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ACROSS 2. This provincial Liberal leader also served as a federal Liberal MP from 1974-1979 and 1993-2019.

4. This won more elections than any other.

7. This Conservative premier tried to publicly distance himself from the support offered to his party by the Ku Klux Klan.

9. This opposition leader lost three elections to Walter Scott.

12. Despite having formed governments in and British Activity Columbia, this political party has only elected a total of five members to the .

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14. The precursor to the modern NDP won its first Down five seats under the leadership of this person. 1. This Progressive Conservative leader ended a 30 year spell of no Conservatives being elected 16. This opposition leader was one of only two in to the Saskatchewan legislature. Saskatchewan’s history to win the most votes in an election, but not win enough seats to take 2. This Liberal was premier, opposition leader, government. and again premier. He has a dam named in his honour. 17. This was the only Saskatchewan premier to win an election with less than 40% of the 3. This premier battled five elections as NDP popular vote. leader, winning three of them.

18. This Liberal leader later went on to become the 5. This political party won nine consecutive Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. elections in Saskatchewan, even though they did not hold government consecutively through 19. This person led the Progressive Conservatives this time. to the biggest landslide victory, seat-wise, in Saskatchewan history. 6. This political party made its first appearance in a Saskatchewan provincial election in 1938.

8. Although was Saskatchewan’s first premier born in Saskatchewan, this premier was the first one born in territory that is now present-day Saskatchewan.

10. This Conservative Party leader led the party to no seats in 1938, but later went on to lead the federal party to the biggest majority government in federal history.

11. As part of his election campaign, this Progressive Conservative leader argued that “nobody can hate a party that’s been out of office for four decades.”

13. This CCF leader became premier after moved on to federal politics, but subsequently led the CCF to two consecutive defeats.

15. This person came to Saskatchewan in 1902 penniless and with no knowledge of farming, was Minister of Agriculture by 1916, and by 1922 was leading the province. Activity

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