The 2016 Saskatchewan general election, was held on April 4, 2016, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Lieutenant Governor dissolved the Legislature on March 8, 2016, setting the election date for April 4. The election resulted in the Saskatchewan Party winning its third majority government. This is the first time in 90 years that a party other than the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) or its predecessor, the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) has won three consecutive majority governments in Saskatchewan. It is also the first time that a centre-right party has won three consecutive elections in the province.
Date Under The Legislative Assembly Act, 2007 (Saskatchewan), the election "must be held" on the first Monday of November in the fourth calendar year following the previous election. As the last election was held in 2011, that date would be November 2, 2015. However, the act also provides that if the election period would overlap with a federal election period, the provincial election is to be postponed until the first Monday of the following April. Under the federal fixed-term act, the 42nd general election occurred on October 19, 2015, overlapping election periods by approximately two weeks. Because the federal Conservatives called the election on August 2, 2015 for October 19, the Saskatchewan election was held on April 4, 2016, even though the Lieutenant Governor retained the power to dissolve the Legislative Assembly early on the Premier's advice.
Redistribution of electoral districts
An Act of the Saskatchewan Legislature increased the number of seats from 58 to 61. The following changes were made:
Abolished NewRenaming of districts Martensville Martensville-Warman Regina Dewdney Regina Gardiner Park Regina Qu'Appelle Valley Regina Rochdale Saskatoon Massey Place Saskatoon WestviewAbolished districts Regina South Drawn from other districts Regina PasquaFrom parts of Regina South, Regina Lakeview, Regina Rosemont and Regina Qu'Appelle Valley. Regina UniversityFrom parts of Regina South, Regina Douglas Park and Regina Wascana Plains. Saskatoon Stonebridge-DakotaFrom Saskatoon Southeast.Reorganization of districts Arm River-Watrous Biggar Humboldt Thunder Creek Arm River Biggar-Sask Valley Humboldt-Watrous Lumsden-Morse Saskatoon Greystone Saskatoon Silver Springs Saskatoon Sutherland
Saskatoon Churchill-Wildwood Saskatoon Silverspring-Sutherland Saskatoon University Saskatoon Willowgrove
Results Due to an increase in the number of ridings (from 58 to 61), both parties increased their total number of seats.
The Saskatchewan Party maintained its sweep of the southern and central rural ridings, and also held on to a majority of seats in Regina and Saskatoon. The NDP seemed to have some momentum after winning federal seats for the first time in a decade at the 2015 federal election. However, it was unable to recover much of the ground it lost in its severe defeat of almost five years earlier. The NDP gained one seat each in Regina and Prince Albert but lost one in Saskatoon for an overall net gain of one seat, and for the second consecutive election saw its leader unseated in his own riding; Cam Broten was defeated in the reconfigured riding of Saskatoon Westview by a slim margin of 232 votes. The results reflected the opinion polling done prior to the election, with the popular vote falling within the margins of error, though the Saskatchewan Party won more seats than what was projected.
Election summary
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Party !rowspan="2"|Leader !rowspan="2"|Candidates !colspan="4"|Seats !colspan="3"|Popular vote |- !2011 !Dissol. !2016 !+/- !Votes !% !% change
|align=left|Brad Wall |61 ||49 ||47 ||51 || +2 || 270,776 || 62.53% || -1.72
|align=left|Cam Broten |61 ||9 |||9||10 || +1 || 131,137 || 30.28% || -1.69
|align=left|Darrin Lamoureux |61 ||– ||– || 0 || – || 15,568 || 3.60% ||+3.04
|align=left|Victor Lau |58 ||– ||– || 0 || – || 7,967 || 1.84% ||-1.03
|align=left|Rick Swenson |18 ||– ||– || 0 || – || 5,571 || 1.29% ||+0.96
|align=left|Frank Serfas |4 ||– ||– || 0 || – || 318 || +0.06% ||
| colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Independent |5 ||– ||– || 0 || – || 1,693 || +0.38% ||
| colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Vacant |– ||2 || colspan="5" |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="3"|Total |268 ||58 ||58 ||61 || || 433,030 || 100% ||
Percentages
Synopsis of results + 2016 Saskatchewan general election - synopsis of riding results Riding Winning party Turnoutincluding rejected and declined ballots Votes 2011 1st place Share Share% Margin# Margin% 2nd place Sask NDP Lib Grn PC WIP Total Arm River New Sask 6,187 73.39% 4,730 56.11% NDP 67.33% 6,187 1,457 207 241 338 – – 8,430Athabasca NDP NDP 1,756 64.68% 1,112 40.96% Sask 33.40% 644 1,756 262 53 – – – 2,715Batoche Sask Sask 4,471 64.76% 2,357 34.14% NDP 62.13% 4,471 2,114 216 103 – – – 6,904Biggar-Sask Valley New Sask 5,972 76.75% 4,519 58.08% NDP 60.08% 5,972 1,453 194 162 – – – 7,781Cannington Sask Sask 6,444 84.47% 5,770 75.63% NDP 62.44% 6,444 674 133 133 245 – – 7,629Canora-Pelly Sask Sask 4,318 67.47% 2,995 46.80% NDP 56.76% 4,318 1,323 192 102 414 51 – 6,400Carrot River Valley Sask Sask 5,104 75.96% 3,735 55.59% NDP 56.13% 5,104 1,369 131 115 – – – 6,719Cumberland NDP NDP 3,375 62.32% 1,765 32.59% Sask 38.93% 1,610 3,375 352 79 – – – 5,416Cut Knife-Turtleford Sask Sask 5,765 79.83% 4,807 66.56% NDP 57.86% 5,765 958 255 90 154 – – 7,222Cypress Hills Sask Sask 5,774 79.50% 4,899 67.45% NDP 60.82% 5,774 875 99 133 382 – – 7,263Estevan Sask Sask 5,454 77.86% 4,819 68.79% NDP 58.34% 5,454 635 118 89 618 – 91 7,005Humboldt-Watrous New Sask 5,818 74.54% 4,230 54.20% NDP 63.98% 5,818 1,588 212 187 – – – 7,805Indian Head-Milestone Sask Sask 5,118 67.36% 3,270 43.04% NDP 58.99% 5,118 1,848 264 143 225 – – 7,598Kelvington-Wadena Sask Sask 5,133 69.98% 3,779 51.52% NDP 61.76% 5,133 1,354 132 108 390 218 – 7,335Kindersley Sask Sask 4,802 67.95% 3,553 50.28% Ind 59.74% 4,802 522 171 – 323 – 1,249 7,067Last Mountain-Touchwood Sask Sask 4,274 62.18% 2,702 39.31% NDP 59.76% 4,274 1,572 212 104 689 23 – 6,874Lloydminster Sask Sask 4,350 86.16% 3,918 77.60% NDP 37.39% 4,350 432 202 65 – – – 5,049Lumsden-Morse New Sask 6,256 75.08% 4,601 55.22% NDP 64.87% 6,256 1,655 242 179 – – – 8,332Martensville-Warman Sask Sask 6,854 79.45% 5,377 62.33% NDP 56.43% 6,854 1,477 179 91 – 26 – 8,627Meadow Lake Sask Sask 4,395 70.47% 2,965 47.54% NDP 46.66% 4,395 1,430 305 107 – – – 6,237Melfort Sask Sask 5,579 77.09% 4,173 57.66% NDP 59.23% 5,579 1,406 150 102 – – – 7,237Melville-Saltcoats Sask Sask 5,311 72.74% 3,716 50.90% NDP 59.61% 5,311 1,595 138 – 192 – 65 7,301Moose Jaw North Sask Sask 4,425 60.80% 1,908 26.22% NDP 58.84% 4,425 2,517 194 142 – – – 7,278Moose Jaw Wakamow Sask Sask 3,514 53.07% 695 10.50% NDP 52.49% 3,514 2,819 182 106 – – – 6,621Moosomin Sask Sask 5,142 72.31% 4,110 57.80% NDP 56.71% 5,142 1,032 191 244 284 – 218 7,111Prince Albert Carlton Sask Sask 3,553 54.81% 883 13.62% NDP 51.41% 3,553 2,670 199 60 – – – 6,482Prince Albert Northcote Sask NDP 2,752 49.12% 261 4.66% Sask 43.37% 2,491 2,752 272 88 – – – 5,603Regina Coronation Park Sask Sask 3,008 47.84% 147 2.34% NDP 52.12% 3,008 2,861 245 103 – – 70 6,287Regina Douglas Park Sask NDP 3,242 49.83% 711 10.93% Sask 54.48% 2,531 3,242 332 401 – – – 6,506Regina Elphinstone-Centre NDP NDP 2,648 59.19% 1,297 28.99% Sask 38.75% 1,351 2,648 297 178 – – – 4,474Regina Gardiner Park Sask Sask 4,259 59.57% 1,800 25.17% NDP 60.95% 4,259 2,459 294 138 – – – 7,150Regina Lakeview NDP NDP 4,358 56.49% 1,643 21.30% Sask 64.37% 2,715 4,358 391 251 – – – 7,715Regina Northeast Sask Sask 3,920 54.65% 1,008 14.05% NDP 57.81% 3,920 2,912 186 155 – – – 7,173Regina Pasqua New Sask 3,929 44.24% 298 3.36% NDP 58.39% 3,929 3,631 962 186 174 – – 8,882Regina Rochdale Sask Sask 5,769 59.04% 2,215 22.67% NDP 62.05% 5,769 3,554 293 155 – – – 9,771Regina Rosemont NDP NDP 3,994 53.95% 893 12.06% Sask 58.57% 3,101 3,994 162 146 – – – 7,403Regina University New Sask 3,418 48.93% 417 5.97% NDP 64.23% 3,418 3,001 401 165 – – – 6,985Regina Walsh Acres Sask Sask 3,575 51.30% 599 8.60% NDP 58.58% 3,575 2,976 312 106 – – – 6,969Regina Wascana Plains Sask Sask 6,107 65.55% 3,582 38.45% NDP 64.82% 6,107 2,525 287 153 245 – – 9,317Rosetown-Elrose Sask Sask 5,939 77.66% 4,559 59.62% NDP 66.83% 5,939 1,380 146 182 – – – 7,647Rosthern-Shellbrook Sask Sask 4,724 71.59% 3,436 52.07% NDP 57.31% 4,724 1,288 468 119 – – – 6,599Saskatchewan Rivers Sask Sask 4,584 67.04% 2,574 37.64% NDP 56.54% 4,584 2,010 244 – – – – 6,838Saskatoon Centre NDP NDP 3,005 57.08% 1,077 20.46% Sask 43.13% 1,928 3,005 203 129 – – – 5,265Saskatoon Churchill-Wildwood New Sask 3,978 52.59% 934 12.35% NDP 61.42% 3,978 3,044 414 128 – – – 7,564Saskatoon Eastview Sask Sask 4,169 53.39% 971 12.43% NDP 62.42% 4,169 3,198 272 170 – – – 7,809Saskatoon Fairview Sask Sask 2,951 48.24% 182 2.98% NDP 50.06% 2,951 2,769 308 89 – – – 6,117Saskatoon Meewasin Sask Sask 3,500 50.49% 523 7.54% NDP 57.60% 3,500 2,977 307 148 – – – 6,932Saskatoon Northwest Sask Sask 4,514 65.49% 2,510 36.41% NDP 59.72% 4,514 2,004 254 121 – – – 6,893Saskatoon Nutana NDP NDP 3,822 56.53% 1,348 19.94% Sask 55.04% 2,474 3,822 275 190 – – – 6,761Saskatoon Riversdale NDP NDP 2,691 48.19% 259 4.64% Sask 47.33% 2,432 2,691 354 107 – – – 5,584Saskatoon Silverspring-Sutherland New Sask 4,482 63.69% 2,479 35.23% NDP 54.73% 4,482 2,003 303 127 122 – – 7,037Saskatoon Southeast Sask Sask 5,247 67.75% 3,078 39.74% NDP 58.97% 5,247 2,169 225 104 – – – 7,745Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota New Sask 6,584 69.97% 4,284 45.53% NDP 59.90% 6,584 2,300 377 149 – – – 9,410Saskatoon University New Sask 3,080 48.03% 348 5.43% NDP 58.65% 3,080 2,732 370 129 101 – – 6,412Saskatoon Westview NDP Sask 3,892 49.07% 217 2.74% NDP 55.10% 3,892 3,675 240 124 – – – 7,931Saskatoon Willowgrove New Sask 6,603 72.11% 4,407 48.13% NDP 59.18% 6,603 2,196 229 129 – – – 9,157Swift Current Sask Sask 6,071 82.44% 4,959 67.34% NDP 60.55% 6,071 1,112 78 103 – – – 7,364The Battlefords Sask Sask 4,296 60.70% 2,036 28.77% NDP 53.11% 4,296 2,260 438 83 – – – 7,077Weyburn-Big Muddy Sask Sask 6,177 78.74% 4,917 62.68% NDP 63.93% 6,177 1,260 122 155 131 – – 7,845Wood River Sask Sask 6,125 76.08% 5,134 63.77% NDP 68.06% 6,125 991 191 200 544 – – 8,051Yorkton Sask Sask 4,585 72.56% 3,153 49.90% NDP 51.46% 4,585 1,432 184 118 – – – 6,319
= Open seat = Turnout is above provincial average = Winning candidate was in previous Legislature = Incumbent had switched allegiance = Previously incumbent in another riding = Not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature = Incumbency arose from byelection gain = Other incumbents renominated = Multiple candidates
Detailed analysis + Elections to the 28th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan – top 5 candidates from each riding, by partyPartyCandidates1st2nd3rd4th5th61 51 10 – – –61 10 50 1 – –61 – – 46 8 658 – – 4 47 518 – – 10 5 34 – – – 1 15 – 1 – – 4
Incumbents not contesting their seats
Retiring incumbents
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