The Green Party of Saskatchewan made modest gains, but did not find the substantial support its counterparts in other provinces have managed.
The Green party's platform of eliminating coal-fired electrical plants and increasing royalties charged to oil and gas companies attracted two per cent of votes.
It's an improvement on the showing of its predecessor, the New Green Alliance, which captured about 0.6 per cent of votes in 2003. But the party, led by Saskatoon community activist Sandra Finley, did not get the breakthrough it was looking for.
The Progressive Conservatives continued their struggle to revive the party's fortunes, winning a dismal 0.2 per cent of votes and only marginally beating two other fringe parties.
The Tories, who went into hiatus after the creation of the Saskatchewan Party in 1997, garnered 819 votes in the five constituencies they ran in, compared with 681 votes they won with 11 candidates in 2003.
The Western Independence Party, which campaigned for Saskatchewan, Alberta, B.C., Manitoba and the territories forming their own country, and the Marijuana Party, which campaigned on legalizing the drug, both made the board with 0.1 per cent of votes.
Saskatchewan Votes 2007 »
- Saskatchewan Party wins majority government
- Only 10 years into its existence as a political force, the Saskatchewan Party will form a majority government and its leader Brad Wall will be the new premier.
- NDP had a 'good run in government'
- A desire for change pushed the NDP out of 16 years of rule in Saskatchewan, but leader Lorne Calvert said the party has no regrets.
- Liberals fail again to elect single MLA
- The third time was not a charm for Liberal Leader David Karwacki, as voters in Saskatoon Meewasin rebuffed his efforts for elected office.
- Shift in urban vote handed seats to Sask. Party
- The seeds of victory were sown in Regina and Saskatoon, where the Saskatchewan Party picked up five seats — but there were gains in other urban areas, too, that helped seal the election win.
- NDP holds on in Regina, but loses 3 seats
- Fortress Regina continued to stand for the NDP when the dust of Wednesday's election had settled, though its foundation was shaken by a trio of Saskatchewan Party wins.
Constituency Profiles
More Saskatchewan Votes Headlines »
- Saskatchewan Party wins majority government
- Only 10 years into its existence as a political force, the Saskatchewan Party will form a majority government and its leader Brad Wall will be the new premier.
- NDP had a 'good run in government'
- A desire for change pushed the NDP out of 16 years of rule in Saskatchewan, but leader Lorne Calvert said the party has no regrets.
- Liberals fail again to elect single MLA
- The third time was not a charm for Liberal Leader David Karwacki, as voters in Saskatoon Meewasin rebuffed his efforts for elected office.
- Shift in urban vote handed seats to Sask. Party
- The seeds of victory were sown in Regina and Saskatoon, where the Saskatchewan Party picked up five seats — but there were gains in other urban areas, too, that helped seal the election win.
- NDP holds on in Regina, but loses 3 seats
- Fortress Regina continued to stand for the NDP when the dust of Wednesday's election had settled, though its foundation was shaken by a trio of Saskatchewan Party wins.
