The 1975 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 11, 1975, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Blakeney and the NDP were re-elected to a majority government.

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1975 Saskatchewan general election

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61 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   LIB PC Leader Allan Blakeney David Steuart Richard Collver Party New Democratic Liberal Progressive Conservative Leader since July 4, 1970 December 11, 1971 March 18, 1973 Leader's seat Regina Elphinstone Prince Albert- Duck Lake Nipawin Last election 45 15 0 Seats won 39 15 7 Seat change 6 ±0 7 Popular vote 180,700 142,853 124,573 Percentage 40.07% 31.67% 27.62% Swing 14.93pp 11.15pp 25.49pp
Premier before election Allan Blakeney New Democratic Premier after election Allan Blakeney New Democratic

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Both the New Democratic government of Premier Allan Blakeney and the opposition Liberal Party, led by David Steuart, dropped in support to the resurgent Progressive Conservative Party. The Tories, who were a minor force in the previous election, drew over a quarter of the 1975 electorate.

One of the main issues of the campaign was natural resources management. At the onset of the campaign, Saskatchewan was facing court challenges and a capital strike from multinational resource extraction companies. The potash industry was opposed to the new provincial reserve tax that Blakeney's government had introduced on that mineral the previous year. The federal government under Pierre Trudeau supported the companies' court challenges, and announced in the November 1974 federal budget that it would end the deduction of provincial royalties from federal tax.^[1]

Under these circumstances, the opposition Liberal and PC parties proposed lower natural resource royalty payments to ease the companies' concerns and bring investments back to the province. They were fiercely opposed to public ownership in the extraction and refinement of natural resources. On the other hand, Blakeney's NDP ran on the slogan New Deal '75. The platform promised to increase royalties, and more direct government participation in the natural resources sector, especially for the development and exploration of energy resources like oil, gas, coal and uranium; and minerals like potash.^[1]

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

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