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1982 Saskatchewan general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1982 Saskatchewan general election
country	Saskatchewan
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1978 Saskatchewan general election
previous_year	1978
previous_mps	19th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
election_date
elected_mps	[members](20th-legislative-assembly-of-saskatchewan)
next_election	1986 Saskatchewan general election
next_year	1986
seats_for_election	64 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
majority_seats	33
turnout	83.9%
<!-- PC -->	image1	[[File:Grant Devine.jpg	150x150px]]
colour1
leader1	Grant Devine
party1
leader_since1	November 9, 1979
leaders_seat1	Estevan
last_election1	17
seats_before1	15
seats1	55
seat_change1	40
popular_vote1	289,311
percentage1	54.07%
swing1	15.99pp
<!-- NDP -->	image2	[[File:Allan Blakeney 1980 (cropped).jpg	150x150px]]
colour2
leader2	Allan Blakeney
party2
leader_since2	July 4, 1970
leaders_seat2	Regina Elphinstone
last_election2	44
seats_before2	44
seats2	9
seat_change2	35
popular_vote2	201,390
percentage2	37.64%
swing2	10.44pp
map_caption
title	Premier
before_election	Allan Blakeney
before_party
posttitle	Premier after election
after_election	Grant Devine
after_party

The 1982 Saskatchewan general election was held on April 26, 1982, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

The Progressive Conservative Party, led by Grant Devine, defeated the New Democratic Party government of Premier Allan Blakeney, which had governed the province since the 1971 election. The Tories won over half the popular vote, and a large majority in the legislature – the first time that the party had won an outright majority, and making Devine only the second Tory premier in the province's history. The only other time that the Tories had ever led a government was after the 1929 election, when James Anderson led a coalition government of Conservatives, Progressives and independents.

The NDP vote fell to its lowest level since 1938, and the party lost 35 of its 44 seats in the legislature – the second-worst defeat of a sitting government in the province's history, behind only the Saskatchewan Liberal Party's 38-seat loss in 1944. The highest-profile casualty was Deputy Premier Roy Romanow, who was ousted by Tory challenger Jo-Ann Zazelenchuk as part of the Tories' sweep of Saskatoon.

This election included the Aboriginal People's Party, a party focused on issues affecting Saskatchewan's First Nations. The APP's best showing would be in the Cumberland district of northeast Saskatchewan, finishing third – ahead of the Liberal candidate.

Popular feelings of alienation in Saskatchewan from Ottawa reached a high point in 1982. The provincial wing of the Western Canada Concept movement won more votes than the Saskatchewan Liberal Party candidate in over a third of Saskatchewan's constituencies; in three ridings the WCC candidate captured more than 1,000 votes. The WCC would disappear by 1988, and be replaced by the Western Independence Party, and later the Buffalo Party, in the 21st century.

Results

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Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.
1Richard Collver and Dennis Ham, MLAs of the short-lived "Unionest Party".

Percentages

Ranking

Party	Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
55	8	1	0	0	9

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 District	Candidates	Incumbent	Progressive Conservative	New Democratic	Liberal	Western Canada Concept
SK	PC	background}}		SK	NDP	background}}	SK	Liberal	background}}	SK	Western Canada Concept	background}}	SK	Independent	background}}
Athabasca			Bruce Clarke
1,162	Frederick John Thompson
1,606	Willard Quewezance
147		Rod Bishop (Ind.) 976
Cut Knife-Lloydminster			Michael Hopfner
4,968	Bob Long
3,963	L. Allison Henderson
109
Meadow Lake			George McLeod
4,236	Dave Bridger
2,149	R. Hugh Currie
131	Paul S. Pospisil
242	Ray L. Manegre (Ind.) 57
Redberry			John Gerich
4,018	Dennis Banda
2,556	Bernadine Droesse
156	Wayne Ratzlaff
303
Rosthern			Ralph Katzman
6,816	Chris Banman
1,889	Bruce Wagner
412		James E. Boschman (Ind.) 188
The Battlefords			Myles Morin
5,737	David Miner
3,625	Mary Friedman
348	Vernon D. Loeppky
249
Turtleford			Colin Maxwell
3,825	Lloyd Johnson
2,803	Glenn J. Mason
155

Northeast Saskatchewan

Electoral District	Candidates	Incumbent	Progressive Conservative	New Democratic	Liberal	Western Canada Concept
SK	PC	background}}		SK	NDP	background}}	SK	Liberal	background}}	SK	Western Canada Concept	background}}	SK	APP	background}}
Cumberland			Edward Charlette
852	Lawrence Riel Yew
2,587	Roy Fosseneuve
251		Leon E. McAuley
329
Kelsey-Tisdale			Neal Hardy
5,171	Francis E. Schmeichel
2,874	P. Hudson Foga
139	John K. McConaghie
284	Olga Flesjer
32
Kinistino			Bernard Boutin
4,266	Don Cody
3,759	Ed Olchowy
247
Melfort			Grant Hodgins
4,626	Norm Vickar
3,099	S. Helen Hamilton
130	Brian Bedard
489
Nipawin			Lloyd Sauder
4,267	Irvin G. Perkins
2,844	Ron J. Wassill
231	Bob Fair
627
Prince Albert			John Meagher
4,258	Mike Feschuk
4,232	Bill Nutting
369	Earl Switenky
764
Prince Albert-Duck Lake			Phil West
3,491	Jerome Hammersmith
3,500	Mike Scholfield
404	Ron Folstad
873	John H. McLeod
86
Shellbrook-Torch River			Lloyd Muller
4,117	George Bowerman
3,274	Jack Greening
287	Stanley Stefanski
667	Garry Standing
65

West Central Saskatchewan

Electoral District	Candidates	Incumbent	Progressive Conservative	New Democratic	Liberal	Western Canada Concept
SK	PC	background}}		SK	NDP	background}}	SK	Liberal	background}}	SK	Western Canada Concept	background}}
Arm River			Gerald Muirhead
5,608	Donald Leonard Faris
2,719	Marjorie Towstego
118	Jim Cross
339
Biggar			Harry Baker
4,437	Elwood Lorrie Cowley
3,070	Neil Vander Nagel
141	Roland Chouinard
327
Humboldt			Louis Domotor
4,480	Edwin Tchorzewski
3,946	Ligouri LeBlanc
361	Glen Strueby
168
Kindersley			Robert Andrew
5,211	Wayne Nargang
1,833	Wayne Mah
166	Chuck McIntyre
454
Rosetown-Elrose			Herbert Swan
4,802	Jim Mills
2,327	David Herle
166	Dale Skelton
666
Wilkie			James Garner
5,056	Wayne Birn
2,039	Arthur Reil
502

East Central Saskatchewan

Electoral District	Candidates	Incumbent	Progressive Conservative	New Democratic	Liberal	Western Canada Concept
SK	PC	background}}		SK	NDP	background}}	SK	Liberal	background}}	SK	Western Canada Concept	background}}	SK	APP	background}}
Canora			Lloyd Hampton
4,398	Gerard Pikula
3,520	Michael Okrainetz
312
Kelvington-Wadena			Sherwin Petersen
4,330	Neil Byers
3,755	Ben Ferrie
215
Last Mountain-Touchwood			Arnold Tusa
4,588	Gordon MacMurchy
4,059	Charles Schuler 165	Jack McMunn
218
Melville			Grant Schmidt
4,172	Pat Krug
3,486	Jack Hanowski
627	Ray Miller
421	Harry Bird
64
Pelly			Mervyn Abrahamson
3,179	Norm Lusney
3,381	Tom Campbell
476
Quill Lakes			Ray Berscheid
3,892	Murray Koskie
3,945	Walter Paulson
448
Saltcoats			Walt Johnson
3,921	Ed Kaeding
3,531	James Coueslan
416
Yorkton			Lorne McLaren
5,487	Randy Nelson
3,727	Joseph Matsalla
252	Ted Yascheshen
194

Southwest Saskatchewan

Electoral District	Candidates	Incumbent	Progressive Conservative	New Democratic	Liberal	Western Canada Concept
SK	PC	background}}		SK	NDP	background}}	SK	Liberal	background}}	SK	Western Canada Concept	background}}
Assiniboia-Gravelbourg			Rene Archambault
2,438	Allen Engel
2,875	Ralph Goodale
2,760	Hugh Clarke
459
Maple Creek			Joan Duncan
4,228	J.R. Porter
2,158	Bernie Ford
422	Larry English
806
Moose Jaw North			Keith Parker
5,859	Glenn Hagel
3,895	Terrance Ocrane
361	Colin Campbell
256
Moose Jaw South			Arthur "Bud" Smith
4,110	Gordon Snyder
3,908	Bob Halter
328	Jack Ashton
275
Morse			Art Martens
3,565	Reg Gross
2,409	Don Meyer
277	Ray L. Bailey
887
Shaunavon			John Bleackley
2,730	Dwain Lingenfelter
2,897	Gratton Murray
745	Barry W. Dixon
1,139
Swift Current			Patricia Anne Smith
4,756	Spencer Wooff
2,941	Anna Patricia White
316	Henry Banman
787
Thunder Creek			Colin Thatcher
4,412	Ron Kurtz
2,036	Gary Sherlock
264	Pat Mullin
442

Southeast Saskatchewan

Electoral District	Candidates	Incumbent	Progressive Conservative	New Democratic	Liberal	Western Canada Concept
SK	PC	background}}		SK	NDP	background}}	SK	Liberal	background}}	SK	Western Canada Concept	background}}
Bengough-Milestone			Bob Pickering
4,571	Jim Liggett
2,653	Tim Maloney
420
Estevan			*Grant Devine*
5,487	John Chapman
2,947	Heather MacDonald-Doyle
649	Vernon McClement
184
Indian Head-Wolseley			Doug Taylor
4,251	Pat Connolley
2,073	Con Lalonde
571	John Parley
554
Moosomin			Larry Birkbeck
4,165	Fred Easton
2,476	Peter Semchuk
250	Don Donaldson
1,311
Qu’Appelle-Lumsden			John Gary Lane
5,643	Tom Usherwood
2,372	Cheryl Stadnyk
219	Allan Smith
346
Souris-Cannington			Eric Berntson
4,093	Dean Fraser
1,639	William Owens
437	Dale Nolin
1,082
Weyburn			Lorne Hepworth
5,426	Elaine Driver
3,088	David Wright
422

Saskatoon

Electoral District	Candidates	Incumbent	Progressive Conservative	New Democratic	Liberal	Western Canada Concept	Other
SK	PC	background}}		SK	NDP	background}}	SK	Liberal	background}}	SK	Western Canada Concept	background}}	SK	APP	background}}	SK	Independent	background}}
Saskatoon Centre			Jack Sandberg
3,553	Paul Mostoway
2,987	Delores Burkhart
470
Saskatoon Eastview			Kimberly Young
6,981	Bernie Poniatowski
3,736	David Jackson
688
Saskatoon Fairview			Duane Weiman
6,185	Bob Mitchell
3,432	David Schwartz
181	Brian Bellamy
200	John Dorion
48		New District
Saskatoon Mayfair			Cal Glauser
7,386	Dave Whalley
3,777	Maureen Darling
441	Don Kavanaugh
186
Saskatoon Nutana			Evelyn Bacon
3,685	Pat Atkinson
3,580	David Tunney
492
Saskatoon Riversdale			Jo-Ann Zazelenchuk
3,576	Roy Romanow
3,557	Harold Flett
228		Joe Gallagher
143	Alexander Barker (Ind.) 57
Saskatoon South			Bob Myers
4,611	Herman Rolfes
3,221	Don McCullough
422	Reid Schmidt
90		Carol Stadnyk (Ind.) 118
Saskatoon Sutherland			Paul Schoenhals
5,328	Mark Koenker
3,026	Ron Hannah
374	Gordon Barnes
116	Cecil King
43
Saskatoon University			Rick Folk
3,490	Peter Prebble
3,041	David B. Miller
718	Earl A. Cowley
104		Alphard Fafard
(Not affiliated) 28	New District
Saskatoon Westmount			Gay Caswell
3,716	John Edward Brockelbank
3,583	Peter Groves
288		Freda Moosehunter
136

Regina

Electoral District	Candidates	Incumbent	Progressive Conservative	New Democratic	Liberal	Western Canada Concept
SK	PC	background}}		SK	NDP	background}}	SK	Liberal	background}}	SK	Western Canada Concept	background}}	SK	Independent	background}}
Regina Centre			Jim Petrychyn
2,570	Ned Shillington
3,821	Cam McCannell
691	Tyler Benson
165	Gordon Massie
(Not affiliated) 66
Regina Elphinstone			Ross Reibling
3,066	*Allan Blakeney*
4,139	Glenn Caleval
255
Regina Lakeview			Tim Embury
4,688	Doug McArthur
3,808	Delores Honour
520
Regina North			Jack Klein
5,845	Stan Oxelgren
3,715	Daryl Boychuk
239			New District
Regina North East			Russ Sutor
5,303	Walt Smishek
3,559	Robert Dall'Olio
178	Ron J. Blashill
201
Regina North West			Bill Sveinson
6,797	John Solomon
4,509	Adrian McBride
245	Les R. Kavanaugh
222
Regina Rosemont			Gordon Dirks
5,271	Bill Allen
3,673	Ken M. Grotsky
210	Stewart Coward
206
Regina South			Paul Rousseau
6,088	Margaret Fern
2,869	Lori Stinson
286
Regina Victoria			Metro Rybchuk
4,108	Henry Baker
3,512	Steve Bata
335	Barbara Duff
184	Jim Harding (Ind.) 117
Regina Wascana			Gord Currie
5,976	Clint White
3,434	Marlene Lamontagne
483

References

"Voter turnout figures for 28th Saskatchewan election released".

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