1982 Saskatchewan general election

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Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1982 Saskatchewan general election was held on April 26, 1982, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

The Progressive Conservative Party, led by Grant Devine, defeated the New Democratic Party government of Premier Allan Blakeney, which had governed the province since the 1971 election. The Tories won over half the popular vote, and a large majority in the legislature – the first time that the party had won an outright majority, and making Devine only the second Tory premier in the province's history. The only other time that the Tories had ever led a government was after the 1929 election, when James Anderson led a coalition government of Conservatives, Progressives and independents.

The NDP vote fell to its lowest level since 1938, and the party lost 35 of its 44 seats in the legislature – the second-worst defeat of a sitting government in the province's history, behind only the Saskatchewan Liberal Party's 38-seat loss in 1944. The highest-profile casualty was Deputy Premier Roy Romanow, who was ousted by Tory challenger Jo-Ann Zazelenchuk as part of the Tories' sweep of Saskatoon.

This election included the Aboriginal People's Party, a party focused on issues affecting Saskatchewan's First Nations. The APP's best showing would be in the Cumberland district of northeast Saskatchewan, finishing third – ahead of the Liberal candidate.

Popular feelings of alienation in Saskatchewan from Ottawa reached a high point in 1982. The provincial wing of the Western Canada Concept movement won more votes than the Saskatchewan Liberal Party candidate in over a third of Saskatchewan's constituencies; in three ridings the WCC candidate captured more than 1,000 votes. The WCC would disappear by 1988, and be replaced by the Western Independence Party, and later the Buffalo Party, in the 21st century.

Results

Template:Election table !rowspan=2 colspan=2 align=center|Party !rowspan=2 align=center|Party leader !rowspan=2|Candidates !colspan=4 align=center|Seats !colspan=3 align=center|Popular vote |- !1978 !Dissol. !Elected !% Change !# !% !% Change Template:Canadian party colour |align="center"|Grant Devine |align="right"| 64 |align="right"|17 |align="right"|15 |align="right"| 55 |align="right"|+266.7% |align="right"|289,311 |align="right"|54.07% |align="right"|+15.99% Template:Canadian party colour |align="center"|Allan Blakeney |align="right"| 64 |align="right"|44 |align="right"|44 |align="right"| 9 |align="right"|-79.5% |align="right"|201,390 |align="right"|37.64% |align="right"|-10.44% Template:Canadian party colour |align="center"|Ralph Goodale |align="right"| 64 |align="right"|– |align="right"|– |align="right"| – |align="right"|– |align="right"|24,134 |align="right"|4.51% |align="right"|-9.27% Template:Canadian party colour |align="center"|Ray Bailey |align="right"| 40 |align="right"|* |align="right"|* |align="right"| – |align="right"|* |align="right"|17,487 |align="right"|3.26% |align="right"|* Template:Canadian party colour | colspan=2 align=left|Independent |align="right"| 8 |align="right"|– |align="right"|21 |align="right"| – |align="right"|-100% |align="right"|1,607 |align="right"|0.30% |align="right"|+0.28% Template:Canadian party colour |align="center"| |align="right"| 10 |align="right"|* |align="right"|* |align="right"| – |align="right"|* |align="right"|1,156 |align="right"|0.22% |align="right"|* |- |colspan=3| Total |align="right"| 250 |align="right"|61 |align="right"|61 |align="right"| 64 |align="right"|+4.9% |align="right"|535,085 |align="right"|100% |align="right"|  |- | align="center" colspan=11|Source: Elections Saskatchewan |-

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Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in previous election. 1Richard Collver and Dennis Ham, MLAs of the short-lived "Unionest Party".

Percentages

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Ranking

Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth

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0 0 1 2 5

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
Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Western Canada Concept Other
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Athabasca Template:Canadian party colour Bruce Clarke
1,162
Frederick John Thompson
1,606
Willard Quewezance
147
Rod Bishop (Ind.) 976

Vital Morin (APP) 210

Template:Canadian party colour Frederick John Thompson
Cut Knife-Lloydminster Template:Canadian party colour Michael Hopfner
4,968
Bob Long
3,963
L. Allison Henderson
109
Template:Canadian party colour Robert Gavin Long
Meadow Lake Template:Canadian party colour George McLeod
4,236
Dave Bridger
2,149
R. Hugh Currie
131
Paul S. Pospisil
242
Ray L. Manegre (Ind.) 57 Template:Canadian party colour George Malcolm McLeod
Redberry Template:Canadian party colour John Gerich
4,018
Dennis Banda
2,556
Bernadine Droesse
156
Wayne Ratzlaff
303
Template:Canadian party colour Dennis George Banda
Rosthern Template:Canadian party colour Ralph Katzman
6,816
Chris Banman
1,889
Bruce Wagner
412
James E. Boschman (Ind.) 188 Template:Canadian party colour Ralph Katzman
The Battlefords Template:Canadian party colour Myles Morin
5,737
David Miner
3,625
Mary Friedman
348
Vernon D. Loeppky
249
Template:Canadian party colour David Manly Miner
Turtleford Template:Canadian party colour Colin Maxwell
3,825
Lloyd Johnson
2,803
Glenn J. Mason
155
Template:Canadian party colour Lloyd Emmett Johnson

Northeast Saskatchewan

Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Western Canada Concept Aboriginal People's Party
width=15% Template:Canadian party colour width=15% Template:Canadian party colour width=15% Template:Canadian party colour width=15% Template:Canadian party colour width=15% Template:Canadian party colour
Cumberland Template:Canadian party colour Edward Charlette
852
Lawrence Riel Yew
2,587
Roy Fosseneuve
251
Leon E. McAuley
329
Template:Canadian party colour Norm MacAulay**
Kelsey-Tisdale Template:Canadian party colour Neal Hardy
5,171
Francis E. Schmeichel
2,874
P. Hudson Foga
139
John K. McConaghie
284
Olga Flesjer
32
Template:Canadian party colour Neal Herbert Hardy
Kinistino Template:Canadian party colour Bernard Boutin
4,266
Don Cody
3,759
Ed Olchowy
247
Template:Canadian party colour Donald William Cody
Melfort Template:Canadian party colour Grant Hodgins
4,626
Norm Vickar
3,099
S. Helen Hamilton
130
Brian Bedard
489
Template:Canadian party colour Norman Vickar
Nipawin Template:Canadian party colour Lloyd Sauder
4,267
Irvin G. Perkins
2,844
Ron J. Wassill
231
Bob Fair
627
Template:Canadian party colour Richard Collver**
Prince Albert Template:Canadian party colour John Meagher
4,258
Mike Feschuk
4,232
Bill Nutting
369
Earl Switenky
764
Template:Canadian party colour Mike Feschuk
Prince Albert-Duck Lake Template:Canadian party colour Phil West
3,491
Jerome Hammersmith
3,500
Mike Scholfield
404
Ron Folstad
873
John H. McLeod
86
Template:Canadian party colour Jerome Hammersmith
Shellbrook-Torch River Template:Canadian party colour Lloyd Muller
4,117
George Bowerman
3,274
Jack Greening
287
Stanley Stefanski
667
Garry Standing
65
Template:Canadian party colour George Bowerman
Shellbrook

Template:Election box begin |- Template:Canadian party colour |style="width: 130px"|Prog. Conservative |Sid Dutchak |align="right"|4,271 |align="right"|55.78% |align="right"|+13.99 Template:Canadian party colour |NDP |Jerome Hammersmith |align="right"|3,386 |align="right"|44.22% |align="right"|+2.32 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,657 !align="right"|100.00 !align="right"| Template:Election box end

West Central Saskatchewan

Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Western Canada Concept
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Arm River Template:Canadian party colour Gerald Muirhead
5,608
Donald Leonard Faris
2,719
Marjorie Towstego
118
Jim Cross
339
Template:Canadian party colour Gerald Muirhead
Biggar Template:Canadian party colour Harry Baker
4,437
Elwood Lorrie Cowley
3,070
Neil Vander Nagel
141
Roland Chouinard
327
Template:Canadian party colour Elwood Lorrie Cowley
Humboldt Template:Canadian party colour Louis Domotor
4,480
Edwin Tchorzewski
3,946
Ligouri LeBlanc
361
Glen Strueby
168
Template:Canadian party colour Edwin Tchorzewski
Kindersley Template:Canadian party colour Robert Andrew
5,211
Wayne Nargang
1,833
Wayne Mah
166
Chuck McIntyre
454
Template:Canadian party colour Robert Lynal Andrew
Rosetown-Elrose Template:Canadian party colour Herbert Swan
4,802
Jim Mills
2,327
David Herle
166
Dale Skelton
666
Template:Canadian party colour Herbert Junior Swan
Wilkie Template:Canadian party colour James Garner
5,056
Wayne Birn
2,039
Arthur Reil
502
Template:Canadian party colour James W.A. Garner

East Central Saskatchewan

Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Western Canada Concept Aboriginal People's Party
width=15% Template:Canadian party colour width=15% Template:Canadian party colour width=15% Template:Canadian party colour width=15% Template:Canadian party colour width=15% Template:Canadian party colour
Canora Template:Canadian party colour Lloyd Hampton
4,398
Gerard Pikula
3,520
Michael Okrainetz
312
Template:Canadian party colour Al Matsalla**
Kelvington-Wadena Template:Canadian party colour Sherwin Petersen
4,330
Neil Byers
3,755
Ben Ferrie
215
Template:Canadian party colour Neil Byers
Template:Nowrap Template:Canadian party colour Arnold Tusa
4,588
Gordon MacMurchy
4,059
Charles Schuler 165 Jack McMunn
218
Template:Canadian party colour Gordon MacMurchy
Melville Template:Canadian party colour Grant Schmidt
4,172
Pat Krug
3,486
Jack Hanowski
627
Ray Miller
421
Harry Bird
64
Template:Canadian party colour Template:Nowrap
Pelly Template:Canadian party colour Mervyn Abrahamson
3,179
Norm Lusney
3,381
Tom Campbell
476
Template:Canadian party colour Norm Lusney
Quill Lakes Template:Canadian party colour Ray Berscheid
3,892
Murray Koskie
3,945
Walter Paulson
448
Template:Canadian party colour Murray J. Koskie
Saltcoats Template:Canadian party colour Walt Johnson
3,921
Ed Kaeding
3,531
James Coueslan
416
Template:Canadian party colour Ed Kaeding
Yorkton Template:Canadian party colour Lorne McLaren
5,487
Randy Nelson
3,727
Joseph Matsalla
252
Ted Yascheshen
194
Template:Canadian party colour Randall Neil Nelson

Southwest Saskatchewan

Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Western Canada Concept
width=17.5% Template:Canadian party colour width=17.5% Template:Canadian party colour width=17.5% Template:Canadian party colour width=17.5% Template:Canadian party colour
Assiniboia-Gravelbourg Template:Canadian party colour Rene Archambault
2,438
Allen Engel
2,875
Ralph Goodale
2,760
Hugh Clarke
459
Template:Canadian party colour Allen Engel
Maple Creek Template:Canadian party colour Joan Duncan
4,228
J.R. Porter
2,158
Bernie Ford
422
Larry English
806
Template:Canadian party colour Joan Duncan
Moose Jaw North Template:Canadian party colour Keith Parker
5,859
Glenn Hagel
3,895
Terrance Ocrane
361
Colin Campbell
256
Template:Canadian party colour John Skoberg**
Moose Jaw South Template:Canadian party colour Arthur "Bud" Smith
4,110
Gordon Snyder
3,908
Bob Halter
328
Jack Ashton
275
Template:Canadian party colour Gordon Taylor Snyder
Morse Template:Canadian party colour Art Martens
3,565
Reg Gross
2,409
Don Meyer
277
Ray L. Bailey
887
Template:Canadian party colour Reginald John Gross
Shaunavon Template:Canadian party colour John Bleackley
2,730
Dwain Lingenfelter
2,897
Gratton Murray
745
Barry W. Dixon
1,139
Template:Canadian party colour Dwain Lingenfelter
Swift Current Template:Canadian party colour Patricia Anne Smith
4,756
Spencer Wooff
2,941
Anna Patricia White
316
Henry Banman
787
Template:Canadian party colour Dennis Ham**
Thunder Creek Template:Canadian party colour Colin Thatcher
4,412
Ron Kurtz
2,036
Gary Sherlock
264
Pat Mullin
442
Template:Canadian party colour Colin Thatcher

Template:Election box begin |- Template:Canadian party colour |style="width: 130px"|Prog. Conservative |Richard Swenson |align="right"|2,670 |align="right"|42.49% |align="right"|-19.18 Template:Canadian party colour |NDP |Betty Payne |align="right"|1,730 |align="right"|27.53% |align="right"|-0.93 Template:Canadian party colour |Liberal |William Johnstone |align="right"|1,703 |align="right"|27.10% |align="right"|+23.41 Template:Canadian party colour |WCC |Henry Banman |align="right"|181 |align="right"|2.88% |align="right"|-3.30 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|6,284 !align="right"|100.00 !align="right"| Template:Election box end

Southeast Saskatchewan

Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Western Canada Concept
width=17.5% Template:Canadian party colour width=17.5% Template:Canadian party colour width=17.5% Template:Canadian party colour width=17.5% Template:Canadian party colour
Bengough-Milestone Template:Canadian party colour Bob Pickering
4,571
Jim Liggett
2,653
Tim Maloney
420
Template:Canadian party colour Robert Hugh Pickering
Estevan Template:Canadian party colour Grant Devine
5,487
John Chapman
2,947
Heather MacDonald-Doyle
649
Vernon McClement
184
Template:Canadian party colour John Chapman
Indian Head-Wolseley Template:Canadian party colour Doug Taylor
4,251
Pat Connolley
2,073
Con Lalonde
571
John Parley
554
Template:Canadian party colour Douglas Graham Taylor
Moosomin Template:Canadian party colour Larry Birkbeck
4,165
Fred Easton
2,476
Peter Semchuk
250
Don Donaldson
1,311
Template:Canadian party colour Larry Birkbeck
Qu’Appelle-Lumsden Template:Canadian party colour John Gary Lane
5,643
Tom Usherwood
2,372
Cheryl Stadnyk
219
Allan Smith
346
Template:Canadian party colour John Gary Lane
Qu’Appelle
Souris-Cannington Template:Canadian party colour Eric Berntson
4,093
Dean Fraser
1,639
William Owens
437
Dale Nolin
1,082
Template:Canadian party colour Eric Berntson
Weyburn Template:Canadian party colour Lorne Hepworth
5,426
Elaine Driver
3,088
David Wright
422
Template:Canadian party colour James Auburn Pepper**

Saskatoon

Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Western Canada Concept Aboriginal People's Party Other
width=12% Template:Canadian party colour width=12% Template:Canadian party colour width=12% Template:Canadian party colour width=12% Template:Canadian party colour width=12% Template:Canadian party colour width=12% Template:Canadian party colour
Saskatoon Centre Template:Canadian party colour Jack Sandberg
3,553
Paul Mostoway
2,987
Delores Burkhart
470
Template:Canadian party colour Paul Peter Mostoway
Saskatoon Eastview Template:Canadian party colour Kimberly Young
6,981
Bernie Poniatowski
3,736
David Jackson
688
Template:Canadian party colour Bernard Poniatowski
Saskatoon Fairview Template:Canadian party colour Duane Weiman
6,185
Bob Mitchell
3,432
David Schwartz
181
Brian Bellamy
200
John Dorion
48
New District
Saskatoon Mayfair Template:Canadian party colour Cal Glauser
7,386
Dave Whalley
3,777
Maureen Darling
441
Don Kavanaugh
186
Template:Canadian party colour Beverly Milton Dyck**
Saskatoon Nutana Template:Canadian party colour Evelyn Bacon
3,685
Pat Atkinson
3,580
David Tunney
492
Template:Canadian party colour Wes Robbins**
Saskatoon Riversdale Template:Canadian party colour Jo-Ann Zazelenchuk
3,576
Roy Romanow
3,557
Harold Flett
228
Joe Gallagher
143
Alexander Barker (Ind.) 57 Template:Canadian party colour Roy Romanow
Saskatoon South Template:Canadian party colour Bob Myers
4,611
Herman Rolfes
3,221
Don McCullough
422
Reid Schmidt
90
Carol Stadnyk (Ind.) 118 Template:Canadian party colour Herman Harold Rolfes
Saskatoon Buena Vista
Saskatoon Sutherland Template:Canadian party colour Paul Schoenhals
5,328
Mark Koenker
3,026
Ron Hannah
374
Gordon Barnes
116
Cecil King
43
Template:Canadian party colour Peter Prebble
Saskatoon University Template:Canadian party colour Rick Folk
3,490
Peter Prebble
3,041
David B. Miller
718
Earl A. Cowley
104
Alphard Fafard
(Not affiliated) 28
New District
Saskatoon Westmount Template:Canadian party colour Gay Caswell
3,716
John Edward Brockelbank
3,583
Peter Groves
288
Freda Moosehunter
136
Template:Canadian party colour John Edward Brockelbank

Regina

Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Progressive Conservative New Democratic Liberal Western Canada Concept Other
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Regina Centre Template:Canadian party colour Jim Petrychyn
2,570
Ned Shillington
3,821
Cam McCannell
691
Tyler Benson
165
Gordon Massie
(Not affiliated) 66
Template:Canadian party colour Edward Shillington
Regina Elphinstone Template:Canadian party colour Ross Reibling
3,066
Allan Blakeney
4,139
Glenn Caleval
255
Template:Canadian party colour Allan Blakeney
Regina Lakeview Template:Canadian party colour Tim Embury
4,688
Doug McArthur
3,808
Delores Honour
520
Template:Canadian party colour Douglas Francis McArthur
Regina North Template:Canadian party colour Jack Klein
5,845
Stan Oxelgren
3,715
Daryl Boychuk
239
New District
Regina North East Template:Canadian party colour Russ Sutor
5,303
Walt Smishek
3,559
Robert Dall'Olio
178
Ron J. Blashill
201
Template:Canadian party colour Walter Smishek
Regina North West Template:Canadian party colour Bill Sveinson
6,797
John Solomon
4,509
Adrian McBride
245
Les R. Kavanaugh
222
Template:Canadian party colour John Solomon
Regina Rosemont Template:Canadian party colour Gordon Dirks
5,271
Bill Allen
3,673
Ken M. Grotsky
210
Stewart Coward
206
Template:Canadian party colour Bill Allen
Regina South Template:Canadian party colour Paul Rousseau
6,088
Margaret Fern
2,869
Lori Stinson
286
Template:Canadian party colour Paul Emile Rousseau
Regina Victoria Template:Canadian party colour Metro Rybchuk
4,108
Henry Baker
3,512
Steve Bata
335
Barbara Duff
184
Jim Harding (Ind.) 117 Template:Canadian party colour Henry Harold Peter Baker
Regina Wascana Template:Canadian party colour Gord Currie
5,976
Clint White
3,434
Marlene Lamontagne
483
Template:Canadian party colour Clinton Oliver White

Template:Election box begin |- Template:Canadian party colour |style="width: 130px"|NDP |Edwin Tchorzewski |align="right"|5,377 |align="right"|70.97% |align="right"|+32.46 Template:Canadian party colour |Prog. Conservative |Wilma Staff |align="right"|1,768 |align="right"|23.34% |align="right"|-34.05 Template:Canadian party colour |Liberal |Harvey Schick |align="right"|431 |align="right"|5.69% |align="right"|+3.76 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,576 !align="right"|100.00 !align="right"| Template:Election box end

See also

References

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Further reading

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