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Rick SwensonKevin O'Connor | CBC Online News | Updated Oct. 30, 2007
Swenson is running in Thunder Creek, the constituency he represented from 1985 to 1995. He's best known as a member of Grant Devine's government in the 1980s and early '90s, where he served as minister of Energy and Mines, Indian and Métis Affairs and in other portfolios. He was also the party's acting leader in 1993 and 1994. However, in the wake of the Tory fraud scandals that sent several caucus colleagues to jail -- Swenson was never accused of any wrongdoing -- the PCs were reduced to five seats in the 1995 election. Two years later, the Saskatchewan Party was born in a merger of PC and Liberal MLAs. In the 2003 election, the PC ran 11 candidates and racked up 681 votes. This time the party is running only five candidates in the 58 constituencies. Its platform includes some policies from the Devine years, including a pledge to harmonize the provincial sales tax with the federal goods and services tax. The PCs also want to eliminate regional health boards and create a First Nations-run correctional centre. Swenson has also talked about holding a debate on further expansion of Saskatchewan's uranium industry.
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