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==Electoral history== Thatcher ranks eighth out of the fifteen Saskatchewan premiers for [[List of premiers of Saskatchewan by time in office|time in office]] at {{age in years and days|22 may 1964|30 jun 1971}}.<ref name = list>[http://saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2018_premiers.pdf Saskatchewan Archives: List of Saskatchewan Premiers.]</ref> He was the sixth and last Liberal premier of the province. Thatcher led the Liberal Party in four provincial elections, in [[Saskatchewan general election, 1960|1960]], [[Saskatchewan general election, 1964|1964]], [[Saskatchewan general election, 1967|1967]] and [[Saskatchewan general election, 1971|1971]];<ref name="SK-elections">[https://saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2019_elections_results_by_electoral_division.pdf Saskatchewan Archives: Election Results by Electoral Division.]</ref> he was defeated in his first election in 1960—he was [[List of Saskatchewan Leaders of the Opposition|Leader of the Opposition]] from 1960 to 1964<ref>[http://saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/pdf/2018_leaders_of_opposition.pdf Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly.]</ref>—but won the next two elections in 1964 and 1967 with majority governments. Following his defeat in the general election of 1971, he was succeeded as Premier by [[Allan Blakeney]], leader of the [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|New Democratic Party]] (NDP). === Provincial elections === {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" |+Electoral history of Liberal Party under Ross Thatcher |- ! rowspan="2" style="background:#eaecf0;" | Year ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#eaecf0;" | Party ! colspan="3" style="background:#eaecf0;" | Votes ! colspan="2" |Seats ! rowspan="2" |Position |- ! style="background:#eaecf0;" | Total ! style="background:#eaecf0;" | % ! style="background:#eaecf0;" | {{tooltip|2=Change in percentage value since previous election|±%}} !Total !± |- ![[1960 Saskatchewan general election|1960]] | rowspan="5" style="background-color:{{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}};"| | rowspan="5" | [[Liberal Party of Saskatchewan|Liberal]] |221,932 |32.7% | +21.4% |{{Composition bar compact|17|55|hex={{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}}} | +3 |{{no2|Official Opposition}} |- ![[1964 Saskatchewan general election|1964]] |269,402 |40.4% | +7.7% |{{Composition bar compact|32|59|hex={{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}}} | +15 |{{yes2|Majority government}} |- ![[1967 Saskatchewan general election|1967]] |193,871 |45.6% | +5.2% |{{Composition bar compact|35|59|hex={{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}}} | +3 |{{yes2|Majority government}} |- ![[1971 Saskatchewan general election|1971]] |193,864 |42.8% |−2.8% |{{Composition bar compact|15|60|hex={{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}}} |−20 |{{no2|Official Opposition}} |- ! colspan="10" style="background:#eaecf0;" | |} '''Constituency elections'''<br> '''E''' Elected<br> '''X''' Incumbent {| class="wikitable" |+ [[1971 Saskatchewan general election|General Election, June 23, 1971]]: [[Morse (electoral district)|Morse]] |- !colspan="2"|Party !! Candidate !! Popular Vote!! % |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|row-name}} | '''E''' '''X''' Ross Thatcher || align=center|3,502 || align=center|55.72% |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}} | [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|New Democratic Party]] || Paul Warren Beach ||align=center|2,783 || align=center|44.28% |- ! colspan=3|Total !! 6,285 !! 100.00% |- | align="center" colspan=5|'''Source:''' Saskatchewan Archives — Election Results by Electoral Division — Morse<ref name=SK-elections/> |- |} {| class="wikitable" |+ [[1967 Saskatchewan general election|General Election, October 11, 1967]]: [[Morse (electoral district)|Morse]] |- !colspan="2"|Party !! Candidate !! Popular Vote!! % |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|row-name}} | '''E''' '''X''' Ross Thatcher || align=center|3,396 || align=center|52.34% |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|NDP|row}} | [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party|New Democratic Party]] || Louis H. Lewry ||align=center|2,398 || align=center|36.96% |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|row-name}} | Earl Cooper ||align=center|694 || align=center|10.70% |- ! colspan=3|Total !! 6,488 !! 100.00% |- | align="center" colspan=5|'''Source:''' Saskatchewan Archives — Election Results by Electoral Division — Morse<ref name=SK-elections/> |- |} {| class="wikitable" |+ [[1964 Saskatchewan general election|General Election, April 22, 1964]]: [[Morse (electoral district)|Morse]] |- !colspan="2"|Party !! Candidate !! Popular Vote!! % |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|row-name}} | '''E''' '''X''' Ross Thatcher || align=center|3,188 || align=center|51.92% |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|CCF|row}} | [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party#Co-operative Commonwealth Federation .28Saskatchewan Section.29|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] || Paul Warren Beach ||align=center|2,952 || align=center|48.08% |- ! colspan=3|Total !! 6,140 !! 100.00% |- | align="center" colspan=5|'''Source:''' Saskatchewan Archives — Election Results by Electoral Division — Morse<ref name=SK-elections/> |- |} {| class="wikitable" |+ [[1960 Saskatchewan general election|General Election, June 8, 1960]]: [[Morse (electoral district)|Morse]] |- !colspan="2"|Party !! Candidate !! Popular Vote!! % |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|Liberal|row-name}} | '''E''' Ross Thatcher || align=center|2,791 || align=center|42.29% |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|CCF|row}} | [[Saskatchewan New Democratic Party#Co-operative Commonwealth Federation .28Saskatchewan Section.29|Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] || Robert Davis ||align=center|2,629 || align=center|39.83% |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|Social Credit|row-name}} | Peter Harder || align=center|657 || align=center|9.95% |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|PC|row-name}} | George Gurney || align=center|523 || align=center|7.92% |- ! colspan=3|Total !! 6,600 !! 99.99%<sup>1</sup> |- | align="center" colspan=5|'''Source:''' Saskatchewan Archives — Election Results by Electoral Division - Morse<ref name=SK-elections/> |- |} <sup>1</sup> Rounding error ===Federal elections=== Thatcher stood for election to the House of Common five times, in three different Saskatchewan ridings. He was elected three times and defeated twice. He first stood for election as a member of the CCF, and was elected three times, in 1945, 1949, and 1953. Part way through his third term as a Member of Parliament, he left the CCF and sat as an independent, from 1955 to 1957. He then ran as a Liberal in the general elections of 1957 and 1958, but was defeated both times.<ref name="LoP-Thatcher">[https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=9967 Library of Parliament - Parlinfo: The Hon. Wilbert Ross Thatcher, PC, MP]</ref> '''E''' Elected<br> '''X''' Incumbent {| class="wikitable" |+ [[Canadian federal election, 1958|Federal Election, 1958]]: [[Assiniboia (federal electoral district)|Assiniboia]] |- !colspan="2"|Party !! Candidate !! Popular Vote !! % |- {{Canadian party colour|CA|CCF|row}} | [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] || '''E''' '''X''' Hazen Robert Argue ||align=center|9,104 ||align=center|42.08% |- {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row-name}} | W.J. Ferguson ||align=center|6,360 ||align=center|29.39% |- {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row-name}} | Ross Thatcher ||align=center|6,173 ||align=center|28.53% |- ! colspan=3|Total !! 21,637 !! 100.00% |- | align="center" colspan=5|'''Source:''' Library of Parliament — Assiniboia<ref name=LoP-Thatcher/> |- |} {| class="wikitable" |+ [[Canadian federal election, 1957|Federal Election, 1957]]: [[Assiniboia (federal electoral district)|Assiniboia]] |- !colspan="2"|Party !! Candidate !! Popular Vote !! % |- {{Canadian party colour|CA|CCF|row}} | [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] || '''E''' '''X''' [[Hazen Robert Argue]] ||align=center|10,389 ||align=center|47.04% |- {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row-name}} | Ross Thatcher ||align=center|8,862 ||align=center|40.13% |- {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row-name}} | W.J. Ferguson ||align=center|1,931 ||align=center|8.74% |- {{Canadian party colour|CA|Social Credit|row-name}} | Anthony Batza ||align=center|903 ||align=center|4.09% |- ! colspan=3|Total !! 22,085 !! 100.00% |- | align="center" colspan=5|'''Source:''' Library of Parliament — Assiniboia<ref name=LoP-Thatcher/> |- |} {| class="wikitable" |+ [[Canadian federal election, 1953|Federal Election, 1953]]: [[Moose Jaw—Lake Centre]] |- !colspan="2"|Party !! Candidate !! Popular Vote !! % |- {{Canadian party colour|CA|CCF|row}} | [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]]<sup>1</sup> || '''E''' Ross Thatcher ||align=center|12,436 ||align=center|52.41% |- {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row-name}} | James Lawrence Gemmell ||align=center|6,021 ||align=center|25.37% |- {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row-name}} | James Ernest Pascoe ||align=center|4,480 ||align=center|18.88% |- {{Canadian party colour|SK|Labour-Progressive|row-name}} | Frederick Nelson Clarke ||align=center|792 ||align=center|3.34% |- ! colspan=3|Total !! 23,729 !! 100.0% |- | align="center" colspan=5|'''Source:''' Library of Parliament – Moose Jaw—Lake Centre<ref name=LoP-Thatcher/> |- |} <sup>1</sup> Elected as a member of the CCF, but left the CFF caucus in 1955 and sat as an independent for the rest of the term. {| class="wikitable" |+ [[Canadian federal election, 1949|Federal Election, 1949]]: Moose Jaw |- !colspan="2"|Party !! Candidate !! Popular Vote !! % |- {{Canadian party colour|CA|CCF|row}} | [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] || '''E''' '''X''' Ross Thatcher ||align=center|10,026 ||align=center|48.17% |- {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row-name}} | Edward Langdon Pudden ||align=center|7,444 ||align=center|35.76% |- {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row-name}} | Leila Elsie Smiley ||align=center|3,344 ||align=center|16.07% |- ! colspan=3|Total !! 20,814 !! 100.00% |- | align="center" colspan=5|'''Source:''' Library of Parliament – Moose Jaw<ref name=LoP-Thatcher/> |- |} {| class="wikitable" |+ [[Canadian federal election, 1945|Federal Election, 1945]]: [[Moose Jaw (electoral district)|Moose Jaw]] |- !colspan="2"|Party !! Candidate !! Popular Vote !! % |- {{Canadian party colour|CA|CCF|row}} | [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] || '''E''' Ross Thatcher ||align=center|9,831 ||align=center|49.03% |- {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|row-name}} | '''X''' John Gordon Ross ||align=center|5,862 ||align=center|29.24% |- {{Canadian party colour|CA|PC|row-name}} | Frederick James Gilmour ||align=center|4,358 ||align=center|21.73% |- ! colspan=3|Total !! 20,051 !! 100.00% |- | align="center" colspan=5|'''Source:''' Library of Parliament – Moose Jaw<ref name=LoP-Thatcher/> |- |}
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