1967 Saskatchewan general election

1967 Saskatchewan general election

← 1964 October 11, 1967 (1967-10-11) 1971 →

59 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
30 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
PC
Leader Ross Thatcher Woodrow Lloyd Martin Pederson
Party Liberal New Democratic Progressive Conservative
Leader since September 24, 1959 November 3, 1961 October 28, 1958
Leader's seat Morse Biggar Arm River (lost re-election)
Last election 32 26 1
Seats won 35 24 0
Seat change Increase3 Decrease2 Decrease1
Popular vote 193,871 188,653 41,583
Percentage 45.57% 44.35% 9.78%
Swing Increase5.17pp Increase4.05pp Decrease9.12pp

Premier before election

Ross Thatcher
Liberal

Premier after election

Ross Thatcher
Liberal

The 1967 Saskatchewan general election was held on October 11, 1967, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

The Liberal Party of Saskatchewan, led by Premier Ross Thatcher, was re-elected with a slightly larger majority in the legislature and a larger share of the popular vote.

The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation had changed its name to the New Democratic Party to match the change that had already been made at the federal level. Still led by former Premier Woodrow Lloyd, the NDP also won an increased share of the popular vote but lost one of the seats that the CCF had won in the previous election.

The Liberal and NDP gains in the popular vote came at the expense of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan of Martin Pederson, which lost about half of its votes. Pederson finished third in the constituency he had won three years earlier, and no other PC members were elected. However, a PC candidate finished second in Athabasca.

It was the first election in which the cities of Regina, Saskatoon and Moose Jaw were divided into two or more ridings instead of having a single city-wide multiple-member district for each city. Previously those cities had elected their MLAs through Plurality block voting, but starting in this election, the city MLAs began to be elected through First past the post.

It was the last election, as of 2020, in which the leaders of both the government and the opposition in Saskatchewan represented rural constituencies. It was also the last election contested by the Social Credit Party, which nominated six candidates. To date this is the last election in which the Saskatchewan Liberal Party won a majority of seats.

Results

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Party Party leader Candidates Seats Popular vote
1964 Elected % Change # % % Change
Liberal Ross Thatcher 59 32 35 +9.4% 193,871 45.57% +5.17%
New Democratic Woodrow Lloyd 59 25 24 -4.0% 188,653 44.35% +4.05%
Progressive Conservative Martin Pederson 41 1 -100% 41,583 9.78% -9.12%
Social Credit 6 1,296 0.30% -0.09%
Total 165 58 59 +1.7% 425,403 100%  
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Percentages

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Popular vote
Liberal
45.57%
New Democratic
44.35%
PC
9.78%
Social Credit
0.30%
Seats summary
Liberal
59.32%
New Democratic
40.68%

Ranking

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Party Seats Second Third Fourth
Liberal 35 24 0 0
New Democratic 24 34 1 0
Progressive Conservative 0 1 40 0
Social Credit 0 0 1 5

Riding results

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

Northwestern Saskatchewan

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal NDP PC Other
Athabasca   Allan Ray Guy
1,397
Tony Wood
602
Harry J. Houghton
818
  Allan Ray Guy
Cut Knife-Lloydminster Ben Gulak
2,121
  Miro Kwasnica
2,862
Gordon Goodfellow
1,289
Walter B. Hoover (Social Credit) 164   Isidore Charles Nollet**
Meadow Lake   Henry Coupland
2,394
Martin Semchuk
2,288
Leo Jeannotte
921
  Henry Ethelbert Coupland
Redberry Steve Sulatisky
2,343
  Dick Michayluk
2,365
Ed Thunderchild
510
  Demitro Wasyl Michayluk
Rosthern   David Boldt
2,950
George Guenther
1,466
  David Boldt
Shellbrook Pat Moan
2,204
  George Bowerman
2,515
Norval Horner
910
  John Marcel Cuelenaere**
The Battlefords Herbert O.M. Sparrow
3,700
  Eiling Kramer
4,200
  Eiling Kramer
Turtleford John Flack
2,125
  Bob Wooff
2,152
Hugh E. Konsmo
813
  Robert Hanson Wooff

Northeastern Saskatchewan

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal NDP PC Other
Humboldt   Mathieu Breker
3,693
Palma Little
2,881
Frank J. Martin
720
  Mathieu Theodore Breker
Kelsey William John McHugh
2,381
  John R. Messer
2,473
Carsten Johnson
606
  John Hewgill Brockelbank**
Kelvington   Bryan Bjarnason
2,440
Neil Byers
2,432
Anita M. Kubat
659
  Bryan Bjarnason
Kinistino Lyle Rea
2,724
  Arthur Thibault
3,260
  Arthur Thibault
Melfort-Tisdale Donald Lamb
3,650
  Clarence George Willis
4,133
Orville Pederson (Social Credit) 331   Clarence George Willis
Nipawin   Frank Radloff
2,454
Walter A. Mills
2,446
John A. Whittome
1,185
  Frank Kenneth Radloff
Prince Albert East-Cumberland Eldon McLachlan
3,152
  Bill Berezowsky
4,123
  Bill Berezowsky
Prince Albert West   Davey Steuart
5,090
Orville K. Hjertaas
4,928
  David Gordon Steuart
June 25, 1969, by-election: Kelvington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP Neil Byers 3,135 49.90% +5.93
  Liberal Bryan Bjarnason 2,603 41.43% -2.69
  Prog. Conservative Anita M. Kubat 545 8.67% -3.24
Total 6,283 100.00

West Central Saskatchewan

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal NDP PC Other
Arm River   Wilbert McIvor
1,929
Merle Snustead
1,895
Martin Pederson
1,214
  Martin Pederson
Biggar Elmer McNiven
1,571
  Woodrow S. Lloyd
2,916
Peter Wiebe
1,334
  Woodrow Lloyd
Elrose   George Leith
3,081
David Loewen
2,957
  George Gordon Leith
Hanley   Robert Andrew Heggie
2,282
Robert Alexander Walker
2,149
  Robert Alexander Walker
Kerrobert-Kindersley   William S. Howes
3,499
Boyd Sadler
2,672
  William S. Howes
Rosetown   George Loken
2,951
Harry David Link
2,446
Earl Keeler
862
  George Fredrick Loken
Watrous   Percy Schmeiser
2,622
Hans Broten
2,557
Hugh Kirk
533
  Hans Broten
Wilkie   Joseph "Cliff" McIsaac
3,817
Norman Heather
2,436
  Joseph "Cliff" McIsaac

East Central Saskatchewan

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal NDP PC Other
Canora Ken Romuld
3,170
  Al Matsalla
3,386
  Kenneth Gordon Romuld
Last Mountain   Donald MacLennan
2,425
Gordon MacMurchy
2,399
George Richardson
995
  Donald Gilbert MacLennan
Melville James W. Gardiner
3,463
  John Kowalchuk
3,584
Art Pelzer
799
  James Wilfrid Gardiner
Pelly   Jim Barrie
3,002
Leo Larson
2,753
  Leo Larson
Saltcoats   James Snedker
3,639
Charles Woolfitt
2,392
Cliff Obre
904
  James Snedker
Touchwood George Trapp
2,713
  Frank Meakes
3,002
  George Joseph Trapp
Wadena George Fisher
3,146
  Fred Dewhurst
4,213
  Frederick Arthur Dewhurst
Yorkton   Barry Gallagher
5,048
Irving W. Carlson
4,393
  Bernard David Gallagher

Southwest Saskatchewan

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal NDP PC Other
Gravelbourg   Leo Coderre
2,385
Norman Allan
1,860
Keith Mukelt
567
  Lionel Philas Coderre
Maple Creek   Alexander Cameron
2,683
Ernie Howes
1,901
Marlyn K. Clary
955
  Alexander C. Cameron
Moose Jaw North Vic Cole
2,725
  Gordon Snyder
2,860
Daniel J. Patterson
1,126
  Gordon Snyder
Moose Jaw South Harry P. Swarbrick
2,415
  Bill Davies
4,674
Nick Markewich
1,356
  William Gwynne Davies
Morse   Ross Thatcher
3,396
Louis H. Lewry
2,398
Earl Cooper
694
  Ross Thatcher
Notukeu-Willow Bunch   Jim Hooker
2,772
Allan Engel
2,216
  James Benjamin Hooker
Shaunavon   Fernand Larochelle
3,091
Robert B. Fulton
2,684
  Fernand Larochelle
Swift Current T. Lawrence Salloum
3,366
  Everett Irvine Wood
4,825
Donald C. McGowan
1,439
  Everett Irvine Wood

Southeast Saskatchewan

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal NDP PC Other
Bengough   Alex Mitchell
2,408
Dale Leifso
2,194
Jim Hall
723
  Alexander Mitchell
Cannington   Tom Weatherald
3,436
Stanley G. Barnard
2,377
Glenn Brimner
1,436
  Thomas Milton Weatherald
Lumsden   Darrel Heald
2,812
Cliff Thurston
2,114
Donald K. MacPherson
917
  Darrel Verner Heald
Milestone   Cyril MacDonald
2,491
Fred P. Petruic
1,920
J.K. Glenn
610
  Cyril Pius MacDonald
Moosomin   Frank Gardner
3,297
William Francis Goodwin
2,435
Andrew Emerson Bruce
1,956
  E. Franklin Gardner
Qu'Appelle-Wolseley   Doug McFarlane
2,990
John Stephen Leier
1,842
Victor Edward Horsman
1,401
Lloyd Avram (Social Credit) 323   Douglas Thomas McFarlane
Souris-Estevan   Ian MacDougall
5,197
Russell Brown
4,335
  Ian Hugh MacDougall
Weyburn Junior Staveley
4,693
  Jim Pepper
4,876
Jean Benson
865
  James Auburn Pepper

Saskatoon

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal NDP PC Other
Saskatoon City Park-University   Jeff Charlebois
6,096
Alex M. Nicholson
5,410
Mel Mills
1,356
New District
Saskatoon Mayfair Alex W. Prociuk
3,576
  John Edward Brockelbank
5,739
Hugh Rainey
1,432
New District
Saskatoon Nutana Centre   Clarence Estey
6,184
Wes Robbins
4,902
George Bateman
1,170
New District
Saskatoon Nutana South   Bill Forsyth
5,193
Adele Smillie
3,445
Peter Ritchie
1,267
New District
Saskatoon Riversdale Margaret Gent
2,327
  Roy Romanow
4,888
Emanuel Sonnenschein
1,160
New District

Regina

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Electoral district Candidates Incumbent
Liberal NDP PC Other
Regina Centre Pat McKerral
2,442
  Allan Blakeney
4,363
Les Youngson
698
Nelson Falkowsky (Social Credit) 142 New District
Regina North East Frank Gerein
3,344
  Walt Smishek
5,892
Albert E. Wilson
1,224
New District
Regina North West Frank Kleefeld
3,728
  Ed Whelan
5,364
George J. Tkach
1,011
H. Ken Cooper (Social Credit) 147 New District
Regina South   Gordon Grant
6,297
Jack W. Kehoe
2,575
Lillian Groeller
487
  Gordon Burton Grant
Regina South East Paul Dojack
5,461
  Henry Baker
5,893
Bill Barry
896
New District
Regina South West   Don McPherson
5,890
Murray Koskie
4,076
Dennis Braun
1,084
Henry Austin Hunt (Social Credit) 189 New District

See also

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Further reading

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  • Saywell, John, ed. (1968). Canadian Annual Review for 1967. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-1549-5.

References

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