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1978 Saskatchewan general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1978 Saskatchewan general election
country	Saskatchewan
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1975 Saskatchewan general election
previous_year	1975
outgoing_members	18th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
election_date
elected_mps	[members](19th-legislative-assembly-of-saskatchewan)
next_election	1982 Saskatchewan general election
next_year	1982
seats_for_election	61 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
majority_seats	32
turnout
image1	[[File:Allan Blakeney 1980 (cropped).jpg	150x150px]]
colour1
leader1	Allan Blakeney
party1
leader_since1	July 4, 1970
leaders_seat1	Regina Elphinstone
last_election1	39
seats_before1	39
seats1	44
seat_change1	5
popular_vote1	228,791
percentage1	48.12%
swing1	8.05pp
<!-- PC -->	image2	[[File:Richard Collver (cropped).jpg	150x150px]]
colour2
leader2	Richard Collver
party2
leader_since2	March 18, 1973
leaders_seat2	Nipawin
last_election2	7
seats_before2	11
seats2	17
seat_change2	6
popular_vote2	181,045
percentage2	38.08%
swing2	10.46pp
<!-- Liberal -->	image3	[[File:Ted Malone.jpg	150x150px]]
colour3
leader3	Ted Malone
party3
leader_since3	December 11, 1976
leaders_seat3	Regina Lakeview (lost re-election)
last_election3	15
seats_before3	11
seats3	0
seat_change3	11
popular_vote3	65,498
percentage3	13.78%
swing3	17.89pp
map_caption
title	Premier
before_election	Allan Blakeney
before_party
posttitle	Premier after election
after_election	Allan Blakeney
after_party

The 1978 Saskatchewan general election was held on October 18, 1978, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

The New Democratic government of Premier Allan Blakeney was returned for a third consecutive term with an increased majority in the legislature, and a larger share of the popular vote.

The Progressive Conservative Party of Richard Collver continued to increase its share of the popular vote in this election. They were the only other party to win seats and became the official opposition to the Blakeney government.

Fierce political infighting in the Liberal Party after the resignation of leader David Steuart led to electoral disaster in 1978. The Liberals had lost two of the 15 seats they won in 1975 to by-elections and two more Grits crossed the floor to the Tories prior to the 1978 election. Under the disputed leadership of Ted Malone, the Liberals lost all of the 11 seats they still held in the legislature and more than half the votes it had won in the 1975 election.

Results

Party	Party Leader	# of
candidates	Seats	Popular Vote	[1975](1975-saskatchewan-general-election)	Dissol.	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
New Democratic	Allan Blakeney	61	39	39	44	+12.8%	228,791	48.12%	+8.05%	Progressive Conservative	Richard Collver
Total	185	61	61	61	–	475,415	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

Party	Seats	Second	Third	Fourth
New Democratic	44	17	0	0

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

|- || |Frederick John Thompson 2,340 | |Frank Petit 1,180 | |Henry Coupland 498 | | ||

Frederick John Thompson

Bob Long
3,828

| |Bob Kent 3,213 | |Bill Taylor 259 | | ||

Miro Kwasnica**

| |Gord McNeill 2,789 || |George McLeod 3,016 | |Colin Campbell 537 | | ||

Gordon James McNeill

Dennis Banda
3,325

| |John Gerich 2,916 | |Peter Bomok 491 | | ||

Dennis George Banda

| |Howard Lucas 3,162 || |Ralph Katzman 4,708 | |Bill Patrick 964 | | ||

Ralph Katzman

Eiling Kramer
4,589

| |Rod McKenzie 2,175 | |Mervin Zulyniuk 1,427 | | ||

Eiling Kramer

Lloyd Johnson
2,983

| |Charlie Wells 2,188 | |Pauline H. Cadrain 620 | | || |Lloyd Emmett Johnson

Northeast Saskatchewan

|- || |Norm MacAuley 2,586 | |George L. Horne 1,254 | |Leon E. McAuley 526 | | ||

Norman H. MacAuley

John R. Messer
4,031

| |Neil Hardy 3,461 | |P. Hudson Foga 527 | | ||

John Rissler Messer

Don Cody
4,042

| |Louis A. Domotor 2,661 | |Robert G. Michayluk 706 | | ||

Arthur Thibault**

Norm Vickar
3,102

| |Bill Warner 3,749 | |John W. Calderwood 605 | | ||

Norman Vickar

| |Irvin G. Perkins 3,262 || |Richard Collver 3,733 | |Ron J. Wassill 568 | | ||

Richard Lee Collver

Mike Feschuk
4,472

| |Richard E. Spencer 3,514 | |Helga Reydon 286 | | ||

Mike Feschuk

Jerome Hammersmith
3,618

| |Norm Wipf 3,569 | |Colonel J. Archibald 660 | | ||

Norm Wipf

George Bowerman
3,835

| |John P. Meagher 3,029 | |Manley R. McLachlan 511 | | || |George Bowerman

West Central Saskatchewan

|- | |Donald Leonard Faris 3,308 || |Gerald Muirhead 3,501 | |Greg Wensel 1,101 | | ||

Donald Leonard Faris

Elwood L. Cowley
4,787

| |Roy Norris 3,270 | |Lynn Tokle 552 | | ||

Elwood Lorrie Cowley

Edwin Tchorzewski
4,272

| |John Bajbula 2,439 | |Peter Cline 1,065 | | ||

Edwin Tchorzewski

| |David G. Thomson 2,461 || |Bob Andrew 2,774 | |Allan McMillan 1,937 | | ||

Allan Neil McMillan

| |Jim Mills 3,056 || |Herbert Swan 3,587 | |Calvin W. Fensom 1,011 | | ||

Roy Bailey**

| |Ray Heather 2,371 || |Jim Garner 2,865 | |Linda Clifford 1,975 | | || |Linda Clifford

East Central Saskatchewan

|- || |Al Matsalla 4,258 | |Eugene Teslia 2,647 | |Joseph F. Matsalla 730 | | ||

Al Matsalla

Neil Byers
4,165

| |Ray Meiklejohn 3,366 | |A. Ben Ferrie 521 | | ||

Neil Erland Byers

Gordon MacMurchy
4,150

| |Arnold Tusa 3,795 | |Gill Fontaine 385 | | ||

Gordon S. MacMurchy

John Kowalchuk
4,072

| |Glenn Miller 3,465 | |Cecil Headrick 901 | | ||

John Russell Kowalchuk

Norm Lusney
3,739

| |Donald F. Boyd 2,130 | |Rudolph Els 760 | | ||

Norm Lusney

Murray Koskie
3,662

| |W. Brian Wildeman 2,251 | |Mervyn T. Warner 919 | | ||

Murray James Koskie

Ed Kaeding
3,354

| |Walter R. Johnson 3,265 | |Gabriel R. Neumeier 680 | | ||

Ed Kaeding

Randy Nelson
4,128

| |Ray S. Malinowski 3,637 | |Irene Konkin 1,036 | | || |Randall Neil Nelson

Southwest Saskatchewan

|- || |Allan Engel 3,126 | |Wilf Lethbridge 2,331 | |Roy Nelson 2,662 | | ||

Roy Nelson

| |Norman Arndt 2,327 || |Joan Duncan 3,496 | |W.V. "Fred" Deis 1,341 | | ||

Bill Stodalka**

John Skoberg
4,483

| |Kerry R. Chow 3,579 | |Gene Chura 1,003 | | ||

John Leroy Skoberg

Gordon Snyder
4,512

| |Arthur "Bud" Smith 2,408 | |Terry W. Ocrane 716 | | ||

Gordon Taylor Snyder

Reg Gross
2,587

| |Art Martens 2,203 | |Jack Wiebe 2,024 | | ||

John Edward Niel Wiebe

Dwain Lingenfelter
2,778

| |Jim Lacey 2,145 | |Eiliv "Sonny" Anderson 2,385 | | ||

Eiliv "Sonny" Anderson

| |Spencer Wooff 3,288 || |Dennis Ham 3,620 | |Stew Tasche 936 | | ||

Dennis Ham

| |D. Hicks 2,424 || |Colin Thatcher 3,359 | |Ron Gleim 1,270 | | || |Wilbert Colin Thatcher

Southeast Saskatchewan

|- | |Jim Liggett 3,069 || |Bob Pickering 3,118 | |Rod MacDonald 1,018 | | ||

David Lange**

| |Norman Blondeau 2,703 || |Bob Larter 4,376 | |Paul Bachorcik 948 | | ||

Robert Austin Larter

| |Pat Connolley 2,400 || |Doug Taylor 2,893 | |Cyril MacDonald 1,943 | | ||

Cyril Pius MacDonald

| |Fred A. Easton 2,614 || |Larry Birkbeck 3,353 | |J. Sinclair Harrison 1,964 | | ||

Larry Birkbeck

| |Greg Willows 6,844 || |John Gary Lane 7,231 | |J. Don McCullough 1,541 | | ||

John Gary Lane

| |Dean Fraser 2,019 || |Eric Berntson 3,739 | |Gerard Belisle 1,170 | | ||

Eric Arthur Berntson

Jim Pepper
3,517

| |Glen Dods 3,449 | |Ron Chapdelaine 981 | | || |James Auburn Pepper

Saskatoon

|- || |Herman Rolfes 3,786 | |Reg Schafer 2,343 | |Doris Serne 1,272 | | ||

Herman Harold Rolfes

Paul Mostoway
5,246

| |Harry Baker 2,743 | |Jean Korchin 1,453 | | ||

Paul Peter Mostoway

Bernie Poniatowski
4,018

| |Kimberly Young 3,322 | |Marie Eaton 1,257 | | ||

Glen Penner**

Beverly Dyck
4,328

| |Donna L. Birkmaier 2,394 | |Dick Reed 1,104 | | ||

Beverly Dyck

Wes Robbins
4,739

| |Grant Devine 2,466 | |John A. Shanks 1,080 | | ||

W. Albert Robbins

Roy Romanow
5,225

| |Mary Cherneskey 2,205 | |Nestor W. Romaniuk 640 | | ||

Roy Romanow

Peter Prebble
5,007

| |Bill Lane 4,722 | |Douglas R. Knott 1,845 | | ||

Harold William Lane

John Edward Brockelbank
5,651

| |Peter Shinkaruk 2,427 | |Peter Sydney Groves 909 | | || |John Edward Brockelbank

Regina

|- || |Ned Shillington 3,767 | |Keith Jeal 1,451 | |George Exner 935 | |William C. Beeching (Ind.) 45 ||

Edward Shillington

Allan Blakeney
4,390

| |Christine Whitaker 1,250 | |R. Lawson Wilde 596 | | ||

Allan Blakeney

Doug McArthur
3,351

| |Ian McPherson 1,684 | |Ted Malone 2,366 | | ||

Edward Cyril Malone

Walt Smishek
4,831

| |F. Warren Denzin 2,248 | |Del Miller 805 | |Roger D. Annis (Ind.) 36 ||

Walter Smishek

Ed Whelan
5,575

| |Philip Lundeen 3,142 | |J. Culliton Poston 1,443 | | ||

Edward Charles Whelan

Bill Allen
4,524

| |Florian Vanderlinde 2,154 | |Gerry Bassendowski 766 | | ||

William J. G. Allen

| |John Hettema 3,114 || |Paul Rousseau 3,325 | |Philip M. Desjardine 1,688 | | ||

Stuart Cameron**

Henry Baker
3,729

| |Andrew G. Shepherd 1,594 | |Glenn Caleval 820 | | ||

Henry Harold Peter Baker

Clint White
3,993

| |Allan W. Wagar 2,945 | |J. Duane Koch 1,859 | | || |Anthony Merchant**

References

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