List of leaders of the opposition of Saskatchewan

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A list of parliamentary opposition leaders in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, from 1906 to the present.

Contents

   New Democratic Party (12)
   Liberal Party (11)
  Provincial Rights Party / Conservative Party of Saskatchewan / Progressive Conservative Party (9)
   Saskatchewan Party (3)
   Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (3)
   Independent (2)
   Progressive Party (1)
   Farmer-Labour Group (1)
NamePartyTook officeLeft office
  Frederick Haultain || Provincial Rights || 1906 || 1912
  W.B. Willoughby || Conservative || 1912 || 1917
  Donald MacLean || Conservative || 1917 || 1920
 Vacant [a] 19211922
  John Maharg || Independent || 1923 || 1923
  Harris Turner || Independent || 1924 || 1925
  James Anderson [b] || Conservative || 1925 || 1929
  Charles Tran [b] || Progressive || 1925 || 1929
  James G. Gardiner || Liberal || 1929 || 1934
  George Williams || Farmer-Labour || 1934 || 1938
  George Williams || CCF || 1938 || 1940
  John Brockelbank || CCF || 1941 || 1944
  William Patterson || Liberal || 1944 || 1948
  Walter Tucker || Liberal || 1949 || 1954
  Asmundur A. Loptson || Liberal || 1954 || 1954
  Alexander H. McDonald || Liberal || 1955 || 1960
  Ross Thatcher || Liberal || 1961 || 1964
  Woodrow Lloyd || CCF || 1964 || 1967
  Woodrow Lloyd || NDP || 1967 || 1970
  Allan Blakeney || NDP || 1970 || 1971
  David Steuart || Liberal || 1971 || 1976
  Ted Malone [c] || Liberal || 1976 || 1978
  Dick Collver [c] || Progressive Conservative || 1977 || 1979
  Eric Berntson || Progressive Conservative || 1979 || 1982
  Allan Blakeney || NDP || 1982 || 1987
  Roy Romanow || NDP || 1987 || 1991
  Grant Devine || Progressive Conservative || 1991 || 1992
  Rick Swenson || Progressive Conservative || 1993 || 1994
  Bill Boyd || Progressive Conservative || 1994 || 1995
  Lynda Haverstock || Liberal || 1995 || 1995
  Ron Osika || Liberal || 1995 || 1996
  Ken Krawetz || Liberal || 1996 || 1997
  Ken Krawetz || Saskatchewan Party || 1997 || 1999
  Elwin Hermanson || Saskatchewan Party || 1999 || 2003
  Brad Wall || Saskatchewan Party || 2004 || 2007
  Lorne Calvert || NDP || 2007 || 2009
  Len Taylor || NDP || 2009 || 2009
  Dwain Lingenfelter || NDP || 2009 || 2011
  John Nilson || NDP || 2011 || 2013
  Cam Broten || NDP || 2013 || 2016
  Trent Wotherspoon || NDP || 2016 || 2017
  Nicole Sarauer|| NDP || 2017 || 2018
  Ryan Meili || NDP || 2018 || 2022
  Carla Beck || NDP || 2022 || present

Bold indicates had been, or became, premier

See also

Notes

  1. There was no designated Leader of the Opposition for the sessions of 1921 and 1922.
  2. 1 2 From 1925 to 1929, Anderson and Tran were both considered Leaders of the Opposition.
  3. 1 2 From 1977 to 1978, Malone was the Leader of the Liberal Opposition and Collver was the Leader of the Progressive Conservative Opposition, as their parties had exactly equal representation in the Assembly.

Source: Saskatchewan Archives [1]

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