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 Saskatchewan general election, 1991 - Definition 

The Twenty-Second Provincial General Election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was held on October 21, 1991.

The Progressive Conservative government of Premier Grant Devine was defeated by the New Democratic Party, led by former federal NDP Member of Parliament Roy Romanow. The Devine government had been embarrassed by a series of scandals relating to kickbacks paid to cabinet ministers.

The Tories lost almost two-thirds of the seats they had held in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, as well as a significant share of the popular vote.

The NDP was able to win more than half the votes, and a solid majority in the legislature.

The Liberal Party, led by Lynda Haverstock, was able to attract a much larger share of disaffected Tory voters, but was unable to translate the support of almost one-quarter of voters into seats: Haverstock was the only Liberal to win a seat.

Results


Party Party Leader Popular Vote # nominated Seats
# % % Change Previous Elected Change
New Democratic 275,780 51.05 +5.85 66 25 55 +30
Progressive Conservative <center>Grant Devine 137,994 25.54 -19.07 66 38 10 -28
Liberal <center>Lynda Haverstock 125,814 23.29 +13.30 66 1 1
Independent 592 0.11 +0.04 8
Independence (Western Canada Concept) <center> 46 0.01 -0.07 1
Total 540,226 100.00 207 64 66 +2
Saskatchewan elections: 1905 1908 1912 1917 1921 1925 1929 1934 1938 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1967 1971 1975 1978 1982 1986 1991 1995 1999 2003

Source: Elections Saskatchewan (http://www.elections.sk.ca/history.php#provincialvotesummaries)


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