1991 Saskatchewan general election

Saskatchewan general election, 1991
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66 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan; 34 seats needed for a majority
Premier before election; Grant Devine; Progressive Conservative	Premier-designate ; Roy Romanow; New Democratic

The Saskatchewan general election of 1991 was the twenty-second provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on October 21, 1991, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

The Progressive Conservative government of Premier Grant Devine was defeated by the New Democratic Party, led by former provincial Attorney General Roy Romanow. A major source of dissatisfaction with the Grant Devine government was the "Fair Share Saskatchewan" program, a scheme to distribute public service jobs more evenly across the province;^[1]^[2] a plan especially unpopular with workers scheduled to be relocated from Regina to rural districts. The Devine government was also notorious for a home construction and renovation relief program which reimbursed homeowners who did their own renovations.

The NDP was able to win more than half of the popular vote, and an overwhelming majority in the legislature. The Tories lost almost three-quarters of the seats they had held in the legislature, and a significant share of the popular vote. Their loss in vote percentage resulted in 30 third-place finishes; this was more than their 26 second-place finishes or their ten seats won.

The Liberal Party – led by Lynda Haverstock – was able to attract a substantial share of disaffected Tory voters. However, despite winning almost one-quarter of the vote, their support was too spread out across the province to translate into seats. Haverstock was the only Liberal returned to the legislature.

Results

Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth
	New Democratic	55	10	1	0
	Progressive Conservative	10	26	30	0
	Liberal	1	30	35	0
	Independent	0	0	0	9

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Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
Party		Party leader	Candidates	1986	Dissol.	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	New Democratic	Roy Romanow	66	25	26	55	+112%	275,780	51.05%	+5.85%
	Progressive Conservative	Grant Devine	66	38	38	10	-73.7%	137,994	25.54%	-19.07%
	Liberal	Lynda Haverstock	66	1	0	1	–	125,814	23.29%	+13.30% Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents/row	Independent	8	–	–	–	–	592	0.11%	+0.04%
	Independence (Western Canada Concept)	Hilton J. Spencer (default)	1	–	–	–	–	46	0.01%	-0.07%
Total			207	64	64	66	+3.1%	540,226	100%
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Riding results

Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol " ** " represents MLAs who are not running again.

Northwest Saskatchewan

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Northeast Saskatchewan

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West Central Saskatchewan

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East Central Saskatchewan

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Southwest Saskatchewan

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Southeast Saskatchewan

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Saskatoon

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Regina

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February 4, 1994 By-election: Regina North West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal	Anita Bergman	2,566	57.05	+28.40 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row	NDP	Kathie Maher-Wolbaum	1,794	39.88	-20.85 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row	Prog. Conservative	Harvey Schmidt	138	3.07	-7.55
Total			4,498	100.00

References

^ Government Restructuring and Career Public Service in Canada, Evert A. Lindquist, 2000, Institute of Public Administration of Canada, ISBN 0-920715-92-3 [1]
^ Legislative Reports, Canadian Parliamentary Review, 14, #3, 1991

[1] Government Restructuring and Career Public Service in Canada, Evert A. Lindquist, 2000, Institute of Public Administration of Canada, ISBN 0-920715-92-3 [1]

[2] Legislative Reports, Canadian Parliamentary Review, 14, #3, 1991

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