List of Saskatchewan CCF/NDP members

This is a list of members of the Saskatchewan, Canada, branch of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a social democratic political party, and its successor, the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP).

1929 general election

1934 general election

Contested by the Farmer-Labour Group which was founded in 1931 and, with the creation of the CCF in 1932, became its unofficial Saskatchewan wing. Jacob Benson, who had been elected as a Progressive in 1929, broke with the party after it joined the Conservatives to form a coalition government and joined the Farmer-Labour Group after it was formed[1] becoming its first MLA. In the 1934 election under M.J. Coldwell the FLG elected 5 MLAs becoming the official opposition to the Liberal government of James Garfield Gardiner; though Coldwell himself did not win a seat. In 1935, it changed its name and officially became the Saskatchewan section of the CCF and changed its name.

1938 general election

The CCF won ten of the 52 seats (2 FLG MLAs were re-elected and joined by 8 new MLAs) available in the 1938 election, June 8, 1938.

1938 (August 4) by-election

- +1 Pick up

1944 general election

The CCF won 42 of the 52 seats available in the 1944 election, June 15, 1944.

1945 (June 29) by-election

- Switch

1945 (November 21) by-election

- Switch

1946 (June 27) by-election

- Switch

1948 general election

The CCF won 31 of the 52 seats available in the 1948 election, June 24, 1948.

1949 (November 10) by-election

- Switch

1951 (July 10) by-election

- +1 Pick Up

1952 general election

The CCF won 42 of the 53 seats available in the 1952 election, June 11, 1952.

1956 general election

The CCF won 36 of the 53 seats available in the 1956 election, June 20, 1956.

1959 (June 3) by-election

- Switch

1960 general election

The CCF won 37 of the 54 seats available in the 1960 election, June 8, 1960.

February 22, 1961 by-election -1 seat

December 13, 1961 by-election -1 seat

November 14, 1962 by-election -1 seat

1964 general election

The CCF-NDP won 25 of the 58 seats available in the 1964 election, April 22, 1964.

1964 (December 16) by-election

- Switch/Return of Robert Alexander Walker

1967 general election

The NDP won 24 of the 59 seats available in the 1967 election, October 11, 1967.

1969 (June 25) by-election

- +1 Pick Up

1971 general election

The NDP won 45 of the 60 seats available in the 1971 election, June 3, 1971.

1971 (December 1) by-election

- Switch/Return of Kim Thorson

1975 general election

The NDP won 39 of the 61 seats available in the 1975 election, June 11, 1975.

1977 (June 8) by-election

- Switch

1978 general election

The NDP won 44 of the 61 seats available in the 1978 election, October 18, 1978.

1979 (October 17) by-election

- Switch

1980 (November 26) by-elections

- -1, +1, 1 Switch

1982 general election

The NDP won 9 of the 64 seats available in the 1982 election, April 26, 1982.

February 21, 1983 by-election -1 seat

1985 (November 25) by-elections

- +1 Pick Up/Return

1986 general election

The NDP won 25 of the 64 seats available in the 1986 election, October 20, 1986.

1988 (May4th) by-elections

- +1 Pick Up, 1 Switch/Return

1991 general election

The NDP won 55 of the 66 seats available in the 1991 election, October 21, 1991.

February 4, 1994 By-Election -1

1995 general election

The NDP won 42 of the 58 seats available in the 1995 election, June 21, 1995.

November 19, 1996 By-Election -1 seat

1998 (June 24) by-election

- Switch

1998 (October 26) by-election

+1 (Liberal MLA switch to NDP, By-Election Held)

1999 (June 28) by-elections

- 2 Switches

1999 general election

Sept 16th 1999, 1999 election.

2001 (February 26) by-election

- 1 Switch

2001 (March 19) by-election

- 1 Switch/Return of Lorne Calvert

2001 (November 8) by-election

- 1 Switch

2003 (March 17) by-elections

2003 floor crossing

In September 2003 Liberal turned Independent MLAs Jim Melenchuk and Ron Osika (Melville), both members of the cabinet for several years, formally joined the NDP. They were both defeated in the general election weeks later.

2003 general election

The NDP won 30 of the 58 seats available in the 2003 election.

2007 general election

The NDP won 20 of the 58 seats available in the 2007 election.

2008 (June 25) by-election

The NDP won a byelection on June 25, 2008, following the resignation from the legislature of Joan Beatty:

2009 (September 21) by-election

2011 general election

The NDP won 9 of the 58 seats available in the 2011 election.

References

  1. ↑ http://ca.geocities.com/geheimsaskatoon/1933nr.html Archived May 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Archived May 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Northern resettlement in 1933]

See also

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