Elwin Norris Hermanson is a Canadian politician, best known for being the first full-time leader of the Saskatchewan Party

Saskatchewan Party

The Saskatchewan Party is a conservative liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal party members and supporters who sought to remove the Saskatchewan New Democratic...

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In 1993

Canadian federal election, 1993

The Canadian federal election of 1993 was held on October 25 of that year to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 35th Parliament of Canada. Fourteen parties competed for the 295 seats in the House at that time...

 he was elected as a Reform

Reform Party of Canada

The Reform Party of Canada was a Canadian federal political party that existed from 1987 to 2000. It was originally founded as a Western Canada-based protest party, but attempted to expand eastward in the 1990s. It viewed itself as a populist party....

 Member of Parliament

Canadian House of Commons

The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...

 in the Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

 riding of Kindersley—Lloydminster

Kindersley—Lloydminster

Kindersley—Lloydminster was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada,that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1997...

. He was the Reform Party House Leader from 1993 until 1995. Due to redistribution

Redistribution (election)

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 his hometown was located in the new constituency of Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar

Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar

Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-Geography:...

 for the 1997 election

Canadian federal election, 1997

The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...

. He ran against fellow incumbent Chris Axworthy

Chris Axworthy

Christopher S. Axworthy is a Canadian politician.After teaching law at the University of New Brunswick and Dalhousie Law School, Chris Axworthy came to Saskatoon in 1984 as the founding Executive Director of the and as a Professor of Law at the University of Saskatchewan...

 of the New Democratic Party

New Democratic Party

The New Democratic Party , commonly referred to as the NDP, is a federal social-democratic political party in Canada. The interim leader of the NDP is Nycole Turmel who was appointed to the position due to the illness of Jack Layton, who died on August 22, 2011. The provincial wings of the NDP in...

 for the new seat and lost.

Hermanson sought the leadership of the newly-founded Saskatchewan Party in 1998, and defeated Rod Gantefoer

Rod Gantefoer

Rod Gantefoer is a Canadian provincial politician. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan since 1995, representing the constituencies of Melfort-Tisdale from 1995 to 2003 and Melfort since 2003....

 and Yogi Huyghebaert

Yogi Huyghebaert

Delwood Frederick "Yogi" Huyghebaert, O.M.M., C.D. is the current Member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Wood River, Saskatchewan. He represents the Saskatchewan Party....

 in a one member one vote election. He was elected to the provincial legislature for Rosetown-Biggar in the 1999 provincial election

Saskatchewan general election, 1999

The Saskatchewan general election of 1999 was the twenty-fourth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on September 16, 1999 to elect members of the 24th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

 and became Leader of the Opposition

Leader of the Opposition (Saskatchewan)

A list of parliamentary opposition leaders in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, from 1906 to the present. There was no designated Leader of the Opposition for the sessions of 1921 and 1922.In the period 1925-1929 C.E. Tran and J.T.M...

. Widely expected to lead the party to victory in 2003, he stepped down days after the party lost the provincial election that November to the NDP

Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...

 and was subsequently succeeded by Brad Wall

Brad Wall

Bradley John "Brad" Wall, MLA is a Canadian politician who has been the 14th Premier of Saskatchewan since November 21, 2007....

. Hermanson remained the MLA for the new constituency of Rosetown-Elrose

Rosetown-Elrose

Rosetown-Elrose is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. The largest community is Rosetown with a population of 2,277. Other towns in the district include Outlook , Elrose and Kyle....

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On Friday, June 23, 2006, Hermanson announced that he would not be seeking re-election to the legislature.

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