Saskatchewan general election, 2011

Saskatchewan general election, 2011

2007 ← members November 7, 2011 (2011-11-07) → 28th

58 seats in the 27th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 30 seats needed for a majority Opinion polls   First party Second party   Leader Brad Wall Dwain Lingenfelter Party SK Party New Democrat Leader since 2004 2009 Leader's seat Swift Current Regina Douglas Park (lost re-election) Last election 38 20 Seats won 49 9 Seat change + 11 - 11

Premier before election Brad Wall SK Party Elected Premier Brad Wall SK Party

The 27th Saskatchewan general election was held on November 7, 2011, to elect 58 members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLAs).^[1] The election was called on October 10 by the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, on the advice of Premier Brad Wall.^[2] Wall's Saskatchewan Party government was re-elected with an increased majority.

This was the first Saskatchewan provincial vote to use a fixed election date, set on the first Monday of November every four years.^[3]

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. Opposition leader Dwain Lingenfelter was unseated as the New Democrats fell to only 9 ridings. The Saskatchewan Party maintained their dominance of rural regions, in addition to making substantial inroads in the formerly NDP-dominated urban areas of Regina and Saskatoon. The Green Party 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 Liberal Party. The Progressive Conservatives made a small gain in popular vote for the second straight election.

Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
	Saskatchewan Party	49	9	0	0	0
	New Democratic Party	9	49	0	0	0
	Green	0	0	52	6	0
	Liberal Party	0	0	3	6	0
	Progressive Conservative	0	0	3	2	0
	Western Independence	0	0	0	1	1

Summary of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan election results

Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				2007	Dissol.	2011	Change	#	%	Change
	Saskatchewan	Brad Wall	58	38	38	49	+11	254,997	64.21	+13.29
	New Democratic	Dwain Lingenfelter	58	20	20	9	-11	127,064	31.99	-5.25
	Green	Victor Lau	58	0	0	0	-	11,461	2.89	+0.88
	Liberal	Ryan Bater	9	0	0	0	-	2,200	0.55	-8.85
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Swenson	5	0	0	0	-	1,298	0.33	+0.15
	Western Independence	Dana Arnason	2	0	0	0	-	63	0.02	-0.11
	Independent		1	0	0	0	-	44	0.01
Total			191	58	58	58		397,127	100.00

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 a number of smaller cities – including Moose Jaw, The Battlefords, and Prince Albert. The Saskatchewan Party won the majority of votes and seats in Saskatoon, which has traditionally been more friendly to right-of-centre parties and candidates. However – and perhaps most surprisingly – the Saskatchewan Party was able to drastically reduce the New Democrats' hold on Regina, in part due to picking up local support from the largely absent Liberal Party.

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. NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter lost his bid for re-election in Regina Douglas Park.

Party Name			Northern	Prince Albert	Central	Southern	Moose Jaw	Saskatoon	Regina	Total
	Saskatchewan Party	Seats:	11	2	6	12	2	8	8	49
		Popular Vote:
	NDP	Seats:	2	0	0	0	0	4	3	9
		Popular Vote:
	Green	Popular Vote:
	Liberal	Popular Vote:		xx	xx	xx	xx
	Progressive Conservative	Popular Vote:	xx	xx				xx
	Western Independence	Popular Vote:		xx			xx	xx	xx
	Independents	Popular Vote:	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx
Total seats:			13	2	6	12	2	12	11	58

Timeline

2007

• November 21, 2007 – Premier Brad Wall & Cabinet Ministers are sworn in.

2008

• January 3, 2008 – NDP MLA Joan Beatty announces she will resign her seat in Cumberland to enter federal politics.
• June 25, 2008 – Doyle Vermette holds the seat of Cumberland for the New Democrats.
• October 16, 2008 – NDP Leader Lorne Calvert announces he will retire from politics as soon as his successor is chosen.

2009

• May 29, 2009 – Premier Brad Wall shuffles his Cabinet.
• June 6, 2009 – Dwain Lingenfelter is elected Leader of the Saskatchewan NDP over Ryan Meili on the second ballot.
• June 30, 2009 – NDP MLA Harry Van Mulligen resigns his seat in Regina Douglas Park, officially retiring from politics. Lorne Calvert resigns his seat in Saskatoon Riversdale the same day.
• September 21, 2009 – Dwain Lingenfelter & Danielle Chartier hold the constituencies of Regina Douglas Park & Saskatoon Riversdale, respectively, for the NDP.
• October 21, 2009 – Dwain Lingenfelter is sworn in as Leader of the Official Opposition.

2010

• January 29, 2010 – NDP MLA Kim Trew announces that he will not be running in the next election.^[4]
• April 16, 2010 – Saskatchewan Party MLA Serge LeClerc resigns from the caucus to sit as an Independent MLA.^[5] On April 20, he announces that he will not be running in the next election.^[6]
• May 13, 2010 – NDP MLA Ron Harper announces that he will retire at the end of his term.^[7]
• June 2, 2010 – Saskatchewan Party MLA Joceline Schriemer announces that she will not run for re-election.^[8]
• June 23, 2010 – Finance Minister Rod Gantefoer announces that he will retire at the next election.^[9]
• June 29, 2010 – Premier Brad Wall shuffles his Cabinet.[1]
• August 31, 2010 – Independent MLA Serge LeClerc resigns his seat in the Legislature, leaving politics.^[10]
• October 18, 2010 – Gordon Wyant of the Saskatchewan Party wins the seat of Saskatoon Northwest in a byelection.^[11]

2011

• January 11, 2011 – NDP MLA Pat Atkinson announces that she will retire at the next provincial election.^[12]
• March 5, 2011 – Saskatchewan Party MLA Denis Allchurch loses his party's nomination for Rosthern-Shellbrook to Scott Moe.^[13]
• September 6, 2011 – Larissa Shasko abruptly resigns from the leadership of the Green Party of Saskatchewan; Shasko also gives up her candidacy for the Greens in Moose Jaw North.^[14] Federal Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May announces (via Twitter) that veteran provincial party activist Victor Lau will temporarily lead the Saskatchewan Greens.^[14]
• September 25, 2011 – Lau elected leader of the Green Party at an extraordinary convention in Regina.^[15]
• October 10, 2011 – Premier Brad Wall asks Lieutenant Governor Gordon Barnhart to dissolve the Legislative Assembly and issue writs of election.^[2]
• October 22, 2011 – Nominations close with 191 candidates running in 58 electoral districts.^[16]

Incumbents not contesting their seats

Retiring incumbents

Saskatchewan Party Michael Chisholm, Cut Knife-Turtleford[17] Rod Gantefoer, Melfort[9] Joceline Schriemer, Saskatoon Sutherland[8] New Democrats Pat Atkinson, Saskatoon Nutana[12] Ron Harper, Regina Northeast[7] Kim Trew, Regina Coronation Park[4] Lost nomination election Saskatchewan Party Denis Allchurch, Rosthern-Shellbrook[13]

Opinion polls

Polling Firm	Date of Polling	Link	Saskatchewan Party	New Democratic	Liberal	Green
Forum Research	02011-11-05November 5, 2011	HTML	62	34	1	3
Praxis	02011-11-04November 4, 2011	HTML	66.7	26.4	*	5.2
Forum Research	02011-10-27October 27, 2011	HTML	66	30	1	3
Insightrix	0Error: invalid timeOctober 25–26, 2011	HTML	60.0	33.3	2.8	3.0
Praxis	0Error: invalid timeAugust 29 – September 2, 2011	HTML	63.4	26.1	5.9	3.0
Insightrix	0Error: invalid timeJuly 6–8, 2011	HTML	58.2	30.8	4.2	5.0
Sigma Analytics	02010-11-06November 6, 2010	HTML	57.3	29.4	8.2	4.8
Insightrix	02010-04-15April 15, 2010	PDF	58.3	28.7	*	*
Insightrix	02009-11-01November 2009	PDF	66.6	23.0	*	*
Environics	02009-06-01June 2009	HTML	62	35	2	*
Environics	02009-04-01April 2009	HTML	61	30	8	*
Environics	02008-12-01December 2008	HTML	65	27	8	*
Environics	02008-10-01October 2008	HTML	50	37	11	*
Environics	02008-06-01June 2008	HTML	46	41	10	*
Environics	02008-03-01March 2008	HTML	46	41	10	*
Environics	02007-12-01December 2007	HTML	50	33	15	*
Election 2007	02007-11-07November 7, 2007	HTML	50.9	37.2	9.4	2.0

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

Electoral District		Candidates				Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	Liberal
Athabasca		Bobby Woods	Buckley Belanger	George Durocher			Buckley Belanger
Cut Knife-Turtleford		Larry Doke	Bernadette Gopher	Vinessa Currie-Foster			Michael Chisholm**
Lloydminster		Tim McMillan	Wayne Byers	Meggan Hougham			Tim McMillan
Meadow Lake		Jeremy Harrison	Helen Ben	Mary Susan Merasty			Jeremy Harrison
Rosthern-Shellbrook		Scott Moe	Clay DeBray	Margaret-Rose Uvery			Denis Allchurch**
The Battlefords		Herb Cox	Len Taylor	Owen Swiderski	Ryan Bater		Len Taylor

Northeast Saskatchewan

Electoral District		Candidates			Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green
Batoche		Delbert Kirsch	Janice Bernier	Amber Jones		Delbert Kirsch
Canora-Pelly		Ken Krawetz	Rob Carlson	Jaime Fairley		Ken Krawetz
Carrot River Valley		Fred Bradshaw	Arnold Schellenberg	Spence Bourassa		Fred Bradshaw
Cumberland		Joe Hordyski	Doyle Vermette	Samuel Hardlotte		Doyle Vermette
Kelvington-Wadena		June Draude	Graham Reid	Elaine Hughes		June Draude
Melfort		Kevin Phillips	Ivan Yackel	Melvin Pylypchuk		Rod Gantefoer**
Prince Albert Carlton		Darryl Hickie	Ted Zurakowski	George Morin		Darryl Hickie
Prince Albert Northcote		Victoria Jurgens	Darcy Furber	Raymond Bandet		Darcy Furber
Saskatchewan Rivers		Nadine Wilson	Jeanette Wicinski-Dunn	Paul-Emile L'Heureux		Nadine Wilson

West Central Saskatchewan

Electoral District		Candidates				Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	Other
Arm River-Watrous		Greg Brkich	Eric Skonberg	Orest Shasko			Greg Brkich
Biggar		Randy Weekes	Glenn Wright	Darryl Amey	Dana Arnason (WIP) James Yachyshen (PC)		Randy Weekes
Humboldt		Donna Harpauer	Gord Bedient	Lynn Oliphant			Donna Harpauer
Kindersley		Bill Boyd	Peter Walker	Norbert Kratchmer			Bill Boyd
Martensville		Nancy Heppner	Catlin Hogan	Chad Wm. Crozier			Nancy Heppner
Rosetown-Elrose		Jim Reiter	Tom Howe	Dianne Rhodes			Jim Reiter

Southwest Saskatchewan

Electoral District		Candidates				Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	PC
Cypress Hills		Wayne Elhard	Alex Mortensen	William Caton			Wayne Elhard
Moose Jaw North		Warren Michelson	Derek Hassen	Corinne Johnson	Rick Swenson		Warren Michelson
Moose Jaw Wakamow		Greg Lawrence	Deb Higgins	Deanna Robilliard	Tom Steen		Deb Higgins
Swift Current		Brad Wall	Aaron Ens	Amanda Huxted			Brad Wall
Thunder Creek		Lyle Stewart	Ryan McDonald	Jill Forrester			Lyle Stewart
Wood River		Yogi Huyghebaert	Randy Gaudry	Amelia Swiderski			Yogi Huyghebaert

Southeast Saskatchewan

Electoral District		Candidates				Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	Other
Cannington		Dan D'Autremont	Todd Gervais	Daniel Johnson	Chris Brown (PC)		Dan D'Autremont
Estevan		Doreen Eagles	Blair Schoenfeld	Sigfredo Gonzalez			Doreen Eagles
Indian Head- Milestone		Don McMorris	Richard J. Klyne	Shelby Hersberger			Don McMorris
Last Mountain-Touchwood		Glen Hart	Don Jeworski	Greg Chatterson	Frank J. Serfas (WIP)		Glen Hart
Melville-Saltcoats		Bob Bjornerud	Leonard Dales	Jordan Fieseler			Bob Bjornerud
Moosomin		Don Toth	Carol Morin	Laura Forrester			Don Toth
Weyburn-Big Muddy		Dustin Duncan	Ken Kessler	Gene Ives			Dustin Duncan
Yorkton		Greg Ottenbreit	Chad Blenkin	Kathryn McDonald			Greg Ottenbreit

Saskatoon

Electoral District		Candidates				Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	Liberal
Saskatoon Centre		David Cooper	David Forbes	Daeran Gall			David Forbes
Saskatoon Eastview		Corey Tochor	Judy Junor	Shawn Setyo			Judy Junor
Saskatoon Fairview		Jennifer Campeau	Andy Iwanchuk	Jan Norris			Andy Iwanchuk
Saskatoon Greystone		Rob Norris	Peter Prebble	Tammy McDonald	Simone Clayton		Rob Norris
Saskatoon Massey Place		Fawad (Ali) Muzaffar	Cam Broten	Diane West			Cam Broten
Saskatoon Meewasin		Roger Parent	Frank Quennell	Tobi-Dawne Smith	Nathan Jeffries		Frank Quennell
Saskatoon Northwest		Gordon Wyant	Nicole White	Luke Bonsan	Eric Steiner		Gordon Wyant
Saskatoon Nutana		Zoria Broughton	Cathy Sproule	Mark Bigland-Pritchard	Cole Hogan		Pat Atkinson**
Saskatoon Riversdale		Fred Ozirney	Danielle Chartier	Vicki Strelioff			Danielle Chartier
Saskatoon Silver Springs		Ken Cheveldayoff	Cindy Lee Sherban	D'Arcy Hande	Rod Stoesz		Ken Cheveldayoff
Saskatoon Southeast		Don Morgan	Zubair Sheikh	Sarah Risk	Brenda McKnight		Don Morgan
Saskatoon Sutherland		Paul Merriman	Naveed Anwar	Larry Waldinger	Kaleb Jeffries		Joceline Schriemer**

Regina

Electoral District		Candidates				Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	Other
Regina Coronation Park		Mark Docherty	Jaime Garcia	Helmi Scott			Kim Trew**
Regina Dewdney		Gene Makowsky	Kevin Yates	Darcy Robilliard	Robin Schneider (Lib.)		Kevin Yates
Regina Douglas Park		Russ Marchuk	Dwain Lingenfelter	Victor Lau			Dwain Lingenfelter
Regina Elphinstone-Centre		Bill Stevenson	Warren McCall	Ingrid Alesich			Warren McCall
Regina Lakeview		Bob Hawkins	John Nilson	Mike Wright			John Nilson
Regina Northeast		Kevin Doherty	Dwayne Yasinowski	Nathan Sgrazzutti			Ron Harper**
Regina Qu'Appelle Valley		Laura Ross	Steve Ryan	Billy Patterson	Hafeez Chaudhuri (Ind.)		Laura Ross
Regina Rosemont		Tony Fiacco	Trent Wotherspoon	Allan Kirk			Trent Wotherspoon
Regina South		Bill Hutchinson	Yens Pedersen	David Orban			Bill Hutchinson
Regina Walsh Acres		Warren Steinley	Sandra Morin	Bart Soroka			Sandra Morin
Regina Wascana Plains		Christine Tell	Pat Maze	Bill Clary	Roy Gaebel (PC)		Christine Tell

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.

Saskatchewan Party	New Democratic
Saskatoon Eastview (NDP) 3.12% (won) Saskatoon Meewasin (NDP) 3.47% (won) The Battlefords (NDP) 4.1% (won) Regina Dewdney (NDP) 5.87% (won)	Moose Jaw North (SK Party) 0.38% (held) Meadow Lake (SK Party) 0.5% (held) Prince Albert Carlton (SK Party) 0.78% (held) Regina Qu'Appelle Valley (SK Party) 1.99% (held) Regina South (SK Party) 2.6% (held) Saskatoon Greystone (SK Party) 3.17% (held) Saskatoon Sutherland (SK Party) 3.2% * (held)
Liberal
Saskatoon Meewasin (NDP) 5.21% (won by SK Party)

Political parties

• Saskatchewan Party
• Saskatchewan NDP
• Green Party of Saskatchewan
• Saskatchewan Liberal Party
• Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
• Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan

External links

• Election Almanac - Saskatchewan Provincial Election 2011
• Elections Saskatchewan - 2011 General Election Register of Potential Candidates
• Saskatchewan Party Candidate list

References

1. ^ Election Campaign To Start on Monday, October 10
2. ^ ^{a b} Hall, Angela; Couture, Joe (October 10, 2011). "Sask. politicians hit the campaign trail; public to vote Nov. 7". Leader-Post. Postmedia Network. http://www.leaderpost.com/news/Sask+politicians+campaign+trail+public+vote/5528936/story.html. 
3. ^ Legislation Introduced To Set Fixed Election Dates
4. ^ ^{a b} "Regina NDP MLA Kim Trew won't run again", http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2010/01/29/sk-ndp-regina-kim-trew.html: January 29, 2010.
5. ^ "MLA LeClerc steps down from Sask. Party caucus", http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/LeClerc+steps+down+from+Sask+Party+caucus+accused+drug/2917277/story.html: April 16, 2010.
6. ^ "LeClerc won't run again", http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/LeClerc+steps+down+from+Sask+Party+caucus+accused+drug/2917277/story.html: April 20, 2010.
7. ^ ^{a b} "Regina Northeast MLA Ron Harper to retire", http://www.leaderpost.com/news/Regina+Northeast+Harper+retire/3020405/story.html: Regina Leader-Post, May 13, 2010.
8. ^ ^{a b} "Saskatoon Sutherland MLA Joceline Schriemer not seeking re-election", http://www.skcaucus.com/schriemer.html: June 2, 2010.
9. ^ ^{a b} "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.
10. ^ "Serge LeClerc resigns as MLA", http://www.thestarphoenix.com/sports/Serge+LeClerc+resigns/3464959/story.html: Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, August 31, 2010.
11. ^ "Wyant wins Saskatoon Northwest byelection", http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2010/10/18/saskatoon-northwest-byelection.html: CBC.ca/sask, October 18, 2010.
12. ^ ^{a b} "MLA Pat Atkinson retires", http://www.globalsaskatoon.com/entertainment/Atkinson+retires/4092391/story.html: GlobalSaskatoon.com, January 12, 2011.
13. ^ ^{a b} Wood, James (March 5, 2011). "Sask. Party MLA loses nomination fight". The StarPhoenix. Postmedia Network. http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Sask+Party+loses+nomination+fight/4388965/story.html. 
14. ^ ^{a b} "Saskatchewan Green Party leader resigns". CBC News. September 6, 2011. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2011/09/06/sk-green-party-saskatchewan-1108.html. 
15. ^ "Lau new leader of Saskatchewan Greens" (in English). CBC News. 26 September 2011. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/story/2011/09/26/sk-green-party-chooses-victor-lau-as-leader-1109.html. Retrieved 28 September 2011. 
16. ^ "Nominated Candidates for the November 7, 2011 General Election". Elections Saskatchewan. October 22, 2011. http://www.elections.sk.ca/resources/candidates-list----october22----2011.pdf. Retrieved October 27, 2011. 
17. ^ "Saskatchewan Party MLA Mike Chisholm back at work" http://www.skcaucus.com/index.php?pageid=ArchiveDetail&archiveid=54 : May 13, 2009.