1975 Saskatchewan general election

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.

1975 Saskatchewan general election
June 11, 1975 (1975-06-11)
61 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
LIB
PC
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

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.[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
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
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
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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

References
  1. Back to Blakeney : revitalizing the democratic state. McGrane, David,, Romanow, Roy J.,, Whyte, John D.,, Isinger, Russell, 1965-. Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. ISBN 978-0-88977-641-8. OCLC 1090178443.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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