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1975 Saskatchewan general election
← 1971 June 11, 1975 (1975-06-11) 1978 →
61 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
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 election 45 15 0
Seats won 39 15 7
Seat change Decrease6 ±0 Increase7
Popular vote 180,700 142,853 124,573
Percentage 40.07% 31.67% 27.62%
Swing Decrease14.93pp Decrease11.15pp Increase25.49pp
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.

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

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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

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Party Party Leader # of
candidates 		Seats Popular Vote
1971 Elected % Change # % % Change
  New Democratic Allan Blakeney 61 45 39 -13.3% 180,700 40.07% -14.93%
  Liberal David Steuart 61 15 15 – 142,853 31.67% -11.15%
  Progressive Conservative Richard Collver 61 – 7 +600% 124,573 27.62% +25.49%
  Independent 5 – – – 2,897 0.64% +0.60%
Total 188 60 61 +1.7% 451,023 100%  
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Percentages

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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

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Party Seats Second Third Fourth
  New Democratic 39 15 7 0
  Liberal 15 27 19 0
  Progressive Conservative 7 19 34 1
  Independents 0 0 1 4

Riding results

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Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again.

Northwest Saskatchewan

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Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
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

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Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
NDP Liberal PC Other
       
Cumberland   Norm MacAuley
1,646 		Winston McKay
1,128 		Garry M. Houghton
511 		Frank R. Tomkins (Ind.) 403 New 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Prog. Conservative Norm Wipf 3,022 39.84% +21.37
  NDP Jerome Hammersmith 2,773 36.55% +1.14
  Liberal Alexandre Joseph Baribeau 1,791 23.61% -22.51
Total 7,586 100.00

West Central Saskatchewan

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Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
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

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Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP Norm Lusney 3,724 48.29% -1.97
  Prog. Conservative Barrie Johnson 2,314 30.00% +13.54
  Liberal Donn Walsh 1,674 21.71% -10.50
Total 7,712 100.00

Southwest Saskatchewan

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Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
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

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Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
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

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Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Prog. Conservative Bill Lane 3,962 38.68% +18.57
  Liberal Gerry Fraser 3,423 33.42% -10.51
  NDP Anne Boulton 2,829 27.61% -8.35
  Independent Alexander Vasey Barker 30 0.29%
Total 10,244 100.00

Regina

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Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b McGrane, David; Romanow, Roy J.; Whyte, John D.; Isinger, Russell (eds.). Back to Blakeney : revitalizing the democratic state. Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. ISBN 978-0-88977-641-8. OCLC 1090178443.

Further reading

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