1967 Saskatchewan general election

1967 Saskatchewan general election

October 11, 1967 (1967-10-11)
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 3 2 1 Popular vote 193,871 188,653 41,583 Percentage 45.57% 44.35% 9.78% Swing 5.17pp 4.05pp 9.12pp
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

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

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

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

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

Northwestern Saskatchewan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• List of political parties in Saskatchewan
• List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts

References

• Saskatchewan Archives Board - Election Results By Electoral Division
• Elections Saskatchewan: Provincial Vote Summaries

Further reading

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