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194-408: A "conservative approach to politics, tempered by a genuine concern for social needs", characterizing him as more of a " red tory " than a neoliberal. Other observers, like historian Bill Waiser and political analyst Dale Eisler, have argued that the globalized economy in which Romanow operated left fewer options than were available to his NDP predecessors, and drastic actions were necessary to deal with

291-500: A Department of the Environment, introduced environmental assessment standards, and held public inquiries into resource projects. The NDP also introduced progressive reforms to taxation and labour law, and expanded healthcare programs including new prescription drug and dental plans. The NDP was re-elected to majority governments in 1975 and 1979. Blakeney and the NDP were also governing during

388-721: A commitment not to privatize crowns and promised a continued focus on healthcare. Wall led the Saskatchewan Party to victory in the 2007 general election , ending a long tenure by the NDP. After the election, Calvert said he had no immediate plans to step down as leader, but was unlikely to lead the party into the next election. In 2008, Calvert announced his intention to retire. The ensuing leadership race included former deputy premier Dwain Lingenfelter , Moose Jaw MLA Deb Higgins , former party president and Regina lawyer Yens Pedersen , and Saskatoon doctor Ryan Meili . Lingenfelter

485-653: A commitment to promoting public, cooperative, and private enterprise as it embarked on an ambitious modernizing program. The new government immediately enacted extensive reforms: in its first sixteen months in office, it passed 192 bills, created numerous new government departments and crown corporations as it expanded the role of the state in the provincial economy—including in the realms of insurance ( SGI ), utilities ( SPC ), and transportation ( STC )—and approved new labour relations, public service, and farm security acts. The government also pursued some ill-fated business adventures, including shoe, box, and brick factories. In 1947

582-564: A divisive legacy within Saskatchewan political history. When Romanow first took office, Saskatchewan was facing the prospect of bankruptcy. His fiscal management brought the province back to balanced finances by the middle of the decade. However, his embrace of Third Way neoliberal politics disillusioned many within the NDP. Moreover, the perception that his cuts to spending disproportionately impacted rural Saskatchewan deepened an already growing divide between urban and rural issues and voters in

679-520: A divisive legacy. His government inherited a dire fiscal crisis, and their actions are credited with getting the province's finances back in order. However, the pace at which Romanow's government addressed the problem, and the economic austerity it implemented in order to do so, have been subject to debate. Critics from the traditional left wing of the NDP like John Conway and John Warnock, along with former leadership candidate Nettie Wiebe, charged Romanow with embracing neoliberalism and effectively betraying

776-464: A greater role for state planning and nationalization of industry. The Waffle was well supported in Saskatchewan—the movement's candidate for the 1971 provincial party leadership election finished in third with over 25% of the vote—but was ultimately defeated by the party establishment. The 1990s brought about a rightward shift in NDP policy under the leadership of Roy Romanow. During that decade,

873-556: A handful of Progressive MLAs opted to prop up a Conservative government after the 1929 election , the UFC was pushed further towards political participation. The other major factor in pushing the UFC towards political participation was the onset of the Great Depression , which was particularly severe on the Prairies. The apparent unwillingness of the dominant political parties to respond to

970-568: A handful of seats throughout the 1920s, while the American-inspired agrarian Non-Partisan League failed to win any. Organized labour, meanwhile, existed in the province but, largely dependent on the expanding agricultural economy, tended to find itself following the lead of farmers. In 1921, a left-wing splinter group, unhappy with the SGGA association with the Liberals, left the association to form

1067-542: A major expense fraud scandal stemming from their last term in government, while the Liberals under Lynda Haverstock surged to Opposition status. However, the NDP's seemingly solid grip on government and the growing frustrations of rural regions provided an impetus for a reorganization of conservatives in the province. In 1997, working behind the scenes with members of the federal Reform Party , four PC MLAs, including new leader Bill Boyd , and four Liberal MLAs—all from rural ridings—walked away from their parties and established

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1164-453: A party that had begun as a voice for rural discontent. Devine's government, on the other hand, was rural-focused, and spent lavishly on supporting farmers in particular. Blakeney resigned in early 1987 and Roy Romanow was acclaimed as the new leader. Romanow would led the party back to power in 1991, when the NDP inherited a fiscal crisis. Provincial debt had soared under the Devine government, to

1261-478: A radical departure for the NDP, it was, as promised, considered more social democratic than Romanow's. Calvert's government significantly increased social spending, particularly in education and healthcare. It expanded child care spaces and introduced a number of targeted welfare programs. The government also began reforming immigration systems to attract more immigrants, and expanded investment in renewable energy and energy conservation. Much of this new social spending

1358-701: A role he filled until the end of his term in 2019, when he remained a policy fellow at the university. In 2003, Romanow was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit , and in 2004 was made an Officer of the Order of Canada . Romanow's official portrait was unveiled at Saskatchewan's Legislative Assembly in 2005, when he received the Commemorative Medal for the Centennial of Saskatchewan from Lieutenant Governor Lynda Haverstock . Romanow's tenure as premier left

1455-533: A role in many of the key achievements of the NDP in this era, including the nationalization of the potash industry and battles with the federal government over resource rights and taxation, as well as Patriation of the Constitution. During the 1981 discussions over Patriation of the Constitution, federal Minister of Justice Jean Chrétien , Ontario Attorney General Roy McMurtry , Romanow, and Saskatchewan's director of constitutional law, John Whyte, worked out

1552-430: A successor was chosen by the party. The announcement triggered a hotly contested leadership race with seven candidates—a far cry from Romanow's acclimation in 1987—with differing views for the future of the party. Anti-neoliberal candidate Nettie Wiebe placed third in the 2001 leadership vote, while Romanow's attorney general Chris Axworthy was defeated on the final ballot by former cabinet minister Lorne Calvert , who

1649-701: A year as president of the Students' Representative Council. Romanow then practiced law, articling with and joining Goldenburg, Taylor and Company in Saskatoon. He married Eleanore Boykowich in 1967. Romanow was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a member of the CCF-NDP in the 1967 provincial election in the riding of Saskatoon Riversdale ; the election was won by Ross Thatcher 's Liberals . When Woodrow Lloyd resigned as party leader in 1970,

1746-480: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Roy Romanow Roy John Romanow PC OC SOM KC (born August 12, 1939) is a Canadian politician who served as the 12th premier of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 2001. He was the leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party from 1987 until his retirement in 2001. He

1843-486: The 2024 provincial election , polls showed the NDP leading the Saskatchewan Party as they waged a campaign focusing on healthcare, education, and the cost of living. The party went on to post its best results since 2003 and more than doubled its seat count compared to 2020—this included winning all but one seat in Regina and Saskatoon, with the only loss in those urban centres coming by a margin of fewer than 150 votes. However,

1940-633: The Patriation of the Canadian Constitution in the early 1980s, which became a major focus of Blakeney's. Alongside Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed , Blakeney negotiated the recognition of provincial rights over natural resources, which were enshrined in Section 92A of the Constitution. Moreover, Blakeney was instrumental to the development of Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which enshrined

2037-565: The Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association (SGGA) when Saskatchewan became a province in 1905—to lobby for farmer's rights in the grain trade and with railways. The SGGA represented an early expression of western alienation , and took issue with an economic system that appeared to favour capitalists in central Canada. Farmers movements formed the basis of the Progressive Party , an agrarian and social democratic party that won

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2134-536: The Saskatchewan Party . With eight MLAs, the new party immediately took over Opposition status. In 1998, it chose former Reform MP Elwin Hermanson as its first leader. Romanow framed the new party as an effort to rebrand the moribund Progressive Conservatives and took to referring to them as the "Saskatories". The NDP were widely expected to secure another majority in the 1999 provincial election . The party

2231-542: The " New Left ", part of the 1960s counterculture movement , the Waffle advocated for a return to the party's socialist roots, including through the nationalization of key industries; it was particularly concerned with American control of the Canadian economy. The Waffle was contentious. Its Manifesto for an Independent Socialist Canada was defeated in a vote at the 1969 federal NDP convention. However, one person who voted in support

2328-469: The 1930s had by the turn of the twenty-first century become a more centrist, "third way" social democratic party. The first national CCF convention in 1933 resulted in the Regina Manifesto , named after the city in which it was presented. While it has been noted that the manifesto broke somewhat from the socialist tradition in favouring a national over an international outlook, the manifesto ended with

2425-486: The CCF created a wide range of crown corporations , normalized government involvement in the economy, and pioneered elements of the modern Canadian welfare state, most notably universal healthcare . With the NDP forming government again from 1971 to 1982 and from 1991 to 2007, the party was long considered Saskatchewan's natural governing party. Moreover, Saskatchewan was long seen as the regional centre for CCF and NDP politics on

2522-440: The Charter. Blakeney's government was defeated in the 1982 election by the resurgent Progressive Conservatives led by Grant Devine . The loss has been attributed to a variety of factors, including public fatigue with constitutional matters, a loss of union support over NDP support for federal wage and price controls and conflicts with organized labour late in its term, and PC promises to provide tax and interest relief. The NDP

2619-556: The Farmer's Union of Canada. The groups would reconcile in forming the Wheat Pool producers' cooperative, and merged in 1926 to form the United Farmers of Canada (UFC) under the leadership of George Hara Williams . The new group was opposed to participating in electoral politics and favoured cooperative development, while building a closer relationship with organized labour. However, when

2716-555: The Gross Revenue Insurance Plan, which had directly supported crop farm incomes. Such cuts were seen as disproportionately targeting rural life in the province. Moreover, Romanow's governments adopted some of the same tactics the PCs had introduced to pass legislation, including closure when it came to their health care reforms. The cuts to programs and services in rural Saskatchewan were deeply unpopular and would prove costly to

2813-432: The NDP in those regions. However, such measures did lead to a balanced budget by 1995, sooner than had been expected and effectively ending concerns about the fiscal crisis. After 1995, Romanow's government ran successive surpluses, and paid the debt down to approximately $ 10 billion. Romanow led the NDP to a second majority in the 1995 provincial election . The PCs were reduced to third party status amid revelations of

2910-462: The NDP increased its vote share and captured 30 seats to return to a majority government. After the election, Hermanson resigned as Saskatchewan Party leader and was replaced by Brad Wall . The new leader made a concerted effort to moderate the Opposition's image, shifting away from social conservative policies and arguing that it was the best party to manage the booming economy. Importantly, Wall made

3007-613: The NDP to a landslide majority government in the 1991 provincial election , winning 55 out of 66 seats, making Romanow Premier . When Romanow assumed office in 1991, the extent of the fiscal crisis facing the province began to become clearer. The provincial debt had reached nearly $ 15 billion under the Progressive Conservatives, and the province was facing the prospect of bankruptcy; interest payments on debt alone were accounting for more than 20% of government spending, second only to healthcare. Romanow had campaigned on getting

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3104-492: The NDP's social democratic tradition. Others have conceded that Romanow was more fiscally conservative than would be expected from an NDP leader, but have underscored his commitment to social democratic values. His approach preserved a large activist role for government as well as a social safety net and investments in health care and education. Howard Leeson, who worked with Romanow in the Blakeney government, wrote that Romanow had

3201-408: The NDP, characterizing spending cuts there as the NDP's "rural revenge", putting into stark relief the growing divide between urban and rural voters in the province. Critics of Romanow's austerity politics pointed to declining party membership and voter engagement as troubling factors in the election. In 2000, less than a year after the election, Romanow announced that he would be retiring as soon as

3298-518: The New Democratic Party, or CCF-NDP. This was the name under which the party contested the 1964 election . By then, the fight over Medicare had taken a particular toll, and the CCF-NDP were defeated by Ross Thatcher 's Liberals. At its convention in November 1967, the party fully adopted the NDP name. The change was controversial, in part because it broke with a rich tradition, and also because

3395-494: The Official Opposition to the Liberals, who returned to government with a large majority. Following the election, the party officially adopted the CCF name. Coldwell ran for federal office with the CCF in the 1935 federal election and was elected; George Williams took over as party leader. Williams was seen by moderates as too radical; while the party doubled its seat count in the 1938 election and maintained its place as

3492-476: The Opposition, effectively bringing government business to a halt. After 17 days, the government relented and ended the sell-off of SaskEnergy. When legislation to privatize PotashCorp was introduced later in 1989, the NDP, buoyed by its success with SaskEnergy, remained in the Legislature, ready to debate the legislation; however, the PCs enacted closure for the first time in provincial history to avoid debate on

3589-410: The Opposition, its popular support was actually lower than in 1934. In 1939, Williams' unwavering support for the war also alienated pacifists, one of whom, Carlyle King, unsuccessfully challenged Williams for the party presidency the following year. Tommy Douglas , a charismatic federal CCF MP and baptist minister, was persuaded to challenge Williams for the leadership and succeeded in defeating him for

3686-580: The United States. Despite the fact that the province saw tens of thousands of residents move away during the Depression, the province remained the third most populous in the country; it was also the most indebted, and it remained predominantly rural. The party was elected on a highly-detailed platform focusing on socialized health services and educational reform. From the outset, the Douglas government demonstrated

3783-539: The Young New Democrats. Wiebe ran an explicitly anti-neoliberal campaign, advocating for a leftward shift for the party; Wiebe ultimately finished third with 23% on the third ballot. Calvert, who ran a more traditional social democratic campaign, promising a greater focus on social programs, defeated Axworthy on the final ballot with 58% of nearly 18,000 votes. With the victory, Calvert immediately succeeded Romanow as premier. Although his government did not represent

3880-412: The advice of Chrétien. The Romanow Report was released in 2002, outlining suggestions to improve the health care system. The Report urged the protection and strengthening of Canada's public health care system, calling for increased federal funding and a Health Charter outlining fundamental health care principles. The Report has remained influential in health care discussions for decades. In 2003, Romanow

3977-414: The caucus in 1967 and was considered a more right-wing candidate; Don Mitchell, a farmer and Waffle candidate; and George Taylor, who was considered a labour candidate. At the 1970 convention, Mitchell had a strong showing, finishing third with more than 25% of the vote. On the final ballot, Blakeney defeated Romanow, with many Waffle members abstaining. However, despite losing the leadership, party policy at

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4074-480: The convention was greatly influenced by the Waffle. Under Blakeney, the NDP returned to power with a strong majority in the 1971 election on a platform entitled the "New Deal for People". The platform promised greater government intervention in the economy and a focus on equitable social programming, along with support for organized labour. The arrival of the 1970s energy crisis , which rapidly increased energy commodity prices, including for oil and uranium, provided

4171-403: The crisis created a renewed climate for political engagement and in particular for criticism of the political and economic system. The UFC decided to formalize itself as a socialist political alternative. In 1931, the UFC participated in a march on Regina to protest against government indifference to the farmer's plight during the Depression. During the event, the UFC connected with M.J. Coldwell ,

4268-567: The crisis, Romanow and finance minister Janice MacKinnon practiced austerity, greatly reducing government spending by downsizing the government and cutting services. They cited pressure from bondholders and a lack of assistance from the federal government as factors that increased the pressure to drastically reduce spending. Some of the most controversial cuts including reforming provincial health care—replacing more than one hundred hospital boards with approximately thirty health regions, and ending acute-care in more than fifty rural hospitals—and ending

4365-420: The crisis, which stabilized the province's finances, returning to a balanced budget by 1995, but at a cost. Spending cuts included downsizing rural healthcare and schooling as well as agricultural support, further entrenching the growing urban-rural divide in provincial politics. Moreover, the embrace of neoliberal " third way " politics by the NDP was controversial within the party, alienating those who felt it

4462-436: The crisis. Ultimately, Romanow's embrace of Third Way politics signaled an entrenchment of neoliberal economics in the province. David McGrane concluded that, while Romanow's successor Lorne Calvert steered the NDP back further towards the left in terms of social policy, it effectively carried forward its economic legacy. Even the fledgling conservative Saskatchewan Party found little to criticize with NDP economic policy at

4559-535: The doctors staged the 23-day Saskatchewan doctors' strike . Despite a concerted attempt to defeat the controversial Medical Care Insurance Act, the strike eventually collapsed and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan agreed to the alterations and terms of the "Saskatoon Agreement". The program was introduced and was soon adopted across Canada. After doing much of the preliminary work on Medicare, Douglas resigned as party leader and premier in 1961 to become

4656-484: The early 1980s—encouraged Romanow to run for the party, but he declined. He stated that to do so would be a betrayal of the NDP, and he bargained instead for the opportunity to lead a Royal commission on the future of health care. Romanow ultimately got his wish, and on April 4 2001, Romanow was appointed to head the Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson , on

4753-448: The election, triggering another leadership race . Meili again entered the leadership race and was joined by two MLAs— Trent Wotherspoon and Cam Broten —and former federal NDP candidate Erin Weir . On March 9, 2013, Broten was narrowly elected leader, defeating Meili by 44 votes. Broten fared little better than Lingenfelter. In the 2016 election , the party won ten seats, and Broten became

4850-433: The federal government over resource taxation, and joined with Alberta in its opposition to the federal National Energy Program , which exacerbated a new wave of western alienation sentiment. These developments were not without controversy; uranium development in particular proved contentious within the NDP as environmental and peace activists favoured a moratorium on the resource. However, the Blakeney government also created

4947-443: The final details of Canada's new constitutional provisions, resulting in the late-night Kitchen Accord . Romanow objected strongly to any protections on private property in the new Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms , and none were included. After three consecutive majority governments, Blakeney's NDP were swept from power in the 1982 election in a shocking upset by Grant Devine 's Progressive Conservatives . Romanow himself

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5044-499: The first and second ballots. The delegated election came down to a final ballot featuring Romanow and Blakeney, and Blakeney won with 54% of the vote. Romanow was re-elected in the 1971 provincial election , which resulted in a majority government for Blakeney and the NDP. Blakeney immediately offered his former leadership rival prominent cabinet posts—Romanow served as Attorney General and Deputy Premier for Blakeney's entire tenure as premier, from 1971 to 1982. This meant Romanow played

5141-436: The first elected female leader of the party, and its fourth leader since Calvert retired in 2009. The leadership election revealed that party membership had decreased substantially since the last race; while more than 13,000 members were eligible to vote in 2018, just over 7,000 were eligible in 2022, with fewer than 5,000 casting ballots. Under Beck's leadership, the party began to see a resurgence in popular support. Ahead of

5238-406: The fiscal situation as justification to pursue the privatization of a wide range of crown corporations—including PotashCorp , one of the key achievements of the Blakeney era—which engendered fierce opposition from the NDP. The situation came to a head in 1989 when the government moved to privatize SaskEnergy , the natural gas division of SaskPower ; in response, Romanow led a legislative walk-out of

5335-606: The founding leader of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP), which was formed by a merger of the CCF and the Canadian Labour Congress . Woodrow Lloyd , a key Douglas cabinet minister, succeeded him as party leader and premier, and completed the implementation of Medicare. With the creation of the NDP, the Saskatchewan CCF became the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, Saskatchewan Section of

5432-417: The founding of the Saskatchewan Party in an attempt to unite opposition to the NDP. Former Reform Party MP Elwin Hermanson was chosen as its leader, and with eight MLAs the party immediately formed the Official Opposition. Running on a platform of tax cuts and social conservative policies, Hermanson's party had a strong 1999 election performance, narrowly edging out the NDP in the popular vote; however,

5529-470: The government approved the Saskatchewan Bill of Rights , the first of its kind in Canada. The party also pursued modern infrastructure development, building thousands of kilometres of new roads, connecting towns, villages, and farms to a provincial electrical grid, and bringing other modern amenities like natural gas, sewage, and water hook-ups. Overall, the government placed a heavy emphasis on improving

5626-400: The issue and move forward with the legislation with no public scrutiny. The PCs were persistently criticized late in their term for undemocratic tactics including prorogation of the Legislature and the dubious use of special warrants for spending. Devine's PCs, which were clearly deeply unpopular, put off the next election as long as legally possible. When it finally occurred, Romanow led

5723-679: The leader of the Independent Labour Party. In 1932, the groups agreed to merge and form the Farmer-Labour Group, or Farmer-Labour Party, with Coldwell as leader. The same year, Farmer-Labour participated in the founding conference of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in Calgary , a new national party under the banner of "Farmer-Labour-Socialist", which had a significant social gospel influence. Although it

5820-490: The loss in 1982, to resign as party leader. Romanow ran to succeed Blakeney, and with no challengers was acclaimed the new NDP leader—and leader of the Opposition—on November 7, 1987. It became clear during the PCs second term that the province's finances were in dire straits. The PCs ran a succession of large budget deficits, which peaked in 1986–87 at $ 1.2 billion, rapidly increasing the provincial debt. Devine used

5917-493: The merger with organized labour that it represented raised concerns that the party was abandoning its agrarian roots. This came at a time of increasing rural depopulation as the trend of farm consolidation was gaining greater momentum. Moreover, beginning in the late 1960s, the NDP—provincially and nationally—became gripped with a factional dispute with a growing left-wing movement called " The Waffle ". Largely an expression of

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6014-469: The national stage. However, the party saw its influence diminish after losing government in 2007, posting its weakest election results since the party's earliest days in the 1930s. The CCF can trace its roots to early farmers' organizations and political movements in the early twentieth century. In 1901, a group of farmers agreed to create the Territorial Grain Growers' Association —which became

6111-421: The new party failed to make inroads in urban centres, and won 25 seats compared to 29 for the NDP, who nearly swept the seats in Regina and Saskatoon. The NDP's 29 seats were one shy of a majority, and the party was forced to rely on the support of three elected Liberal MLAs to form government. In 2000, Romanow announced that he would be retiring; this set off a leadership race that differed from 1987, when Romanow

6208-503: The notwithstanding clause. The clause enables provinces to override sections of the Charter. Blakeney argued that it was an important check on appointed courts by democratically elected governments; while courts could rule on certain legal rights, they had less purview to rule on moral rights—such as the right to healthcare—that can only be enacted and enforced by governments. In essence, Blakeney asserted that certain rights should not be given precedence over others because they were included in

6305-473: The overarching CCF platform came with the 1956 Winnipeg Declaration , which downplayed socialism in embracing a mixed-economy model, which the party had done in practice in Saskatchewan since forming government. By the late 1960s, the party at all levels became gripped by a factional dispute with the Waffle Movement , which consisted of NDP members advocating for a return to the party's socialist roots, with

6402-442: The party embraced " third way " politics, a form of neoliberalism that favours a reduced role for the state in the economy. By the first decade of the twenty-first century, observers noted that the province's main parties—the NDP and the Saskatchewan Party, a relatively new conservative party—were "crowding the centre", with a broad consensus favouring neoliberal approaches to more traditional social democratic approaches. This shift

6499-469: The party failed to win any rural seats outside of the far north of the province, or to break through in smaller urban centres, which kept the party in Opposition, albeit the province's largest in nearly two decades. The Saskatchewan NDP has undergone a series of ideological transformations over the course of its history, dating back to its days as the CCF. It has also been subject to factional disputes. Overall, what began as an explicitly socialist party in

6596-436: The party presidency in 1941 and for the party leadership in 1942. In the early 1940s, the party focused intently on grassroots engagement and political education, and party membership expanded accordingly, growing from approximately 4,000 at the outset of the war to approximately 24,000 by 1944. Douglas and the CCF swept to power In the 1944 election , winning 47 of 52 seats to form the first socialist government in Canada or

6693-446: The party's insistence that any such development be in the public interest led to a royalty structure that provided massive revenues from oil, natural gas, and mineral production. As a result, the government managed to achieve surplus budgets throughout much of the 1950s, providing a stronger economic base from which to further expand its welfare state. The CCF was re-elected to majority governments in 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960. Arguably,

6790-498: The party's most significant accomplishment was the introduction of North America's first comprehensive system of public medical insurance . The fight to introduce Medicare in the province was intense due to the opposition of the province's doctors, who were backed by the American Medical Association . The AMA feared that public healthcare would spread to other parts of the continent if introduced in one part. In July 1962

6887-484: The point that the province was facing the prospect of bankruptcy. Moreover, the PC government's privatization of a range of crown corporations, including PotashCorp, constrained government revenue. Romanow appealed to the standard of fiscal management set by the Douglas government to emphasize the need to prioritize the fiscal crisis. However, he and finance minister Janice MacKinnon adopted an austerity approach to dealing with

6984-502: The polarization and made the NDP deeply unpopular there. Constituency elections Saskatchewan New Democratic Party The party currently forms the Official Opposition and is led by Carla Beck . The CCF emerged as a dominant force in provincial politics under the leadership of Tommy Douglas , forming five consecutive majority governments from 1944 through 1964. The first social democratic government elected in Canada,

7081-719: The prospect of windfall resource profits, while also precipitating a series of confrontations between the province, industry, and the federal government over the control of and revenues from resources. Saskatchewan embarked on a programme of nationalizing the province's natural resources, including the creation of SaskOil —a central campaign of the Saskatchewan Waffle— PotashCorp , and the Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation , in order to secure significant resource revenue. The NDP, with Romanow as attorney general, also went to court with

7178-434: The province's fiscal house back in order, and dealing with the fiscal crisis became his government's top priority. In justifying his prioritization of the fiscal crisis, Romanow appealed to the previous CCF/NDP regimes of Blakeney and Tommy Douglas who, despite increasing the size and role of the government and its spending, prioritized sound fiscal management and balanced budgets. However, in their approach to dealing with

7275-616: The province, which factored prominently into future elections. Romanow was born in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan, in 1939 to Tekla and Michael Romanow, who were Ukrainian immigrants from Ordiv —currently Chervonohrad Raion — Ukraine . His first language was Ukrainian. He studied at the University of Saskatchewan , earning bachelor's degrees in Political science in 1960 and Law in 1964, while involving himself heavily in student politics—he served

7372-557: The quality of life of Saskatchewan residents, and on ensuring equal access to high standards of welfare, education, and health services. To manage and pay for these kinds of innovations, the Douglas government placed a heavy emphasis on a robust and professional civil service. Douglas personally recruited George Cadbury from England to lead an influential economic planning advisory board. The CCF placed an increasing emphasis on economic diversification through resource development, which it pursued mainly through promoting private industry; but

7469-424: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Romanow&oldid=921390840 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

7566-503: The second most seats in the 1921 federal election , including 15 of Saskatchewan's 16 seats. United Farmers parties rose to power in Alberta and Manitoba , but the political aspirations of farmers in Saskatchewan at the provincial level were largely bound together with the provincial Liberal Party , which dominated provincial politics and carefully maintained a close relationship with the SGGA. The provincial Progressives managed to win only

7663-413: The second straight party leader to lose their own seat. Broten resigned, triggering a third party leadership race in less than a decade. The election, which took place on March 3, 2018, came down to a contest between former contenders Meili—now a sitting MLA—and Wotherspoon, who had finished second and third, respectively, in 2013. Meili, in his third bid for party leadership, was chosen leader with 55% of

7760-531: The statement that "no CCF Government will rest content until it has eradicated capitalism", advocating for a "full programme of socialized planning". However, almost immediately the party demonstrated a willingness to work with other parties and to moderate its platform in its quest for electoral success, and early CCF governments tended to be labeled "democratic socialist". These CCF governments were also considered populist in nature, which at times tempered its socialist outlook. The first significant moderation to

7857-537: The turn of the century, focusing its criticism on the NDP's "management style" rather than its economic ideology. The other lasting legacy of the Romanow era was a solidification of the rural-urban divide in Saskatchewan. That divide had been widened by the Devine Progressive Conservative government's rural emphasis; Romanow's austerity, which was seen as disproportionately impacting rural areas, heightened

7954-452: The vote. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic —during which Meili renewed his medical license to work at testing facilities—the NDP persistently called for the implementation of more public health measures than the governing Saskatchewan Party, now under the leadership of Scott Moe , was implementing; the province was one of the hardest hit by the pandemic in Canada. The 2020 provincial election

8051-411: The young Romanow entered the race to succeed him as leader of the NDP. Romanow was considered the most conservative of four candidates as he was joined by Allan Blakeney, a veteran civil servant and MLA in the governments of Lloyd and Tommy Douglas ; Don Mitchell, an agrarian activist who represented the socialist Waffle faction of the party; and George Taylor, a labour candidate. Romanow led narrowly on

8148-427: Was Woodrow Lloyd, who saw its potential for revitalizing the party. The episode, and resistance to Lloyd's willingness to open the party to debate, contributed to Lloyd's decision to resign as leader in 1970. Lloyd's resignation triggered a contentious leadership race featuring Allan Blakeney , a former civil servant and cabinet minister in the Douglas and Lloyd governments; Roy Romanow , a young lawyer who had joined

8245-664: Was a betrayal of the party's roots and core ideology, and who would have preferred a renewed program of nationalization to increase revenues. One faction even left the party to help found the New Green Alliance , which later became the Saskatchewan Green Party. After the NDP was re-elected in 1995, neither the PCs nor the Liberal Opposition saw a clear path back to power. In 1997, four MLAs from each party—all representing rural districts—joined together to announce

8342-537: Was a founding member and affiliate, the Saskatchewan party opted to maintain the Farmer-Labour name ahead of its first election. At the national party's first convention in Regina in 1933, it adopted the Regina Manifesto as its statement of principles, calling for a "full programme of socialized planning" to replace capitalism. Farmer-Labour first participated in the 1934 provincial election and won five seats, becoming

8439-424: Was divisive within the party, seen by parts of the party as a betrayal of its core principles. In recent years, more left-wing candidates have struggled to gain influence in the party. Ryan Meili, who was seen as left-leaning, took three tries to win the party leadership, and resigned amid rumours that the party favoured a more centrist orientation. In the last leadership race, Carla Beck defeated Kaitlyn Harvey, who

8536-415: Was elected party leader June 6, 2009, with Meili's outsider campaign finishing in second with 45% of votes. Lingenfelter led the party into the 2011 election , which proved to be its worst showing in 30 years, with the party reduced to nine seats as Wall's Saskatchewan Party secured a large majority. Lingenfelter failed to secure his own Regina seat—a first for a NDP leader—and announced his resignation after

8633-553: Was held during the pandemic. In the election, the NDP won 13 seats while the Saskatchewan Party won its fourth consecutive majority government. Meili won his seat and vowed to stay on as leader. However, Meili received just 72% support at the party's 2021 convention leadership review, and days after the NDP lost a February 2022 by-election in the northern Athabasca district, Meili announced that he would be resigning as party leader. The ensuing leadership race saw Regina MLA Carla Beck defeat Saskatoon lawyer Kaitlyn Harvey—Beck became

8730-460: Was made possible by a renewed boom in commodity prices, which led to significant increases in resource revenue for the province. Calvert also purposefully drew a stark contrast between his party's support for the province's major remaining crown corporations and Hermanson's party's willingness to consider further privatization. While the Saskatchewan Party led polling heading into the 2003 general election and managed to increase its seat count to 28,

8827-510: Was re-elected to a third consecutive term, but was in fact reduced to a minority of seats in the legislature, forcing Romanow to negotiate a coalition government with the Liberals, an agreement that resulted in appointing three Liberals to Cabinet . This was the result of a strong performance by Hermanson's party—which actually edged the NDP in the popular vote—in rural areas; the Saskatchewan Party won 25 seats, but none in either Regina or Saskatoon. Hermanson capitalized on rural discontent with

8924-424: Was reduced to nine seats in the worst defeat a sitting CCF/NDP government had suffered in Saskatchewan. Despite the defeat, Blakeney continued to lead the NDP in Opposition. In the 1986 election , the NDP narrowly won the popular vote, but the concentration of that vote in urban centres translated to only 25 seats. Winning just nine seats outside of Regina and Saskatoon, the election emphasized how much had changed for

9021-504: Was sworn in as a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada by Governor General Clarkson, again on the advice of Prime Minister Chrétien. After retiring from politics, Romanow became a senior policy fellow at the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Regina , as well as a visiting fellow at Queen's University . In 2016, he was named Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan,

9118-410: Was sworn in as premier on February 8, 2001. Calvert had campaigned on the party's traditional social democratic values and a commitment to increase social spending. After Romanow's resignation, Calvert also succeeded him as MLA for Saskatoon Riversdale, winning the by-election there on March 19, 2001. Jean Chrétien's federal Liberal Party —a party with which Romanow had worked closely on Patriation in

9215-709: Was the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Saskatoon Riversdale from 1967 to 1982 and from 1986 to 2001. Romanow played a prominent role in Allan Blakeney 's NDP government from 1971 to 1982, particularly in negotiations over Patriation of the Canadian Constitution . He became the Leader of the Opposition in 1987 before leading the NDP to three consecutive election victories in the 1990s. His time as premier left

9312-769: Was unchallenged for the leadership. The 2001 leadership election was highly contested—the seven candidates on the ballot made it the biggest in the party's history. Moreover, for the first time the party employed a one member, one vote policy, rather than a delegated election. The perceived front runner was Chris Axworthy , a former NDP MP and current MLA who was serving as justice minister under Romanow. Three other sitting cabinet ministers also ran in Buckley Belanger , Joanne Crofford , and Maynard Sonntag . They were joined by former MLA and United Church minister Lorne Calvert , former National Farmers Union president Nettie Wiebe , and Scott Banda, who had once served as president of

9409-532: Was upset in Saskatoon Centre, losing to 23-year old PC candidate Jo-Ann Zazelenchuk by 19 votes. Romanow ran to reclaim his seat from Zazelenchuk in the 1986 election , and he won with nearly 70% of the vote. The NDP largely rebounded in 1986, narrowly winning the popular vote, but Devine's PCs secured a second majority government with a particularly strong performance in rural Saskatchewan. The result led Blakeney, who had stayed on as Opposition leader after

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