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  Saskatchewan Liberal Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Saskatchewan Liberal Party is a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
After the defeat of Thatcher's Liberals in 1971 at the hands of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP), the party remained the principal opposition party in the province until the 1978 election when the it was wiped out and replaced on the right by the Progressive Conservatives.
The internal party feud hurt Liberal fortunes and the party was again shut out of the legislature in the 2003 election with Karwacki losing his seat.
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 Saskatchewan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saskatchewan is (approximately) a quadrilateral bounded on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the American states of Montana and North Dakota.
Saskatchewan is also the world's most important supplier of uranium, and supplies much of the western world's supplies.
The current premier of Saskatchewan is New Democrat Lorne Calvert, whose government was re-elected in the 2003 election with a slim majority government--the NDP won 30 seats in the 58-seat Legislative Assembly, while the Saskatchewan Party won the remaining 28 seats.
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 Saskatchewan Party -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Today, the Saskatchewan Party serves as the province's Official Opposition, holding 26 of the province's 58 seats in the Legislative Assembly in Regina.
While some of the original Liberal MLAs are still members of the caucus, the majority have roots in the Progressive Conservative, Reform, Alliance and Conservative parties of Saskatchewan and Canada.
The party was hounded by voters who accused the party of a plan to privatize the province's crown corporations, which various members had stated they were willing to do over the years since the party formed.
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 Saskatchewan Liberal Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After the defeat of the Liberals in the 1971 election at the hands of the CCF's successor, the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP), the party remained the principal opposition party in the province until the 1978 election, when the party was wiped out and replaced on the right by the Progressive Conservatives.
The Liberals were only able to take limited advantage of the collapse of Grant Devine's scandal and deficit-ridden Conservative government in the 1991 election, but Haverstock was able to win her Saskatoon seat.
In the 1995 election, the Liberals displaced the Tories to become the Official Opposition to the re-elected NDP government of Roy Romanow.
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 Saskatchewan Liberal Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Country Liberal Party Northern Territory Liberal party, a NT party independent of any other political party, though it is associated with the Liberal Party and National Party of Australia.
Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) The Ontario wing of Paul Martin's federal Liberal Party.
Liberal Party of Canada (BC) The British Columbia wing of the federal Liberal Party led by Paul Martin.
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 Encyclopedia: Liberal Party of Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Liberal Party was reduced from a majority to a minority government due, in part, to a Chrétien-era scandal in which advertising agencies supporting the Liberal Party received grossly inflated commissions for their services.
When the Liberals formed a majority government after the 1993 election with Chrétien at the helm, party unity was assured by placing Martin, whom Chrétien had defeated for the party leadership in 1990, in the crucial role of Minister of Finance.
In April, 2005 David Kilgour, one of the party's two MPs from Alberta announced that he was leaving the party to sit as an independent member of the House of Commons due to the damaging allegations of corruption in the Liberal Party's Quebec wing based on testimony in the Gomery Commission inquiry.
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 Encyclopedia: Yukon Liberal Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Yukon Liberal Party is aligned with the Liberal Party of Canada.
The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a political party in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
The Parti libéral du Québec (Liberal Party of Quebec), or PLQ, is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Quebec.
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 Encyclopedia: Tommy Douglas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Saskatchewan general election of 1944 was the tenth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
Saskatchewan became the centre of a hard-fought struggle between the government, the North American medical establishment, and the province's physicians, who brought things to a head with the doctors' strike.
In the Canadian federal election of 1965, the Liberal Party of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson was re-elected with a larger number of seats in the Canadian House of Commons.
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 MSN Encarta - Saskatchewan (province)
Among Saskatchewan's large mammals are moose, caribou, fl bear, and grey wolf in the forests; Virginia deer, which are especially numerous in the agricultural south; and pronghorn, which range the south-west.
Saskatchewan’s largest cities are the provincial capital, Regina (population 178,225); Saskatoon (196,811); Prince Albert (34,291), and Moose Jaw (32,131).
Prominent among these institutions are the University of Saskatchewan (1907) in Saskatoon, the oldest and largest institution of higher education in the province, and the University of Regina (1974) in Regina.
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 Saskatchewan - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Saskatchewan's economy is traditionally associated with agriculture, however increasing diversification has meant that now agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting together make up only 6.8% of the province's GDP.
Today, the official opposition in the province is the Saskatchewan Party, a new right-wing party built out of the remains of the Tories and right wing former Liberals.
The current premier of Saskatchewan is New Democrat Lorne Calvert, whose government was re-elected in the 2003 election with a majority government.
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 Saskatchewan_Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The '''Saskatchewan Party''' is a conservative political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
The party was established in 1997 by a coalition of former Progressive Conservative and Liberal members and supporters who sought to remove the New Democratic Party from power.
During the Saskatchewan general election, 2003, the Saskatchewan Party campaigned on a platform of tax reduction and decreased government involvement in the private sector.
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 Encyclopedia: Roy Romanow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Honourable Allan Emrys Blakeney, PC, OC, SOM, QC, MA, DCL (born 1925) was the Premier of the Canadian province of Saskatchewans from 1971 to 1982, and leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party.
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
The Queens Privy Council for Canada is the ceremonial council of advisors to the Queen of Canada, whose members are appointed by her Governor General in Canada for life on the advice of the Prime Minister.
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 cric.ca - Canada's Portal - Quick Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
When his party screwed up royally, with a cartoon portraying Saskatchewan Party leader Elwin Hermanson as a Nazi prison camp guard loading hapless NDP supporters into a train making it into public, Calvert was immediately contrite.
The Saskatchewan Party defeated Melenchuk in Saskatoon Northwest and Osika in Melville-Saltcoats.
Saskatchewan Party officials were hinting election night that voters could be back at the polls sooner than they think.
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 CBC - Saskatchewan Votes 2003
The other is the avowedly free-enterprise, rural-based Saskatchewan Party, a coalition which arose out of the ashes of the disgraced provincial Progressive Conservative Party.
With the two main parties being ideological opposites and their leaders facing political death if they lose, the tone has been fiery in the weeks leading up to the Oct. 8 election call.
The Saskatchewan Party and the NDP appeared to be in a dead heat in the days before the Nov. 5 election.
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 Mapleleafweb.com: - Spotlight - Saskatchewan Election 2003 - Liberal Party Backgrounder
He was elected Leader of Saskatchewan Liberals in October 2001, and will be seeking election to the legislature as the member for Saskatoon Meewasin.
The Liberal party platform focuses on three key areas: (1) economic development through a career development strategy, (2) creating a better economic and social environment for families, and (3) reforming government.
Saskatchewan Families – The Liberal Party is committed to building a home for families by improving the economic and social environment of the province.
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 Saskatchewan New Democratic Party Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The party's origins lie in the Farmer-Labour Group, a political organization created by the United Farmers of Canada (Saskatchewan Section) led by George Williams, and the Independent Labour Paty led by M.J. Coldwell in 1932.
The party's greatest accomplishment was the introduction of North America's first comprehensive system of public medical insurance or Medicare (sometimes referred to as socialized medicine by critics of the system).
His government was defeated in the 1982 election by the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, led by Grant Devine.
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 CTV.ca | Calvert vows progressive change in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan election was the last of eight provincial votes to be held across the country this year and voter turnout was described as steady.
Much of the campaigning by all three parties was focused on the 12 seats in Saskatoon, a city with a swinging electorate, re-adjusted riding boundaries and two races without incumbents.
The Saskatchewan Party swept the rural ridings in the 1999 election.
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 Saskatchewan New Democratic Party -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The party's origins lie in the Farmer-Labour Group, a political organization created by the (Click link for more info and facts about United Farmers) United Farmers of Canada (Saskatchewan Section) in 1932.
The party's greatest accomplishment was the introduction of North America's first comprehensive system of public medical insurance or (Health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over) Medicare (sometimes referred to as socialized medicine by critics of the system).
Douglas resigned as party leader and (The person who is head of state (in several countries)) Premier in 1961 to become the founding leader of the (Click link for more info and facts about New Democratic Party) New Democratic Party of Canada.
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 Saskatchewan New Democratic Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) is a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
While the national CCF was founded in 1933 it was not until 1934 that the Saskatchewan section of the CCF was formally founded when the Farmer-Labour Group, which was a political organisation created by the United Farmers of Canada (Saskatchewan Section) and the province's Independent Labour Party, became the Saskatchewan CCF.
Romanow almost lost the 1999 election and his government only stayed in office by forming a coalition government with the small Liberal party but as a result of the 2003 general election the NDP, now under Lorne Calvert, was able to form a majority government on its own.
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 CBC News:NDP majority in Saskatchewan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Saskatchewan Party won 28, while the Liberals were shut out.
Saskatchewan Party leader Elwin Hermanson won his own riding of Rosetown-Elrose, with two-thirds of the popular vote.
The Liberal party was shut out of the legislature, including leader David Karwacki.
www.cbc.ca /stories/2003/11/05/sask_elex031105   (440 words)

  
 CTV.ca | NDP wins razor-thin majority in Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Party is close behind with 28 seats, while the Liberals have failed to win any seats.
Liberal Leader David Karwacki, meanwhile, was trying to win his first seat in the 58-seat legislature but lost in Saskatoon Meewasin to the NDP's Frank Quennell.
The Saskatchewan Party, which was formed six years ago out of an alliance of disgruntled Liberals and vanquished Tories, swept the rural ridings in the 1999 election.
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 CBC - Saskatchewan Votes 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The NDP hoped to retain all of Saskatoon, but the Saskatchewan Party was confident that these three ridings were theirs for the picking – and they were.
Saskatoon Northwest pitted former Liberal leader and coalition government finance minister Jim Melenchuk for the NDP against businessman Ted Merriman, who made a strong push for the Saskatchewan Party.
The Saskatchewan Party candidate was Dan Thibault, a councillor for the Rural Municipality of Edenwold, which includes his home community of Emerald City.
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 Saskatchewan Liberal Party - Definition up Erdmond.Com
The party dominated Saskatchewan politics for the province's first forty years providing six of the first seven Premiers and being in power for all but five of the years between the province's creation in 1905 and World_War_II.
The Liberals were to remain out of power for twenty years until Ross_Thatcher's victory in 1964.
After the defeat of Thatcher's Liberals in 1971 at the hands of the Saskatchewan_New_Democratic_Party (NDP), the party remained the principal opposition party in the province until the 1978 election when the it was wiped out and replaced on the right by the Progressive Conservatives.
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 Saskatchewan Liberal Leader starts petition
The Saskatchewan Liberal party has not enjoyed good fortune for the past four years almost entirely as a result of their own actions.
Saskatchewan Liberals have circulated a petition to all RMs, towns and villages in the province.
The Petition of the undersigned citizens of the Province of Saskatchewan humbly showeth:
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