The Saskatchewan general election of 1971 was the seventeenth provincial election in the Canadian

Canada

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 province of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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. It was held on June 23, 1971, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

The 25th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was in power from 2003 until November 20, 2007. It was controlled by the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party under premier Lorne Calvert.-Members:-By-elections:...

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Under the leadership of Allan Blakeney

Allan Blakeney

Allan Emrys Blakeney, PC, OC, SOM, QC, FRSC was the tenth Premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan from 1971 to 1982, and leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party .-Life and career:...

, the New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan returned to power after seven years in opposition. The NDP won a majority government, increasing its share of the popular vote by over 10 percentage points.

The Liberal government of Premier

Premier

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 Ross Thatcher more or less held its share of the popular vote, but lost a significant number of seats in the legislature in part because of the continuing decline in the share of the vote won by the Progressive Conservative Party

Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan

The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....

, now led by Ed Nasserden.

Ross Thatcher died on July 22 1971, just shy of a month since losing the election

Results

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Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1967 Saskatchewan general election, 1967 The Saskatchewan general election of 1967 was the sixteenth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on October 11, 1967, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	New Democratic	Allan Blakeney Allan Blakeney Allan Emrys Blakeney, PC, OC, SOM, QC, FRSC was the tenth Premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan from 1971 to 1982, and leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party .-Life and career:...	60	24	45	+87.5%	248,978	55.00%	+10.65%
Liberal	Ross Thatcher	60	35	15	-42.9%	193,864	42.82%	-2.75%	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....	Ed Nasserden	16	–	–	–	9,659	2.13%	-7.65%	Independent		1	*	–	*	189	0.04%	*	Communist Communist Party of Canada (Saskatchewan) The Communist Party of Canada was a communist political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was the Saskatchewan section of the Communist Party of Canada...		1	*	–	*	46	0.01%	*
Total			138	59	60	+1.7%	452,736	100%

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

See also

• List of Saskatchewan political parties