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1975 Saskatchewan general election

Canadian provincial election

Canadian provincial election

FieldValue
election_name1975 Saskatchewan general election
countrySaskatchewan
typeparliamentary
party_colourno
party_nameno
previous_election1971 Saskatchewan general election
previous_year1971
outgoing_members17th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
election_date
elected_mps[members](18th-legislative-assembly-of-saskatchewan)
next_election1978 Saskatchewan general election
next_year1978
seats_for_election61 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
majority_seats32
turnout
image1[[File:Allan Blakeney 1980 (cropped).jpg150x150px]]
colour1
leader1Allan Blakeney
party1
leader_since1July 4, 1970
leaders_seat1Regina Elphinstone
last_election145
seats139
seat_change16
popular_vote1180,700
percentage140.07%
swing114.93pp
colour2
leader2David Steuart
party2
leader_since2December 11, 1971
leaders_seat2Prince Albert-
Duck Lake
last_election215
seats215
seat_change2±0
popular_vote2142,853
percentage231.67%
swing211.15pp
<!-- PC -->image3[[File:Richard Collver (cropped).jpg150x150px]]
colour3
leader3Richard Collver
party3
leader_since3March 18, 1973
leaders_seat3Nipawin
last_election30
seats37
seat_change37
popular_vote3124,573
percentage327.62%
swing325.49pp
map_caption
titlePremier
before_electionAllan Blakeney
before_party
posttitlePremier after election
after_electionAllan Blakeney
after_party

Duck Lake](prince-albert-duck-lake) 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

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.

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.

Results

PartyParty Leader# of
candidatesSeatsPopular Vote[1971](1971-saskatchewan-general-election)Elected% Change#%% Change
New DemocraticAllan Blakeney6145**39**-13.3%180,70040.07%-14.93%LiberalDavid Steuart
**Total****188****60****61****+1.7%****451,023****100%**
**Source:** [Elections Saskatchewan](https://web.archive.org/web/20140407162559/http://www.elections.sk.ca/previous-elections/historical---provincial-general-election-summaries/page-2/)

Percentages

Ranking

PartySeatsSecondThirdFourth
New Democratic391570

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 DistrictCandidatesIncumbentNDPLiberalPCOther
AthabascaFrederick John Thompson
1,483Ben Siemens
1,157Roy Simpson
421Rod Bishop (Ind.)
829
Cut Knife-LloydminsterMiro Kwasnica
2,794Sam Herman
2,076Fred Baynton
2,113
Meadow LakeGord McNeill
2,094Henry Coupland
2,058Leo Jeannotte
1,705
RedberryDennis Banda
2,783Emil Craig
2,006Nick E. Kowerchuk
1,835
RosthernA.R. Friesen
2,030Allan Ray Guy
2,277Ralph Katzman
2,718
The BattlefordsEiling Kramer
3,660Peter Tarnowsky
2,674Walter Kostyna
1,212
TurtlefordLloyd Johnson
2,405Cyril Fransoo
1,994Gordon Mayer
1,666

Northeast Saskatchewan

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentNDPLiberalPCOther
CumberlandNorm MacAuley
1,646Winston McKay
1,128Garry M. Houghton
511Frank R. Tomkins (Ind.) 403*New District*
Kelsey-TisdaleJohn R. Messer
3,750Alan E. Caithcart
2,266Jack Ukrainetz
1,831
KinistinoArthur Thibault
3,215Ed Olchowy
2,400Tom Smith
1,657*New District*
MelfortNorm Vickar
3,102Herbert J. Whitley
2,196Bill Warner
3,001
NipawinJohn Comer
2,599Ellis H. Hill
1,447*Richard Collver*
3,381
Prince AlbertMike Feschuk
2,947Kenneth A. Beeson
1,947Richard E. Spencer
2,689
Prince Albert-Duck LakeLouis Roy
2,822*Davey Steuart*
3,675Norm Wipf
1,472
ShellbrookGeorge Bowerman
3,138Louis W. Hradecki
1,584John P. Meagher
2,035

|- |Norm Wipf |NDP |Jerome Hammersmith |Liberal |Alexandre Joseph Baribeau |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,586 !align="right"|100.00 !align="right"|

West Central Saskatchewan

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentNDPLiberalPCOther
Arm RiverDonald Leonard Faris
2,854Ron Thorstad
2,843Ron McLelland
1,974
BiggarElwood L. Cowley
3,223Arthur Meister
1,520Ralph Young
1,906
HumboldtEdwin Tchorzewski
3,006Peter Cline
2,087Ray Perpick
2,334
KindersleyAlex Taylor
2,322Allan McMillan
2,659Bayne Secord
2,348
Rosetown-ElroseSKPCbackground}}Bill Owens
2,673Calvin W. Fensom
2,004Roy Bailey
3,078
*Merged district*
Elrose]]''
WilkieDelaine Scotton
2,223Linda Clifford
2,831Jim Garner
2,138

East Central Saskatchewan

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentNDPLiberalPCOther
CanoraAl Matsalla
4,024Marie Kotelko
2,310Michael Kaminski
1,656
Kelvington-WadenaSKNDPbackground}}Neil Byers
4,051Joe Bencharski
1,846Don Austring
2,111
*Merged district*
Fred Dewhurst**
*Wadena*
Last Mountain-TouchwoodSKNDPbackground}}Gordon MacMurchy
3,640Les Digney
1,819Arnold Tusa
2,565
*Merged district*
Frank Meakes**
*Touchwood*
MelvilleJohn Kowalchuk
3,747Joseph L. Sedlovitch
2,019Glenn Miller
2,478
PellyLeo Larson
3,511Peter E. McDonald
2,250W.J. Ferniuk
1,150George G. Shlakoff (Ind.) 75
Quill LakesMurray Koskie
3,211Arnold E. Boyko
2,022Dick Harcourt
1,342*New District*
SaltcoatsEd Kaeding
2,887William H. Peasley
2,058Wilfred J. Walker
2,109
YorktonRandy Nelson
3,099Arlis Dellow
2,958Ivan Daunt
2,173

|- |Norm Lusney |Prog. Conservative |Barrie Johnson |Liberal |Donn Walsh |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,712 !align="right"|100.00 !align="right"|

Southwest Saskatchewan

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentNDPLiberalPCOther
Assiniboia-GravelbourgSKLiberalbackground}}Allan Engel
3,012Roy Nelson
3,400Connie McLeod
1,517
*Merged district*
Gravelbourg]]''
Maple CreekGene Flasch
2,232Bill Stodalka
2,698Eric Richardson
2,241
Moose Jaw NorthJohn Skoberg
3,468Emmett Reidy
2,284Ken Glenn
2,286
Moose Jaw SouthGordon Snyder
3,950Faye Gordon
1,521Arthur "Bud" Smith
1,857
MorseReg Gross
2,502Jack Wiebe
2,517Art Martens
1,847
ShaunavonAllan Oliver
2,593Eiliv "Sonny" Anderson
3,370Eric Slater
1,375
Swift CurrentMurray Walter
2,452Len Stein
1,734Dennis Ham
3,494
Thunder CreekJim Murdock
2,036Colin Thatcher
2,640Don Swenson
2,348*New District*

Southeast Saskatchewan

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentNDPLiberalPCOther
Bengough-MilestoneSKNDPbackground}}David Lange
2,819Grant Frank
1,927E.R. Moody
2,512
*Merged district*
Milestone]]''
EstevanKim Thorson
2,499Ian MacDougall
1,464Bob Larter
4,354
Indian Head-WolseleyTerry Hanson
2,241Cyril MacDonald
2,844Jack H. Horsman
2,205
MoosominFred A. Easton
2,087Frank Gardner
2,891Larry Birkbeck
3,018
Qu'AppelleDonald W. Cody
3,430John Gary Lane
3,796F. Warren Denzin
1,806
Souris-CanningtonSKPCbackground}}James T. Eaton
1,530Tom Weatherald
2,494Eric Berntson
3,212
*Merged district*
Cannington]]''
WeyburnJim Pepper
2,971Norm Flaten
2,299John Whitell
2,522

Saskatoon

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentNDPLiberalPCOther
Saskatoon Buena VistaHerman Rolfes
2,720Barry Korchinski
2,487Harold W. Lane
2,242*New District*
Saskatoon CentrePaul Mostoway
3,117Douglas R. Knott
2,758Morris T. Cherneskey
2,284John Richards (Ind.)
1,492
Saskatoon EastviewReg Parker
2,466Glen Penner
3,175Larry Fast
1,418
Saskatoon MayfairBeverly Dyck
3,467John Olsen
2,120June Smith
2,001
Saskatoon NutanaWes Robbins
3,881Bruno F. Riemer
2,280Kay McCorkell
2,112
Saskatoon RiversdaleRoy Romanow
4,172William Stadnyk
1,551Gary Barnes
961
Saskatoon SutherlandAnne Boulton
3,145Evelyn Edwards
3,843Karim Nasser
1,759
Saskatoon Westmount**John Edward Brockelbank**
3,916Tim Ryan
2,466Peter Shinkaruk
1,592*New District*

|- |Bill Lane |Liberal |Gerry Fraser |NDP |Anne Boulton |Independent |Alexander Vasey Barker |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|10,244 !align="right"|100.00 !align="right"|

Regina

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbentNDPLiberalPCOther
Regina CentreNed Shillington
3,603Les Hammond
2,417Keith Jeal
1,500William C. Beeching (Ind.) 98
Regina Elphinstone***Allan Blakeney***
4,096Donna Welke
1,474Arthur Cropley
1,374
Regina LakeviewHenri Saucier
2,603Ted Malone
3,374Reg Watts
1,767
Regina North EastWalt Smishek
3,735Del Miller
1,735Christine Howard
1,535
Regina North WestEd Whelan
3,174David Bouchard
2,333William M. Sveinson
2,027
Regina RosemontBill Allen
3,602George Wagner
1,685Gerald A. Fuller
1,962*New District*
Regina SouthEric Cline
1,913Stuart Cameron
3,796Paul Rousseau
2,059
Regina VictoriaHenry Baker
3,577Graham Wolk
1,833Fred L. Dunbar
1,377*New District*
Regina WascanaAgnes Groome
2,752Anthony Merchant
4,126Roy A. Rudichuk
1,810

References

References

  1. "Back to Blakeney : revitalizing the democratic state".
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