24th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 24th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the 1999 Saskatchewan election. It was controlled by the New Democratic Party under Premier Roy Romanow. Romanow resigned as New Democratic Party leader in 2001 and was succeeded by Lorne Calvert for the remainder of the 24th Assembly.

NDP/Liberal coalition

The election resulted in a divided legislature, with the governing NDP and the opposition each winning exactly 29 seats. As a result, Romanow negotiated a coalition agreement with the Liberal Party, which saw that party's three MLAs given cabinet posts in exchange for supporting the government. One of the three Liberal MLAs, Jack Hillson, subsequently resigned from the cabinet and sat as an independent for the duration of the Assembly.

Shortly after being elected leader of the Liberal Party in 2001, David Karwacki ordered an end to the coalition agreement. However, the two Liberal MLAs who remained in cabinet, Jim Melenchuk and Ron Osika, instead quit the Liberal caucus and continued in coalition with the NDP as independent MLAs. Both subsequently ran as NDP candidates in the 2003 election, but were both defeated.

Party standings

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Affiliation		1999 election results	Members at dissolution
New Democratic Party	29	28	Saskatchewan Party	25	26
3	1	0	3	1Template:Efn	0
Total		58

Members

	District	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected	Arm River	Greg Brkich	Saskatchewan Party	1999	Athabasca	Buckley Belanger	New Democrat	1995Template:Efn	Battleford-Cut Knife	Rudi Peters	Saskatchewan Party	1999	Wally Lorenz (2003)	Saskatchewan Party	2003	Cannington	Dan D'Autremont	Saskatchewan Party	1991Template:Efn	Canora-Pelly	Ken Krawetz	Saskatchewan Party	1995Template:Efn	Carrot River Valley	Carl Kwiatkowski	Saskatchewan Party	1999	Allan Kerpan (2003)	Saskatchewan Party	2003	Cumberland	Keith Goulet	New Democrat	1986	Cypress Hills	Wayne Elhard	Saskatchewan Party	1999	Estevan	Doreen Eagles	Saskatchewan Party	1999	Humboldt	Arlene Julé	Saskatchewan Party	1995Template:Efn	Indian Head-Milestone	Don McMorris	Saskatchewan Party	1999	Kelvington-Wadena	June Draude	Saskatchewan Party	1995Template:Efn	Kindersley	Bill Boyd	Saskatchewan Party	1991Template:Efn	Jason Dearborn (2002)	Saskatchewan Party	2002	Last Mountain-Touchwood	Glen Hart	Saskatchewan Party	1999	Lloydminster	Milt Wakefield	Saskatchewan Party	1999	Meadow Lake	Maynard Sonntag	New Democrat	1991	Melfort-Tisdale	Rod Gantefoer	Saskatchewan Party	1995Template:Efn	Melville	Ron Osika	Liberal	1995	Independent	New Democrat	Moose Jaw North	Glenn Hagel	New Democrat	1986	Moose Jaw Wakamow	Deb Higgins	New Democrat	1999	Moosomin	Don Toth	Saskatchewan Party	1986Template:Efn	North Battleford	Jack Hillson	Liberal	1996	Independent	Prince Albert Carlton	Myron Kowalsky	New Democrat	1986	Prince Albert Northcote	Eldon Lautermilch	New Democrat	1986	Redberry Lake	Randy Weekes	Saskatchewan Party	1999	Regina Centre	Joanne Crofford	New Democrat	1991	Regina Coronation Park	Kim Trew	New Democrat	1986	Regina Dewdney	Kevin Yates	New Democrat	1999	Regina Elphinstone	Dwain Lingenfelter	New Democrat	1978Template:Efn, 1988	Kevin Yates (2001)	New Democrat	2001	Regina Lakeview	John Nilson	New Democrat	1995	Regina Northeast	Ron Harper	New Democrat	1991Template:Efn, 1999	Regina Qu'Appelle Valley	Mark Wartman	New Democrat	1999	Regina Sherwood	Lindy Kasperski	New Democrat	1995	Independent	Regina South	Andrew Thomson	New Democrat	1995	Regina Victoria	Harry Van Mulligen	New Democrat	1986	Regina Wascana Plains	Doreen Hamilton	New Democrat	1991	Rosetown–Biggar	Elwin Hermanson	Saskatchewan Party	1999	Rosthern	Ben Heppner	Saskatchewan Party	1995Template:Efn	Saltcoats	Bob Bjornerud	Saskatchewan Party	1995Template:Efn	Saskatchewan Rivers	Daryl Wiberg	Saskatchewan Party	1999	Saskatoon Eastview	Judy Junor	New Democrat	1998	Saskatoon Fairview	Chris Axworthy	New Democrat	1999	Andy Iwanchuk (2003)	New Democrat	2003	Saskatoon Greystone	Peter Prebble	New Democrat	1978Template:Efn, 1986Template:Efn, 1999	Saskatoon Idylwyld	Janice MacKinnon	New Democrat	1991	David Forbes (2001)	New Democrat	2001	Saskatoon Meewasin	Carolyn Jones	New Democrat	1999	Saskatoon Mount Royal	Eric Cline	New Democrat	1991	Saskatoon Northwest	Jim Melenchuk	Liberal	1999	Independent	New Democrat	Saskatoon Nutana	Pat Atkinson	New Democrat	1986	Saskatoon Riversdale	Roy Romanow	New Democrat	1967, 1986	Lorne Calvert (2001)	New Democrat	1986Template:Efn, 2001	Saskatoon Southeast	Pat Lorje	New Democrat	1991	Saskatoon Sutherland	Graham Addley	New Democrat	1999	Shellbrook-Spiritwood	Denis Allchurch	Saskatchewan Party	1999	Swift Current	Brad Wall	Saskatchewan Party	1999	Thunder Creek	Lyle Stewart	Saskatchewan Party	1999	Watrous	Donna Harpauer	Saskatchewan Party	1999	Weyburn-Big Muddy	Brenda Bakken	Saskatchewan Party	1999	Wood River	Glen McPherson	Liberal	1991Template:Efn	Yogi Huyghebaert (2000)	Saskatchewan Party	2000	Yorkton	Clay Serby	New Democrat	1991