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{{Short description|13th Premier of Saskatchewan (2001–2007)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix   = [[The Reverend]] and [[the Honourable|Honourable]]
| name               = Lorne Calvert
| honorific-suffix   = [[Executive Council of Saskatchewan|ECS]] [[Saskatchewan Order of Merit|SOM]]
| image              = Calvert.jpg
| alt                = 
| caption            = Calvert addressing the media in 2007
| order              = 13th
| office             = Premier of Saskatchewan
| term_start         = February 8, 2001
| term_end           = November 21, 2007
| monarch            = [[Elizabeth II]]
| lieutenant_governor= [[Lynda Haverstock]]<br />[[Gordon Barnhart]]
| predecessor        = [[Roy Romanow]]
| successor          = [[Brad Wall]]
| office2            = Leader of the [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party]]
| term_start2        = January 27, 2001
| term_end2          = June 6, 2009
| predecessor2       = Roy Romanow
| successor2         = [[Dwain Lingenfelter]]
| office3            = [[Leader of the Opposition (Saskatchewan)|Saskatchewan Leader of the Opposition]]
| term_start3        = November 21, 2007
| term_end3          = June 6, 2009
| predecessor3       = Brad Wall
| successor3         = [[Dwain Lingenfelter]]
| office4            = [[Minister of Health (Saskatchewan)|Saskatchewan Minister of Health]]
| term_start4        = February 3, 1995
| term_end4          = November 22, 1995
| premier4           = [[Roy Romanow]]
| predecessor4       = [[Louise Simard (politician)|Louise Simard]]
| successor4         = [[Eric Cline]]
| office5            = Saskatchewan Minister of Social Services
| term_start5        = November 22, 1995
| term_end5          = September 21, 1998
| premier5           = Roy Romanow
| predecessor5       = [[Bob Pringle (politician)|Bob Pringle]]
| successor5         = [[Harry Van Mulligen]]
| office6            = Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan]]
| term_start6        = March 19, 2001
| term_end6          = June 30, 2009
| constituency6      = [[Saskatoon Riversdale]]
| predecessor6       = Roy Romanow
| successor6         = [[Danielle Chartier]]
| term_start7        = October 20, 1986
| term_end7          = August 16, 1999
| constituency7      = [[Moose Jaw Wakamow]] <small>(1991–1999)</small><br/>[[Moose Jaw South]] <small>(1986–1991)</small>
| predecessor7       = [[Bud Smith (Saskatchewan politician)|Bud Smith]]
| successor7         = [[Deb Higgins]]
| birth_name         = Lorne Albert Calvert
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1952|12|24}}
| birth_place        = [[Moose Jaw]], [[Saskatchewan]], Canada
| death_date         = 
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| nationality        = 
| party              = [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party]]
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| alma_mater         = [[University of Saskatchewan]] ([[University of Regina|Regina Campus]] and St. Andrew's College)
| occupation         = 
| profession         = [[Minister (Christianity)|Minister]]
| cabinet            = 
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'''Lorne Albert Calvert''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|SOM}} (born December 24, 1952) is a Canadian politician who served as the 13th [[premier of Saskatchewan]], from 2001 to 2007. Calvert served as leader of the [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party]] and Member of the [[Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan|Legislative Assembly]] for [[Saskatoon Riversdale]] from 2001 to 2009, when he retired. He also served as the MLA for [[Moose Jaw Wakamow]] from 1986 to 1999.

Calvert became premier when he was elected NDP leader in 2001 after the retirement of [[Roy Romanow]]. Campaigning on the party's social democratic legacy, Calvert led the party to a majority government in the 2003 provincial election. His party was defeated in the 2007 election by [[Brad Wall]]'s [[Saskatchewan Party]]. Late in Calvert's tenure as premier, the provincial economy—buoyed by rapidly rising natural resource prices—began a significant upturn.

==Early life and career==
Calvert was born in [[Moose Jaw]], Saskatchewan. He received his undergraduate degree in economics at the [[University of Regina]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Manke |first=Brent |date=2015-05-13 |title=Calvert, Moore Among Order Of Merit Recipients |url=https://discovermoosejaw.com/articles/calvert-moore-among-order-of-merit-recipients |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407152213/https://discovermoosejaw.com/articles/calvert-moore-among-order-of-merit-recipients |archive-date=2024-04-07 |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=Discover Moose Jaw}}</ref> Initially planning to study law, Calvert ultimately decided to study theology and pursue the ministry within the [[United Church of Canada]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Lorne Calvert |url=http://speakerscanada.com/lorne-calvert/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008191128/http://speakerscanada.com/lorne-calvert/ |archive-date=2017-10-08 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=Speakers Bureau of Canada}}</ref> After attending [[University of Saskatchewan|St. Andrew's College]] seminary in [[Saskatoon]], he was ordained as minister of the United Church in 1976 and served as minister of several rural congregations. From 1979 to 1986, Calvert was the minister of the pastoral charge of Zion United Church in Moose Jaw.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Praud |first=Jocelyne |title=Calvert, Lorne |url=https://esask.uregina.ca/entry/calvert_lorne_albert_1952-.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826165409/https://esask.uregina.ca/entry/calvert_lorne_albert_1952-.html |archive-date=2011-08-26 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan}}</ref>

== Political career ==

=== NDP MLA (1986–1999) ===
Calvert entered provincial politics ahead of the [[1986 Saskatchewan general election|1986 provincial election]], running as a New Democrat on a platform of prohibiting the construction of a proposed [[Casino Moose Jaw|casino]] in Moose Jaw.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly|Member]] (MLA) for the [[constituency]] of Moose Jaw South, serving in the Official Opposition to [[Grant Devine]]'s [[Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan|Progressive Conservative]] government. Calvert was re-elected in the [[1991 Saskatchewan general election|1991]] and [[1995 Saskatchewan general election|1995 elections]], when the NDP was both times elected to majority governments under the leadership of Roy Romanow.<ref name=":7" /> Calvert held a number of cabinet positions during his tenure, including as associate minister of health and minister responsible for [[SaskPower]] and [[SaskEnergy]]; from 1995, he was responsible for two large portfolios as both Minister of Health and Minister of Social Services.<ref name=":7" />

Romanow's tenure was noted for its fiscal conservatism, and the NDP's embrace of [[Third Way]] politics in the 1990s was divisive within the party.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=McGrane |first=David |title=Saskatchewan Politics: Crowding the Centre |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Centre |year=2008 |isbn=9780889772342 |editor-last=Leeson |editor-first=Howard |location=Regina |pages=155 |language=en-CA |chapter=Which Third Way? A Comparison of the Romanow and Calvert NDP Governments from 1991 to 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Warnock |first=John W. |title=Saskatchewan: The Roots of Discontent and Protest |publisher=[[Black Rose Books]] |year=2004 |isbn=1-55164-244-1 |location=Montreal |pages=413–414 |language=en-CA}}</ref> Calvert decided not to run in the [[1999 Saskatchewan general election|1999 election]]—which resulted in a minority NDP government—and was succeeded by [[Deb Higgins]] in the Moose Jaw riding.

=== Premier of Saskatchewan (2001–2007) ===
In late 2000, Romanow announced that he would be retiring from politics, setting the stage for a party leadership race leading directly to the premier's office—the first such race since [[Woodrow Lloyd]] succeeded [[Tommy Douglas]] as NDP leader and premier in 1961.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2000-09-26 |title=Romanow quits politics 'forever' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/romanow-quits-politics-forever-1.206376 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407190653/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/romanow-quits-politics-forever-1.206376 |archive-date=2024-04-07 |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=CBC News}}</ref> The [[2001 Saskatchewan New Democratic Party leadership election|2001 leadership election]] was highly contested, with seven candidates making it the biggest NDP leadership race in history. It was also the first such election to employ a one-member, one-vote policy, rather than a delegated election.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Praud |first1=Jocelyne |url=https://archive.org/details/saskatchewanpoli0000unse |title=Saskatchewan Politics: Into the Twenty-First Century |last2=McQuarrie |first2=Sarah |publisher=Canadian Plains Research Centre |year=2001 |isbn=0-88977-131-6 |editor-last=Leeson |editor-first=Howard A. |location=[[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] |pages=166–167 |language=en-CA |chapter=The Saskatchewan CCF-NDP from the ''Regina Manifesto'' to the Romanow years}}</ref> Calvert joined the race, alongside former NDP MP and then-provincial justice minister [[Chris Axworthy]], three sitting cabinet ministers in [[Buckley Belanger]], [[Joanne Crofford]], and [[Maynard Sonntag]], former [[National Farmers Union (Canada)|National Farmers Union]] president [[Nettie Wiebe]], and former Young New Democrats president Scott Banda. Axworthy was the perceived frontrunner, expected to continue Romanow's legacy; Calvert and Wiebe, meanwhile, ran more leftwing campaigns, with Wiebe running an explicitly anti-[[Neoliberalism|neoliberal]] campaign, and Calvert a more traditional social democratic one, advocating for a greater focus on social programs, especially in healthcare and education.<ref name=":8">{{Cite book |last=McGrane |title=Saskatchewan Politics |pages=155 |language=en-CA |chapter=Which Third Way?}}</ref> Wiebe finished third, and Calvert—who led on every ballot—defeated Axworthy on the final ballot with 58% of nearly 18,000 votes.<ref name=":8" /> With the victory, Calvert became premier on February 8, 2001.

After securing the party leadership, Calvert was elected to the legislature in a [[by-election]] in Romanow's former riding of [[Saskatoon Riversdale]]; moving to Saskatoon from Moose Jaw, Calvert campaigned on a pledge to work closely with local community groups.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-03-19 |title=Byelection day in Saskatoon Riversdale |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/byelection-day-in-saskatoon-riversdale-1.273557 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407175857/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/byelection-day-in-saskatoon-riversdale-1.273557 |archive-date=2024-04-07 |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=CBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-03-19 |title=Calvert claims victory |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calvert-claims-victory-1.295189 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407175640/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calvert-claims-victory-1.295189 |archive-date=2024-04-07 |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=CBC News}}</ref>

Calvert took the helm of the NDP at a time when the Saskatchewan Party—a new unified conservative political party established in 1997—appeared on the cusp of a breakthrough after reducing the NDP to a minority government in 1999 with a strong performance in rural Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan Party led polling ahead of the [[2003 Saskatchewan general election|2003 provincial election]]. However, Calvert followed through on his promise to significantly increase social spending, particularly in education and healthcare, and persistently drew a stark contrast between his party's support for the province's major remaining [[crown corporations]] and Saskatchewan Party leader [[Elwin Hermanson]]'s willingness to pursue privatization.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Branch |first=Julian |date=2003-10-18 |title=Calvert unveils NDP strategy |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/calvert-unveils-ndp-strategy/article1047459/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307211221/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/calvert-unveils-ndp-strategy/article1047459/ |archive-date=2017-03-07 |access-date=2023-11-16 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> In November 2003, the NDP narrowly regained a majority government, winning 30 of 58 seats.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-11-06 |title=NDP majority in Saskatchewan |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ndp-majority-in-saskatchewan-1.398636 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407172310/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ndp-majority-in-saskatchewan-1.398636 |archive-date=2024-04-07 |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=CBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Conway |first=John |date=2003-11-23 |title=NDP's left turn pays off |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/historic/2003/11/23/ndps-left-turn-pays-off |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407172413/https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/historic/2003/11/23/ndps-left-turn-pays-off |archive-date=2024-04-07 |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=[[Winnipeg Free Press]]}}</ref>

During his full term in office, Calvert expanded child care spaces and introduced a number of targeted welfare programs. The government also began reforming immigration systems to attract more immigrants, and expanded investment in renewable energy and energy conservation.<ref>{{Cite book |last=McGrane |title=Crowding the Centre |pages=150–152 |language=en-CA |chapter=Which Third Way?}}</ref> Calvert's spending plans were buoyed by a renewed boom in commodity prices, which led to significant increases in resource revenue for the province.<ref>{{Cite book |last=McGrane |title=Crowding the Centre |pages=154–155 |language=en-CA |chapter=Which Third Way?}}</ref> Calvert instigated a tax review committee that led to corporate tax cuts, designed to bring the province more in line with its neighbours.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Gray |first=John |date=2009-12-29 |title=Saskatchewan: A "Have" Province At Last |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/saskatchewan-a-have-province-at-last/article4297269/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803092617/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/saskatchewan-a-have-province-at-last/article4297269/ |archive-date=2020-08-03 |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> Along with tweaks to income taxes and resource royalties, this has been credited with instigating a period of rapid growth in the provincial economy.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mandryk |first=Murray |date=2012-06-25 |title=Calvert's legacy may yet shine through |url=https://leaderpost.com/news/local/mandryk-former-saskatchewan-premier-lorne-calverts-legacy-may-yet-shine-through |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407214536/https://leaderpost.com/news/local/mandryk-former-saskatchewan-premier-lorne-calverts-legacy-may-yet-shine-through |archive-date=2024-04-07 |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=Regina Leader-Post}}</ref> The NDP cut the [[provincial sales tax]] down to five percent, froze tuition, and invested in highway renewal.<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |date=2007-11-07 |title=NDP had a 'good run in government' |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/ndp-had-a-good-run-in-government-1.660260 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723021307/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/ndp-had-a-good-run-in-government-1.660260 |archive-date=2022-07-23 |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=CBC News}}</ref>

Late in the term, Calvert became increasingly antagonistic with the federal government, a minority parliament led by [[Stephen Harper]]'s [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservatives]]. In March 2007, Calvert argued that the clawback of [[non-renewable resource]] revenues from the equalization formula as implemented in the 2007 federal budget would leave Saskatchewan getting significantly less than had been promised.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-03-21 |title=Tory MP calls Sask. premier 'liar' |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/tory-mp-calls-sask-premier-liar/article_83f89a8b-3770-5b0c-a491-c9431635e628.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240128062338/https://www.thestar.com/news/tory-mp-calls-sask-premier-liar/article_83f89a8b-3770-5b0c-a491-c9431635e628.html |archive-date=2024-01-28 |work=[[Toronto Star]]}}</ref> Calvert instructed his government to prepare a lawsuit against the federal government, a tactic that was interrupted by the fall provincial election.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Robert |first=Tammy |date=2018-07-26 |title=The Saskatchewan Party's history with the issue of equalization isn't all that equal |url=https://macleans.ca/opinion/the-saskatchewan-partys-history-with-the-issue-of-equalization-isnt-all-that-equal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727001040/https://macleans.ca/opinion/the-saskatchewan-partys-history-with-the-issue-of-equalization-isnt-all-that-equal/ |archive-date=2018-07-27 |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=[[Maclean's]]}}</ref>

Calvert and his government were defeated in the [[2007 Saskatchewan general election|2007 provincial election]], in which management of the province's booming economy and health care became focal points.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2007-11-08 |title=Expect mainstream gov't from Sask. Party: analyst |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/expect-mainstream-gov-t-from-sask-party-analyst-1.263187 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407161939/https://www.ctvnews.ca/expect-mainstream-gov-t-from-sask-party-analyst-1.263187 |archive-date=2024-04-07 |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=CTV News}}</ref> The NDP's central campaign commitment was a universal drug plan capping prescription drug costs at $15.<ref name=":6" /> Importantly, unlike Hermanson, new Saskatchewan Party leader Brad Wall made a vocal commitment not to privatize the province's crown corporations.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Béland |first=Daniel |date=2011-11-01 |title=Politics and policy in Brad Wall's Saskatchewan |url=https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/continuity-and-change-in-the-provinces/politics-and-policy-in-brad-walls-saskatchewan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714180643/https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/continuity-and-change-in-the-provinces/politics-and-policy-in-brad-walls-saskatchewan/ |archive-date=2016-07-14 |access-date=2023-11-16 |work=Policy Options |publisher=[[Institute for Research on Public Policy]]}}</ref> The result was a drop to 20 seats for the NDP while Wall's party won a majority government.<ref name=":2" /> Upon defeat, Calvert expressed pride in a "good run in government" for the NDP.<ref name=":6" /> After the election, Calvert—who retained his Saskatoon Riversdale seat—said he had no immediate plans to step down as leader, but conceded that he was unlikely to lead the party into the next election.<ref>{{cite news |date=2007-11-08 |title=Victory and defeat |url=http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=b8f7c62f-af79-4c4a-abf8-10c607aa9ab8 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172950/http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=b8f7c62f-af79-4c4a-abf8-10c607aa9ab8 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |newspaper=The Leader-Post |via=canada.com}}</ref>

=== Retirement ===
Just two weeks after the 2007 election, federal [[New Democratic Party|NDP]] spokesman [[Brad Lavigne]] confirmed to reporters that [[Jack Layton]]'s office had asked Calvert to consider standing as a candidate in the [[2008 Canadian federal election|2008 federal election]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=French |first=Janet |date=2007-11-20 |title=Federal NDP woo Calvert for election |url=http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/local/story.html?id=811a39f0-4d5f-4d60-8aef-441a7d0576f1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103103452/http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/local/story.html?id=811a39f0-4d5f-4d60-8aef-441a7d0576f1 |archive-date=2012-11-03 |work=Saskatoon StarPhoenix |via=canada.com}}</ref> Calvert declined to run, but stated that he would support the party's federal candidates.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-11-23 |title=Calvert all but rules out federal politics |url=http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=67a5ea80-b1db-48d2-9089-2117f06a97a5&k=8191 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511123838/http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/story.html?id=67a5ea80-b1db-48d2-9089-2117f06a97a5&k=8191 |archive-date=2011-05-11 |work=Regina Leader-Post |via=canada.com}}</ref>

Calvert announced on October 16, 2008, that he would be stepping down as party leader, triggering a leadership race.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2008-10-16 |title=Former Sask. premier to step down as NDP leader |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/former-sask-premier-to-step-down-as-ndp-leader-1.737210 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723021305/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/former-sask-premier-to-step-down-as-ndp-leader-1.737210 |archive-date=2022-07-23 |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=CBC News}}</ref> [[Dwain Lingenfelter]], a former cabinet minister in the government's of Romanow and [[Allan Blakeney]], was elected the party's new leader in a four-person contest on June 6, 2009.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-06-06 |title=Saskatchewan New Democrats choose Dwain Lingenfelter as leader |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-new-democrats-choose-dwain-lingenfelter-as-leader-1.800567 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125003335/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-new-democrats-choose-dwain-lingenfelter-as-leader-1.800567 |archive-date=2016-01-25 |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=CBC News}}</ref> At the end of the Spring session in May 2009, Calvert touted the economic progress his government had made, and revealed that he planned to return to the United Church.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-05-14 |title=Lorne Calvert wraps up career in legislature |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/lorne-calvert-wraps-up-career-in-legislature-1.824553 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407164034/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/lorne-calvert-wraps-up-career-in-legislature-1.824553 |archive-date=2024-04-07 |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=CBC News}}</ref>

==Post-retirement and honours==
From 2009 to 2018, Calvert was the principal at St. Andrew's College in Saskatoon.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=2019-01-15 |title=Calvert, Kapila and Walton chosen to receive honorary degrees |url=https://www.usask.ca/stu/standrews/college_news/honorary-degrees-2019.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527211855/https://www.usask.ca/stu/standrews/college_news/honorary-degrees-2019.php |archive-date=2019-05-27 |work=St. Andrew's College News |publisher=University of Saskatchewan}}</ref> In 2019, St. Andrew's awarded Calvert with an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree.<ref name=":3" />

In 2015, Calvert was named to the [[Saskatchewan Order of Merit]].<ref name=":0" />

== Controversies ==
During the 2003 election campaign, Calvert denounced and apologized for an internal cartoon that was leaked to the media, depicting Saskatchewan Party leader Hermanson loading NDP sympathizers onto rail cars—the cartoon referred to speculation that Hermanson wanted to replace civil servants with Saskatchewan Party supporters. [[B'nai Brith Canada]] stated that the cartoon "trivializes the crimes of the [[Holocaust]] and causes undeserved anguish to those who survived that evil regime".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-10-15 |title=Sask. NDP distances itself from 'Holocaust' cartoon |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sask-ndp-distances-itself-from-holocaust-cartoon-1.394771 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329093507/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sask-ndp-distances-itself-from-holocaust-cartoon-1.394771 |archive-date=2014-03-29 |work=CBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-10-15 |title=Sask. Party still furious over 'Nazi' cartoon |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1066228569054_61637769/?hub=Canada |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051205205631/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1066228569054_61637769/?hub=Canada |archive-date=2005-12-05 |work=CTV News}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Calvert is married to Betty Calvert; they have two children.<ref name=":1" /> In 2005, Calvert made a cameo appearance on the Saskatchewan-based sitcom ''[[Corner Gas]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-08-28 |title=Prime minister to appear on sitcom |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/prime-minister-to-appear-on-sitcom-1.597728 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407154325/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/prime-minister-to-appear-on-sitcom-1.597728 |archive-date=2024-04-07 |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=CBC News}}</ref> One of Calvert's longstanding hobbies was renovating vintage school and highway buses into camping vehicles.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Graham |first=Jennifer |date=2007-11-07 |title=Calvert in tough battle for fifth mandate |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/calvert-in-tough-battle-for-fifth-mandate/article1089158/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407220319/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/calvert-in-tough-battle-for-fifth-mandate/article1089158/ |archive-date=2024-04-07 |access-date=2024-04-07 |work=The Globe and Mail}}</ref>

== Electoral record ==
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|+Electoral history of NDP under Lorne Calvert
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! rowspan="2" style="background:#eaecf0;" | Year
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#eaecf0;" | Party
! colspan="3" style="background:#eaecf0;" | Votes
! colspan="2" |Seats
! rowspan="2" |Position
|-
! style="background:#eaecf0;" | Total
! style="background:#eaecf0;" | %
! style="background:#eaecf0;" | {{tooltip|2=Change in percentage value since previous election|±%}}
!Total
!±
|-
![[2003 Saskatchewan general election|2003]]
| rowspan="5" style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}};"|
| rowspan="5" | [[New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan|NDP]]
|190,923
|44.7%
| +6%
|{{Composition bar compact|30|58|hex={{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}}}
| +2
|{{yes|Majority government}}
|-
![[2007 Saskatchewan general election|2007]]
|168,704
|37.2%
| –7.4%
|{{Composition bar compact|20|58|hex={{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP}}}}
| –10
|{{no|Official Opposition}}
|-
! colspan="10" style="background:#eaecf0;" |
|}

'''Constituency elections'''
{{Canadian election result/top|SK|2007|Saskatoon Riversdale|percent=yes|prelim=no}}
{{CANelec|SK|NDP|'''Lorne Calvert'''|3,524|56.11}}
{{CANelec|SK|Saskatchewan|Fred Ozimey|2,040|32.48}}
{{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Roman Todos|506|8.06}}
{{CANelec|SK|Green|Jan Norris|121|1.93}}
{{CANelec|SK|Marijuana|Michael Kereiff|89|1.42}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|6,280|100.00}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [https://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2019_elections_results_by_electoral_division.pdf Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division]}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|SK|2003|Saskatoon Riversdale|percent=yes|prelim=no}}
{{CANelec|SK|NDP|'''Lorne Calvert'''|3,608|62.72}}
{{CANelec|SK|Saskatchewan|Fred Ozimey|1,302|22.63}}
{{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Deneen Gudjonson|754|13.12}}
{{CANelec|SK|New Green Alliance|Keith Morvick|52|0.90}}
{{CANelec|SK|Progressive Conservative|Glen Schriener|37|0.64}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|5,753|100.00}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [https://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2019_elections_results_by_electoral_division.pdf Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division]}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|by|2001|Saskatoon Riversdale|percent=yes|prelim=no}}
{{CANelec|SK|NDP|'''Lorne Calvert'''|2,583|56.24}}
{{CANelec|SK|Saskatchewan|Ted Merriman|1,547|33.68}}
{{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Dwayne Roth|309|6.73}}
{{CANelec|SK|First Nations|John Melenchuk|115|2.50}}
{{CANelec|SK|New Green Alliance|Neil Sinclair|39|0.85}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|4,593|100.00}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [https://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2019_elections_results_by_electoral_division.pdf Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division]}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|SK|1995|Moose Jaw Wakamow|percent=yes|prelim=no}}
{{CANelec|SK|NDP|'''Lorne Calvert'''|3,803|62.95}}
{{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Jim Carr|1,577|26.11}}
{{CANelec|SK|Progressive Conservative|Norma Donovan|661|10.94}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|6,041|100.00}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [https://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2019_elections_results_by_electoral_division.pdf Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division]}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|SK|1991|Moose Jaw Wakamow|percent=yes|prelim=no}}
{{CANelec|SK|NDP|'''Lorne Calvert'''|6,083|67.24}}
{{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Randy Roman|1,799|19.89}}
{{CANelec|SK|Progressive Conservative|Lisa Acton|1,164|12.87}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|9,046|100.00}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [https://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2019_elections_results_by_electoral_division.pdf Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division]}}
{{end}}

{{Canadian election result/top|SK|1986|Moose Jaw South|percent=yes|prelim=no}}
{{CANelec|SK|NDP|'''Lorne Calvert'''|4,959|58.45}}
{{CANelec|SK|Progressive Conservative|Arthur Leslie Smith|2,823|33.27}}
{{CANelec|SK|Liberal|Irene McKenzie|653|7.70}}
{{CANelec|SK|Western Canada Concept|Phoebe Dowhy|49|0.58}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|8,484|100.00}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [https://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2019_elections_results_by_electoral_division.pdf Saskatchewan Archives - Election Results by Electoral Division]}}
{{end}}

== See also ==

* [[List of premiers of Saskatchewan]]
* [[List of premiers of Saskatchewan by time in office]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Lorne Calvert}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110826165409/https://esask.uregina.ca/entry/calvert_lorne_albert_1952-.html Profile of Lorne Calvert] on The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan

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