19th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 19th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in October 1978. The assembly sat from February 22, 1979, to March 29, 1982.^[1] The New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Allan Blakeney formed the government.^[2] The Progressive Conservative Party led by Richard Collver formed the official opposition. Eric Berntson replaced Collver as party leader in 1979.^[3]

John Edward Brockelbank served as speaker for the assembly.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1978:^[5]

	Electoral district	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Arm River	Gerald Muirhead	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Assiniboia-Gravelbourg	Allen Willard Engel	New Democratic Party	1971[a], 1978
	Athabasca	Frederick John Thompson	New Democratic Party	1975
	Bengough-Milestone	Robert Hugh Pickering	Progressive Conservative	1978
	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	Robert Gavin Long	New Democratic Party	1978
	Estevan	Robert Austin Larter	Progressive Conservative	1975
		John Otho Chapman (1980)	New Democratic Party	1980
	Humboldt	Edwin Laurence Tchorzewski	New Democratic Party	1971
	Indian Head-Wolseley	Douglas Graham Taylor	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Kelsey-Tisdale	John Rissler Messer	New Democratic Party	1967
		Neal Herbert Hardy (1980)	Progressive Conservative	1980
	Kelvington-Wadena	Neil Erland Byers	New Democratic Party	1969
	Kindersley	Robert Lynal Andrew	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Kinistino	Donald William Cody	New Democratic Party	1971[b], 1978
	Last Mountain-Touchwood	Gordon S. MacMurchy	New Democratic Party	1971
	Maple Creek	Joan Duncan	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Meadow Lake	George Malcolm McLeod	Progressive Conservative	1978
	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	Reginald John Gross	New Democratic Party	1971[c], 1978
	Nipawin	Richard Lee Collver	Progressive Conservative	1975
			Unionest
	Pelly	Norm Lusney	New Democratic Party	1977
	Prince Albert	Mike Feschuk	New Democratic Party	1971
	Prince Albert-Duck Lake	Jerome Hammersmith	New Democratic Party	1978
	Qu'Appelle	John Gary Lane	Progressive Conservative	1971[d]
	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	Douglas Francis McArthur	New Democratic Party	1978
	Regina North East	Walter Smishek	New Democratic Party	1964
	Regina North West	Edward Charles Whelan	New Democratic Party	1960
		John Lewis Solomon (1979)	New Democratic Party	1979
	Regina Rosemont	Bill Allen	New Democratic Party	1975
	Regina South	Paul Emile Rousseau	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Regina Victoria	Henry Harold Peter Baker	New Democratic Party	1964
	Regina Wascana	Clinton Oliver White	New Democratic Party	1978
	Rosetown-Elrose	Herbert Swan	Progressive Conservative	1978
	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	Bernard John Poniatowski	New Democratic Party	1978
	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	Peter W. Prebble	New Democratic Party	1978
	Saskatoon Westmount	John Edward Brockelbank	New Democratic Party	1964
	Shaunavon	Dwain Matthew Lingenfelter	New Democratic Party	1978
	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
			Unionest
	The Battlefords	Eiling Kramer	New Democratic Party	1952
		David Manly Miner (1980)	New Democratic Party	1980
	Thunder Creek	Wilbert Colin Thatcher	Progressive Conservative	1975[e]
	Turtleford	Lloyd Emmett Johnson	New Democratic Party	1975
	Weyburn	James Auburn Pepper	New Democratic Party	1964
	Wilkie	James William Arthur Garner	Progressive Conservative	1978
	Yorkton	Randall Neil Nelson	New Democratic Party	1975

Notes:

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	New Democratic Party	44
	Progressive Conservative	17
Total		61
Government Majority		27

Notes:

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:^[5]

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Regina North West	John Lewis Solomon	New Democratic Party	October 17, 1979	EC Whelan retired from politics[6]
Estevan	John Otho Chapman	New Democratic Party	November 26, 1980	RA Larter resigned seat due to poor health[7]
Kelsey-Tisdale	Neal Herbert Hardy	Progressive Conservative	November 26, 1980	JR Messer resigned seat[8]
The Battlefords	David Manly Miner	New Democratic Party	November 26, 1980	E Kramer retired from politics[9]

Notes

1. Notukeu-Willow Bunch
2. Watrous
3. Gravelbourg
4. First elected as a Liberal
5. First elected as a Liberal