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The 2011 Provincial Election in Saskatchewan Canadian Political Science Review, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2013, 1-12 1 Leadership, Partisan Loyalty, and Issue Salience: The 2011 Provincial Election in Saskatchewan i ii iii iv David McGrane , Stephen White , Loleen Berdahl , and Michael Atkinson i St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan - E-mail address: [email protected] ii Concordia University - E-mail address: [email protected] iii University of Saskatchewan - E-mail address: [email protected] iv Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy - E-mail address: [email protected] Abstract. This article seeks to provide an understanding of Résumé. Cet article cherche à comprendre le succès histo- the historic success of the Saskatchewan Party and the his- rique du Parti saskatchewanais (PS) et l’échec historique du toric failure of the NDP in the 2011 Saskatchewan provincial Nouveau Parti démocratique (NPD) lors de l’élection provin- election. Drawing on telephone survey data from the 2011 ciale de la Saskatchewan de 2011. En utilisant les données de Saskatchewan Election Study, we argue that leadership, questionnaires téléphoniques effectués dans le cadre de partisan loyalty, and issue salience best explain the Sas- l’Étude électorale de la Saskatchewan de 2011, nous avan- katchewan Party’s dominance over the NDP. On election çons que le leadeurship, la loyauté partisane, et l’attention day, the Saskatchewan Party benefitted from the carefully portée sur une question expliquent le mieux la domination cultivated popularity of Brad Wall, the development of a du PS sur le NPD. Le jour de l’élection, le SP a bénéficié loyal base of voters who believed in the party’s vision of a d’une popularité de Brad Wall cultivée avec soin, le dévelop- ‘New Saskatchewan’, and the confidence of the electorate pement d’une base loyale de votants qui ont adhéré à la with the party’s handling of key issues. The NDP’s loss of vision du parti d’une « Nouvelle Saskatchewan », et la con- seats and the drop in its popular vote can be attributed to the fiance de l’électorat dans la manière dont le parti abordait les unpopularity of the party’s leader, its overreliance on a rela- questions clef. La perte de sièges pour le NPD et la baisse de tively small base of party loyalists, and its inability to con- son vote populaire peuvent être attribuées à l’impopularité nect with voters on issues that were of most importance to du chef du parti, sa dépendance d’une base relativement them. faible de personnes loyales au parti, et son incapacité à éta- blir un lien avec les votants sur des questions prioritaires Keywords. Saskatchewan, elections, Saskatchewan Party, pour eux. New Democratic Party. Mots clefs. Saskatchewan, élections, Parti saskatchewanais, Nouveau Parti démocratique. On November 7, 2011, the ground of Saskatchewan politics 64%, an unprecedented level of electoral support in Sas- appeared to shift. Saskatchewan is “widely viewed as the katchewan politics. It captured every seat in the provincial cradle of Canadian social democracy” (Wesley, 2011: 1) and legislature lost by the NDP. Saskatchewan has suddenly the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and its become a remarkably uncompetitive two party system domi- successor, the New Democratic Party (NDP), had held power nated by a conservative, rather than social democratic, polit- for just over 47 years between 1944 and 2010. With election ical party. victories more numerous than setbacks, the CCF-NDP al- In this article, we explore a mix of qualitative and quanti- ways followed the occasional electoral defeat by bouncing tative data to explain this apparent shift in Saskatchewan back in the next election with spirited effort that came close politics. We show how leadership evaluations, partisan loyal- to bringing down the incumbent government; indeed, the ty, and issue salience led to the historic success of the Sas- NDP’s comebacks in the 1967 and 1986 elections signalled katchewan Party and the unprecedented failure of the NDP the ‘beginning of the end’ for Thatcher and Devine govern- in the 2011 Saskatchewan provincial election. We begin with ments, respectively. an analysis of the Saskatchewan Party’s first term in office However, the 2011 provincial election did not follow this and of the election campaign, arguing that the party’s in- pattern. Instead of living up to its moniker as Saskatche- vestments in the brand of its popular leader, Brad Wall, and wan’s “natural governing party” (Wesley, 2011: 3), the NDP its image of a cautious, centrist government resonated with lost 5% of its popular vote and dropped 11 seats, including the electorate, while the NDP’s selection of an unpopular that of its leader. After four years in power, the centre-right leader (Dwain Lingenfelter) and its campaign promises to Saskatchewan Party increased its popular vote from 51% to expand costly programs failed to attract a broad electoral 2 Canadian Political Science Review, Vol. 7, No. 1, 2013, 1-12 base. The analyses of previous Saskatchewan provincial takeover of the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan – a elections have been generally qualitative in nature and have move that clearly resonated with the Saskatchewan public. never involved a survey of voters to establish the basic dy- While the Saskatchewan Party government did not com- namics of electoral behaviour.1 For the first time, we are able pletely avoid ideological politics – as evidenced by its labour to support a qualitative assessment of a Saskatchewan pro- legislation and its decision to back away from greenhouse vincial election with a statistical analysis of vote choice to gas emission commitments made by the previous NDP gov- deepen our understanding of Saskatchewan politics. Draw- ernment (Wood, 2009) – these moves were made early in its ing on original data from the 2011 Saskatchewan Election mandate, and the controversy they occasioned had dissipat- Study (SKES), we show that the Saskatchewan Party’s victo- ed before the election. Overall, the Saskatchewan Party ran a ry was attributable primarily to the popularity of Brad Wall, cautious, centrist, and fiscally responsible government dur- which was reinforced by a strong base of party loyalists and ing its first mandate. the electorate’s confidence in the party on the issues that it It is also important to note the strength on the Saskatch- held to be important, such as maintaining economic growth ewan economy during the 2007-11 period, even in the face of and improving health care. We also show that the NDP’s the 2008-9 global economic recession. The economy was a historic loss was attributable to the unpopularity of its leader highly salient issue for Saskatchewan residents (Praxis Ana- and the low salience of its policy issues; indeed, the NDP lytics, 2011) during this period, and the Saskatchewan Party ended up having to motivate its small base of party loyalists positioned itself as having contributed to the province’s (roughly 20% of the electorate) just to maintain a foothold in economic success. Furthermore, the Saskatchewan Party the legislature. entered the election with a record of sound governance: there were no serious allegations of corruption or dishones- Sowing the Seeds of Success and Failure: ty, and the Wall government used robust natural resource Saskatchewan Politics Prior to the Election revenues to increase spending in a variety of areas while reducing government debt (McGrane, 2011: 99). While the government faced a budgetary crunch in 2010, due to signif- Over the past decade, the primary debate in academic re- icantly over-estimated potash revenues (Saskatchewan De- search concerning the Saskatchewan party system has fo- partment of Finance, 2010: 69), it limited spending increas- cused on the extent to which the two major parties in the es and used money from its Growth and Financial Security province have moved away from a left-right polarization Fund to avoid a deficit. Based on this combination of ideo- towards a convergence at the ideological centre (Wishlow, logical centrism and strong economic growth, the Saskatch- 2001; Leeson, 2008; Blake, 2008; Rayner and Beaudry- ewan Party solidified its grip on power to the point that the Mellor, 2009). While there were some philosophical differ- party seemed almost invincible going into the 2011 election. ences between the Saskatchewan Party and the NDP in the While the Saskatchewan Party cultivated future voters 2007 provincial election, analyses of the parties’ platforms following its 2007 victory, the NDP struggled. Led by former by McGrane (2008) and Leeson (2008) conclude that both Premier Lorne Calvert, the party caucus had a difficult time parties generally hugged the political centre during the cam- mounting a sustained attack against a government that was paign. more centrist than most people expected (Mandryk, 2008). Once in power, the Saskatchewan Party continued its ef- While the retirement of Calvert in October 2008 presented forts to portray its policies as moderate and balanced. After an opportunity for the party to redefine itself, the leadership the Saskatchewan Party’s 2003 electoral defeat, it strove to race was dominated by traditional social democratic ideas brand itself as a “party of the centre” (Blake, 2008: 168), and such as expanded public ownership and new universal social this message of moderation continued into its first governing programs. Dwain Lingenfelter, a well-known cabinet minis- mandate (Béland, 2011). The Wall government avoided ter from the NDP’s Romanow era (1991-2000), won the controversial policy initiatives on social conservative issues 2 leadership despite damaging allegations of membership such as abortion or gay rights; was careful to privatize only fraud. In spite of the political and private sector experience the out-of-province assets of Crown Corporations and to use (in the Alberta oil patch) that he brought to the position, the private health care providers only to reduce surgical waiting NDP continued to struggle to present a consistent image and lists; steered clear of a potential controversy by backing away coherent vision to the Saskatchewan public.
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