List of Saskatchewan Leaders of the Opposition

A list of parliamentary opposition leaders in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, from 1906 to the present.

  Provincial Rights Party / Conservative Party of Saskatchewan / Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
NamePartyTook OfficeLeft Office
 1.Frederick HaultainProvincial Rights19061912
 2.W.B. WilloughbyConservative19121917
 3.Donald MacLeanConservative19171921
 4.John MahargIndependent19231924
 5.Harris TurnerIndependent19241925
 6.Charles TranProgressive19251929
 7.James AndersonConservative19291929
 8.James GardinerLiberal19291934
 9.George WilliamsFarmer-Labour19341938
 George WilliamsCCF19381941
 10.John BrockelbankCCF19411944
 11.William PattersonLiberal19441948
 12.Walter TuckerLiberal19481954
 13.Asmundur A. LoptsonLiberal19541955
 14.Alexander H. McDonaldLiberal19551960
 15.Ross ThatcherLiberal19601964
 16.Woodrow LloydCCF/NDP19641970
 17.Allan BlakeneyNDP19701971
 18.David SteuartLiberal19711976
 19.Ted MaloneLiberal19761978
 20.Dick CollverProgressive Conservative19781979
 21.Eric BerntsonProgressive Conservative19791982
 Allan BlakeneyNDP19821987
 22.Roy RomanowNDP19871991
 23.Grant DevineProgressive Conservative19911992
 24.Rick SwensonProgressive Conservative19921994
 25.Bill BoydProgressive Conservative19941995
 26.Lynda HaverstockLiberal19951995
 27.Ron OsikaLiberal19951996
 28.Ken KrawetzLiberal19961997
 Ken KrawetzSaskatchewan Party19971999
 29.Elwin HermansonSaskatchewan Party19992004
 30.Brad WallSaskatchewan Party20042007
 31.Lorne CalvertNDP20072009
 32.Len TaylorNDP20092009
 33.Dwain LingenfelterNDP20092011
 34.John NilsonNDP20112013
 35.Cam BrotenNDP20132016
 36.Trent WotherspoonNDP20162017
 37.Nicole SarauerNDP20172018
 38.Ryan MeiliNDP2018present

(1) There was no designated Leader of the Opposition for the sessions of 1921 and 1922. In the period 1925-1929 C.E. Tran and J.T.M. Anderson were paid equal allowances as Leaders of the Opposition.

(2)The Saskatchewan CCF officially became the Saskatchewan NDP on November 25, 1967.

(3)From June 24, 1977 E.C. Malone and R.L. Collver were paid equal allowances as Leader of the Liberal Opposition and Progressive Conservative Opposition respectively.

(4)Mr. Richard James Swenson was designated Leader of the Opposition on January 1, 1993.

(5)Ms. Lynda Haverstock resigned as Leader of the Opposition on November 12, 1995. Mr. Ron Osika was designated Leader of the Opposition on November 15, 1995.

(6)Mr. Kenneth Krawetz was designated Leader of the Opposition on December 6, 1996.

(7)Mr. Kenneth Krawetz was designated Leader of the Opposition in August 1997.

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