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Saskatchewan Elections: NDP can't climb past Wall
Saskatchewan is an enigma. The same province that elected North America's first socialist government also launched the career of Tory Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. In the past 40 years the winds of political change have swept through Saskatchewan as voters have elected leaders from four different parties into office. Tommy Douglas. Ross Thatcher. Grant Devine. Roy Romanow. These are the political gunslingers that have turned Saskatchewan's provincial elections into prairie showdowns.
Program: The National
Broadcast Date: Nov. 7, 2007
Host: Peter Mansbridge
Reporter: Mellissa Fung
Duration: 2:31
Last updated: January 25, 2012
Page consulted on April 3, 2013
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Tommy Douglas' medicare plan dominates the 1960 election campaign.
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CCF Premier Woodrow Lloyd slams the Liberals' smear campaign of '64.
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An apparent Liberal victory, but the CCF won't roll over yet.
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On the campaign trail with CBC reporter, Ab Douglas.
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Liberal re-election leaves party jubilant, if not dominant in 1967.
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Allan Blakeney and the NDP try to oust Ross Thatcher from office.
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Tory leader Grant Devine goes head-to-head with Premier Blakeney.
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Devine and Blakeney go toe-to-toe in 1986.
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Roy Romanow and the NDP sweep Devine's Tories out of office.
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A report on the 1995 Saskatchewan election.
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Roy Romanow takes on the Saskatchewan Party.
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Premier-elect Brad Wall promises "something completely different."
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Saskatchewan is an enigma. The same province that elected North Americ...