |||
Regina Wascana Plains | Christine Tell 7,460 (69.30%) | Pat Maze 2,895 (26.89%) | Bill Clary 215 (2.00%) | Roy Gaebel (PC) 195 (1.81%) | Christine Tell |
The following is a list of ridings which had narrowly been lost by the indicated party in the 2007 election. The symbol " * " indicates the incumbent MLA is not running again.
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