Campaign
Lorne Calvert, Premier of Saskatchewan and leader of the New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan, New Democratic Party (NDP), advised the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan to call an election for November 7, 2007. In the 2003 Saskatchewan general election, 2003 election, the NDP won 30 of 58 seats to form a majority government. The Saskatchewan Party, then led by Elwin Hermanson, won 28 seats in that election. Following that election, Hermanson resigned as leader, and Swift Current (provincial electoral district), Swift Current MLA Brad Wall was Saskatchewan Party leadership elections#2004 leadership convention, acclaimed as his successor in March 2004. Within a year after Wall took the leadership, the Saskatchewan Party unveiled a much more moderate policy platform in order to expand its support outside its rural base. This strategy paid off; by the spring of 2007 the Saskatchewan Party was well ahead in most opinion polling. The NDP promised to create places for 10,000 new post-secondary students, and to lower tuition fees by $1,000. The Saskatchewan Party countered with a promise of a tuition rebate of up to $20,000 after graduation, spread over seven years."Saskatchewan Party’s victory appeals to students"Results
, - bgcolor=CCCCCC !rowspan="2" colspan="2" align=left, Party !rowspan="2" align=left, Party leader !rowspan="2", Candidates !colspan="4" align=center, Seats !colspan="3" align=center, Popular vote , - bgcolor=CCCCCC , align="center", 2003 Saskatchewan general election, 2003 , align="center", Dissolution of parliament, Dissol. , align="center", 2007 , align="center", Change , align="center", # , align="center", % , align="center", % Change , align=left, Saskatchewan Party, Saskatchewan , align=left, Brad Wall , align="right", 57 , align="right", 28 , align="right", 28 , align="right", 38 , align="right", +10 , align="right", 230,671 , align="right", 50.92% , align="right", +11.57% , align=left, New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan, New Democratic , align=left, Lorne Calvert , align="right", 58 , align="right", 30 , align="right", 30 , align="right", 20 , align="right", -10 , align="right", 168,704 , align="right", 37.24% , align="right", -7.44% , align=left, Liberal Party of Saskatchewan, Liberal , align=left, David Karwacki , align="right", 58 , align="right", 0 , align="right", 0 , align="right", 0 , align="right", – , align="right", 42,585 , align="right", 9.40% , align="right", -4.78% , align=left, Sandra Finley , align="right", 48 , align="right", 0 , align="right", 0 , align="right", 0 , align="right", – , align="right", 9,128 , align="right", 2.01% , align="right", +1.46% , align=left, Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, Progressive Conservative , align=left, Rick Swenson (politician), Rick Swenson , align="right", 5 , align="right", 0 , align="right", 0 , align="right", 0 , align="right", – , align="right", 832 , align="right", 0.18% , align="right", +0.02% , align=left, John Nesdoly , align="right", 8 , align="right", 0 , align="right", 0 , align="right", 0 , align="right", – , align="right", 572 , align="right", 0.13% , align="right", -0.48% , align=left, Nathan Holowaty , align="right", 5 , align="right", 0 , align="right", 0 , align="right", 0 , align="right", – , align="right", 517 , align="right", 0.11% , align="right", +0.11% , - , align=left colspan="3", Total , align="right", 239 , align="right", 58 , align="right", 58 , align="right", 58 , align="right", – , align="right", 453,009 , align="right", 100% , align="right", Five New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan, New Democratic incumbents – Graham Addley, Mark Wartman, Maynard Sonntag, Lon Borgerson and Glenn Hagel – were defeated. Sonntag was initially declared elected in Meadow Lake (provincial electoral district), Meadow Lake on election night, but was declared defeated the following day after a reported tabulation error. This result was confirmed following the counting of absentee ballots on November 19. The other five seat gains for the Saskatchewan Party came in districts where the New Democratic incumbent did not stand for reelection. This is the most recent election to date in which any party other than the NDP or the Saskatchewan Party received more than 5% of the vote.Percentages
Ranking
Results by region
10 closest ridings
#Moose Jaw North: Warren Michelson (SK Party) def. Glenn Hagel (NDP) by 33 votes #Meadow Lake (provincial electoral district), Meadow Lake: Jeremy Harrison (SK Party) def. Maynard Sonntag (NDP) by 36 votes #Prince Albert Carlton: Darryl Hickie (SK Party) def. Chad Nilson (NDP) by 61 votes #Regina Qu'Appelle Valley: Laura Ross (politician), Laura Ross (SK Party) def. Mark Wartman (NDP) by 204 votes #Regina South: Bill Hutchinson (politician), Bill Hutchinson (SK Party) def. Yens Pedersen (NDP) by 255 votes #Saskatoon Sutherland: Joceline Schriemer (SK Party) def. Graham Addley (NDP) by 269 votes #Saskatoon Meewasin: Frank Quennell (NDP) def. Roger Parent (Canadian politician), Roger Parent (SK Party) by 299 votes #Saskatoon Greystone: Rob Norris (SK Party) def. Andrew Mason (NDP) by 308 votes #Saskatoon Eastview: Judy Junor (NDP) def. Terry Alm (SK Party) by 310 votes #The Battlefords (provincial electoral district), The Battlefords: Len Taylor (NDP) def. Herb Cox (SK Party) by 312 votesRiding-by-riding results
''People in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol ''" ** "'' represents MLAs who did not run again.''Northwest Saskatchewan
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Notes
1 Dan Harder, the Saskatchewan Party candidate in Regina Walsh Acres, withdrew his candidacy on October 27, 2007 after the party learned the details of a complaint of inappropriate conduct made against him by employees of Big Brothers of Regina in 2006 while he was executive director of the organization.References
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