Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
In office April 26, 1982 – June 21, 1995
Preceded by
John Otho Chapman
Succeeded by
Larry Ward
Constituency
Estevan
Personal details
Born
Donald Grant Devine
(1944-07-05) July 5, 1944 (age 79) Regina, Saskatchewan
Political party
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
Donald Grant DevineSOM (born July 5, 1944) is a Canadian politician who served as the 11th premier of Saskatchewan from 1982 to 1991. He led the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan from 1979 to 1992 and is one of only two leaders of that party to serve as premier, following James Anderson.
Prior to entering politics, Devine taught agricultural marketing and consumer economics at the University of Saskatchewan. After being elected leader of the Progressive Conservatives (PCs) in 1979, he led the party to victory in the 1982 election. Devine's tenure was marked by tax reductions, a series of privatizations of state-owned companies, increased financial support for farmers, and the quadrupling of the provincial debt. Devine's PCs were re-elected in 1986 but lost power in the 1991 election. Devine later sought a federal nomination with the Conservative Party, but his candidacy was declined by the party; he subsequently ran unsuccessfully as an Independent in the 2004 federal election.
Devine's tenure as Premier left a contentious legacy in the province. When Devine lost office in 1991, he was the fourth-longest serving premier in Saskatchewan history. He is noted for implementing neoliberal economic policy in Saskatchewan, shifting the province towards a market-based economic outlook and away from the economic planning that marked decades of Co-operative Commonwealth and New Democratic Party governance. However, when the PCs lost the 1991 election, the province was on the brink of bankruptcy. The unpopularity of Devine and the PCs in the 1990s, which was further exacerbated in the middle of that decade by revelations of a major expense fraud scandal, contributed directly to the founding of the Saskatchewan Party as a new conservative political party in the province. Observers have noted that Devine's party largely staked its success on a growing divide between urban and rural interests in the province, contributing to a deepening of that divide.
Donald GrantDevine SOM (born July 5, 1944) is a Canadian politician who served as the 11th premier of Saskatchewan from 1982 to 1991. He led the Progressive...
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The GrantDevine Dam, formerly Alameda Dam, is an embankment dam located in the Canadian province near Alameda and Oxbow. It was constructed in 1994 to...
abrupt departure from the PCs led to agricultural economist GrantDevine being named leader. Devine had lost his election bid in 1978, and he lost again in...
of Saskatchewan. The Progressive Conservative government of Premier GrantDevine was defeated by the New Democratic Party, led by former provincial Attorney...
days after Thatcher's resignation as Minister of Energy in Premier GrantDevine's government, Geiger was found bludgeoned and shot to death in the garage...
Souris River watershed. Two large dams in Saskatchewan, Rafferty Dam and GrantDevine Dam were built, in part, to reduce flood peaks on the Souris River. In...
Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Progressive Conservative Party, led by GrantDevine, defeated the New Democratic Party government of Premier Allan Blakeney...
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of Saskatchewan. The Progressive Conservative government of Premier GrantDevine was returned for a second term with a reduced majority in the legislature...
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Saskoil was privatized in 1986 by Progressive Conservative Premier GrantDevine. In 2000, the company partnered with the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan...
Joe Ghiz Premier of Quebec – Robert Bourassa Premier of Saskatchewan – GrantDevine Commissioner of Yukon – Douglas Bell (until March 27) then John Kenneth...
NDP were swept from power in the 1982 election in a shocking upset by GrantDevine's Progressive Conservatives. Romanow himself was upset in Saskatoon Centre...
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