# 1975 Saskatchewan general election > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1975_Saskatchewan_general_election > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1975_Saskatchewan_general_election.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Saskatchewan_general_election > Source revision: 1334634611 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Canadian provincial election 1975 Saskatchewan general election ← 1971 June 11, 1975 (1975-06-11) 1978 → ← outgoing members members → 61 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 32 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party 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 6 ±0 7 Popular vote 180,700 142,853 124,573 Percentage 40.07% 31.67% 27.62% Swing 14.93pp 11.15pp 25.49pp Premier before election Allan Blakeney New Democratic Premier after election Allan Blakeney New Democratic The **1975 Saskatchewan general election** was held on June 11, 1975, to elect members of the [Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Saskatchewan). Blakeney and the NDP were re-elected to a majority government. Both the [New Democratic](/source/New_Democratic_Party_of_Saskatchewan) government of [Premier](/source/List_of_premiers_of_Saskatchewan) [Allan Blakeney](/source/Allan_Blakeney) and the [opposition](/source/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Saskatchewan)) [Liberal Party](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Saskatchewan), led by [David Steuart](/source/David_Steuart), dropped in support to the resurgent [Progressive Conservative Party](/source/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Saskatchewan). The Tories, who were a minor force in the [previous election](/source/1971_Saskatchewan_general_election), drew over a quarter of the 1975 electorate. ## Campaign One of the main issues of the campaign was [natural resources](/source/Natural_resource) management. At the onset of the campaign, Saskatchewan was facing court challenges and a [capital strike](/source/Capital_strike) from multinational resource extraction companies. The [potash](/source/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](/source/Pierre_Trudeau) supported the companies' court challenges, and announced in the [November 1974 federal budget](/source/November_1974_Canadian_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](/source/Royalty_payment) to ease the companies' concerns and bring investments back to the province. They were fiercely opposed to [public ownership](/source/State_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](/source/Energy_resources) like [oil](/source/Petroleum_industry_in_Canada), [gas](/source/Natural_gas_in_Canada), [coal](/source/Coal_in_Canada) and [uranium](/source/Uranium_ore); and [minerals](/source/Mineral) 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 - [List of political parties in Saskatchewan](/source/List_of_political_parties_in_Saskatchewan) - [List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts](/source/List_of_Saskatchewan_provincial_electoral_districts) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NDP-policy-paper_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NDP-policy-paper_1-1) McGrane, David; Romanow, Roy J.; Whyte, John D.; Isinger, Russell (eds.). *Back to Blakeney : revitalizing the democratic state*. Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-88977-641-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-88977-641-8). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [1090178443](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1090178443). - [Saskatchewan Archives Board - Election Results By Electoral Division](https://saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2019_elections_results_by_electoral_division.pdf) - [Elections Saskatchewan: Provincial Vote Summaries](https://web.archive.org/web/20090313070432/http://www.elections.sk.ca/history.php#provincialvotesummaries) ## Further reading - [Saywell, John](/source/John_Saywell), ed. (1976). [*Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs, 1975*](https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_q3c1). Toronto: University of Toronto Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781442671898](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781442671898). v t e Elections in Saskatchewan General elections 1905 1908 1912 1917 1921 1925 1929 1934 1938 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1967 1971 1975 1978 1982 1986 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2020 2024 By-elections 2017 Saskatoon Meewasin 2022 Athabasca 2022 Saskatoon Meewasin 2023 Lumsden-Morse 2023 Regina Coronation Park 2023 Regina Walsh Acres Municipal elections 2006 2009 2012 2016 2020 2024 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1975 Saskatchewan general election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Saskatchewan_general_election) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Saskatchewan_general_election?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.