Saskatchewan general election, 1975

Saskatchewan general election, 1975

1971 ← June 11, 1975 → 1978

61 seats in the 18th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 32 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   NDP LIB PC Leader Allan Blakeney David Steuart Richard Collver Party New Democrat Liberal Progressive Conservative Leader since 1970 1971 1973 Leader's seat Regina Elphinstone Prince Albert-Duck Lake Nipawin Last election 45 15 0 Seats won 39 15 7 Seat change -6 – +7 Popular vote 180,700 142,853 124,573 Percentage 40.07% 31.67% 27.62% Swing -14.93% -11.15% +25.49%

Premier before election Allan Blakeney New Democrat Elected Premier Allan Blakeney New Democrat

The Saskatchewan general election of 1975 was the eighteenth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It 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.

The New Democratic government of Premier Allan Blakeney and the opposition Liberal Party, led by David Steuart, both parties dropped in support to the resurgent Progressive Conservative Party, a minor force in the 1971 election, drew over a quarter of all votes.

Results

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

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

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
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			New District
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			New District
Prince Albert- Duck Lake		Louis Roy 2,822		Davey Steuart 3,675		Norm Wipf 1,472			New District
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
Rosetown-Elrose		Bill Owens 2,673		Calvin W. Fensom 2,004		Roy Bailey 3,078			New District
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 Sylvester Matsalla
Kelvington-Wadena		Neil Byers 4,051		Joe Bencharski 1,846		Don Austring 2,111			New District
Last Mountain- Touchwood		Gordon MacMurchy 3,640		Les Digney 1,819		Arnold Tusa 2,565			New District
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		Edgar Kaeding 2,887		William H. Peasley 2,058		Wilfred J. Walker 2,109				Edgar Ernest 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			New District
Maple Creek		Gene Flasch 2,232		Bill Stodalka 2,698		Eric Richardson 2,241				Eugene Frederick 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			New District
Estevan		Kim Thorson 2,499		Ian MacDougall 1,464		Bob Larter 4,354			New District
Indian Head- Wolseley		Terry Hanson 2,241		Cyril MacDonald 2,844		Jack H. Horsman 2,205				Terry Lyle Hanson
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 Lane 3,796		F. Warren Denzin 1,806				John Gary Lane
Souris-Cannington		James T. Eaton 1,530		Tom Weatherald 2,494		Eric Berntson 3,212			New District
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 Eastview		Reg Parker 2,466		Glen Penner 3,175		Larry Fast 1,418				Herman Harold Rolfes
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 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 Richards
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		Edward 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 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 Edmund 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 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 Baker

See also

• List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts
• List of Saskatchewan political parties

References

• Elections Saskatchewan: Provincial Vote Summaries
• Saskatchewan Archives Board - Election Results By Electoral Division