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 Saskatchewan general election, 1999 - Definition 

The Twenty-Fourth Provincial General Election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was held on September 16, 1999.

The New Democratic government of Premier Roy Romanow, challenged by the newly-minted Saskatchewan Party, lost a significant share of the popular vote, and only won exactly half of the 58 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

The Saskatchewan Party was a right-wing party created by former members of the disgraced Progressive Conservative Party and by Liberals who were unhappy with the leadership of Jim Melenchuk.

The new party was led by Elwin Hermanson, a former Canadian Alliance federal Member of Parliament. It won 39.61% of the popular vote, slightly more than the NDP's 38.73%, but only 25 seats.

The NDP was able to continue to govern with the support of some Liberal Members of the Legislative Assembly.

Some New Democrats who were unhappy with the cautious government of Roy Romanow had left the party to form the New Green Alliance, an environmentalist party. This party failed to make a significant impact, winning only 1% of the popular vote, and no seats in the legislature.

The Progressive Conservative Party nominated 14 paper candidates, all in NDP strongholds, in order to preserve its status as a registered political party. The Tories did not actively campaign and won only a few votes.

Results


Party Party Leader Popular Vote # nominated Seats
# % % Change Previous Elected Change
New Democratic
Roy Romanow
157,046 38.73 -8.48 58 42 29 -13
Saskatchewan Party <center>Elwin Hermanson 160,603 39.61 +39.61 58 – 251 +25
Liberal <center>Jim Melenchuk 81,694 20.15 -14.55 58 11 31 -8
New Green <center> 4,101 1.01 +1.01 16 – – –
Progressive Conservative <center> 1,609 0.40 -17.52 14 5 – -5
Independent 422 0.10 -0.07 2 – – –
Total 405,475 100.00 – 206 58 571 –
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)

1-One constituency, Wood River was initially won by the Liberals, but the result was overturned by the courts. The Saskatchewan Party won the ensuing by-election.


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