Family and education  Politics  2009 Saskatchewan NDP leadership race  2009 Regina Douglas Park by-election  2011 SK General election 
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Dwain Lingenfelter (born February 27, 1949) President and CEO of CypressView Land. Owns and operates a successful farm in western Canada and raises a herd of black Angus cattle on a ranch near Cypress Hills and Shaunavon.

The operation also includes over 70 surfaces lease contracts with energy and pipeline companies including Crescent Point Energy, PineCliff Energy, TransCanada Corp. and Plains Midstream Corp.

Dwain Lingenfelter served as Vice President of International Government Relations for Nexen Inc., a major international Canadian oil and gas company, and as Deputy Premier, and Minister of numerous departments including Economic Development and Agriculture. He also served as President and Chairman of SaskPower Corp. SaskEnergy Corp., TransGas Corp, Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI), Saskatchewan Opportunities Corporation, Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership and member of the Legislative Assembly for the Province of Saskatchewan for 25 years.

Appointed to the board of the World Petroleum Council(Canada) in January 2019 as part of the team bidding for the 2023 World Petroleum Congress in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

A proven track record of experience in building businesses and government organizations.  Has an excellent international network of contacts in business and government in Canada and internationally with extensive experience in public communications and speaking, networking and stakeholder contact. He has served on a numerous boards and advisory committees.

Family and education

Lingenfelter grew up on a family farm which he currently operates near Shaunavon, Saskatchewan. He grew up in a large family, with a German father and an Irish Catholic mother and eight other siblings. He attended Shaunavon High School and earned a political science degree from the University of Saskatchewan. While working on his political science degree, Lingenfelter continued to farm and work as a customs officer.

He has 5 children ^[1]

Politics

Lingenfelter was first elected to the Legislature in the constituency of Shaunavon in 1978, then re-elected in 1982 but then defeated in 1986. During his first term, he was appointed by Allan Blakeney to serve in Cabinet as Minister of Social Services.

Lingenfelter was one of nine New Democratic Party members elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, after the landslide win of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. From 1982 to 1986, Lingenfelter served as the Opposition House Leader; during this time he earned the moniker "one man NDP rat pack."

After being defeated in the 1986 Saskatchewan provincial election, Lingenfelter ran and won the race to be President of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party in June 1987.

On May 4, 1988 Lingenfelter won a by-election in the constituency of Regina Elphinstone, previously held by Blakeney, and received 77.33% of the popular vote. He was re-elected in the 1991 provincial election. He was then appointed by Premier Roy Romanow to Cabinet as the Minister Responsible for Economic Development and Chair of the board of four Saskatchewan Crown Corporations, as well as the Government House Leader.

With a crisis in the agriculture sector, Romanow appointed Lingenfelter as Minister of Agriculture and Food, and again as Government House Leader.

As deputy premier, Lingenfelter was viewed as a likely candidate to succeed Romanow as leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party, but in July 2000 he announced that he was leaving provincial politics and seeking opportunities in the private sector. He became vice-president of government relations for Calgary-based energy company Nexen on September 1, 2000.

2009 Saskatchewan NDP leadership race

On October 30, 2008, Lingenfelter was the first candidate to announce his candidacy to replace Lorne Calvert as the Leader of the Saskatchewan New Democrats at the June 6, 2009 leadership convention.^[2] Lingenfelter was the first declared candidate with former party president Yens Pedersen entering second, MLA Deb Higgins entering third and doctor Ryan Meili entering fourth. Lingenfelter received the endorsement of over half of the party's caucus as well as a number of unions including the largest private sector union in Saskatchewan, the UFCW Local 1400 and the United Steelworkers.^[3]

2009 Regina Douglas Park by-election

Lingenfelter was later nominated as the NDP candidate for the by-election in Regina Douglas Park.^[4]

On September 21, Douglas Park voters elected Lingenfelter, giving him 50.25% of the total votes counted in a three-way race matching him against the Saskatchewan Party candidate, Kathleen Peterson, and the Green Party's Victor Becker Lau.^[5]

2011 SK General election

Lingenfelter led the NDP into the 2011 provincial election. In the November 7 election, the Saskatchewan NDP was defeated, losing 11 seats. The NDP ended up winning nine of fifty-eight seats, its worst showing since 1982. It also tallied its lowest popular vote percentage since 1938. One of the losing NDP MLA's was Lingenfelter, who lost his seat to the Saskatchewan Party's Russ Marchuk by a 10-point margin.^[6] With the Saskatchewan Party landslide beyond doubt, Lingenfelter resigned as NDP leader on election night.^[7]

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