18th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 18th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1975. The assembly sat from November 12, 1975, to September 19, 1978.^[1] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Allan Blakeney formed the government.^[2] The Liberal Party led by David Steuart formed the official opposition. Edward Malone replaced Steuart as party leader in 1976.^[3] After the Progressive Conservative Party won two by-elections and convinced two Liberal members to defect^[4] in 1977, the Progressive Conservative Party led by Richard Lee Collver shared the role of official opposition with the Liberals.^[3]

John Edward Brockelbank served as speaker for the assembly.^[5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1975:^[6]

	Electoral district	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Arm River	Donald Leonard Faris	New Democratic Party	1971
	Assiniboia-Bengough	Roy Edgar Nelson	Liberal	1975
	Athabasca	Frederick John Thompson	New Democratic Party	1975
	Bengough-Milestone	David Hadley Lange	New Democratic Party	1971
	Biggar	Elwood Lorrie Cowley	New Democratic Party	1971
	Canora	Al Matsalla	New Democratic Party	1967
	Cumberland	Norman H. MacAuley	New Democratic Party	1975
	Cut Knife-Lloydminster	Miro Kwasnica	New Democratic Party	1967
	Estevan	Robert Austin Larter	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Humboldt	Edwin Laurence Tchorzewski	New Democratic Party	1971
	Indian Head-Wolseley	Cyril Pius MacDonald	Liberal	1964
	Kelsey-Tisdale	John Rissler Messer	New Democratic Party	1967
	Kelvington-Wadena	Neil Erland Byers	New Democratic Party	1969
	Kindersley	Allan Neil McMillan	Liberal	1975
	Kinistino	Arthur Thibault	New Democratic Party	1959
	Last Mountain-Touchwood	Gordon S. MacMurchy	New Democratic Party	1971
	Maple Creek	William Harry Stodalka	Liberal	1975
	Meadow Lake	Gordon James McNeill	New Democratic Party	1975
	Melfort	Norman Vickar	New Democratic Party	1975
	Melville	John Russell Kowalchuk	New Democratic Party	1967
	Moose Jaw North	John Leroy Skoberg	New Democratic Party	1975
	Moose Jaw South	Gordon Taylor Snyder	New Democratic Party	1960
	Moosomin	Larry Birkbeck	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Morse	John Edward Niel Wiebe	Liberal	1971
	Nipawin	Richard Lee Collver	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Pelly	Leonard Larson	New Democratic Party	1964, 1971
		Norm Lusney (1977)	New Democratic Party	1977
	Prince Albert	Mike Feschuk	New Democratic Party	1971
	Prince Albert-Duck Lake	David Gordon Steuart	Liberal	1962
		Garnet Norman Wipf (1977)	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Qu'Appelle	John Gary Lane	Liberal	1971
			Progressive Conservative
	Quill Lakes	Murray James Koskie	New Democratic Party	1975
	Redberry	Dennis Banda	New Democratic Party	1975
	Regina Centre	Edward Blain Shillington	New Democratic Party	1975
	Regina Elphinstone	Allan Emrys Blakeney	New Democratic Party	1960
	Regina Lakeview	Edward Cyril Malone	Liberal	1973
	Regina North East	Walter Smishek	New Democratic Party	1964
	Regina North West	Edward Charles Whelan	New Democratic Party	1960
	Regina Rosemont	Bill Allen	New Democratic Party	1975
	Regina South	Stuart John Cameron	Liberal	1975
	Regina Victoria	Henry Harold Peter Baker	New Democratic Party	1964
	Regina Wascana	E.F. Anthony Merchant	Liberal	1975
	Rosetown-Elrose	Roy Hardeman Bailey	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Rosthern	Ralph Katzman	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Saltcoats	Ed Kaeding	New Democratic Party	1971
	Saskatoon Buena Vista	Herman Rolfes	New Democratic Party	1971
	Saskatoon Centre	Paul Peter Mostoway	New Democratic Party	1971
	Saskatoon Eastview	Glen Howard Penner	Liberal	1975
	Saskatoon Mayfair	Beverly Milton Dyck	New Democratic Party	1971
	Saskatoon Nutana	Wesley Albert Robbins	New Democratic Party	1964, 1971
	Saskatoon Riversdale	Roy John Romanow	New Democratic Party	1967
	Saskatoon Sutherland	Evelyn Grace Edwards	Liberal	1975
		Harold William Lane (1977)	Progressive Conservative	1977
	Saskatoon Westmount	John Edward Brockelbank	New Democratic Party	1964
	Shaunavon	Eiliv (Sonny) Anderson	Liberal	1975
	Shellbrook	George Reginald Anderson Bowerman	New Democratic Party	1967
	Souris-Cannington	Eric Arthur Berntson	Progressive Conservative	1975
	Swift Current	Dennis Marvin Ham	Progressive Conservative	1975
	The Battlefords	Eiling Kramer	New Democratic Party	1952
	Thunder Creek	Wilbert Colin Thatcher	Liberal	1975
			Progressive Conservative
	Turtleford	Lloyd Emmett Johnson	New Democratic Party	1975
	Weyburn	James Auburn Pepper	New Democratic Party	1964
	Wilkie	Linda Clifford	Liberal	1975
	Yorkton	Randall Neil Nelson	New Democratic Party	1975

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Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	New Democratic	39
	Liberal	15
	Progressive Conservative	7
Total		61
Government Majority		17

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By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Prince Albert-Duck Lake	Garnet Norman Wipf	Progressive Conservative	March 2, 1977	DG Steuart named to Senate of Canada[7]
Saskatoon Sutherland	Harold William Lane	Progressive Conservative	March 2, 1977	EG Edwards died in 1976[8]
Pelly	Norm Lusney	New Democratic Party	June 8, 1977	LM Larsen died March 1977[9]

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