Wall wins again: Sask. Party with 3rd straight majority

Brad Wall and the Saskatchewan Party are one step closer to dynasty territory, sweeping to a majority government victory for a third consecutive term.

It was another resounding victory for the Sask. Party elected in 51 ridings with 63 per cent of the popular vote.

For the second time in a row, the leader of the NDP failed to win his own seat. Cam Broten lost by more than 200 votes in his riding of Saskatoon Westview. Former NDP leader Dwaine Lingenfelter stepped down as leader of the party after a loss in the riding of Regina Douglas Park in 2011.

With three new constituencies for a total of 61, the Sask. Party comes out with 51 seats, two more than the party held going into the election.

The NDP picked up one extra seat for a total of 10. Just before 10 p.m. several urban ridings remained in a tight split in Regina and Saskatoon. You can see the results on our election map.

Wall was the first candidate to be officially elected in his home riding of Swift Current by a margin of more than 4,800 votes.

Wall began his victory speech just before 10 p.m. by thanking Cam Broten and the NDP candidates for contesting the election and for making democracy work.

He noted the location of the Sask. Party headquarters in Swift Current, named for Captain John Palliser who originally surveyed the land and came to the conclusion in his report to the crown that “no one should live here and no one should farm here”.

“Maybe it’s fitting tonight that we would mark well that in this province you better be careful when you tell someone that something can’t be done, because something got done in the province of Saskatchewan tonight,” Wall exclaimed to cheers from the crowd.

He thanked his campaign workers, candidates and volunteers along with his parents and his family.

“Even after this third consecutive win, this is not our question tonight. We did not win anything tonight. We have been given an opportunity to serve. An opportunity to serve the people of the province that we love, let us do that in humility and with determination to be worthy of the opportunity that is given,” Wall said. “With determination to keep the promises that we made in this election campaign, as we have kept the promises that we made in previous election campaigns.”

He noted that the Sask. Party did not make a lot of promises because they were not going to get into a “bidding war” with taxpayers’ money.

The Sask. Party campaigned on its record for building the economy, asking voters to “keep Saskatchewan strong”. Highlights of the Sask. Party platform include: increasing spending on highways by $70 million over four years, reducing hospital administration spending to redirect funds to frontline workers, and selling some public liquor stores.

It was a disastrous night for the NDP, picking up only one extra seat for a total of 10. Despite Broten’s surprise loss in Saskatoon Westview, the NDP did win a consolation prize, regaining a seat in Regina Douglas Park that former NDP leader Dwaine Lingenfelter lost in 2011.

Broten made a brief concession speech to thank his candidates, volunteers and supporters before knowing that he officially lost in his own riding. Deputy NDP leader Trent Wotherspoon won his seat in Regina, but refused to speak to the media following his brief speech. Broten will be speaking to reporters Tuesday morning.

The NDP campaigned on promises to hire more nurses, teachers and educational assistants, scrap Lean in health care facilities and to review all P3 projects underway.

CANDIDATES ELECTED BY CONSTITUENCY

Arm River – Greg Brkich, Sask. Party (first elected in 1999)

Athabasca – Buckley Belanger, NDP (first elected in 1995)

Batoche – Delbert Kirsch, Sask. Party (first elected in 2007)

Biggar- Sask. Valley – Randy Weekes, Sask. Party (first elected in 1999)

Cannington – Dan D’Autremont, Sask. Party (first elected in 1991, he was one of the founding members of the Sask. Party and served as Speaker of the House )

Canora-Pelly – Terry Dennis, Sask. Party (newly elected after incumbent and Sask. Party founding member Ken Krawetz retired)

Carrot River Valley – Fred Bradshaw, Sask. Party (first elected in 2007)

Cumberland  – Doyle Vermette, NDP (first elected in 2011)

Cut Knife-Turtleford – Larry Doke, Sask. Party (first elected in 2011)

Cypress Hills – Douglas Steele, Sask. Party (newly elected replacing Wayne Elhard who retired)

Estevan – Lori Carr, Sask. Party (newly elected replacing incumbent Doreen Eagles who retired)

Humboldt-Watrous – Donna Harpauer, Sask. Party (first elected in 1999)

Indian Head-Milestone – Don McMorris, Sask. Party (first elected in 1999)

Kelvington-Wadena – Hugh Nerlien, Sask. Party (newly elected to replace retiring June Draude, who was one of the Sask. Party’s founding members)

Kindersley – Bill Boyd, Sask. Party (first elected in 1991 under PC Party – he was the leader of that party. Then he became one of the founding members of the Sask. Party)

Last Mountain-Touchwood – Glen Hart, Sask. Party (first elected in 1999)

Lloydminster – Colleen Young, Sask. Party (first elected in a by-election in 2014)

Lumsden-Morse – Lyle Stewart, Sask. Party (first elected in 1999 for the riding formerly known as Thunder Creek)

Martensville-Warman – Nancy Heppner, Sask. Party  (first elected in a by-election in 2007)

Meadow Lake – Jeremy Harrison, Sask. Party (first elected as an MLA 2007, he won a federal election in 2004 at the age of 26. He was the youngest person to ever be elected federally and provincially)

Melfort – Kevin Phillips, Sask. Party (first elected in 2011)

Melville-Saltcoats – Warren Kaeding, Sask. Party (newly elected, he replaces Bob Bjornerud who retired)

Moose Jaw North – Warren Michelson, Sask. Party (first elected in 2007)

Moose Jaw Wakamow – Greg Lawrence, Sask. Party (first elected in 2011)

Moosomin – Steven Bonk, Sask. Party (newly elected to replace Sask. Party’s Don Toth who retired)

Prince Albert Carlton – Joe Hargrave, Sask. Party (newly elected he replaces Darryl Hickie for the Sask. Party)

Prince Albert Northcote – Nicole Rancourt, NDP (newly elected)

Regina Coronation Park -Mark Docherty, Sask. Party (first elected in 2011)

Regina Douglas Park – Nicole Sarauer, NDP (newly elected, she regains the seat that was lost by the NDP’s Dwaine Lingenfelter in 2011)

Regina Elphinstone-Centre – Warren McCall, NDP (first elected in 2003)

Regina Gardiner Park – Gene Makowsky, Sask. Party (first elected in 2011 in the riding previously known as Regina Dewdney)

Regina Lakeview – Carla Beck, NDP (newly elected to replace retiring NDP MLA John Nilson)

Regina Northeast – Kevin Doherty, Sask. Party (first elected in 2011)

Regina Pasqua – Muhammed Fiaz, Sask. Party (newly elected after winning nomination over incumbent Bill Hutchison)

Regina Rochdale – Laura Ross, Sask. Party (first elected in 2007)

Regina Rosemont – Trent Wotherspoon, NDP (first elected in 2007)

Regina University – Tina Beaudry-Mellor, Sask. Party (newly elected in a new riding)

Regina Walsh Acres – Warren Steinley, Sask. Party (first elected in 2011)

Regina Wascana Plains – Christine Tell, Sask. Party (first elected in 2007)

Rosetown-Elrose – Jim Reiter, Sask. Party (first elected in 2011)

Rosthern-Shellbrook – Scott Moe, Sask. Party (first elected in 2011)

Saskatchewan Rivers – Nadine Wilson, Sask. Party (first elected in 2007)

Saskatoon Centre – David Forbes, NDP (first elected in 2001)

Saskatoon Churchill-Wildwood – Lisa Lambert, Sask Party (newly elected in a new riding)

Saskatoon Eastview – Corey Tochor, Sask. Party (first elected in 2011)

Saskatoon Fairview  – Jennifer Campeau, Sask. Party (first elected in 2011)

Saskatoon Meewasin – Roger Parent, Sask. Party (first elected 2011)

Saskatoon Northwest – Gordon Wyant, Sask. Party (first elected in a by-election in 2010)

Saskatoon Nutana – Cathy Sproule, NDP (first elected in 2011)

Saskatoon Riversdale – Danielle Chartier, NDP (first elected in a by-election in 2009)

Saskatoon Silverspring-Sutherland – Paul Merriman, Sask. Party (first elected in 2011)

Saskatoon Southeast – Don Morgan, Sask. Party (first elected in 2003)

Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota – Bronwyn Eyre, Sask. Party (newly elected in a new riding)

Saskatoon University – Eric Olauson, Sask. Party (newly elected in a new riding)

Saskatoon Westview – David Buckingham, Sask Party (newly elected beating out NDP leader Cam Broten)

Saskatoon Willowgrove – Ken Cheveldayoff, Sask. Party (first elected in 2003 in the riding of Saskatoon Silver Springs)

Swift Current – Brad Wall, Sask. Party leader (first elected in 1999, became premier in 2007)

The Battlefords – Herb Cox, Sask. Party (first elected in 2011)

Weyburn Big Muddy – Dustin Duncan, Sask. Party (first elected in a by-election in 2006)

Wood River – David Marit, Sask. Party (newly elected, he was the former president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities)

Yorkton – Greg Ottenbreit, Sask. Party (first elected in 2007)