17th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 17th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1971. The assembly sat from July 28, 1971, to May 13, 1975.^[1] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Allan Blakeney formed the government.^[2] The Liberal Party formed the official opposition.^[3] After Ross Thatcher's death in July 1971, David Steuart became party leader in December 1971.^[4]

Frederick Arthur Dewhurst served as speaker for the assembly.^[5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1971:^[6]

	Electoral district	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Arm River	Donald Leonard Faris	New Democratic Party	1971
	Assiniboia-Bengough	David Hadley Lange	New Democratic Party	1971
	Athabasca	Allan Ray Guy	Liberal	1960
	Biggar	Elwood Lorrie Cowley	New Democratic Party	1971
	Cannington	Thomas Milton Weatherald	Liberal	1964
	Canora	Al Matsalla	New Democratic Party	1967
	Cut Knife	Miro Kwasnica	New Democratic Party	1967
	Elrose	Hayden William Owens	New Democratic Party	1971
	Gravelbourg	Reginald John Gross	New Democratic Party	1971
	Hanley	Paul Peter Mostoway	New Democratic Party	1971
	Humboldt	Edwin Laurence Tchorzewski	New Democratic Party	1971
	Kelvington	Neil Erland Byers	New Democratic Party	1969
	Kerrobert-Kindersley	Alex Taylor	New Democratic Party	1971
	Last Mountain	Gordon S. MacMurchy	New Democratic Party	1971
	Lumsden	John Gary Lane	Liberal	1971
	Maple Creek	Gene Flasch	New Democratic Party	1971
	Meadow Lake	Henry Ethelbert Coupland	Liberal	1964
	Melfort-Kinistino	Arthur Thibault	New Democratic Party	1959
	Melville	John Russell Kowalchuk	New Democratic Party	1967
	Milestone	Cyril Pius MacDonald	Liberal	1964
	Moose Jaw North	Donald Forrest MacDonald	Liberal	1971
	Moose Jaw South	Gordon Taylor Snyder	New Democratic Party	1960
	Moosomin	Ernest Franklin Gardner	Liberal	1965
	Morse	Wilbert Ross Thatcher	Liberal	1960
		John Edward Niel Wiebe (1971)	Liberal	1971
	Nipawin	John Kristian Comer	New Democratic Party	1971
	Notukeu-Willow Bunch	Allen Willard Engel	New Democratic Party	1971
	Pelly	Leonard Larson	New Democratic Party	1964, 1971
	Prince Albert East	Mike Feschuk	New Democratic Party	1971
	Prince Albert West	David Gordon Steuart	Liberal	1962
	Qu'Appelle-Wolseley	Terry Lyle Hanson	New Democratic Party	1971
	Redberry	Demitro (Dick) Wasyl Michayluk	New Democratic Party	1960
	Regina Albert Park	Kenneth Roy MacLeod	Liberal	1971
	Regina Centre	Allan Emrys Blakeney	New Democratic Party	1960
	Regina Lakeview	Donald Mighton McPherson	Liberal	1967
		Edward Cyril Malone (1973)	Liberal	1973
	Regina North East	Walter Smishek	New Democratic Party	1964
	Regina North West	Edward Charles Whelan	New Democratic Party	1960
	Regina Wascana	Henry Harold Peter Baker	New Democratic Party	1964
	Regina Whitmore Park	Gordon Burton Grant	Liberal	1964
	Rosetown	George Fredrick Loken	Liberal	1964
	Rosthern	David Boldt	Liberal	1960
	Saltcoats	Ed Kaeding	New Democratic Party	1971
	Saskatoon City Park	Beverly Milton Dyck	New Democratic Party	1971
	Saskatoon Mayfair	John Edward Brockelbank	New Democratic Party	1964
	Saskatoon Nutana Centre	Wesley Albert Robbins	New Democratic Party	1964, 1971
	Saskatoon Nutana South	Herman Rolfes	New Democratic Party	1971
	Saskatoon Riversdale	Roy John Romanow	New Democratic Party	1967
	Saskatoon University	John Guyon Richards	New Democratic Party	1971
			Independent
	Shaunavon	Allan Roy Oliver	New Democratic Party	1971
	Shellbrook	George Reginald Anderson Bowerman	New Democratic Party	1967
	Souris-Estevan	Russell Brown	New Democratic Party	1952[a], 1971
		Kim Thorson (1971)	New Democratic Party	1956, 1971
	Swift Current	Everett Irvine Wood	New Democratic Party	1956
	The Battlefords	Eiling Kramer	New Democratic Party	1952
	Tisdale-Kelsey	John Rissler Messer	New Democratic Party	1967
	Touchwood	Frank Meakes	New Democratic Party	1956, 1967
	Turtleford	Michael Feduniak	New Democratic Party	1971
	Wadena	Frederick Arthur Dewhurst	New Democratic Party	1945
	Watrous	Donald William Cody	New Democratic Party	1971
	Weyburn	James Auburn Pepper	New Democratic Party	1964
	Wilkie	Joseph Clifford McIsaac	Liberal	1964
	Yorkton	Irving Wensley Carlson	New Democratic Party	1971

Notes:

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	New Democratic Party	45
	Liberal	15
Total		60
Government Majority		30

Notes:

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:^[6]

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Morse	John Edward Niel Wiebe	Liberal	December 1, 1971	WR Thatcher died in July 1971[4]
Souris-Estevan	Kim Thorson	New Democratic Party	December 1, 1971	R Brown died in October 1971[7]
Athabasca	Allan Ray Guy	Liberal	September 27, 1972	Election results declared invalid[8]
Regina Lakeview	Edward Cyril Malone	Liberal	December 5, 1973	DM McPherson died in September 1973[9]

Notes

1. Last Mountain