Some New Democrats who were unhappy with the cautious government of Roy Romanow had left the party to form the New Green Alliance, an environmentalist party. This party failed to make a significant impact, winning only 1% of the popular vote, and no seats in the legislature.
The Progressive Conservative Party nominated 14 paper candidates, all in NDP strongholds, in order to preserve its status as a registered political party. The Tories did not actively campaign and won only a few votes.
1-One constituency, Wood River was initially won by the Liberals, but the result was overturned by the courts. The Saskatchewan Party won the ensuing by-election.
The data from the 1997 election study are available on-line; the raw frequencies for a number of variables in their massive survey can be read directly with your browser, or you can download the full data set in SPSS format to analyze on your own computer.
Elections Canada provides the interim election results for the country as a whole, by province and by major metropolitan area.
Vancouver 1999 Local GeneralElection Results - You can also read the results of the plebiscite held on what Vancouverites wished to do with their municipal electoral system.
Saskatchewan is a long, narrow swath of territory that stretches 1,225 km (761 mi) from the 49th parallel of north latitude, the United States boundary, to the 60th parallel.
Saskatchewan is represented in the Canadian Parliament by 14 elected representatives in the House of Commons and by six senators who are appointed by the federal government.
In 1924 Saskatchewan farmers were still convinced that the system of wheat marketing left the farmer at the mercy of the grain elevators, the large milling concerns, and the speculators.
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