Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan leadership elections

This page shows the results of leadership elections in the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan, Canada,. The 1994 convention was determined by a "one member, one vote" system of balloting; all previous conventions were determined by delegated conventions.

1905 Provincial Rights leadership convention

Frederick W. A. G. Haultain acclaimed

1924 Conservative leadership convention

James T. M. Anderson acclaimed

1936 Conservative leadership convention

John Diefenbaker acclaimed

1942 Conservative leadership convention

KEOWN H.E. elected
BURROWS, C.H.J.

1944 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

Rupert Ramsay acclaimed

1949 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

Alvin Hamilton
HUDSON, Ed

1958 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

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First ballot:

Martin Pederson 369
Gib Eamer 283
M.A. Sandy MacPherson 238

Second ballot:

Martin Pederson 536
Gib Eamer 313

1970 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

Ed Nasserden
Martin Clary

1973 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

Dick Collver
Roy Bailey

1979 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

Grant Devine 418
Graham Taylor 201
Paul Emile Rousseau 74

1994 Progressive Conservative leadership convention

A leadership election was held on Saturday, November 19, 1994, to elect a replacement for party leader Grant Devine. The election was held by computerized telephone, with the system being developed by the Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Company. Farmer and legislative freshman Bill Boyd won the leadership election against attorney and former cabinet minister Grant Schmidt with 60% of the vote on a platform of restoring the party's right-wing values and condemning the previous leader Devine's government.
Boyd received endorsements from five of the nine other Progressive Conservative MLAs, three did not disclose their support, and Don Toth was undecided as of November 18.

Results

Candidate	Votes	%
Bill Boyd	1,985	60.17%
Grant Schmidt	1,313	39.81%
Total	3,298	100.00%

36.05% of the party's 9,146 members participated in the election.

Aftermath

At the next general election in 1995, the Progressive Conservatives won 17.92% of the vote, cutting their seat count down to just five, losing its status as the Official Opposition to the Liberals. Boyd himself won a majority of 2,042 in his riding of Kindersley. This was the last leadership election before the formation of the modern Saskatchewan Party.