The 1982 Saskatchewan general election was held on April 26, 1982, to elect members of the

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. The Progressive Conservative Party, led by Grant Devine, defeated the

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government of

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, which had governed the province since the 1971 election. The

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won over half the popular vote, and a large majority in the legislature – the first time that the party had won an outright majority, and making Devine only the second Tory premier in the province's history. The only other time that the Tories had ever led a government was after the 1929 election, when

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led a coalition government of Conservatives,

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and independents. The NDP vote fell to its lowest level since 1938, and the party lost 35 of its 44 seats in the legislature – the second-worst defeat of a sitting government in the province's history, behind only the

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's 38-seat loss in

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. The highest-profile casualty was Deputy Premier

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, who was ousted by Tory challenger Jo-Ann Zazelenchuk as part of the Tories' sweep of

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. This election included the Aboriginal People's Party, a party focused on issues affecting Saskatchewan's First Nations. The

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's best showing would be in the Cumberland district of northeast Saskatchewan, finishing third – ahead of the Liberal candidate. Popular feelings of

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in Saskatchewan from

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reached a high point in 1982. The provincial wing of the

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movement won more votes than the

candidate in over a third of Saskatchewan's constituencies; in three ridings the WCC candidate captured more than 1,000 votes. The WCC would disappear by 1988 and be replaced by the Western Independence Party in the 21st century.

Results

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Elections Saskatchewan
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Percentages

Ranking

Riding results

Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. ''Party leaders'' are ''italicized''. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again.

Northwest Saskatchewan

Northeast Saskatchewan

, - , style="width: 130px", Prog. Conservative , Sid Dutchak , align="right", 4,271 , align="right", 55.78% , align="right", +13.99 , NDP , Jerome Hammersmith , align="right", 3,386 , align="right", 44.22% , align="right", +2.32 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,657 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right",

West Central Saskatchewan

East Central Saskatchewan

Southwest Saskatchewan

, - , style="width: 130px", Prog. Conservative , Richard Swenson , align="right", 2,670 , align="right", 42.49% , align="right", -19.18 , NDP , Betty Payne , align="right", 1,730 , align="right", 27.53% , align="right", -0.93 , Liberal , William Johnstone , align="right", 1,703 , align="right", 27.10% , align="right", +23.41 , WCC , Henry Banman , align="right", 181 , align="right", 2.88% , align="right", -3.30 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 6,284 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right",

Southeast Saskatchewan

Saskatoon

Regina

, - , style="width: 130px", NDP , Edwin Tchorzewski , align="right", 5,377 , align="right", 70.97% , align="right", +32.46 , Prog. Conservative , Wilma Staff , align="right", 1,768 , align="right", 23.34% , align="right", -34.05 , Liberal , Harvey Schick , align="right", 431 , align="right", 5.69% , align="right", +3.76 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 7,576 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right",