The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Ths article deals with conservatism as a political philosophy. ... For other uses, see Blue (disambiguation). ... “Political Parties” redirects here. ... Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (Latin: The Strength of Many Peoples) Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Gordon Barnhart - Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 14 - Senate seats 6 Confederation September 1, 1905 (Split from NWT) (9th (province)) Area  Ranked... The term Tory derives from the Tory Party, the ancestor of the modern UK Conservative Party. ...

It nominated candidates for the first time in the 1912 election, seven years after the province of Saskatchewan was formed. The party emerged from the Provincial Rights Party after the retirement of that party's leader, Frederick W. A. G. Haultain. The Third Provincial General Election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was held on July 11, 1912. ... The Provincial Rights Party was a Canadian political party founded and led by Frederick W.A.G. Haultain in 1905 to contest elections in the new province of Saskatchewan. ... Sir Frederick William Alpin Gordon Haultain (November 25, 1857 – January 30, 1942) was the first premier of Canadas North-West Territories (1897–1905), and the last premier prior to the creation of the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan from the original territory. ...

The Conservative Party's best performance in the first half of the twentieth century was in 1929 election, when it won 36% of the popular vote and 24 out of 63 seats. Despite having fewer seats than the Liberals, the Conservatives were able to form a coalition government with Progressive Party and independents. Conservative leader James T.M. Anderson became Premier. The Seventh Provincial General Election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was held on June 6, 1929. ... The Saskatchewan Liberal Party is a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. ... A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a cabinet in parliamentary government in which several parties cooperate. ... The Progressive Party of Canada was a political party in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. ... James Thomas Milton Anderson (July 23, 1878-December 29, 1946) was Saskatchewans fifth Premier and the first Conservative to hold the office. ... In Canada, a Premier is the head of government of a province. ...

The Tories were suspected of being in league with the Ku Klux Klan, which was a strong force in the province at the time, and railed against Catholics and French-Canadians. The Anderson government introduced amendments to the Schools Act banning French as a language of instruction, as well as the display of religious symbols in Catholic schools. Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The "Co-operative government", as it was called, was defeated in the 1934 election, and the Conservative Party lost all of its seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. This loss can be attributed to several factors: The Eighth Provincial General Election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was held on June 19, 1934. ... The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is located in Regina. ...

• the controversy over the government's School Act;
• the government's inability to deal with the Great Depression dust bowl which wiped out the province's agrarian economy; and
• the unpopularity of the federal Conservative government of R.B. Bennett.

With the rise of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, politics in the province became polarized between the Liberals and the CCF. The CCF became the "New Democratic Party" in 1961. The Conservatives were frozen out of the provincial legislature for decades. For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... Dust storm approaching Stratford, Texas in 1935 Buried machinery in barn lot. ... The Conservative Party of Canada has gone by a variety of names over the years since Canadian Confederation. ... For the British composer named Richard Bennett, see Richard Rodney Bennett. ... The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) (formerly the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)) is a social democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. ... The Saskatchewan Liberal Party is a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. ...

No Conservative was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) until thirty years later when the party won a single seat in 1964 election. It lost that foothold three years later in the 1967 election. A Member of the Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the Legislature or legislative assembly of a subnational jurisdiction. ... The Fifteenth Provincial General Election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was held on April 22, 1964. ... Sixteenth Provincial General Election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was held on October 11, 1967. ...

The Tories returned to the legislature in the 1975 election. The Progressive Conservatives won 7 seats to the Liberals' 15 and the NDP's 39. The Eighteenth Provincial General Election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was held on June 11, 1975. ...

In the 1978 election, the Liberals were wiped out, and the Tories became the Official Opposition with 17 seats to the governing NDP's 44. The Nineteenth Provincial General Election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was held on October 18, 1978. ... A list of parliamentary opposition leaders in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, from 1906 to the present. ...

In 1982 election, the Progressive Conservatives under Grant Devine formed a majority government for the first time. They were re-elected in 1986 election, but defeated in the 1991 election, due to large budgetary deficits, an unpopular imposition of harmonized sales taxes, and a scheme entitled "Fair Share Saskatchewan" to decentralize civil service functions from Regina. The Twentieth Provincial General Election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was held on April 26, 1982. ... Grant Devines Official Portrait The image above is believed to be a replaceable fair use image. ... In the Westminster System, a majority government is one in which the government enjoys an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or Parliament. ... The Twenty-First Provincial General Election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was held on October 20, 1986. ... The Twenty-Second Provincial General Election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was held on October 21, 1991. ...

In the years following their defeat, 14 Conservative members of the legislature, one NDP member of the legislature, and two caucus workers were convicted of fraud and breach of trust for illegally diverting hundreds of thousands of dollars from government allowances in a phoney expense-claim scam. During inquiry into the scandal, many innocent party members were placed under heavy scrutiny. Jack Wolfe committed suicide when faced with the agony of possibly being scrutinized for wrongdoing himself, or having the testify against his former colleagues. The party was destroyed by this scandal, winning only five seats in the 1995 election, behind both the NDP and the Liberals. John (Jack) Thomas Wolfe (1955 - 1995) was a Canadian provincial politician. ... The Twenty-Third Provincial General Election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was held on June 21, 1995. ...

Although most former members and supporters joined the Saskatchewan Party in 1997, the Tories are believed to retain a substantial amount of money, which the party would forfeit to the provincial government if it ever became de-registered. Because the party needed to run at least 10 candidates in each general election to keep its registration, a hand-picked group keep the party technically alive and have run paper candidates in each of the last two provincial elections to ensure that the party remains registered. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are up for election. ... In a representative democracy, the term paper candidate is often given to a candidate who stands for a political party in an electoral division where the party in question enjoys little or no support. ...

In the September 16, 1999 election, the party nominated 14 candidates, who collected 1,609 votes, 0.4% of the provincial total. In the November 5, 2003 provincial election, the party nominated 11 candidates, who received a total of 665 votes, which was 0.16% of the provincial total. The Twenty-Fourth Provincial General Election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was held on September 16, 1999. ... Map of Saskatchewans ridings and how they voted and by how much The Saskatchewan general election of 2003 was the twenty-fifth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. ...

In June 2005, the party announced that it is now taking applications for new members, and that it would hold a meeting of members top decide the future of the party.[2] Should the party remain dormant, changes to provincial electoral laws have been proposed in the Legislature that would decrease the number of candidates the party needs to run in general elections from ten to two.

On May 27 2006, the party held a weekend convention. In total, 42 delegates attended the convention in Saskatoon and voted to resurrect the Progressive Conservative Party. Delegates elected Lori Isinger as Party President, and picked Rick Swenson to serve as interim Leader. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Party leaders

• Wellington Bartley Willoughby (1912-1917)
• Donald McLean (1917-1921)
• James T. M. Anderson (1924-October 28, 1936)
• John Diefenbaker (October 28, 1936-1940)
• H. E. Keown (1940-1944)
• Rupert Ramsay (1944-October 12, 1949)
• Alvin Hamilton (October 12, 1949-1957)
• Martin Pederson (October 28, 1958-1968)
• Ed Nasserden (February 28, 1970-March 18, 1973)
• Dick Collver (March 18, 1973-November 9, 1979)
• Grant Devine (November 9, 1979-October 8, 1992)
• Rick Swenson (October 8, 1992-November 21, 1994) (interim)
• Bill Boyd (November 21, 1994-August 8, 1997)
• Iris Dennis
• Rick Swenson (May 31, 2006 - Present) (interim)

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See also

• Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan leadership conventions.

This page shows the results of leadership conventions in the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan (known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan until the mid-1940s). ...

External link

• Party Website