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♂ Dwain Matthew Lingenfelter
aliasDwain Matthew Lingenfelter
Record
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☆   German-Canadian, Irish-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 78%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Saskatchewan 7 2 9
Birth 27 February 1949
Age 75 years + 2 months
First mandate 18 October 1978 → 45 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 7 months
 
Mandate ended 12 years + 5 months ago (6 November 2011)
Special notes
None
 
Dwain Matthew Lingenfelter (1949– )
© Photo 2011 Daniel Paquet — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 
Well that's interesting!
Saskatchewan is recognized as the first jurisdiction in North America where a social democratic government was formed (in 1944). Lingenfelter, however, was the first leader of the social democratic party (CCF or NDP) not to become premier. Three more leaders have followed him but, as of 2024, none has become premier, either.
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Saskatchewan 22 3 23 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. SK 26–27
NDP
 1 Party leader 60–62 06 Jun 2009 — 18 Nov 2011 2 5 12
2. SK 26
NDP
 1 Opposition Leader 60–62 01 Oct 2009 — 10 Oct 2011 2 0 9

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
4 documented challengers
⊖ Eiliv H. (Sonny) Anderson  m 
⊕ Victor Lau  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Theodore R. Gleim  m 
⊕ Russ Marchuk  m 
 
Eligible: 8,439 Votes: 7,329 Participation: 86.85% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
19		 Saskatchewan
18 October 1978
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NPD  Majority
ID: 9170(F) — 10 Sep 2023 11:38 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
29
NPD
 1/3 2,778 38.01% +393 Loser:
LIB
 2,385 32.64% Eiliv H. (Sonny) Anderson

Service: 3 years 6 months 7 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,539 Votes: 7,551 Participation: 88.43% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
20		 Saskatchewan
26 April 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10707(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
NDP
 1/4 2,897 38.57% +167 Loser:
PC
 2,730 36.35% John Bleackley

Service: 4 years 5 months 23 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 8,031 Votes: 6,964 Participation: 86.71% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Saskatchewan
20 October 1986
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 10775(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
37
NDP
 2/3 2,968 42.76% -343 Winner:
PC
 3,311 47.70% Theodore R. Gleim
Eligible: 8,670 Votes: 5,572 Participation: 64.27% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
21		 Saskatchewan
4 May 1988
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 13797(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
39
NDP
 1/3 4,309 77.33% +3,615 Loser:
PC
 694 12.46% Myrna Petersen

Service: 3 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 11,365 Votes: 9,092 Participation: 80.00% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
22		 Saskatchewan
21 October 1991
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13409(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
NDP
 1/3 6,505 72.02% +4,832 Loser:
LIB
 1,673 18.52% Cliff Chatterson

Service: 3 years 7 months 30 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 10,764 Votes: 6,073 Participation: 56.42% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
23		 Saskatchewan
21 June 1995
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13476(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
NDP
 1/3 4,042 67.06% +2,522 Loser:
LIB
 1,520 25.22% Gord Wasteste

Service: 4 years 2 months 25 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,403 Votes: 5,297 Participation: 56.33% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
24		 Saskatchewan
16 September 1999
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 13528(F) — 12 Mar 2022 16:50 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
NDP
 1/5 2,689 51.07% +1,521 Loser:
SKP
 1,168 22.18% Robert Ermel
After his election:
15 Jul 2000 51
NDP
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 9 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 7,328 Votes: 3,304 Participation: 45.09% Candidacies: 5
Provincial
24		 Saskatchewan
26 February 2001
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 13808(F) — 25 Jul 2021 11:15 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
51		 Successor:
NDP
 1,850 55.99% Warren McCall
Eligible: 11,761 Votes: 6,199 Participation: 52.71% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
26		 Saskatchewan
21 September 2009
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SKP  Majority
ID: 13818(F) — 2 Mar 2024 11:51 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus (Party leader)
Age
60
NDP
 1/3 3,115 50.25% +502 Loser:
SKP
 2,613 42.15% Kathleen Peterson

Service: 2 years 1 month 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 10,846 Votes: 8,534 Participation: 78.68% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
27		 Saskatchewan
7 November 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  SKP  Majority
ID: 13702(F) — 2 Mar 2024 11:52 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
62
NDP
 2/3 3,507 41.34% -904 Winner:
SKP
 4,411 52.00% Russ Marchuk

Online biographical references (4)

 Retrieved on
EN Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, University of Regina
Lingenfelter, Dwain Matthew (1949- )		 24 Mar 2024
EN Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, SELD: Members of the Legislative Assembly
Lingenfelter, Dwain Matthew 1949 –  (p. 22)		 24 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Dwain Lingenfelter		 24 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Dwain Lingenfelter		 24 Mar 2024

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