2011 Saskatchewan general election

The 2011 Saskatchewan general election was held on November 7, 2011, to elect 58 members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLAs).[2] The election was called on October 10 by the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, on the advice of Premier Brad Wall.[3] Wall's Saskatchewan Party government was re-elected with an increased majority of 49 seats, the third-largest majority government in the province's history. The opposition New Democratic Party was cut down to only nine ridings, its worst showing in almost 30 years.

2011 Saskatchewan general election

November 7, 2011 (2011-11-07)
58 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 30 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Turnout	66.7% [1]
First party Second party   Leader Brad Wall Dwain Lingenfelter Party Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader since March 15, 2004 June 6, 2009 Leader's seat Swift Current Regina Douglas Park (lost re-election) Last election 38 seats, 50.92% 20 seats, 37.24% Seats before 38 20 Seats won 49 9 Seat change 11 11 Popular vote 258,598 128,673 Percentage 64.25% 31.97% Swing 13.33pp 5.27pp
Popular vote by riding. As this is an FPTP election, seat totals are not determined by popular vote, but instead via results by each riding.
Premier before election Brad Wall Saskatchewan Premier after election Brad Wall Saskatchewan

This was the first Saskatchewan provincial vote to use a fixed election date, set on the first Monday of November every four years.[4]

Results

On election night, the incumbent Saskatchewan Party won 84% of the seats in the provincial legislature on the strength of 64% of the popular vote. In the process, they won the third-biggest majority government (in terms of percentage of seats won) in the province's history. The only bigger majorities came in 1934, when the Liberals won 50 out of 55 seats, and 1982, when the Tories won 55 out of 64. The NDP recorded its lowest share of the popular vote since 1938, when it was known as the Saskatchewan Co-operative Commonwealth Federation. The NDP was reduced to its smallest presence in the legislature since 1982, when the party won the same number of seats in what was then a larger assembly. Opposition leader Dwain Lingenfelter was unseated.

The Saskatchewan Party maintained their dominance of rural regions, and also broke the NDP's longstanding grip on the province's two largest cities, Regina and Saskatoon. The Green Party failed to win any seats – though they ran a full slate of 58 candidates and took third place in the overall popular vote, ahead of the Liberal Party. The Liberals put most of their resources into getting party leader Ryan Bater elected in the Battlefords, but he finished a distant third. The Progressive Conservatives made a small gain in popular vote for the second straight election.

Summary of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan election results

Party		Party leader	Candidates	Seats				Popular vote
				2007	Dissol.	2011	Change	#	%	Change
	Saskatchewan	Brad Wall	58	38	38	49	+11	258,598	64.25	+13.33
	New Democratic	Dwain Lingenfelter	58	20	20	9	-11	128,673	31.97	-5.27
	Green	Victor Lau	58	0	0	0	–	11,561	2.87	+0.86
	Liberal	Ryan Bater	9	0	0	0	–	2,237	0.56	-8.84
	Progressive Conservative	Rick Swenson	5	0	0	0	–	1,315	0.33	+0.15
	Western Independence	Dana Arnason	2	0	0	0	–	58	0.01	-0.12
	Independent		1	0	0	0	–	44	0.01
Total			191	58	58	58		402,486	100.00

Percentages

Popular vote Saskatchewan   64.25% New Democratic   31.97% Green   2.87% Liberal   0.56% Others   0.35%

Seats summary Saskatchewan   84.48% New Democratic   15.52%

Ranking

Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
	Saskatchewan	49	9	0	0	0
	New Democratic	9	49	0	0	0
	Green	0	0	52	6	0
	Liberal	0	0	3	6	0
	Progressive Conservative	0	0	3	2	0
	Western Independence	0	0	0	1	1

Results by region

The Saskatchewan Party maintained their sweep of the southern and central rural ridings. The Saskatchewan Party succeeded in unseating New Democrats in all of the smaller cities – including Moose Jaw, The Battlefords, and Prince Albert. The Saskatchewan Party also won eight of the 12 ridings in Saskatoon, marking the first time since the 1982 PC landslide that a centre-right party had won the most seats in that city. This didn't come as a surprise, since Saskatoon has traditionally been friendly to centre-right parties and candidates. However – and perhaps most surprisingly – the Saskatchewan Party also took eight out of 11 ridings in Regina, in part due to picking up local support from the largely absent Liberal Party. As was the case in Saskatoon, this was the first time a centre-right party had won the most seats there since 1982.

The New Democratic Party maintained their hold on the two northernmost ridings in Saskatchewan, in addition to three seats in the provincial capital and four constituencies in Saskatoon. The NDP recorded the lowest share of the popular vote since 1938 (when it was known as the CCF). However, compared to its result in 1982, NDP support in 2011 was more concentrated in the North and the inner cities of Regina and Saskatoon, a factor which allowed the party to equal its 1982-seat tally (and indeed exceed it in terms of proportion of seats). Also, for the first time in history, a Saskatchewan NDP leader lost his own seat, with Dwain Lingenfelter losing by a shocking 10-percentage-point margin in Regina Douglas Park to a Saskatchewan Party challenger.

Party Name			Northern	Prince Albert	Central	Southern	Moose Jaw	Saskatoon	Regina	Total
	Saskatchewan	Seats:	11	2	6	12	2	8	8	49
		Popular Vote:	63.58%	55.79%	76.58%	76.78%	54.67%	58.21%	55.69%	64.25%
	New Democratic	Seats:	2	0	0	0	0	4	3	9
		Popular Vote:	32.81%	41.64%	19.67%	19.71%	40.34%	37.53%	40.60%	31.97%
	Green	Popular Vote:	2.58%	2.57%	3.27%	2.91%	1.46%	2.87%	3.22%	2.87%
	Liberal	Popular Vote:	1.03%	xx	xx	xx	xx	1.39%	0.21%	0.56%
	Progressive Conservative	Popular Vote:	xx	xx	0.41%	0.56%	3.53%	xx	0.23%	0.33%
	Western Independence	Popular Vote:	xx	xx	0.07%	0.04%	xx	xx	xx	0.01%
	Independents	Popular Vote:	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx	xx	0.05%	0.01%
Total seats:			13	2	6	12	2	12	11	58

Timeline

2007

• November 21, 2007 – Premier Brad Wall & Cabinet Ministers are sworn in.

2008

• January 3, 2008 – NDP MLA Joan Beatty announces she will resign her seat in Cumberland to enter federal politics.
• June 25, 2008 – Doyle Vermette holds the seat of Cumberland for the New Democrats.
• October 16, 2008 – NDP Leader Lorne Calvert announces he will retire from politics as soon as his successor is chosen.

2009

• May 29, 2009 – Premier Brad Wall shuffles his Cabinet.
• June 6, 2009 – Dwain Lingenfelter is elected Leader of the Saskatchewan NDP over Ryan Meili on the second ballot.
• June 30, 2009 – NDP MLA Harry Van Mulligen resigns his seat in Regina Douglas Park, officially retiring from politics. Lorne Calvert resigns his seat in Saskatoon Riversdale the same day.
• September 21, 2009 – Dwain Lingenfelter & Danielle Chartier hold the constituencies of Regina Douglas Park & Saskatoon Riversdale, respectively, for the NDP.
• October 21, 2009 – Dwain Lingenfelter is sworn in as Leader of the Official Opposition.

2010

• January 29, 2010 – NDP MLA Kim Trew announces that he will not be running in the next election.[5]
• April 16, 2010 – Saskatchewan Party MLA Serge LeClerc resigns from the caucus to sit as an Independent MLA.[6] On April 20, he announces that he will not be running in the next election.[7]
• May 13, 2010 – NDP MLA Ron Harper announces that he will retire at the end of his term.[8]
• June 2, 2010 – Saskatchewan Party MLA Joceline Schriemer announces that she will not run for re-election.[9]
• June 23, 2010 – Finance Minister Rod Gantefoer announces that he will retire at the next election.[10]
• June 29, 2010 – Premier Brad Wall shuffles his Cabinet.[11]
• August 31, 2010 – Independent MLA Serge LeClerc resigns his seat in the Legislature, leaving politics.[12]
• October 18, 2010 – Gordon Wyant of the Saskatchewan Party wins the seat of Saskatoon Northwest in a byelection.[13]

2011

• January 11, 2011 – NDP MLA Pat Atkinson announces that she will retire at the next provincial election.[14]
• March 5, 2011 – Saskatchewan Party MLA Denis Allchurch loses his party's nomination for Rosthern-Shellbrook to Scott Moe.[15]
• September 6, 2011 – Larissa Shasko abruptly resigns from the leadership of the Green Party of Saskatchewan; Shasko also gives up her candidacy for the Greens in Moose Jaw North.[16] Federal Green Party of Canada leader Elizabeth May announces (via Twitter) that veteran provincial party activist Victor Lau will temporarily lead the Saskatchewan Greens.[16]
• September 25, 2011 – Lau elected leader of the Green Party at an extraordinary convention in Regina.[17]
• October 10, 2011 – Premier Brad Wall asks Lieutenant Governor Gordon Barnhart to dissolve the Legislative Assembly and issue writs of election.[3]
• October 22, 2011 – Nominations close with 191 candidates running in 58 electoral districts.[18]

Incumbents not contesting their seats

Retiring incumbents

Saskatchewan Party Michael Chisholm, Cut Knife-Turtleford[19] Rod Gantefoer, Melfort[10] Joceline Schriemer, Saskatoon Sutherland[9] New Democrats Pat Atkinson, Saskatoon Nutana[14] Ron Harper, Regina Northeast[8] Kim Trew, Regina Coronation Park[5] Lost nomination election Saskatchewan Party Denis Allchurch, Rosthern-Shellbrook[15]

Opinion polls

Polling Firm	Date of Polling	Link	Saskatchewan	New Democratic	Liberal	Green
Forum Research	November 5, 2011	HTML	62	34	1	3
Praxis	November 4, 2011	HTML	66.7	26.4	*	5.2
Forum Research	October 27, 2011	HTML	66	30	1	3
Insightrix	October 25–26, 2011	HTML	60.0	33.3	2.8	3.0
Praxis	August 29 – September 2, 2011	HTML	63.4	26.1	5.9	3.0
Insightrix	July 6–8, 2011	HTML	58.2	30.8	4.2	5.0
Sigma Analytics	November 6, 2010	HTML	57.3	29.4	8.2	4.8
Insightrix	April 15, 2010	PDF	58.3	28.7	*	*
Insightrix	November 2009	PDF	66.6	23.0	*	*
Environics	June 2009	HTML	62	35	2	*
Environics	April 2009	HTML	61	30	8	*
Environics	December 2008	HTML	65	27	8	*
Environics	October 2008	HTML	50	37	11	*
Environics	June 2008	HTML	46	41	10	*
Environics	March 2008	HTML	46	41	10	*
Environics	December 2007	HTML	50	33	15	*
Election 2007	November 7, 2007	HTML	50.9	37.2	9.4	2.0

Riding-by-riding results

People in bold represent cabinet ministers and the speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbols ** indicates MLAs who did not run again.

All results are preliminary until approved by Elections Saskatchewan.

Northwest Saskatchewan

Electoral District		Candidates				Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	Liberal
Athabasca		Bobby Woods 1,017 (34.53%)	Buckley Belanger 1,888 (64.11%)	George Durocher 40 (1.36%)			Buckley Belanger
Cut Knife-Turtleford		Larry Doke 3,977 (63.27%)	Bernadette Gopher 2,096 (33.34%)	Vinessa Currie-Foster 213 (3.39%)			Michael Chisholm**
Lloydminster		Tim McMillan 2,797 (66.42%)	Wayne Byers 1,225 (29.09%)	Meggan Hougham 189 (4.49%)			Tim McMillan
Meadow Lake		Jeremy Harrison 4,207 (61.97%)	Helen Ben 2,491 (36.69%)	Susan Merasty 91 (1.34%)			Jeremy Harrison
Rosthern-Shellbrook		Scott Moe 4,442 (65.06%)	Clay DeBray 2,174 (31.84%)	Margaret-Rose Uvery 212 (3.10%)			Denis Allchurch**
The Battlefords		Herb Cox 3,527 (51.06%)	Len Taylor 2,475 (35.83%)	Owen Swiderski 93 (1.35%)	Ryan Bater 812 (11.76%)		Len Taylor

Northeast Saskatchewan

Electoral District		Candidates			Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green
Batoche		Delbert Kirsch 4,650 (66.86%)	Janice Bernier 2,106 (30.28%)	Amber Jones 199 (2.86%)		Delbert Kirsch
Canora-Pelly		Ken Krawetz 4,371 (71.15%)	Rob Carlson 1,657 (26.98%)	Jaime Fairley 115 (1.87%)		Ken Krawetz
Carrot River Valley		Fred Bradshaw 4,903 (75.29%)	Arnold Schellenberg 1,445 (22.19%)	Spence Bourassa 164 (2.52%)		Fred Bradshaw
Cumberland		Joe Hordyski 1,755 (33.42%)	Doyle Vermette 3,319 (63.19%)	Samuel Hardlotte 178 (3.39%)		Doyle Vermette
Kelvington-Wadena		June Draude 5,091 (78.72%)	Graham Reid 1,187 (18.36%)	Elaine Hughes 189 (2.92%)		June Draude
Melfort		Kevin Phillips 4,736 (73.10%)	Ivan Yackel 1,599 (24.68%)	Melvin Pylypchuk 144 (2.22%)		Rod Gantefoer**
Prince Albert Carlton		Darryl Hickie 4,284 (60.17%)	Ted Zurakowski 2,674 (37.56%)	George Morin 162 (2.27%)		Darryl Hickie
Prince Albert Northcote		Victoria Jurgens 2,816 (50.23%)	Darcy Furber 2,625 (46.83%)	Raymond Bandet 165 (2.94%)		Darcy Furber
Saskatchewan Rivers		Nadine Wilson 4,749 (65.92%)	Jeanette Wicinski-Dunn 2,247 (31.19%)	Paul-Emile L'Heureux 208 (2.89%)		Nadine Wilson

West Central Saskatchewan

Electoral District		Candidates				Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	Other
Arm River-Watrous		Greg Brkich 5,061 (73.67%)	Eric Skonberg 1,640 (23.87%)	Orest Shasko 169 (2.46%)			Greg Brkich
Biggar		Randy Weekes 4,493 (68.15%)	Glenn Wright 1,695 (25.71%)	Darryl Amey 206 (3.12%)	James Yachyshen (PC) 171 (2.59%) Dana Arnason (WIP) 28 (0.43%)		Randy Weekes
Humboldt		Donna Harpauer 5,677 (73.02%)	Gord Bedient 1,807 (23.24%)	Lynn Oliphant 291 (3.74%)			Donna Harpauer
Kindersley		Bill Boyd 4,502 (79.71%)	Peter Walker 907 (16.06%)	Norbert Kratchmer 239 (4.23%)			Bill Boyd
Martensville		Nancy Heppner 6,819 (83.14%)	Catlin Hogan 1,109 (13.52%)	Chad Wm. Crozier 274 (3.34%)			Nancy Heppner
Rosetown-Elrose		Jim Reiter 5,690 (81.20%)	Tom Howe 1,121 (16.00%)	Dianne Rhodes 196 (2.80%)			Jim Reiter

Southwest Saskatchewan

Electoral District		Candidates				Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	Prog. Conservative
Cypress Hills		Wayne Elhard 5,080 (82.90%)	Alex Mortensen 757 (12.35%)	William Caton 291 (4.75%)			Wayne Elhard
Moose Jaw North		Warren Michelson 4,565 (59.17%)	Derek Hassen 2,768 (35.88%)	Corinne Johnson 99 (1.28%)	Rick Swenson 283 (3.67%)		Warren Michelson
Moose Jaw Wakamow		Greg Lawrence 3,064 (49.10%)	Deb Higgins 2,863 (45.88%)	Deanna Robilliard 104 (1.67%)	Tom Steen 209 (3.35%)		Deb Higgins
Swift Current		Brad Wall 6,021 (80.97%)	Aaron Ens 1,223 (16.45%)	Amanda Huxted 192 (2.58%)			Brad Wall
Thunder Creek		Lyle Stewart 5,920 (79.61%)	Ryan McDonald 1,304 (17.54%)	Jill Forrester 212 (2.85%)			Lyle Stewart
Wood River		Yogi Huyghebaert 5,354 (82.03%)	Randy Gaudry 961 (14.72%)	Amelia Swiderski 212 (3.25%)			Yogi Huyghebaert

Southeast Saskatchewan

Electoral District		Candidates				Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	Other
Cannington		Dan D'Autremont 4,691 (75.65%)	Todd Gervais 919 (14.82%)	Daniel Johnson 134 (2.16%)	Chris Brown (PC) 457 (7.37%)		Dan D'Autremont
Estevan		Doreen Eagles 4,796 (79.24%)	Blair Schoenfeld 1,045 (17.27%)	Sigfredo Gonzalez 211 (3.49%)			Doreen Eagles
Indian Head-Milestone		Don McMorris 5,766 (76.16%)	Richard J. Klyne 1,516 (20.02%)	Shelby Hersberger 289 (3.82%)			Don McMorris
Last Mountain-Touchwood		Glen Hart 4,778 (67.49%)	Don Jeworski 2,049 (28.95%)	Greg Chatterson 222 (3.14%)	Frank J. Serfas (WIP) 30 (0.42%)		Glen Hart
Melville-Saltcoats		Bob Bjornerud 5,071 (73.46%)	Leonard Dales 1,689 (24.47%)	Jordan Fieseler 143 (2.07%)			Bob Bjornerud
Moosomin		Don Toth 4,810 (77.06%)	Carol Morin 1,244 (19.93%)	Laura Forrester 188 (3.01%)			Don Toth
Weyburn-Big Muddy		Dustin Duncan 5,194 (75.71%)	Ken Kessler 1,517 (22.12%)	Gene Ives 149 (2.17%)			Dustin Duncan
Yorkton		Greg Ottenbreit 5,446 (72.45%)	Chad Blenkin 1,932 (25.70%)	Kathryn McDonald 139 (1.85%)			Greg Ottenbreit

Saskatoon

Electoral District		Candidates				Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	Liberal
Saskatoon Centre		David Cooper 2,218 (42.92%)	David Forbes 2,790 (54.00%)	Daeran Gall 159 (3.08%)			David Forbes
Saskatoon Eastview		Corey Tochor 5,217 (57.51%)	Judy Junor 3,588 (39.56%)	Shawn Setyo 266 (2.93%)			Judy Junor
Saskatoon Fairview		Jennifer Campeau 2,644 (50.98%)	Andy Iwanchuk 2,397 (46.22%)	Jan Norris 145 (2.80%)			Andy Iwanchuk
Saskatoon Greystone		Rob Norris 4,885 (58.39%)	Peter Prebble 3,174 (37.94%)	Tammy McDonald 140 (1.67%)	Simone Clayton 167 (2.00%)		Rob Norris
Saskatoon Massey Place		Fawad (Ali) Muzaffar 3,072 (43.40%)	Cam Broten 3,812 (53.85%)	Diane West 195 (2.75%)			Cam Broten
Saskatoon Meewasin		Roger Parent 3,853 (54.05%)	Frank Quennell 2,975 (41.73%)	Tobi-Dawne Smith 160 (2.24%)	Nathan Jeffries 141 (1.98%)		Frank Quennell
Saskatoon Northwest		Gordon Wyant 4,761 (70.35%)	Nicole White 1,718 (25.39%)	Luke Bonsan 153 (2.26%)	Eric Steiner 135 (2.00%)		Gordon Wyant
Saskatoon Nutana		Zoria Broughton 3,290 (43.06%)	Cathy Sproule 3,793 (49.64%)	Mark Bigland-Pritchard 369 (4.83%)	Cole Hogan 189 (2.47%)		Pat Atkinson**
Saskatoon Riversdale		Fred Ozirney 2,349 (45.66%)	Danielle Chartier 2,649 (51.50%)	Vicki Strelioff 146 (2.84%)			Danielle Chartier
Saskatoon Silver Springs		Ken Cheveldayoff 7,736 (74.59%)	Cindy Lee Sherban 2,242 (21.62%)	D'Arcy Hande 230 (2.22%)	Rod Stoesz 163 (1.57%)		Ken Cheveldayoff
Saskatoon Southeast		Don Morgan 8,073 (75.41%)	Zubair Sheikh 2,068 (19.32%)	Sarah Risk 297 (2.77%)	Brenda McKnight 268 (2.50%)		Don Morgan
Saskatoon Sutherland		Paul Merriman 3,994 (58.21%)	Naveed Anwar 2,376 (34.63%)	Larry Waldinger 305 (4.45%)	Kaleb Jeffries 186 (2.71%)		Joceline Schriemer**

Regina

Electoral District		Candidates				Incumbent
		SK Party	New Democratic	Green	Other
Regina Coronation Park		Mark Docherty 3,354 (53.59%)	Jaime Garcia 2,756 (44.04%)	Helmi Scott 148 (2.37%)			Kim Trew**
Regina Dewdney		Gene Makowsky 4,435 (60.65%)	Kevin Yates 2,558 (34.98%)	Darcy Robilliard 143 (1.96%)	Robin Schneider (Lib.) 176 (2.41%)		Kevin Yates
Regina Douglas Park		Russ Marchuk 4,411 (52.00%)	Dwain Lingenfelter 3,507 (41.34%)	Victor Lau 565 (6.66%)			Dwain Lingenfelter
Regina Elphinstone-Centre		Bill Stevenson 1,743 (38.54%)	Warren McCall 2,581 (57.06%)	Ingrid Alesich 199 (4.40%)			Warren McCall
Regina Lakeview		Bob Hawkins 3,762 (46.56%)	John Nilson 3,908 (48.37%)	Mike Wright 410 (5.07%)			John Nilson
Regina Northeast		Kevin Doherty 4,054 (58.90%)	Dwayne Yasinowski 2,663 (38.69%)	Nathan Sgrazzutti 165 (2.40%)			Ron Harper**
Regina Qu'Appelle Valley		Laura Ross 6,269 (63.57%)	Steve Ryan 3,359 (34.06%)	Billy Patterson 190 (1.93%)	Hafeez Chaudhuri (Ind.) 44 (0.44%)		Laura Ross
Regina Rosemont		Tony Fiacco 2,745 (42.21%)	Trent Wotherspoon 3,567 (54.85%)	Allan Kirk 191 (2.94%)			Trent Wotherspoon
Regina South		Bill Hutchinson 4,461 (53.79%)	Yens Pedersen 3,534 (42.61%)	David Orban 299 (3.60%)			Bill Hutchinson
Regina Walsh Acres		Warren Steinley 3,679 (58.18%)	Sandra Morin 2,488 (39.34%)	Bart Soroka 157 (2.48%)			Sandra Morin
Regina Wascana Plains		Christine Tell 7,460 (69.30%)	Pat Maze 2,895 (26.89%)	Bill Clary 215 (2.00%)	Roy Gaebel (PC) 195 (1.81%)		Christine Tell

Marginal seats

The following is a list of ridings which had narrowly been lost by the indicated party in the 2007 election. The symbol " * " indicates the incumbent MLA is not running again.

Saskatchewan Party	New Democratic
Saskatoon Eastview (NDP) 3.12% (won) Saskatoon Meewasin (NDP) 3.47% (won) The Battlefords (NDP) 4.1% (won) Regina Dewdney (NDP) 5.87% (won)	Moose Jaw North (SK Party) 0.38% (held) Meadow Lake (SK Party) 0.5% (held) Prince Albert Carlton (SK Party) 0.78% (held) Regina Qu'Appelle Valley (SK Party) 1.99% (held) Regina South (SK Party) 2.6% (held) Saskatoon Greystone (SK Party) 3.17% (held) Saskatoon Sutherland (SK Party) 3.2% * (held)
Liberal
Saskatoon Meewasin (NDP) 5.21% (won by SK Party)

Political parties

• Saskatchewan Party
• Saskatchewan NDP
• Green Party of Saskatchewan
• Saskatchewan Liberal Party
• Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
• Western Independence Party of Saskatchewan

External links

• Election Almanac - Saskatchewan Provincial Election 2011
• Elections Saskatchewan - Nominated Candidates for the November 7, 2011 General Election
• Saskatchewan Party Candidate list
• Elections Saskatchewan - Official Results of the 2011 Provincial Election

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