78 Second ballot: Roy Romanow 320 Allan Blakeney 311 Don Mitchell 219 Third ballot: Allan Blakeney 407 Roy Romanow 349 1987 New Democratic Party leadership convention (Held on November 7, 1987.) Roy Romanow acclaimed 2001 New Democratic Party leadership convention (Held on January 27, 2001.) First ballot: Lorne Calvert 6,542 Chris Axworthy 5,344 Nettie Wiebe 3487 Maynard Sonntag 1,459 Scott Banda 1,269 Joanne Crofford 699 Buckley Belanger 665 (Crofford and Belanger eliminated at under 5%) Second ballot: Lorne Calvert 6,877 Chris Axworthy 5,646 Nettie Wiebe 3,749 Maynard Sonntag 1,712 Scott Banda 1,309 (Banda eliminated, Sonntag withdraws) Third ballot: Lorne Calvert 7,831 Chris Axworthy 6,686 Nettie Wiebe 4,216 (Wiebe eliminated) Fourth ballot: Lorne Calvert 10,289 Chris Axworthy 7,575 2009 New Democratic Party leadership convention A leadership convention was held on June 5–7, 2009. The vote for leader took place on June 6, 2009 and all 13051 members of the Saskatchewan NDP were eligible to cast ballots in person, by mail, by phone or online. There was a $200,000 spending limit for candidates. There were four declared candidates for the leadership: MLA Deb Higgins, former Deputy Premier Dwain Lingenfelter, physician and community health activist Ryan Meili, and former party president Yens Pedersen. First ballot Dwain Lingenfelter 4,360 (46.17%) Ryan Meili 2,401 (25.42%) Yens Pedersen 1,380 (14.61%) Deb Higgins 1,303 (13.8%) (Higgins eliminated, Pedersen withdrew) Second ballot Dwain Lingenfelter 5,028 (55.07%) Ryan Meili 4,102 (44.93%) Total votes cast: 9,130 2013 New Democratic Party leadership convention (held on March 9, 2013) A leadership convention was called following the resignation of Dwain Lingenfelter after losing his seat in the 2011 general election. The candidates were:Cam Broten, MLA for Saskatoon Massey Place; Ryan Meili, doctor, author and community advocate; Trent Wotherspoon, MLA, Regina Rosemont. A fourth candidate, economist Erin Weir withdrew prior to the convention and endorsed Meili. First ballot Ryan Meili 3,384 (38.8%) Cam Broten 2,942 (33.5%) Trent Wotherspoon 2,120 (24.3%) Other 273 (3.1%)[spoiled ballots and any Weir votes cast before Weir withdrew] (Weir withdrew February 20 to support Meili, too late to be removed from the mail ballot; Wotherspoon withdraws following the first ballot without endorsing a candidate.) Second ballot Cam Broten 4,164 (50.3%) Ryan Meili 4,120 (49.7%) 2018 New Democratic Party leadership convention An election for the leadership of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party was held on March 3, 2018 in Regina, as a result of the resignation of leader Cam Broten after