The 1991 Saskatchewan general election was held on October 21, 1991, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, Progressive Conservative government of Premier of Saskatchewan, Premier Grant Devine was defeated by the New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan, New Democratic Party, led by former provincial Attorney General Roy Romanow. A major source of dissatisfaction with the Grant Devine government was the "Fair Share Saskatchewan" program, a scheme to distribute public service jobs more evenly across the province;Legislative Reports, ''Canadian Parliamentary Review'', 14, #3, 1991
/ref> a plan especially unpopular with workers scheduled to be relocated from Regina, Saskatchewan, Regina to rural districts. The Devine government was also notorious for a home construction and renovation relief program which reimbursed homeowners who did their own renovations. Another factor was the unpopularity of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, federal Progressive Conservatives under then Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. The NDP was able to win more than half of the popular vote, and an overwhelming majority in the legislature. The Tory (disambiguation), Tories lost almost three-quarters of the seats they had held in the legislature, and a significant share of the popular vote. Their loss in vote percentage resulted in 30 third-place finishes; this was more than their 26 second-place finishes or their ten seats won. The Saskatchewan Liberal Party, Liberal Party – led by Lynda Haverstock – was able to attract a substantial share of disaffected Tory voters. However, despite winning almost one-quarter of the vote, their support was too spread out across the province to translate into seats. Haverstock was the only Liberal returned to the legislature.

Results

, - bgcolor=CCCCCC !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 , - bgcolor="CCCCCC" , align="center", 1986 Saskatchewan general election, 1986 , align="center", Dissolution of parliament, Dissol. , align="center", Elected , align="center", % Change , align="center", # , align="center", % , align="center", % Change , align="center", Roy Romanow , align="right", 66 , align="right", 25 , align="right", 26 , align="right", 55 , align="right", +112% , align="right", 275,780 , align="right", 51.05% , align="right", +5.85% , align="center", Grant Devine , align="right", 66 , align="right", 38 , align="right", 38 , align="right", 10 , align="right", -73.7% , align="right", 137,994 , align="right", 25.54% , align="right", -19.07% , align="center", Lynda Haverstock , align="right", 66 , align="right", 1 , align="right", 0 , align="right", 1 , align="right", – , align="right", 125,814 , align="right", 23.29% , align="right", +13.30% , colspan=2 align=left, Independent , align="right", 8 , align="right", – , align="right", – , align="right", – , align="right", – , align="right", 592 , align="right", 0.11% , align="right", +0.04% , align=left, Independence
(Western Canada Concept Party of Saskatchewan, Western Canada Concept) , align="center", Hilton J. Spencer
(default) , align="right", 1 , align="right", – , align="right", – , align="right", – , align="right", – , align="right", 46 , align="right", 0.01% , align="right", -0.07% , - , colspan=3, Total , align="right", 207 , align="right", 64 , align="right", 64 , align="right", 66 , align="right", +3.1% , align="right", 540,226 , align="right", 100% , align="right", , - , align="center" colspan=11, Source:''
Elections Saskatchewan
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Percentages

Ranking

Riding results

''Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol ''" ** "'' represents MLAs who are not running again.''

Northwest Saskatchewan

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Athabasca (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district), Athabasca , , , Frederick John Thompson, Fred Thompson
3,253 , , Frank Petit
331 , , Darren McKee
184 , , Mike Daley (Independent (politician)#Canada, Ind.)
114 , , , Fred Thompson , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cut Knife (electoral district), Cut Knife-Lloydminster , , , Violet Stanger
3,843 , , Michael Hopfner
2,899 , , Aldo Del Frari
1,333 , , , , , Michael Hopfner , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Meadow Lake (provincial electoral district), Meadow Lake , , , Maynard Sonntag
3,719 , , George McLeod
3,065 , , Burton Dougan
467 , , , , , George McLeod , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Redberry (electoral district), Redberry , , , Walter Jess
3,493 , , John Gerich
3,206 , , Ken Finlayson
1,185 , , , , , John Gerich , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Rosthern (provincial electoral district), Rosthern , , Kim Dmytryshyn
2,897 , , , William Neudorf
4,183 , , Phil Biggs
1,825 , , , , , William Neudorf , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, The Battlefords (former electoral district), The Battlefords , , , Douglas Anguish, Doug Anguish
5,805 , , Jim Hampson
1,683 , , Donna Challis
2,417 , , , , , Doug Anguish , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Turtleford (electoral district), Turtleford , , , Lloyd Emmett Johnson, Lloyd Johnson
3,269 , , Jerry Spenst
2,034 , , Neil Currie
1,239 , , , , , Colin Maxwell** , -

Northeast Saskatchewan

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cumberland (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district), Cumberland , , , Keith Goulet
4,135 , , Louis Bear
482 , , Lennard Morin
505 , , , , , Keith Goulet , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kelsey-Tisdale , , , Andy Renaud
3,871 , , Neal Hardy
2,783 , , Walt Roberts
853 , , , , , Neal Hardy , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kinistino (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district), Kinistino , , , Armand Roy
4,298 , , Josef Saxinger
2,918 , , Frank Orosz
1,326 , , , , , Josef Saxinger , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Melfort (provincial electoral district), Melfort , , , Carol Carson
3,011 , , Ken Naber
2,516 , , Rod Gantefoer
1,795 , , , , , Grant Hodgins , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Nipawin (provincial electoral district), Nipawin , , , Tom Keeping
3,238 , , Jim Taylor
2,784 , , Richard Makowsky
1,134 , , , , , Lloyd Sauder** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Prince Albert Carlton , , , Myron Kowalsky
5,218 , , Bert Provost
1,635 , , Richard Stewart
1,888 , , , , , Myron Kowalsky
''Prince Albert'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Prince Albert Northcote , , , Eldon Lautermilch
5,405 , , Terry Wiebe
990 , , Hannah Shenouda
1,549 , , , , , Eldon Lautermilch
''Prince Albert-Duck Lake'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Shellbrook (electoral district), Shellbrook-Torch River , , , Jack Langford
4,098 , , Lloyd John Muller, Lloyd Muller
2,358 , , Walter Billay
1,177 , , , , , Lloyd Muller , -

West Central Saskatchewan

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Arm River (electoral district), Arm River , , Bob Robertson
2,538 , , , Gerald Muirhead
3,019 , , David Ashdown
2,301 , , ''Hilton J. Spencer'' (Ind.-Western Canada Concept Party of Saskatchewan, WCC) 46 , , , Gerald Muirhead , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Biggar (former provincial electoral district), Biggar , , , Grant Whitmore
3,710 , , Harry Daniel Baker, Harry Baker
2,307 , , Larry Toner
1,708 , , Donald W. Kavanagh (Ind.) 65 , , , Harry Baker , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Humboldt (provincial electoral district), Humboldt , , , Eric Upshall
4,422 , , Dale Blair
49 , , Arlene Julé
2,686 , , , , , Eric Upshall , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kindersley (provincial electoral district), Kindersley , , Lorne Johnston
2,014 , , , Bill Boyd (Canadian politician), Bill Boyd
2,766 , , Judy Setrakov
2,244 , , , , , Bob Andrew** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Rosetown-Elrose (former electoral district), Rosetown-Elrose , , , Berny Wiens
2,666 , , Ansgar Tynning
2,581 , , Linda Trytten
1,583 , , , , , Herbert Swan (Canadian politician), Herb Swan** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Wilkie (electoral district), Wilkie , , Sharon Murrell
2,295 , , , John Edwin Britton, John Britton
2,601 , , Nick Volk
1,853 , , , , , John Britton , -

East Central Saskatchewan

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Canora (provincial electoral district), Canora , , , Darrel Cunningham
3,564 , , Lorne Kopelchuk
2,746 , , Roy Petrowicz
831 , , , , , Lorne Kopelchuk , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kelvington-Wadena , , , Kenneth Kluz
3,956 , , Sherwin Petersen
2,594 , , Bill Kerluke
730 , , , , , Sherwin Petersen , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Last Mountain-Touchwood , , , Dale Flavel
4,028 , , Arnold Tusa
2,523 , , Ed Bespalko
1,691 , , Paul Chesterton (Ind.) 47 , , , Arnold Tusa , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Melville (provincial electoral district), Melville , , , Evan Carlson
3,656 , , Grant Schmidt
3,048 , , Ray Chastkavich
1,262 , , , , , Grant Schmidt , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Pelly (Saskatchewan electoral district), Pelly , , , Ron Harper (politician), Ron Harper
3,992 , , Bernard Rink
2,055 , , Louis Sliwa
652 , , , , , Rod Gardner** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Quill Lakes (provincial electoral district), Quill Lakes , , , Murray Koskie
3,621 , , Glen Leggott
2,357 , , Lou Coderre
1,297 , , , , , Murray Koskie , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Saltcoats (provincial electoral district), Saltcoats , , , Reg Knezacek
3,745 , , Rod Roden
2,356 , , Leslie Popp
1,033 , , , , , Walter Johnson** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Yorkton (provincial electoral district), Yorkton , , , Clay Serby
4,897 , , Brian Fromm
1,846 , , Donna Yaholnitsky
1,560 , , , , , Lorne McLaren** , -

Southwest Saskatchewan

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Assiniboia-Gravelbourg , , , Lewis Draper
2,647 , , John Thomas Wolfe, John Wolfe
2,583 , , Tim Connors
2,148 , , , , , John Wolfe , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Maple Creek (provincial electoral district), Maple Creek , , Bryan Oster
1,987 , , , Jack Goohsen
2,627 , , Shirley Helmerson
1,865 , , , , , Jack Goohsen , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Moose Jaw North, Moose Jaw Palliser , , , Glenn Hagel
5,681 , , Colleen Basarsky
1,920 , , Michael Klein
2,120 , , , , , Glenn Hagel
''Moose Jaw North'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Moose Jaw Wakamow , , , Lorne Calvert
6,083 , , Lisa Acton
1,164 , , Randy Roman
1,799 , , , , , Lorne Calvert
''Moose Jaw South'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Morse (provincial electoral district), Morse , , Carl Siemens
2,101 , , , Harold Martens
2,682 , , Ken Nelson
1,255 , , , , , Harold Martens , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Shaunavon (electoral district), Shaunavon , , , Glen Allan McPherson, Glen McPherson
2,350 , , Ted Gleim
2,222 , , Jerry Ruehs
1,733 , , , , , Ted Gleim , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Swift Current (provincial electoral district), Swift Current , , , John Penner
4,399 , , Lawrence Bergreen
2,731 , , Archie Green
1,503 , , , , , Pat Smith** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Thunder Creek (1975–2016 electoral district), Thunder Creek , , Ron Bishoff
2,240 , , , Richard Swenson, Rick Swenson
2,929 , , Bill Johnstone
1,639 , , Dwayne S. McBride (Ind.) 66 , , , Rick Swenson , -

Southeast Saskatchewan

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Bengough-Milestone , , , Judy Bradley
2,419 , , Darrell Rodine
2,297 , , Laurie Unruh
1,665 , , , , , Bob Pickering** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Estevan (electoral district), Estevan , , Leonard Haukeness
3,404 , , , ''Grant Devine''
4,079 , , Bob Jones
1,889 , , , , , ''Grant Devine'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Qu'Appelle-Wolseley, Indian Head-Wolseley , , , Lorne Scott
2,725 , , Dwight Dunn
2,066 , , Jack Hosler
2,069 , , , , , Doug Taylor** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Moosomin (electoral district), Moosomin , , Mary McGuire
2,954 , , , Don Toth
3,005 , , Keith Lewis
1,475 , , , , , Don Toth , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Lumsden (provincial electoral district), Qu’Appelle-Lumsden , , , Suzanne Murray
4,907 , , Martin Kenney
2,426 , , Dawn Garner
2,827 , , , , , John Lane** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cannington (electoral district)#Souris-Cannington, Souris-Cannington , , Ross Arthur
1,912 , , , Dan D'Autremont
2,980 , , Don Lees
1,815 , , , , , Eric Berntson** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Weyburn-Big Muddy, Weyburn , , , Ronald Wormsbecker
3,883 , , Lorne Hepworth
2,725 , , Bill Rudachyk
1,920 , , Edwin Appenheimer (Ind.) 47 , , , Lorne Hepworth , -

Saskatoon

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Saskatoon South, Saskatoon Broadway , , , Pat Atkinson
5,027 , , Lee Cutforth
1,445 , , Jackie Stewart
2,891 , , Greg Hill (Independent (politician)#Canada, Ind.) 107 , , , Herman Rolfes
''Saskatoon South'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Saskatoon Eastview, Saskatoon Eastview-Haultain , , , Bob Pringle (politician), Bob Pringle
4,630 , , Bob Myers
1,698 , , Dan Kolysher
2,485 , , , , , Bob Pringle
''Saskatoon Eastview'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Saskatoon Fairview , , , Bob Mitchell (Saskatchewan politician), Bob Mitchell
5,955 , , Gaby Akl
905 , , Bill Mellof
2,084 , , , , , Bob Mitchell , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Saskatoon Greystone , , Peter Prebble
4,009 , , Gary Hellard
1,094 , , , ''Lynda Haverstock''
5,422 , , Leslie Cushion (Ind.) 40 , colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;", ''New District'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Saskatoon Centre, Saskatoon Idylwyld , , , Eric Cline
5,986 , , Carol Zanon
1,294 , , Roland Loewer
2,562 , , , , , Anne Smart**
''Saskatoon Centre'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Saskatoon Nutana , , , Herman Rolfes
5,452 , , Jerry Ehalt
1,264 , , Shirley Khan
3,048 , , , , , Pat Atkinson , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Saskatoon Meewasin, Saskatoon River Heights , , , Carol Teichrob
4,908 , , Raymond Harry Meiklejohn, Ray Meiklejohn
3,578 , , Ed Monuik
2,955 , , , , , Ray Meiklejohn
''Saskatoon Mayfair'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Saskatoon Riversdale , , , ''Roy Romanow''
5,254 , , Gay Caswell
761 , , Gary La Plante
1,398 , , , , , ''Roy Romanow'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Saskatoon Sutherland, Saskatoon Sutherland-University , , , Mark Koenker
4,034 , , Jim Laing
1,452 , , Robin Bellamy
3,102 , , , , , Mark Koenker
''Saskatoon Sutherland'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Saskatoon Massey Place, Saskatoon Westmount , , , Janice MacKinnon
5,505 , , George Turanich
1,008 , , Myron Luczka
1,913 , , , , , John Edward Brockelbank, John Brockelbank** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Saskatoon Southeast, Saskatoon Wildwood , , , Pat Lorje
4,282 , , Joan Black
2,509 , , David Clark
3,123 , , , colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;", ''New District'' , -

Regina

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Regina Coronation Park, Regina Albert North , , , Kim Trew
5,313 , , Roy Gaebel
881 , , Phil Biggs
2,520 , , , , , Kim Trew
''Regina North'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Regina South, Regina Albert South , , , Serge Kujawa
4,333 , , Jack Klein
1,761 , , Saul Jacobson
3,133 , , John O'Donoghue (Independent (politician)#Canada, Ind.) 106 , , , Jack Klein
''Regina South'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Regina Northeast, Regina Churchill Downs , , , Ned Shillington, Edward Shillington
6,049 , , John Bergen
661 , , Clyde Myhill
1,939 , , , , , Edwin Tchorzewski
''Regina North East'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Regina Dewdney , , , Edwin Tchorzewski
6,695 , , Warne Rhoades
990 , , Bob Newman
1,969 , , , colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;", ''New District'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Regina Elphinstone , , , Dwain Lingenfelter
6,505 , , Don Racette
854 , , Cliff Chatterson
1,673 , , , , , Dwain Lingenfelter , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Regina Hillsdale , , , Rose Marie Simard
4,851 , , Shirley Schneider
1,677 , , Larry Bird
2,930 , , , , , Rose Marie Simard
''Regina Lakeview'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Regina Lake Centre , , , Joanne Crofford
6,286 , , Bill Pratt
1,296 , , Michael R. Giles
2,432 , , , , , Ned Shillington, Edward Shillington
''Regina Centre'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Regina Walsh Acres, Regina North West , , , John Solomon (Canadian politician), John Solomon
5,660 , , Jack Mock
990 , , Liz Calvert
2,670 , , , , , John Solomon , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Regina Rosemont , , , Robert Llewellyn Lyons
6,406 , , Myrna Petersen
1,031 , , John M. MacGowan
2,383 , , , , , Robert Lyons , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Regina Douglas Park, Regina Victoria , , , Harry Van Mulligen
5,759 , , Olga Stinson
1,000 , , Louise Holloway
2,066 , , , , , Harry Van Mulligen , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Regina Wascana Plains , , , Doreen Hamilton
4,532 , , Gordon Martin
2,148 , , Cam McCannell
3,086 , , , , , Gordon B. Martin
''Regina Wascana'' , - , - , style="width: 130px" , Saskatchewan Liberal Party, Liberal , Anita Bergman , align="right", 2,566 , align="right", 57.05 , align="right", +28.40 , New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan, NDP , Kathie Maher-Wolbaum , align="right", 1,794 , align="right", 39.88 , align="right", -20.85 , Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, Prog. Conservative , Harvey Schmidt , align="right", 138 , align="right", 3.07 , align="right", -7.55 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 4,498 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right",

Opinion Polls

Maclean's (September 30, 1991) *NDP- 63% *Progressive Conservatives- 19% *Liberals- 15%

References

Saskatchewan Archives Board - Election Results By Electoral DivisionElections Saskatchewan