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minus-square girlfreddy ( @girlfreddy@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink3•3 months agoThere was a time when Saskatchewan was soley led by the CCF/NDP for 20 years straight (beginning with the father of universal health care, Tommy Douglas, in '44), then 8 yrs of PCs, then Blakeney (NDP) for another 9 years.
minus-square dankm ( @dankm@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoYup, all true, but even then Saskatchewan largely voted PC federally. Very strange political mix.
There was a time when Saskatchewan was soley led by the CCF/NDP for 20 years straight (beginning with the father of universal health care, Tommy Douglas, in '44), then 8 yrs of PCs, then Blakeney (NDP) for another 9 years.
Yup, all true, but even then Saskatchewan largely voted PC federally. Very strange political mix.