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Saskatchewan general election, 1982
The Saskatchewan general election of 1982 was twentieth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on April 26, 1982, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.
The Progressive Conservative Party, led by Grant Devine, won over half the popular vote, and a large majority in the legislature. Devine formed the first Tory government in the province since the 1929 election, defeating the New Democratic Party government of Premier Allan Blakeney, which had governed the province since the 1971 election.
Although the NDP managed to hold its share of the vote, it lost 35 of its 44 seats in the legislature because of the collapse in the vote of the Liberal Party, led by Ralph Goodale. Goodale later found more success in federal politics, rising to become Minister of Finance of Canada in the government of Paul Martin, Jr. in 2003.
Results
| Party | Party Leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Previous | After | % Change | # | % | % Change | Progressive Conservative | 64 | 17 | 55 | +234% | 289,311 | 54.07% | +15.99% | New Democratic | 64 | 44 | 9 | -79.5% | 201,390 | 37.64% | -1.48% | Liberal | 64 | | | | 24,134 | 4.51% | -9.27% | Western Canada Concept | | 40 | | 17,487 | 3.26% | ||||||
| Independent | 8 | | | | 1,607 | 0.30% | +0.28% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aboriginal Peoples Party | | 10 | | 1,156 | 0.22% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 250 | 61 | 64 | +4.9% | 535,085 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: Elections Saskatchewan
See also
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