24th Saskatchewan Legislature
| 24th Saskatchewan Legislature | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition parliament | |||
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| Parliament leaders | |||
| Premier | Roy Romanow November 1, 1991 – February 8, 2001 | ||
| Lorne Calvert February 8, 2001 – November 21, 2007 | |||
| Leader of the Opposition | Elwin Hermanson April 13, 1999 – July 15, 2004 | ||
| Party caucuses | |||
| Government | NDP–Liberal coalition | ||
| Opposition | Saskatchewan Party | ||
| Members | 58 MLA seats | ||
| Sovereign | |||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II September 8, 2022 – present | ||
| Lieutenant Governor | Jack Wiebe May 31, 1994 – February 21, 2000 | ||
| Lynda Haverstock February 21, 2000 – August 1, 2006 | |||
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The 24th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the 1999 Saskatchewan election. It was controlled by the New Democratic Party under Premier Roy Romanow. Romanow resigned as New Democratic Party leader in 2001 and was succeeded by Lorne Calvert for the remainder of the 24th Assembly.
NDP/Liberal coalition
[edit]The election resulted in a divided legislature, with the governing NDP and the opposition each winning exactly 29 seats. As a result, Romanow negotiated a coalition agreement with the Liberal Party, which saw that party's three MLAs given cabinet posts in exchange for supporting the government. One of the three Liberal MLAs, Jack Hillson, subsequently resigned from the cabinet and sat as an independent for the duration of the Assembly.
Shortly after being elected leader of the Liberal Party in 2001, David Karwacki ordered an end to the coalition agreement. However, the two Liberal MLAs who remained in cabinet, Jim Melenchuk and Ron Osika, instead quit the Liberal caucus and continued in coalition with the NDP as independent MLAs. Both subsequently ran as NDP candidates in the 2003 election, but were both defeated.
Party standings
[edit]| Affiliation | 1999 election results |
Members at dissolution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Democratic Party | 29 | 28 | |
| Saskatchewan Party | 25 | 26 | |
| Liberal | 3 | 1 | |
| Independent | 0 | 3 | |
| Vacant | 1[a] | 0 | |
| Total |
58 | ||
Members
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ One constituency – Wood River – was initially won by the Liberals, but the result was overturned by the courts.
- ^ First elected as a Liberal
- ^ First elected as a Progressive Conservative
- ^ First elected as a Liberal
- ^ First elected as a Liberal
- ^ First elected as a Liberal
- ^ First elected as a Progressive Conservative
- ^ First elected as a Liberal
- ^ First elected as a Progressive Conservative
- ^ Shaunavon
- ^ Pelly
- ^ First elected as a Progressive Conservative
- ^ First elected as a Liberal
- ^ Saskatoon Sutherland
- ^ Saskatoon University
- ^ Moose Jaw Wakamow
- ^ First elected as a New Democrat
References
[edit]External Links
[edit]- "Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
