sociology - List of Leaders of the Opposition in Saskatchewan

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

#	Name	Party	Took Office	Left Office
1.	Frederick Haultain	Provincial Rights	1906	1912
2.	W.B. Willoughby	Conservative	1912	1917
3.	Donald McLean	Conservative	1917	1920
4.	John Maharhg	Independent	1923	1923
5.	Harris Turner	Independent	1924	1925
6.	Charles E. Tran	Progressive	1925	1929
7.	James Anderson	Conservative	1929	1929
8.	James Gardiner	Liberal	1929	1934
9.	George Williams	Farmer-Labour	1934	1938
-.	George Williams	CCF	1938	1940
10.	John Brockelbank	CCF	1941	1944
11.	William Patterson	Liberal	1944	1948
12.	Walter Tucker	Liberal	1949	1953
13.	Asmundur A. Loptson	Liberal	1954	1954
14.	Alexander H. McDonald	Liberal	1955	1960
15.	Ross Thatcher	Liberal	1961	1964
16.	Woodrow Lloyd	CCF/NDP	1965	1970
17.	Allan Blakeney	NDP	1970	1971
18.	David Steuart	Liberal	1971	1976
19.	Ted Malone	Liberal	1976	1977
20.	Dick Collver	Progressive Conservative	1978	1979
21.	Eric A. Berntson	Progressive Conservative	1979	1982
-.	Allan Blakeney	NDP	1982	1987
22.	Roy Romanow	NDP	1987	1991
23.	Grant Devine	Progressive Conservative	1991	1992
24.	Richard Swenson	Progressive Conservative	1993	1994
25.	Bill Boyd	Progressive Conservative	1994	1995
26.	Lynda Haverstock	Liberal	1995	1995
27.	Ron Osika	Liberal	1995	1996
28.	Kenneth P. Krawetz	Liberal	1996	1997
-.	Kenneth P. Krawetz	Saskatchewan Party	1997	1999
30.	Elwin Hermanson	Saskatchewan Party	1999	2004
31.	Brad Wall	Saskatchewan Party	2004	present

(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.