The 1975 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 11, 1975, to elect members of the

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. Blakeney and the NDP were re-elected to a majority government. Both the New Democratic government of

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and the

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, led by

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, 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

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management. On the onset of the campaign, Saskatchewan was facing court challenges and a

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from multinational resource extraction companies. The potash industry was opposed to the new provincial reserve tax on the mineral Blakeney's government had introduced the previous year. The federal government under

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supported the companies' court challenges, and announced in his November 1974 budget that it would end the deduction of provincial royalties from federal tax. Under these circumstances, the opposition Liberal and PC parties proposed lower natural resources

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to ease the companies' concerns and bring back investments in the province. They were fiercely opposed to

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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

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and

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, and

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like postash.

Results

Percentages

Ranking

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

Northeast Saskatchewan

, - , style="width: 130px", Prog. Conservative , Norm Wipf , align="right", 3,022 , align="right", 39.84% , align="right", +21.37 ,

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Jerome Hammersmith Dr. Jerome A.(Jerry) Hammersmith (October 10, 1938 - December 19, 2021) was a writer, an educator, a consultant and former political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Prince Albert-Duck Lake from 1978 to 1983 in the Legislative Assembly of ...

, align="right", 2,773 , align="right", 36.55% , align="right", +1.14 ,

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, Alexandre Joseph Baribeau , align="right", 1,791 , align="right", 23.61% , align="right", -22.51 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,586 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right",

West Central Saskatchewan

East Central Saskatchewan

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Norm Lusney Norman Lusney (February 10, 1937 – December 10, 2007) was a political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Pelly from 1977 to 1986 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member. He was born in Kamsac ...

, align="right", 3,724 , align="right", 48.29% , align="right", -1.97 , Prog. Conservative , Barrie Johnson , align="right", 2,314 , align="right", 30.00% , align="right", +13.54 ,

, Donn Walsh , align="right", 1,674 , align="right", 21.71% , align="right", -10.50 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,712 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right",

Southwest Saskatchewan

Southeast Saskatchewan

Saskatoon

, - , style="width: 130px", Prog. Conservative , Bill Lane , align="right", 3,962 , align="right", 38.68% , align="right", +18.57 ,

, Gerry Fraser , align="right", 3,423 , align="right", 33.42% , align="right", -10.51 ,

, Anne Boulton , align="right", 2,829 , align="right", 27.61% , align="right", -8.35 ,

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, Alexander Vasey Barker , align="right", 30 , align="right", 0.29% , align="right", , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 10,244 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right",

Regina

References

Saskatchewan Archives Board - Election Results By Electoral DivisionElections Saskatchewan: Provincial Vote Summaries