The 2011 Saskatchewan general election was held on November 7, 2011, to elect 58 members of the

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(MLAs). The election was called on October 10 by the

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, on the advice of

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. Wall's

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government was re-elected with an increased majority of 49 seats, the third-largest majority government in the province's history. The opposition

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was cut down to only nine ridings, its worst showing in almost 30 years. This was the first Saskatchewan provincial vote to use a fixed election date, set on the first Monday of November every four years.

Results

On election night, the incumbent Saskatchewan Party won 84% of the seats in the provincial legislature on the strength of 64% of the popular vote. In the process, they won the third-biggest majority government (in terms of percentage of seats won) in the province's history. The only bigger majorities came in

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, when the Liberals won 50 out of 55 seats, and 1982, when the Tories won 55 out of 64. The NDP recorded its lowest share of the popular vote since

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, when it was known as the Saskatchewan

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. The NDP was reduced to its smallest presence in the legislature since

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, when the party won the same number of seats in what was then a larger assembly. Opposition leader

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was unseated. The Saskatchewan Party maintained their dominance of rural regions, and also broke the NDP's longstanding grip on the province's two largest cities, Regina and

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failed to win any seats – though they ran a full slate of 58 candidates and took third place in the overall popular vote, ahead of the

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Percentages

Ranking

Results by region

The Saskatchewan Party maintained their sweep of the southern and central rural ridings. The Saskatchewan Party succeeded in unseating New Democrats in all of the smaller cities – including

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, and Prince Albert. The Saskatchewan Party also won eight of the 12 ridings in Saskatoon, marking the first time since the 1982 PC landslide that a

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party had won the most seats in that city. This didn't come as a surprise, since Saskatoon has traditionally been friendly to centre-right parties and candidates. However – and perhaps most surprisingly – the Saskatchewan Party also took eight out of 11 ridings in Regina, in part due to picking up local support from the largely absent Liberal Party. As was the case in Saskatoon, this was the first time a centre-right party had won the most seats there since 1982. The New Democratic Party maintained their hold on the two northernmost ridings in Saskatchewan, in addition to three seats in the provincial capital and four constituencies in Saskatoon. The NDP recorded the lowest share of the popular vote since 1938 (when it was known as the CCF). However, compared to its result in 1982, NDP support in 2011 was more concentrated in the North and the inner cities of Regina and Saskatoon, a factor which allowed the party to equal its 1982-seat tally (and indeed exceed it in terms of proportion of seats). Also, for the first time in history, a Saskatchewan NDP leader lost his own seat, with

losing by a shocking 10-percentage-point margin in

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to a Saskatchewan Party challenger.

Timeline

2007

*November 21, 2007 –

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are sworn in.

2008

*January 3, 2008 –

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MLA

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announces she will resign her seat in

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to enter federal politics. *June 25, 2008 –

Doyle Vermette Doyle Vermette is a Canadian politician. He is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, representing the electoral district of Cumberland as a member of the New Democratic Party. He was first elected in a 2008 by-election, and was mo ...

holds the seat of

for the

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. *October 16, 2008 –

Leader

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announces he will retire from politics as soon as his successor is chosen.

2009

*May 29, 2009 –

shuffles his

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. *June 6, 2009 –

is elected Leader of the

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over

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on the second ballot. *June 30, 2009 –

MLA

Harry Van Mulligen Harry Van Mulligen (born April 2, 1947) is a Canadian retired provincial politician. He was a Saskatchewan New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1986 to 2009, when he resigned from the legislature to permit ...

resigns his seat in

, officially retiring from politics.

resigns his seat in

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the same day. *September 21, 2009 –

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hold the constituencies of

, respectively, for the

. *October 21, 2009 –

is sworn in as Leader of the Official Opposition.

2010

*January 29, 2010 –

MLA

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announces that he will not be running in the next election. *April 16, 2010 –

MLA

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resigns from the caucus to sit as an Independent MLA. On April 20, he announces that he will not be running in the next election. *May 13, 2010 –

MLA

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announces that he will retire at the end of his term."Regina Northeast MLA Ron Harper to retire", https://leaderpost.com/news/Regina+Northeast+Harper+retire/3020405/story.html : Regina Leader-Post, May 13, 2010. *June 2, 2010 –

MLA Joceline Schriemer announces that she will not run for re-election."Saskatoon Sutherland MLA Joceline Schriemer not seeking re-election", http://www.skcaucus.com/schriemer.html: June 2, 2010. *June 23, 2010 –

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Rod Gantefoer Rod Gantefoer (born May 15, 1947) is a Canadian provincial politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1995 to 2011, representing the constituencies of Melfort-Tisdale from 1995 to 2003 and Melfort from 2003 to ...

announces that he will retire at the next election."ROD GANTEFOER WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION IN 2011", http://www.skcaucus.com/newsroom.html?news_action=details&news_id=6588B2C9-AE4C-83E9-29E6FC75C1A47A36: June 23, 2010. *June 29, 2010 –

shuffles his

. *August 31, 2010 –

MLA

resigns his seat in the Legislature, leaving politics. *October 18, 2010 –

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of the

wins the seat of

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in a byelection.

2011

*January 11, 2011 –

MLA

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announces that she will retire at the next provincial election."MLA Pat Atkinson retires", http://www.globalsaskatoon.com/entertainment/Atkinson+retires/4092391/story.html : GlobalSaskatoon.com, January 12, 2011. *March 5, 2011 –

MLA Denis Allchurch loses his party's nomination for

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. *September 6, 2011 – Larissa Shasko abruptly resigns from the leadership of the

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; Shasko also gives up her candidacy for the Greens in

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. Federal

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leader

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announces (via Twitter) that veteran provincial party activist

will temporarily lead the Saskatchewan Greens. *September 25, 2011 – Lau elected leader of the

at an extraordinary convention in Regina. *October 10, 2011 – Premier Brad Wall asks

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to dissolve the Legislative Assembly and issue

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. *October 22, 2011 – Nominations close with 191 candidates running in 58 electoral districts.

Incumbents not contesting their seats

Retiring incumbents

Opinion polls

Riding-by-riding results

People in bold represent cabinet ministers and the speaker. ''Party leaders'' are ''italicized''. The symbols ** indicates MLAs who did not run again. All results are preliminary until approved by Elections Saskatchewan.

Northwest Saskatchewan

Northeast Saskatchewan

West Central Saskatchewan

Southwest Saskatchewan

Southeast Saskatchewan

Saskatoon

Regina

Marginal seats

The following is a list of ridings which had narrowly been lost by the indicated party in the 2007 election. The symbol " * " indicates the incumbent MLA is not running again.

Political parties

Saskatchewan PartySaskatchewan NDPGreen Party of SaskatchewanSaskatchewan Liberal PartyProgressive Conservative Party of SaskatchewanWestern Independence Party of Saskatchewan

External links

Election Almanac - Saskatchewan Provincial Election 2011Elections Saskatchewan - Nominated Candidates for the November 7, 2011 General ElectionSaskatchewan Party Candidate listElections Saskatchewan - Official Results of the 2011 Provincial Election

References

{{Canelections 2011 elections in Canada

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