18th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 18th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1975. The assembly sat from November 12, 1975, to September 19, 1978.[1] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Allan Blakeney formed the government.[2] The Liberal Party led by David Steuart formed the official opposition. Edward Malone replaced Steuart as party leader in 1976.[3] After the Progressive Conservative Party won two by-elections and convinced two Liberal members to defect[4] in 1977, the Progressive Conservative Party led by Richard Lee Collver shared the role of official opposition with the Liberals.[3]

John Edward Brockelbank served as speaker for the assembly.[5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1975:[6]

	Electoral district	Member	Party
	Arm River	Donald Leonard Faris	New Democratic Party
	Assiniboia-Bengough	Roy Edgar Nelson	Liberal
	Athabasca	Frederick John Thompson	New Democratic Party
	Bengough-Milestone	David Hadley Lange	New Democratic Party
	Biggar	Elwood Lorrie Cowley	New Democratic Party
	Canora	Al Matsalla	New Democratic Party
	Cumberland	Norman H. MacAuley	New Democratic Party
	Cut Knife-Lloydminster	Miro Kwasnica	New Democratic Party
	Estevan	Robert Austin Larter	Progressive Conservative
	Humboldt	Edwin Laurence Tchorzewski	New Democratic Party
	Indian Head-Wolseley	Cyril Pius MacDonald	Liberal
	Kelsey-Tisdale	John Rissler Messer	New Democratic Party
	Kelvington-Wadena	Neil Erland Byers	New Democratic Party
	Kindersley	Allan Neil McMillan	Liberal
	Kinistino	Arthur Thibault	New Democratic Party
	Last Mountain-Touchwood	Gordon S. MacMurchy	New Democratic Party
	Maple Creek	William Harry Stodalka	Liberal
	Meadow Lake	Gordon James McNeill	New Democratic Party
	Melfort	Norman Vickar	New Democratic Party
	Melville	John Russell Kowalchuk	New Democratic Party
	Moose Jaw North	John Leroy Skoberg	New Democratic Party
	Moose Jaw South	Gordon Taylor Snyder	New Democratic Party
	Moosomin	Larry Birkbeck	Progressive Conservative
	Morse	John Edward Niel Wiebe	Liberal
	Nipawin	Richard Lee Collver	Progressive Conservative
	Pelly	Leonard Larson	New Democratic Party
	Prince Albert	Mike Feschuk	New Democratic Party
	Prince Albert-Duck Lake	David Gordon Steuart	Liberal
	Qu'Appelle	John Gary Lane	Liberal
	Quill Lakes	Murray James Koskie	New Democratic Party
	Redberry	Dennis Banda	New Democratic Party
	Regina Centre	Edward Blain Shillington	New Democratic Party
	Regina Elphinstone	Allan Emrys Blakeney	New Democratic Party
	Regina Lakeview	Edward Cyril Malone	Liberal
	Regina North East	Walter Smishek	New Democratic Party
	Regina North West	Edward Charles Whelan	New Democratic Party
	Regina Rosemont	Bill Allen	New Democratic Party
	Regina South	Stuart John Cameron	Liberal
	Regina Victoria	Henry Harold Peter Baker	New Democratic Party
	Regina Wascana	E.F. Anthony Merchant	Liberal
	Rosetown-Elrose	Roy Hardeman Bailey	Progressive Conservative
	Rosthern	Ralph Katzman	Progressive Conservative
	Saltcoats	Ed Kaeding	New Democratic Party
	Saskatoon Buena Vista	Herman Rolfes	New Democratic Party
	Saskatoon Centre	Paul Peter Mostoway	New Democratic Party
	Saskatoon Eastview	Glen Howard Penner	Liberal
	Saskatoon Mayfair	Beverly Milton Dyck	New Democratic Party
	Saskatoon Nutana	Wesley Albert Robbins	New Democratic Party
	Saskatoon Riversdale	Roy John Romanow	New Democratic Party
	Saskatoon Sutherland	Evelyn Grace Edwards	Liberal
	Saskatoon Westmount	John Edward Brockelbank	New Democratic Party
	Shaunavon	Eiliv (Sonny) Anderson	Liberal
	Shellbrook	George Reginald Anderson Bowerman	New Democratic Party
	Souris-Cannington	Eric Arthur Berntson	Progressive Conservative
	Swift Current	Dennis Marvin Ham	Progressive Conservative
	The Battlefords	Eiling Kramer	New Democratic Party
	Thunder Creek	Wilbert Colin Thatcher	Liberal
	Turtleford	Lloyd Emmett Johnson	New Democratic Party
	Weyburn	James Auburn Pepper	New Democratic Party
	Wilkie	Linda Clifford	Liberal
	Yorkton	Randall Neil Nelson	New Democratic Party

Notes:

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	New Democratic Party	39
	Liberal	15
	Progressive Conservative	7
Total		61
Government Majority		17

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By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:[6]

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Prince Albert-Duck Lake	Garnet Norman Wipf	Progressive Conservative	March 2, 1977	DG Steuart named to Senate of Canada[7]
Saskatoon Sutherland	Harold William Lane	Progressive Conservative	March 2, 1977	EG Edwards died in 1976[8]
Pelly	Norm Lusney	New Democratic Party	June 8, 1977	LM Larsen died March 1977[9]

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References

1. "Saskatchewan Sessions of the Legislative Assembly and Their Duration" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
2. "Saskatchewan Premiers" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
3. "Saskatchewan Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
4. Quiring, Brett (2006). "Collver, Richard Lee (1936–)". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Canadian Plains Research Center. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
5. "Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
6. "Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
7. Lloyd, Steven (2006). "Steuart, David Gordon (1916–)". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Canadian Plains Research Center. Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
8. "Members of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-25.
9. Quiring, Brett (2004). Saskatchewan Politicians: Lives Past and Present. Canadian Plains Research Center Press. pp. 136–7. ISBN 0889771650. Retrieved 2012-07-24.