{{Short description|Canadian provincial election}} {{Use Canadian English|date=December 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox election | election_name = 1975 Saskatchewan general election | country = Saskatchewan | type = parliamentary | party_colour = no | party_name = no | previous_election = 1971 Saskatchewan general election | previous_year = 1971 | outgoing_members = 17th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan | election_date = {{Start date|1975|06|11}} | elected_mps = [[18th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan|members]] | next_election = 1978 Saskatchewan general election | next_year = 1978 | seats_for_election = 61 seats in the [[Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan]] | majority_seats = 32 | turnout = <!-- NDP --> | image1 = [[File:Allan Blakeney 1980 (cropped).jpg|150x150px]] | colour1 = {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|nohash}} | leader1 = [[Allan Blakeney]] | party1 = {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|name}} | leader_since1 = [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party/Co-operative Commonwealth Federation leadership elections#1970 New Democratic Party leadership convention|July 4, 1970]] | leaders_seat1 = [[Regina Elphinstone]] | last_election1 = 45 | seats1 = 39 | seat_change1 = {{decrease}}6 | popular_vote1 = 180,700 | percentage1 = 40.07% | swing1 = {{decrease}}14.93[[percentage point|pp]] <!-- Liberal -->| image2 = | colour2 = {{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|nohash}} | leader2 = [[David Steuart]] | party2 = {{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|name}} | leader_since2 = [[Saskatchewan Liberal Party leadership elections#Liberal leadership convention, 1971|December 11, 1971]] | leaders_seat2 = [[Prince Albert-Duck Lake|Prince Albert-<br />Duck Lake]] | last_election2 = 15 | seats2 = 15 | seat_change2 = ±0 | popular_vote2 = 142,853 | percentage2 = 31.67% | swing2 = {{decrease}}11.15pp <!-- PC -->| image3 = [[File:Richard Collver (cropped).jpg|150x150px]] | colour3 = {{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|nohash}} | leader3 = [[Dick Collver|Richard Collver]] | party3 = {{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|name}} | leader_since3 = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan leadership elections#1973 Progressive Conservative leadership convention|March 18, 1973]] | leaders_seat3 = [[Nipawin (provincial electoral district)|Nipawin]] | last_election3 = 0 | seats3 = 7 | seat_change3 = {{increase}}7 | popular_vote3 = 124,573 | percentage3 = 27.62% | swing3 = {{increase}}25.49pp <!-- map -->| map_image = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = <!-- bottom --> | title = Premier | before_election = [[Allan Blakeney]] | before_party = {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|name}} | posttitle = Premier after election | after_election = [[Allan Blakeney]] | after_party = {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|name}} }} 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 Party of Saskatchewan|New Democratic]] government of [[List of premiers of Saskatchewan|Premier]] [[Allan Blakeney]] and the [[Leader of the Opposition (Saskatchewan)|opposition]] [[Liberal Party of Saskatchewan|Liberal Party]], led by [[David Steuart]], dropped in support to the resurgent [[Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan|Progressive Conservative Party]]. The Tories, who were a minor force in the [[1971 Saskatchewan general election|previous election]], drew over a quarter of the 1975 electorate.
== Campaign == One of the main issues of the campaign was [[natural resource]]s 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 Canadian federal budget|November 1974 federal budget]] that it would end the deduction of provincial royalties from federal tax.<ref name="NDP-policy-paper">{{Cite book |title=Back to Blakeney : revitalizing the democratic state |editor1=McGrane, David |editor2=Romanow, Roy J. |editor3=Whyte, John D. |editor4=Isinger, Russell |isbn=978-0-88977-641-8|location=Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada|oclc=1090178443}}</ref>
Under these circumstances, the opposition Liberal and PC parties proposed lower natural resource [[royalty payment]]s to ease the companies' concerns and bring investments back to the province. They were fiercely opposed to [[State ownership|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 [[Petroleum industry in Canada|oil]], [[Natural gas in Canada|gas]], [[Coal in Canada|coal]] and [[Uranium ore|uranium]]; and [[mineral]]s like potash.<ref name="NDP-policy-paper" />
==Results== {| class="wikitable" !rowspan=2 colspan=2|Party !rowspan=2|Party Leader !rowspan=2|# of<br />candidates !colspan=3|Seats !colspan=3|Popular Vote |- ![[1971 Saskatchewan general election|1971]] !Elected !% Change !# !% !% Change {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}} | [[New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan|New Democratic]] |align="center"|[[Allan Blakeney]] |align="right"| 61 |align="right"|45 |align="right"| '''39''' |align="right"|-13.3% |align="right"|180,700 |align="right"|40.07% |align="right"|-14.93% {{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|row}} | [[Liberal Party of Saskatchewan|Liberal]] |align="center"|[[David Steuart]] |align="right"| 61 |align="right"|15 |align="right"| '''15''' |align="right"|– |align="right"|142,853 |align="right"|31.67% |align="right"|-11.15% {{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|row}} | [[Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan|Progressive Conservative]] |align="center"|[[Dick Collver|Richard Collver]] |align="right"| 61 |align="right"|– |align="right"| '''7''' |align="right"|+600% |align="right"|124,573 |align="right"|27.62% |align="right"|+25.49% {{Canadian party colour|SK|Independent|row}} | colspan=2|Independent |align="right"| 5 |align="right"|– |align="right"| – |align="right"|– |align="right"|2,897 |align="right"|0.64% |align="right"|+0.60% |- |colspan=3| '''Total''' |align="right"| '''188''' |align="right"|'''60''' |align="right"| '''61''' |align="right"|'''+1.7%''' |align="right"|'''451,023''' |align="right"|'''100%''' |align="right"| |- | align="center" colspan=11|'''Source:''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20140407162559/http://www.elections.sk.ca/previous-elections/historical---provincial-general-election-summaries/page-2/ Elections Saskatchewan] |- |}
===Percentages=== {{Bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|New Democratic|{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP}}|40.07}} {{Bar percent|Liberal|{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal}}|31.67}} {{Bar percent|PC|{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC}}|27.62}} {{Bar percent|Others|{{Canadian party colour|SK|Independent}}|0.64}}}} {{Bar box|title=Seats summary|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{Bar percent|New Democratic|{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP}}|63.93}} {{Bar percent|Liberal|{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal}}|24.59}} {{Bar percent|PC|{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC}}|11.48}}}}
===Ranking=== {| class="wikitable" !colspan=2|Party !Seats !Second !Third !Fourth |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}} |[[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|New Democratic]] |align=center|39 |align=center|15 |align=center|7 |align=center|0 {{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|row}} |[[Liberal Party of Saskatchewan|Liberal]] |align=center|15 |align=center|27 |align=center|19 |align=center|0 {{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|row}} |[[Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan|Progressive Conservative]] |align=center|7 |align=center|19 |align=center|34 |align=center|1 {{Canadian party colour|SK|Independent|row}} |Independents |align=center|0 |align=center|0 |align=center|1 |align=center|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=== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%" |- ! style="width:16%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District !style="background:darkgrey;" colspan=4|Candidates ! style="width:14%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent |- ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|NDP]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan Liberal Party|Liberal]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party|PC]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|Other |- |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Independent|background}}| |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Athabasca (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district)|Athabasca]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Frederick John Thompson]]<br />1,483 |Ben Siemens<br />1,157 |Roy Simpson<br />421 |Rod Bishop ([[Independent (politician)#Canada|Ind.]])<br />829 |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |[[Allan Ray Guy]] |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Cut Knife (electoral district)#Cut Knife-Lloydminster|Cut Knife-Lloydminster]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Miro Kwasnica]]<br />2,794 |Sam Herman<br />2,076 |Fred Baynton<br />2,113 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Miro Kwasnica |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Meadow Lake (provincial electoral district)|Meadow Lake]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Gordon James McNeill|Gord McNeill]]<br />2,094 |[[Henry Ethelbert Coupland|Henry Coupland]]<br />2,058 |Leo Jeannotte<br />1,705 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |Henry Ethelbert Coupland |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Redberry (electoral district)|Redberry]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Dennis Banda (politician)|Dennis Banda]]<br />2,783 |Emil Craig<br />2,006 |Nick E. Kowerchuk<br />1,835 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Demitro Wasyl Michayluk|Dick Michayluk]]** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Rosthern (provincial electoral district)|Rosthern]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|background}}| |A.R. Friesen<br />2,030 |[[Allan Ray Guy]]<br />2,277 |[[Ralph Katzman]]<br />2,718 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |[[David Boldt]]** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[The Battlefords (provincial electoral district)|The Battlefords]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Eiling Kramer]]<br />3,660 |Peter Tarnowsky<br />2,674 |Walter Kostyna<br />1,212 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Eiling Kramer]] |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Turtleford (electoral district)|Turtleford]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Lloyd Emmett Johnson|Lloyd Johnson]]<br />2,405 |Cyril Fransoo<br />1,994 |Gordon Mayer<br />1,666 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Michael Feduniak]]** |}
===Northeast Saskatchewan=== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%" |- ! style="width:16%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District !style="background:darkgrey;" colspan=4|Candidates ! style="width:14%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent |- ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|NDP]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan Liberal Party|Liberal]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party|PC]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|Other |- |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Independent|background}}| |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Cumberland (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district)|Cumberland]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Norman H. MacAuley|Norm MacAuley]]<br />1,646 |Winston McKay<br />1,128 |Garry M. Houghton<br />511 |Frank R. Tomkins ([[Independent (politician)#Canada|Ind.]]) 403 | colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|''New District'' |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Kelsey-Tisdale]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[John Rissler Messer|John R. Messer]]<br />3,750 |Alan E. Caithcart<br />2,266 |Jack Ukrainetz<br />1,831 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |John Rissler Messer<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''Tisdale-Kelsey''</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Kinistino (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district)|Kinistino]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Arthur Thibault]]<br />3,215 |Ed Olchowy<br />2,400 |Tom Smith<br />1,657 | | colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|''New District'' |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Melfort (provincial electoral district)|Melfort]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Norman Vickar|Norm Vickar]]<br />3,102 |Herbert J. Whitley<br />2,196 |Bill Warner<br />3,001 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Arthur Thibault<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''Melfort-Kinistino''</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Nipawin (provincial electoral district)|Nipawin]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|background}}| |[[John Kristian Comer|John Comer]]<br />2,599 |Ellis H. Hill<br />1,447 |''[[Dick Collver|Richard Collver]]''<br />3,381 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |John Kristian Comer |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Prince Albert (provincial electoral district)|Prince Albert]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Mike Feschuk]]<br />2,947 |Kenneth A. Beeson<br />1,947 |Richard E. Spencer<br />2,689 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Mike Feschuk<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''Prince Albert East''</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Prince Albert-Duck Lake]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |Louis Roy<br />2,822 |''[[David Steuart|Davey Steuart]]''<br />3,675 |[[Garnet Norman Wipf|Norm Wipf]]<br />1,472 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |''[[David Steuart|David Gordon Steuart]]''<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''Prince Albert West''</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Shellbrook (electoral district)|Shellbrook]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[George Reginald Anderson Bowerman|George Bowerman]]<br />3,138 |Louis W. Hradecki<br />1,584 |John P. Meagher<br />2,035 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |George Bowerman |}
{{Election box begin | title=March 2, 1977 By-election: [[Prince Albert-Duck Lake]]}} |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|row}} |style="width: 130px"|[[Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party|Prog. Conservative]] |[[Garnet Norman Wipf|Norm Wipf]] |align="right"|3,022 |align="right"|39.84% |align="right"|+21.37 {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}} |[[New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan|NDP]] |[[Jerome Hammersmith]] |align="right"|2,773 |align="right"|36.55% |align="right"|+1.14 {{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|row}} |[[Liberal Party of Saskatchewan|Liberal]] |Alexandre Joseph Baribeau |align="right"|1,791 |align="right"|23.61% |align="right"|-22.51 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,586 !align="right"|100.00 !align="right"| {{election box end}}
===West Central Saskatchewan=== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%" |- ! style="width:16%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District !style="background:darkgrey;" colspan=4|Candidates ! style="width:14%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent |- ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|NDP]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan Liberal Party|Liberal]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party|PC]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|Other |- |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Independent|background}}| |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Arm River (electoral district)|Arm River]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Donald Leonard Faris]]<br />2,854 |Ron Thorstad<br />2,843 |Ron McLelland<br />1,974 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Donald Leonard Faris |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Biggar (former provincial electoral district)|Biggar]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Elwood Lorrie Cowley|Elwood L. Cowley]]<br />3,223 |Arthur Meister<br />1,520 |Ralph Young<br />1,906 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Elwood Lorrie Cowley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Humboldt (provincial electoral district)|Humboldt]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Edwin Tchorzewski]]<br />3,006 |Peter Cline<br />2,087 |Ray Perpick<br />2,334 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Edwin Tchorzewski |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Kindersley (provincial electoral district)|Kindersley]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |[[Alex Taylor (Canadian politician)|Alex Taylor]]<br />2,322 |[[Allan Neil McMillan|Allan McMillan]]<br />2,659 |Bayne Secord<br />2,348 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Alex Taylor<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''[[Kindersley (provincial electoral district)#Kerrobert-Kindersley|Kerrobert-Kindersley]]''</span> |- | rowspan=3 style="background:whitesmoke;"|[[Rosetown-Elrose (former electoral district)|Rosetown-Elrose]] |rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|background}}| |rowspan=3|[[Hayden William Owens|Bill Owens]]<br />2,673 |rowspan=3|Calvin W. Fensom<br />2,004 |rowspan=3|[[Roy Bailey (politician)|Roy Bailey]]<br />3,078 |rowspan=3| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |[[George Fredrick Loken]]**<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''[[Rosetown (provincial electoral district)|Rosetown]]''</span> |- |colspan=2|''Merged district'' |- |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Hayden William Owens<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''[[Elrose (electoral district)|Elrose]]''</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Wilkie (electoral district)|Wilkie]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |Delaine Scotton<br />2,223 |[[Linda Clifford (politician)|Linda Clifford]]<br />2,831 |[[James William Arthur Garner|Jim Garner]]<br />2,138 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |[[Cliff McIsaac|Joseph "Cliff" McIsaac]]** |}
===East Central Saskatchewan=== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%" |- ! style="width:16%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District !style="background:darkgrey;" colspan=4|Candidates ! style="width:14%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent |- ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|NDP]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan Liberal Party|Liberal]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party|PC]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|Other |- |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Independent|background}}| |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Canora (provincial electoral district)|Canora]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Al Matsalla]]<br />4,024 |Marie Kotelko<br />2,310 |Michael Kaminski<br />1,656 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Al Matsalla |- | rowspan=3 style="background:whitesmoke;"|[[Kelvington-Wadena]] |rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |rowspan=3|[[Neil Erland Byers|Neil Byers]]<br />4,051 |rowspan=3|Joe Bencharski<br />1,846 |rowspan=3|Don Austring<br />2,111 |rowspan=3| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Neil Erland Byers<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''Kelvington''</span> |- |colspan=2|''Merged district'' |- |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Frederick Arthur Dewhurst|Fred Dewhurst]]**<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''Wadena''</span> |- | rowspan=3 style="background:whitesmoke;"|[[Last Mountain-Touchwood]] |rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |rowspan=3|[[Gordon MacMurchy]]<br />3,640 |rowspan=3|Les Digney<br />1,819 |rowspan=3|[[Arnold Tusa]]<br />2,565 |rowspan=3| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Gordon MacMurchy<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''[[Last Mountain (provincial electoral district)|Last Mountain]]''</span> |- |colspan=2|''Merged district'' |- |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Frank Meakes (politician)|Frank Meakes]]**<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''[[Touchwood (electoral district)|Touchwood]]''</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Melville (provincial electoral district)|Melville]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[John Russell Kowalchuk|John Kowalchuk]]<br />3,747 |Joseph L. Sedlovitch<br />2,019 |Glenn Miller<br />2,478 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |John Russell Kowalchuk |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Pelly (Saskatchewan electoral district)|Pelly]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Leonard Melvin Larson|Leo Larson]]<br />3,511 |Peter E. McDonald<br />2,250 |W.J. Ferniuk<br />1,150 |George G. Shlakoff ([[Independent (politician)#Canada|Ind.]]) 75 |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Leonard Melvin Larson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Quill Lakes (provincial electoral district)|Quill Lakes]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Murray James Koskie|Murray Koskie]]<br />3,211 |Arnold E. Boyko<br />2,022 |Dick Harcourt<br />1,342 | | colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|''New District'' |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Saltcoats (provincial electoral district)|Saltcoats]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Ed Kaeding]]<br />2,887 |William H. Peasley<br />2,058 |Wilfred J. Walker<br />2,109 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Ed Kaeding |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Yorkton (provincial electoral district)|Yorkton]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Randall Neil Nelson|Randy Nelson]]<br />3,099 |Arlis Dellow<br />2,958 |Ivan Daunt<br />2,173 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Irving Wensley Carlson]]** |}
{{Election box begin | title=June 8, 1977 By-election: [[Pelly (Saskatchewan electoral district)|Pelly]]}} |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}} |style="width: 130px"|[[New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan|NDP]] |[[Norm Lusney]] |align="right"|3,724 |align="right"|48.29% |align="right"|-1.97 {{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|row}} |[[Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party|Prog. Conservative]] |Barrie Johnson |align="right"|2,314 |align="right"|30.00% |align="right"|+13.54 {{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|row}} |[[Liberal Party of Saskatchewan|Liberal]] |Donn Walsh |align="right"|1,674 |align="right"|21.71% |align="right"|-10.50 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,712 !align="right"|100.00 !align="right"| {{election box end}}
===Southwest Saskatchewan=== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%" |- ! style="width:16%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District !style="background:darkgrey;" colspan=4|Candidates ! style="width:14%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent |- ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|NDP]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan Liberal Party|Liberal]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party|PC]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|Other |- |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Independent|background}}| |- | rowspan=3 style="background:whitesmoke;"|[[Assiniboia-Gravelbourg]] |rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |rowspan=3|[[Allen Willard Engel|Allan Engel]]<br />3,012 |rowspan=3|[[Roy Edgar Nelson|Roy Nelson]]<br />3,400 |rowspan=3|Connie McLeod<br />1,517 |rowspan=3| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |David Hadley Lange<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''[[Assiniboia-Bengough]]''</span> |- |colspan=2|''Merged district'' |- |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Reginald John Gross<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''[[Gravelbourg (electoral district)|Gravelbourg]]''</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Maple Creek (provincial electoral district)|Maple Creek]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |[[Gene Flasch]]<br />2,232 |[[William Harry Stodalka|Bill Stodalka]]<br />2,698 |Eric Richardson<br />2,241 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Gene Flasch |- | bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Moose Jaw North]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[John Skoberg]]<br />3,468 |Emmett Reidy<br />2,284 |Ken Glenn<br />2,286 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |[[Donald Forrest MacDonald|Don MacDonald]]** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Moose Jaw Wakamow|Moose Jaw South]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Gordon Snyder]]<br />3,950 |Faye Gordon<br />1,521 |[[Arthur L. (Bud) Smith|Arthur "Bud" Smith]]<br />1,857 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Gordon Taylor Snyder |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Morse (provincial electoral district)|Morse]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |[[Reginald John Gross|Reg Gross]]<br />2,502 |[[Jack Wiebe]]<br />2,517 |[[Harold Martens|Art Martens]]<br />1,847 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |John Edward Niel Wiebe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Shaunavon (electoral district)|Shaunavon]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |[[Allan Roy Oliver|Allan Oliver]]<br />2,593 |[[Eiliv Anderson|Eiliv "Sonny" Anderson]]<br />3,370 |Eric Slater<br />1,375 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Allan Roy Oliver |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Swift Current (provincial electoral district)|Swift Current]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|background}}| |Murray Walter<br />2,452 |Len Stein<br />1,734 |[[Dennis Marvin Ham|Dennis Ham]]<br />3,494 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Everett Irvine Wood]]** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Thunder Creek (1975–2016 electoral district)|Thunder Creek]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |Jim Murdock<br />2,036 |[[Colin Thatcher]]<br />2,640 |Don Swenson<br />2,348 | | colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|''New District'' |}
===Southeast Saskatchewan=== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%" |- ! style="width:16%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District !style="background:darkgrey;" colspan=4|Candidates ! style="width:14%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent |- ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|NDP]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan Liberal Party|Liberal]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party|PC]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|Other |- |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Independent|background}}| |- | rowspan=3 style="background:whitesmoke;"|[[Bengough-Milestone]] |rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |rowspan=3|[[David Hadley Lange|David Lange]]<br />2,819 |rowspan=3|Grant Frank<br />1,927 |rowspan=3|E.R. Moody<br />2,512 |rowspan=3| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |David Hadley Lange<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''[[Assiniboia-Bengough]]''</span> |- |colspan=2|''Merged district'' |- |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |Cyril Pius MacDonald<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''[[Milestone (electoral district)|Milestone]]''</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Estevan (electoral district)|Estevan]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|background}}| |[[Kim Thorson]]<br />2,499 |[[Ian Hugh MacDougall|Ian MacDougall]]<br />1,464 |[[Robert Austin Larter|Bob Larter]]<br />4,354 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Kim Thorson<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''[[Souris-Estevan]]''</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Qu'Appelle-Wolseley|Indian Head-Wolseley]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |[[Terry Lyle Hanson|Terry Hanson]]<br />2,241 |[[Cyril Pius MacDonald|Cyril MacDonald]]<br />2,844 |Jack H. Horsman<br />2,205 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Terry Lyle Hanson<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''[[Qu'Appelle-Wolseley]]''</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Moosomin (provincial electoral district)|Moosomin]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|background}}| |Fred A. Easton<br />2,087 |[[Ernest Franklin Gardner|Frank Gardner]]<br />2,891 |[[Larry Birkbeck]]<br />3,018 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |E. Franklin Gardner |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Lumsden (provincial electoral district)|Qu'Appelle]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |[[Donald William Cody|Donald W. Cody]]<br />3,430 |[[John Gary Lane]]<br />3,796 |F. Warren Denzin<br />1,806 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |John Gary Lane<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''[[Lumsden (provincial electoral district)|Lumsden]]''</span> |- | rowspan=3 style="background:whitesmoke;"|[[Cannington (electoral district)#Souris-Cannington|Souris-Cannington]] |rowspan=3 {{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|background}}| |rowspan=3|James T. Eaton<br />1,530 |rowspan=3|[[Thomas Milton Weatherald|Tom Weatherald]]<br />2,494 |rowspan=3|[[Eric Berntson]]<br />3,212 |rowspan=3| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Kim Thorson<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''[[Souris-Estevan]]''</span> |- |colspan=2|''Merged district'' |- |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |Thomas Milton Weatherald<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''[[Cannington (former electoral district)|Cannington]]''</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Weyburn (provincial electoral district)|Weyburn]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[James Auburn Pepper|Jim Pepper]]<br />2,971 |Norm Flaten<br />2,299 |John Whitell<br />2,522 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |James Auburn Pepper |}
===Saskatoon=== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%" |- ! style="width:16%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District !style="background:darkgrey;" colspan=4|Candidates ! style="width:14%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent |- ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|NDP]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan Liberal Party|Liberal]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party|PC]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|Other |- |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Independent|background}}| |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|{{nowrap|[[Saskatoon Buena Vista]]}} |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Herman Rolfes]]<br />2,720 |[[Bernard Leo Korchinski|Barry Korchinski]]<br />2,487 |Harold W. Lane<br />2,242 | | colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|''New District'' |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Saskatoon Centre]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Paul Mostoway]]<br />3,117 |Douglas R. Knott<br />2,758 |Morris T. Cherneskey<br />2,284 |[[John Guyon Richards|John Richards]] ([[Independent (politician)#Canada|Ind.]])<br />1,492 |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Beverly Dyck<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''Saskatoon City Park''</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Saskatoon Eastview]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |Reg Parker<br />2,466 |[[Glen Howard Penner|Glen Penner]]<br />3,175 |Larry Fast<br />1,418 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Herman Rolfes|Herman Harold Rolfes]]<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''Saskatoon Nutana South''</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Saskatoon Meewasin|Saskatoon Mayfair]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Beverly Milton Dyck|Beverly Dyck]]<br />3,467 |John Olsen<br />2,120 |June Smith<br />2,001 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[John Edward Brockelbank]] |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Saskatoon Nutana]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Wesley Albert Robbins|Wes Robbins]]<br />3,881 |Bruno F. Riemer<br />2,280 |Kay McCorkell<br />2,112 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |W. Albert Robbins<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''Saskatoon Nutana Centre''</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Saskatoon Riversdale]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Roy Romanow]]<br />4,172 |William Stadnyk<br />1,551 |Gary Barnes<br />961 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Roy Romanow]] |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Saskatoon Sutherland]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |Anne Boulton<br />3,145 |[[Evelyn Grace Edwards|Evelyn Edwards]]<br />3,843 |Karim Nasser<br />1,759 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[John Richards (scholar)|John G. Richards]]**<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''[[Saskatoon University (provincial electoral district)|Saskatoon University]]''</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Saskatoon Massey Place|Saskatoon Westmount]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |'''[[John Edward Brockelbank]]'''<br />3,916 |Tim Ryan<br />2,466 |Peter Shinkaruk<br />1,592 | | colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|''New District'' |}
{{Election box begin | title=March 2, 1977 By-election: [[Saskatoon Sutherland]]}} |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|row}} |style="width: 130px"|[[Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party|Prog. Conservative]] |[[Harold William Lane|Bill Lane]] |align="right"|3,962 |align="right"|38.68% |align="right"|+18.57 {{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|row}} |[[Liberal Party of Saskatchewan|Liberal]] |Gerry Fraser |align="right"|3,423 |align="right"|33.42% |align="right"|-10.51 {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}} |[[New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan|NDP]] |Anne Boulton |align="right"|2,829 |align="right"|27.61% |align="right"|-8.35 {{Canadian party colour|SK|Independent|row}} |[[Independent (politician)#Canada|Independent]] |Alexander Vasey Barker |align="right"|30 |align="right"|0.29% |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|10,244 !align="right"|100.00 !align="right"| {{election box end}}
===Regina=== {|class="wikitable" style="width:100%" |- ! style="width:16%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District !style="background:darkgrey;" colspan=4|Candidates ! style="width:14%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent |- ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|NDP]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan Liberal Party|Liberal]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|[[Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative Party|PC]] ! style="width:17.5%;"|Other |- |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|background}}| |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Independent|background}}| |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Regina Centre]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Ned Shillington]]<br />3,603 |[[Les Hammond]]<br />2,417 |Keith Jeal<br />1,500 |William C. Beeching ([[Independent (politician)#Canada|Ind.]]) 98 |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |'''''[[Allan Blakeney]]''''' |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Regina Elphinstone]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |'''''[[Allan Blakeney]]'''''<br />4,096 |Donna Welke<br />1,474 |Arthur Cropley<br />1,374 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |[[Kenneth Roy MacLeod|Ken MacLeod]]**<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''Regina Albert Park''</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Regina Lakeview]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |Henri Saucier<br />2,603 |[[Edward Cyril Malone|Ted Malone]]<br />3,374 |Reg Watts<br />1,767 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |[[Edward Cyril Malone]] |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Regina Northeast|Regina North East]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Walter Smishek|Walt Smishek]]<br />3,735 |Del Miller<br />1,735 |Christine Howard<br />1,535 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Walter Smishek |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Regina North West]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Edward Charles Whelan|Ed Whelan]]<br />3,174 |David Bouchard<br />2,333 |[[Bill Sveinson|William M. Sveinson]]<br />2,027 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Edward Charles Whelan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Regina Rosemont]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Bill Allen (Canadian politician)|Bill Allen]]<br />3,602 |George Wagner<br />1,685 |Gerald A. Fuller<br />1,962 | | colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|''New District'' |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Regina South]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |[[Eric Cline]]<br />1,913 |[[Stuart John Cameron|Stuart Cameron]]<br />3,796 |[[Paul Emile Rousseau|Paul Rousseau]]<br />2,059 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |[[Gordon Burton Grant|Gordon Grant]]**<br /><span style="font-size: 75%;">''Regina Whitmore Park''</span> |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Regina Douglas Park|Regina Victoria]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |[[Henry Harold Peter Baker|Henry Baker]]<br />3,577 |Graham Wolk<br />1,833 |Fred L. Dunbar<br />1,377 | | colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|''New District'' |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|[[Regina Wascana]] |{{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|background}}| |Agnes Groome<br />2,752 |[[Anthony Merchant]]<br />4,126 |Roy A. Rudichuk<br />1,810 | |{{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|background}}| |Henry Harold Peter Baker |}
==See also== *[[List of political parties in Saskatchewan]] *[[List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts]]
==References== {{Reflist}} *[https://saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2019_elections_results_by_electoral_division.pdf Saskatchewan Archives Board - Election Results By Electoral Division] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090313070432/http://www.elections.sk.ca/history.php#provincialvotesummaries Elections Saskatchewan: Provincial Vote Summaries]
==Further reading== * {{cite book |editor1-last=Saywell |editor1-first=John |editor1-link=John Saywell |title=Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1975 |date=1976 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |location=Toronto |isbn=9781442671898 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_q3c1 |url-access=registration}}
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