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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 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.<ref name="NDP-policy-paper">Template:Cite book</ref>
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.<ref name="NDP-policy-paper" />
Results
Percentages
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Ranking
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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
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Candidates
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Incumbent
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| NDP
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Liberal
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PC
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Other
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| Athabasca
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Frederick John Thompson
1,483
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Ben Siemens
1,157
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Roy Simpson
421
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Rod Bishop (Ind.)
829
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Allan Ray Guy
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| Cut Knife-Lloydminster
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Miro Kwasnica
2,794
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Sam Herman
2,076
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Fred Baynton
2,113
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Miro Kwasnica
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| Meadow Lake
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Gord McNeill
2,094
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Henry Coupland
2,058
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Leo Jeannotte
1,705
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Henry Ethelbert Coupland
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| Redberry
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Dennis Banda
2,783
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Emil Craig
2,006
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Nick E. Kowerchuk
1,835
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Dick Michayluk**
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| Rosthern
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A.R. Friesen
2,030
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Allan Ray Guy
2,277
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Ralph Katzman
2,718
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David Boldt**
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| The Battlefords
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Eiling Kramer
3,660
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Peter Tarnowsky
2,674
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Walter Kostyna
1,212
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Eiling Kramer
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| Turtleford
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Lloyd Johnson
2,405
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Cyril Fransoo
1,994
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Gordon Mayer
1,666
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Michael Feduniak**
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Northeast Saskatchewan
| Electoral District
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Candidates
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Incumbent
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| NDP
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Liberal
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PC
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Other
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| Cumberland
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Norm MacAuley
1,646
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Winston McKay
1,128
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Garry M. Houghton
511
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Frank R. Tomkins (Ind.) 403
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New District
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| Kelsey-Tisdale
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John R. Messer
3,750
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Alan E. Caithcart
2,266
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Jack Ukrainetz
1,831
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John Rissler Messer
Tisdale-Kelsey
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| Kinistino
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Arthur Thibault
3,215
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Ed Olchowy
2,400
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Tom Smith
1,657
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New District
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| Melfort
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Norm Vickar
3,102
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Herbert J. Whitley
2,196
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Bill Warner
3,001
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Arthur Thibault
Melfort-Kinistino
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| Nipawin
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John Comer
2,599
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Ellis H. Hill
1,447
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Richard Collver
3,381
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John Kristian Comer
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| Prince Albert
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Mike Feschuk
2,947
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Kenneth A. Beeson
1,947
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Richard E. Spencer
2,689
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Mike Feschuk
Prince Albert East
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| Prince Albert-Duck Lake
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Louis Roy
2,822
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Davey Steuart
3,675
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Norm Wipf
1,472
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David Gordon Steuart
Prince Albert West
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| Shellbrook
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George Bowerman
3,138
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Louis W. Hradecki
1,584
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John P. Meagher
2,035
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George Bowerman
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|style="width: 130px"|Prog. Conservative
|Norm Wipf
|align="right"|3,022
|align="right"|39.84%
|align="right"|+21.37
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|NDP
|Jerome Hammersmith
|align="right"|2,773
|align="right"|36.55%
|align="right"|+1.14
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|Liberal
|Alexandre Joseph Baribeau
|align="right"|1,791
|align="right"|23.61%
|align="right"|-22.51
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!align="right"|7,586
!align="right"|100.00
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West Central Saskatchewan
| Electoral District
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Candidates
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Incumbent
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| NDP
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Liberal
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PC
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Other
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| Arm River
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Donald Leonard Faris
2,854
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Ron Thorstad
2,843
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Ron McLelland
1,974
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Donald Leonard Faris
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| Biggar
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Elwood L. Cowley
3,223
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Arthur Meister
1,520
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Ralph Young
1,906
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Elwood Lorrie Cowley
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| Humboldt
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Edwin Tchorzewski
3,006
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Peter Cline
2,087
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Ray Perpick
2,334
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Edwin Tchorzewski
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| Kindersley
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Alex Taylor
2,322
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Allan McMillan
2,659
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Bayne Secord
2,348
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Alex Taylor
Kerrobert-Kindersley
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| Rosetown-Elrose
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Bill Owens
2,673
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Calvin W. Fensom
2,004
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Roy Bailey
3,078
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George Fredrick Loken**
Rosetown
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| Merged district
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Hayden William Owens
Elrose
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| Wilkie
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Delaine Scotton
2,223
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Linda Clifford
2,831
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Jim Garner
2,138
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Joseph "Cliff" McIsaac**
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East Central Saskatchewan
| Electoral District
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Candidates
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Incumbent
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| NDP
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Liberal
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PC
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Other
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| Canora
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Al Matsalla
4,024
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Marie Kotelko
2,310
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Michael Kaminski
1,656
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Al Matsalla
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| Kelvington-Wadena
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Neil Byers
4,051
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Joe Bencharski
1,846
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Don Austring
2,111
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Neil Erland Byers
Kelvington
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| Merged district
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Fred Dewhurst**
Wadena
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| Last Mountain-Touchwood
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Gordon MacMurchy
3,640
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Les Digney
1,819
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Arnold Tusa
2,565
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Gordon MacMurchy
Last Mountain
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| Merged district
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Frank Meakes**
Touchwood
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| Melville
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John Kowalchuk
3,747
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Joseph L. Sedlovitch
2,019
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Glenn Miller
2,478
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John Russell Kowalchuk
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| Pelly
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Leo Larson
3,511
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Peter E. McDonald
2,250
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W.J. Ferniuk
1,150
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George G. Shlakoff (Ind.) 75
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Leonard Melvin Larson
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| Quill Lakes
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Murray Koskie
3,211
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Arnold E. Boyko
2,022
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Dick Harcourt
1,342
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New District
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| Saltcoats
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Ed Kaeding
2,887
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William H. Peasley
2,058
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Wilfred J. Walker
2,109
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Ed Kaeding
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| Yorkton
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Randy Nelson
3,099
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Arlis Dellow
2,958
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Ivan Daunt
2,173
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Irving Wensley Carlson**
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|style="width: 130px"|NDP
|Norm Lusney
|align="right"|3,724
|align="right"|48.29%
|align="right"|-1.97
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|Prog. Conservative
|Barrie Johnson
|align="right"|2,314
|align="right"|30.00%
|align="right"|+13.54
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|Liberal
|Donn Walsh
|align="right"|1,674
|align="right"|21.71%
|align="right"|-10.50
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!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,712
!align="right"|100.00
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Southwest Saskatchewan
| Electoral District
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Candidates
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Incumbent
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| NDP
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Liberal
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PC
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Other
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| Assiniboia-Gravelbourg
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Allan Engel
3,012
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Roy Nelson
3,400
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Connie McLeod
1,517
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David Hadley Lange
Assiniboia-Bengough
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| Merged district
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Reginald John Gross
Gravelbourg
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| Maple Creek
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Gene Flasch
2,232
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Bill Stodalka
2,698
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Eric Richardson
2,241
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Gene Flasch
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| Moose Jaw North
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John Skoberg
3,468
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Emmett Reidy
2,284
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Ken Glenn
2,286
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Don MacDonald**
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| Moose Jaw South
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Gordon Snyder
3,950
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Faye Gordon
1,521
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Arthur "Bud" Smith
1,857
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Gordon Taylor Snyder
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| Morse
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Reg Gross
2,502
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Jack Wiebe
2,517
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Art Martens
1,847
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John Edward Niel Wiebe
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| Shaunavon
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Allan Oliver
2,593
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Eiliv "Sonny" Anderson
3,370
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Eric Slater
1,375
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Allan Roy Oliver
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| Swift Current
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Murray Walter
2,452
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Len Stein
1,734
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Dennis Ham
3,494
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Everett Irvine Wood**
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| Thunder Creek
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Jim Murdock
2,036
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Colin Thatcher
2,640
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Don Swenson
2,348
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New District
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Southeast Saskatchewan
| Electoral District
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Candidates
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Incumbent
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| NDP
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Liberal
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PC
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Other
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| Bengough-Milestone
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David Lange
2,819
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Grant Frank
1,927
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E.R. Moody
2,512
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David Hadley Lange
Assiniboia-Bengough
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| Merged district
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Cyril Pius MacDonald
Milestone
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| Estevan
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Kim Thorson
2,499
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Ian MacDougall
1,464
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Bob Larter
4,354
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Kim Thorson
Souris-Estevan
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| Indian Head-Wolseley
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Terry Hanson
2,241
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Cyril MacDonald
2,844
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Jack H. Horsman
2,205
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Terry Lyle Hanson
Qu'Appelle-Wolseley
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| Moosomin
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Fred A. Easton
2,087
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Frank Gardner
2,891
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Larry Birkbeck
3,018
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E. Franklin Gardner
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| Qu'Appelle
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Donald W. Cody
3,430
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John Gary Lane
3,796
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F. Warren Denzin
1,806
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John Gary Lane
Lumsden
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| Souris-Cannington
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James T. Eaton
1,530
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Tom Weatherald
2,494
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Eric Berntson
3,212
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Kim Thorson
Souris-Estevan
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| Merged district
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Thomas Milton Weatherald
Cannington
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| Weyburn
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Jim Pepper
2,971
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Norm Flaten
2,299
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John Whitell
2,522
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James Auburn Pepper
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Saskatoon
| Electoral District
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Candidates
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Incumbent
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| NDP
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Liberal
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PC
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Other
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Herman Rolfes
2,720
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Barry Korchinski
2,487
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Harold W. Lane
2,242
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New District
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| Saskatoon Centre
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Paul Mostoway
3,117
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Douglas R. Knott
2,758
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Morris T. Cherneskey
2,284
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John Richards (Ind.)
1,492
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Beverly Dyck
Saskatoon City Park
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| Saskatoon Eastview
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Reg Parker
2,466
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Glen Penner
3,175
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Larry Fast
1,418
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Herman Harold Rolfes
Saskatoon Nutana South
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| Saskatoon Mayfair
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Beverly Dyck
3,467
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John Olsen
2,120
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June Smith
2,001
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John Edward Brockelbank
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| Saskatoon Nutana
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Wes Robbins
3,881
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Bruno F. Riemer
2,280
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Kay McCorkell
2,112
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W. Albert Robbins
Saskatoon Nutana Centre
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| Saskatoon Riversdale
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Roy Romanow
4,172
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William Stadnyk
1,551
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Gary Barnes
961
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Roy Romanow
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| Saskatoon Sutherland
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Anne Boulton
3,145
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Evelyn Edwards
3,843
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Karim Nasser
1,759
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John G. Richards**
Saskatoon University
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| Saskatoon Westmount
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John Edward Brockelbank
3,916
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Tim Ryan
2,466
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Peter Shinkaruk
1,592
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New District
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|Bill Lane
|align="right"|3,962
|align="right"|38.68%
|align="right"|+18.57
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|Liberal
|Gerry Fraser
|align="right"|3,423
|align="right"|33.42%
|align="right"|-10.51
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|NDP
|Anne Boulton
|align="right"|2,829
|align="right"|27.61%
|align="right"|-8.35
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|Independent
|Alexander Vasey Barker
|align="right"|30
|align="right"|0.29%
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!align="right"|10,244
!align="right"|100.00
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Regina
| Electoral District
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Candidates
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Incumbent
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| NDP
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Liberal
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PC
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Other
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| Regina Centre
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Ned Shillington
3,603
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Les Hammond
2,417
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Keith Jeal
1,500
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William C. Beeching (Ind.) 98
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Allan Blakeney
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| Regina Elphinstone
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Allan Blakeney
4,096
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Donna Welke
1,474
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Arthur Cropley
1,374
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Ken MacLeod**
Regina Albert Park
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| Regina Lakeview
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Henri Saucier
2,603
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Ted Malone
3,374
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Reg Watts
1,767
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Edward Cyril Malone
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| Regina North East
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Walt Smishek
3,735
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Del Miller
1,735
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Christine Howard
1,535
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Walter Smishek
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| Regina North West
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Ed Whelan
3,174
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David Bouchard
2,333
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William M. Sveinson
2,027
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Edward Charles Whelan
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| Regina Rosemont
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Bill Allen
3,602
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George Wagner
1,685
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Gerald A. Fuller
1,962
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New District
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| Regina South
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Eric Cline
1,913
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Stuart Cameron
3,796
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Paul Rousseau
2,059
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Gordon Grant**
Regina Whitmore Park
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| Regina Victoria
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Henry Baker
3,577
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Graham Wolk
1,833
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Fred L. Dunbar
1,377
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New District
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| Regina Wascana
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Agnes Groome
2,752
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Anthony Merchant
4,126
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Roy A. Rudichuk
1,810
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Henry Harold Peter Baker
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See also
References
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