Saskatchewan general election, 1934
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The Saskatchewan general election of 1934 was the eighth provincial election held in the Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province of Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

. It was held on June 19, 1934, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
The 25th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was in power from 2003 until November 20, 2007. It was controlled by the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party under premier Lorne Calvert.-Members:-By-elections:...

.

The Liberal Party of former premier James Gardiner
James Garfield Gardiner
James Garfield "Jimmy" Gardiner, PC was a Canadian farmer, educator, and politician...

 was returned to power with a large majority – 50 of the 55 seats in the legislature – after the four year Conservative minority government
Minority government
A minority government or a minority cabinet is a cabinet of a parliamentary system formed when a political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority of overall seats in the parliament but is sworn into government to break a Hung Parliament election result. It is also known as a...

 interlude.

After forming a coalition government to oust the Liberals from power after the 1929 election
Saskatchewan general election, 1929
The Saskatchewan general election of 1929 was the seventh provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 6, 1929 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

, James T.M. Anderson
James Thomas Milton Anderson
James Thomas Milton Anderson was Saskatchewan's fifth Premier and the first Conservative to hold the office....

's Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....

 government had tried to use anti-Catholic
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina is a Roman Catholic archdiocese comprising the southern part of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, as far north as the 30th township, or about 51°30' lat, that includes the suffragan dioceses of Prince-Albert, and Saskatoon...

 and anti-French Canadian
Fransaskois
Fransaskois are francophones or French Canadians living in the Prairie province of Saskatchewan. The term franco-saskatchewanian may also be used on occasion, although in practice it is rare due to its length and unwieldiness.-Population:...

 feeling in the province to win support. The Conservatives also had the support of the Ku Klux Klan, which was a significant force in the province at the time. The Tories
Tory (disambiguation)
The term Tory may refer to:* Tory originally the opponents to the Whigs, furthermore various political parties* Conservative Party * Tory , the ancestor of the modern UK Conservative Party* Scottish Unionist Party...

 also had to contend with the effects of the Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...

 and the Prairie dust bowl
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl, or the Dirty Thirties, was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936...

, however – and although they won about a quarter of the popular vote, they won no seats in the legislature. The Conservatives remained a minor force in Saskatchewan politics for 40 years after this defeat.

The Tories' allies in the previous legislature – the Progressives
Progressive Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Party of Saskatchewan was a provincial section of the Progressive Party of Canada and was active from the 1920s to the mid-1930s...

 – did not nominate candidates in this election, and were replaced by Farmer-Labour candidates as the voice of the Left
Left-wing politics
In politics, Left, left-wing and leftist generally refer to support for social change to create a more egalitarian society...

 in the province.

Results

>
Party Seats Second Third Fourth
Liberal 50 6 0 0
Farmer-Labour
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...

5 19 30 0
Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....

0 30 21 1
Other parties 0 0 2 6

|- bgcolor=CCCCCC
!rowspan="2" colspan="2" align=center|Party
!rowspan="2" align=center|Party leader
!rowspan="2"|Candidates
!colspan="3" align=center|Seats
!colspan="3" align=center|Popular vote
|- bgcolor=CCCCCC
|align="center"|1929
Saskatchewan general election, 1929
The Saskatchewan general election of 1929 was the seventh provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 6, 1929 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....


|align="center"|Elected
|align="center"|% Change
|align="center"|#
|align="center"|%
|align="center"|% Change

|align=left|Liberal
|align=left|
James Gardiner
James Garfield Gardiner
James Garfield "Jimmy" Gardiner, PC was a Canadian farmer, educator, and politician...


|align="right"| 56
|align="right"|28
|align="right"| 50
|align="right"|+78.6%
|align="right"|206,212
|align="right"| 48.00%
|align="right"|+2.44%

|align=left|Farmer-Labour Group
|align=left|
M.J. Coldwell
Major James Coldwell
Major James William Coldwell, , usually known as M.J. , was a Canadian social democratic politician, and leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation party from 1942 to 1960. He was born in England, and immigrated to Canada in 1910...


|align="right"| 54
|align="right"|*
|align="right"| 5
|align="right"|*
|align="right"|102,944
|align="right"|23.96%
|align="right"|*

|align=left|Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....


|align=left|
James Anderson
James Thomas Milton Anderson
James Thomas Milton Anderson was Saskatchewan's fifth Premier and the first Conservative to hold the office....


|align="right"| 52
|align="right"|24
|align="right"| –
|align="right"|-100%
|align="right"|114,923
|align="right"|26.75%
|align="right"|-9.69%

| colspan="2" align=left|Independent
|align="right"| 3
|align="right"|6
|align="right"| –
|align="right"|-100%
|align="right"|2,949
|align="right"|0.69%
|align="right"|-8.37%

|align=left|Labour
Labour candidates and parties in Canada
There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...


|align=left|
William G. Baker
(default)
|align="right"| 1
|align="right"|*
|align="right"| –
|align="right"|*
|align="right"|1,420
|align="right"|0.33%
|align="right"|*

|align=left|United Front
Unity (Canada)
Unity or Progressive Unity was the name used in Saskatchewan, Canada, by a popular front party initiated by the Communist Party of Canada for the 1938 Saskatchewan and 1940 Canadian election....


|align=left|

|align="right"| 3
|align="right"|*
|align="right"| –
|align="right"|*
|align="right"|1,053
|align="right"|0.24%
|align="right"|*

| colspan="2" align=left|Independent Liberal
|align="right"| 1
|align="right"|–
|align="right"| –
|align="right"|–
|align="right"|133
|align="right"|0.03%
|align="right"|-0.29%
|-
|colspan="3"| Total
|align="right"| 169
|align="right"|63
|align="right"| 55
|align="right"|-12.7%
|align="right"|429,634
|align="right"|100%
|align="right"| 
|}
Note:* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election. Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Riding results

Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again.

Northwestern Saskatchewan

Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Farmer-Labour Group
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...

Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....

Other
       
Athabasca
Athabasca (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district)
Athabasca is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located in the extreme northwest corner of the province. The major industries are tourism, mineral extraction, forestry, commercial fishing and trapping...

  Deakin Alexander Hall
Deakin Hall (politician)
Deakin Alexander Hall was a politician from Saskatchewan, Canada.Deakin was a long standing member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan serving for the Saskatchewan Liberal Party from 1913 to 1944.-External links:*...


1,329
Jules Marion
Jules Marion
Arthur Jules Marion was a Métis politician and businessman. He was elected as a Liberal MLA in the district of Île-à-la-Crosse from 1926 to 1934 and the district of Athabasca from 1938 until his death in 1941...

 (Liberal) 970
New District
Cut Knife
Cut Knife (electoral district)
Cut Knife is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency was created before the 4th Saskatchewan general election in 1917...

  Robert J. Gordon
2,718
Alex Macauley
3,268
George McLean
1,099
  George John McLean
Meadow Lake
Meadow Lake (provincial electoral district)
Meadow Lake is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada.-Members of the Legislative Assembly:-Election results:...

  Donald MacDonald
4,304
Charles Mycroft
1,499
J.H. Storry
1,281
New District
Rosthern   John Uhrich
John Michael Uhrich
John Michael Uhrich, M.D., , was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan from 1948 until 1951.Uhrich was born in Formosa, Ontario and received his schooling in Walkerton and was briefly a schoolteacher before earning his medical degree at Northwestern University in Chicago.During his summer...


8,179
Philip J. Smith
1,081
Donald Geo. McLean
1,230
  John Michael Uhrich
Shellbrook
Shellbrook (electoral district)
Shellbrook was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, in the area of Shellbrook, Saskatchewan, west of Prince Albert....

  Omer Demers
5,238
Peter G. Makaroff
2,332
Alexander F. Agnew
2,209
  Edgar Sidney Clinch**
The Battlefords   John Albert Gregory
John Gregory (politician)
John Albert Gregory was a Canadian politician, serving in municipal, provincial and federal governments. He was born in Exeter, Ontario and became a businessman and school principal by career...


2,653
Hill Hamilton
1,816
John Edmond McLarty
1,600
Reginald James Jones (Ind. Liberal) 133   Samuel Wesley Huston**
Turtleford
Turtleford (electoral district)
Turtleford was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered on the town of Turtleford....

  Charles Ayre
3,411
John Stegehuis
1,489
Percival Whitman Farnsworth
1,599
  Charles Arthur Ayre
Wilkie
Wilkie (electoral district)
Wilkie was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered on the town of Wilkie, Saskatchewan...

  John Jardine
3,702
George Jos. Hindley
2,011
Alexander J. McLeod
1,925
  Alexander John McLeod

Northeastern Saskatchewan

Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Farmer-Labour Group
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...

Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....

Other
       
Humboldt
Humboldt (provincial electoral district)
Humboldt is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in central Saskatchewan, this constituency was one of 25 created for the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905....

  James Hogan
5,345
Joe Burton
Joseph William Burton
Joseph William Burton was a Canadian politician and farmer.Burton was a grand knight of the Knights of Columbus and a staunch Roman Catholic and socialist who argued during political meetings meetings in Humboldt, Saskatchewan that the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was more in line with the...


2,771
  Henry Mathies Therres**
Kelvington   George Ernest Dragan
3,567
Robert Berkett Paterson
1,628
John Robson Taylor
981
New District
Kinistino   John Taylor
2,772
Palmer Grambo
1,835
R.E. Forbes
1,074
  John Richard Parish Taylor
Melfort
Melfort (former provincial electoral district)
Melfort was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912, this riding was dissolved and combined with the Tisdale district before the 12th Saskatchewan general election in 1952.It...

  John D. MacFarlane
3,972
Rupert J. Greaves
3,252
  Rupert James Greaves
Prince Albert
Prince Albert City
Prince Albert City was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency was one of 25 created for the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905....

  Thomas C. Davis
5,474
Edward P. Spratt
1,215
Samuel J.A. Branion
2,007
  Thomas Clayton Davis
Tisdale
Tisdale (provincial electoral district)
Tisdale was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered on the town of Tisdale, Saskatchewan...

  Harvie J. Dorrance
3,425
Jay Brice Ennis
2,338
Walt C. Buckle
2,407
  Walter Clutterbuck Buckle
Wadena   Thorwald Berven
3,069
George Williams
George Hara Williams
George Hara Williams was a farmer activist and politician. Born in Binscarth, Manitoba, Williams attended Manitoba Agricultural College after serving in World War I...


3,890
Leonard Wreede
738
  John Robeson Taylor**

|-

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Jim King
|align="right"|4,540
|align="right"|72.20%
|align="right"|+6.34%

|Farmer-Labour
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...


|Joe Burton
Joseph William Burton
Joseph William Burton was a Canadian politician and farmer.Burton was a grand knight of the Knights of Columbus and a staunch Roman Catholic and socialist who argued during political meetings meetings in Humboldt, Saskatchewan that the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation was more in line with the...


|align="right"|1,748
|align="right"|27.80%
|align="right"|-6.34%
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|6,288
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|

West Central Saskatchewan

Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Farmer-Labour Group
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...

Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....

Other
       
Arm River
Arm River (electoral district)
Arm River was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency was located in south central Saskatchewan. It was created before the 2nd Saskatchewan general election in 1908...

  Gustaf Herman Danielson
Gustaf Herman Danielson
Gustaf Herman Danielson was a Canadian provincial politician. He was born in Sweden, immigrated to the United States in 1901, and then to Saskatchewan in 1904. In Saskatchewan he homesteaded south of Elbow...


2,222
David James Christie
912
Duncan Selby Hutcheon
Duncan Selby Hutcheon
Duncan Selby Hutcheon was a Canadian provincial politician. He was born in Alton, Ontario to David Wilton and May Hutcheon. David Wilton Hutcheon was treasurer of Haultain, Ontario...


1,935
  Duncan Selby Hutcheon
Biggar
Biggar (former provincial electoral district)
Biggar is a former provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912. The riding was dissolved and combined with the Rosetown district to form Rosetown-Biggar before the...

  Robert Pelham Hassard
2,287
Warren Hart
2,044
William Willoughby Miller
1,296
  William Willoughby Miller
Elrose
Elrose (electoral district)
Elrose was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southwestern Saskatchewan, this constituency was centered on the town of Elrose...

  John A. Wilson
2,213
Halvor Vindeg
1,807
Donald Byron Grant
1,390
  James
Cobban**
Hanley   Charles Agar
2,843
Arthur J. Fahl
1,405
John Thos. McOrmond
1,703
  Reginald
Stipe**
Kerrobert
Kerrobert (electoral district)
Kerrobert is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in west-central Saskatchewan, this constituency was created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912...

  Donald Laing
2,651
James Penberthy
1,716
Robert Hanbidge
Robert Hanbidge
Robert Leith Hanbidge was a Canadian lawyer, municipal, provincial and federal politician, and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan.-Early life:...


1,788
  Robert Leith Hanbidge
Kindersley
Kindersley (former provincial electoral district)
Kindersley is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency was created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912...

  John C. Treleaven
2,518
Louis H. Hantelman
Louis Henry Hantelman
Louis Henry Hantelman was a Saskatchewan farmer and politician.Born and raised in Iowa, Hantelman came to Canada in 1905 to farm. During World War I he joined the 46th Battalion of the Canadian Army and served in France where he rose to the rank of lieutenant....


2,649
Robert H. Carruthers
1,615
  Ebenezer Samuel
Whatley**
Rosetown
Rosetown (provincial electoral district)
Rosetown was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered on the community of Rosetown....

  Neil McVicar
2,433
Wilfrid A. Sibbald Tegart
1,878
Nathan Given
2,105
  Nathaniel Given
Thunder Creek
Thunder Creek (former electoral district)
Thunder Creek is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912...

  Robert S. Donaldson
1,608
C.A. Stuart
1,003
H. Alexander Lilly
1,396
  Harold Alexander Lilly
Watrous
Watrous (former electoral district)
Watrous was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, in the area of Watrous, Saskatchewan, east of Saskatoon...

  Bert Clement
2,362
Alexander F. Murray
1,829
Chester Cam. McClellan
1,525
  James Hogan

East Central Saskatchewan

Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Farmer-Labour Group
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...

Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....

Other
       
Last Mountain
Last Mountain (provincial electoral district)
Last Mountain is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Centered on the town of Strasbourg, it included the northern half of Last Mountain Lake....

  Guy Hartsel Hummel
2,732
Jacob Benson
2,709
Allan Armstrong Peters
1,338
  Jacob Benson
Lumsden
Lumsden (provincial electoral district)
Lumsden was a provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The district was one of 25 created before the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905. It was the riding of Premier Thomas Walter Scott....

  Henry Phillip Mang
Henry Mang
Henry Philip Mang was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Edenwold, Northwest Territories, which is now in Saskatchewan....


2,352
Tom Johnston
Tom Johnston (Saskatchewan politician)
Tom Johnston was an English-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Touchwood in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1938 to 1956 as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation.He was born in Birmingham and came to Manitoba in 1901, moving to...


1,716
James Fraser Bryant
James Fraser Bryant
James Fraser Bryant was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Lumsden in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1929 to 1934 as a Conservative....


1,070
  James Fraser Bryant
James Fraser Bryant
James Fraser Bryant was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Lumsden in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1929 to 1934 as a Conservative....

Melville
Melville (provincial electoral district)
Melville was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southeastern Saskatchewan, this constituency was created before the 8th Saskatchewan general election in 1934. It was the riding of Premier James Garfield Gardiner...

  James G. Gardiner
James Garfield Gardiner
James Garfield "Jimmy" Gardiner, PC was a Canadian farmer, educator, and politician...


4,989
Wilfrid Wass
1,504
E. Forest Scharf
1,930
New District
Pelly
Pelly (Saskatchewan electoral district)
Pelly is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in east-central Saskatchewan, it was centered on the village of Pelly. The riding was created before the 2nd Saskatchewan general election in 1908, and dissolved before the...

  Reginald J.M. Parker
Reginald John Marsden Parker
Reginald John Marsden Parker, was the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan from 1945 until his death in 1948....


4,835
Andrew Danyleyko
1,639
Frederick G. Garvin
1,426
Walter E. Wiggins (United Front
Unity (Canada)
Unity or Progressive Unity was the name used in Saskatchewan, Canada, by a popular front party initiated by the Communist Party of Canada for the 1938 Saskatchewan and 1940 Canadian election....

) 468
  Reginald John Marsden Parker
Pheasant Hills
Pheasant Hills (provincial electoral district)
Pheasant Hills was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered just north of the town of Grenfell...

  Asmundur A. Loptson
4,310
H.J. Benson
1,804
Chris Ness
1,363
  Charles Morton Dunn
Qu'Appelle-Wolseley
Qu'Appelle-Wolseley
Qu'Appelle-Wolseley is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was created before the 8th Saskatchewan general election in 1934 by combining the constituencies of South Qu'Appelle and Wolseley...

  Frederick Middleton Dundas
4,130
John H. Sturdy
1,932
Stanley Withington Nichols
2,627
New District
Touchwood
Touchwood (electoral district)
Touchwood is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located south of the Wynyard district in east-central Saskatchewan, it was centered on the Touchwood Hills....

  John M. Parker
John Mason Parker (Saskatchewan politician)
John Mason Parker was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Touchwood from 1917 to 1938 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. Parker was speaker for the Saskatchewan assembly from 1934 to 1938.He was the son of William Parker and Sarah Taylor and...


3,380
Edward Hamilton
2,273
Caleb H. Fisher
518
William J. Burak (Independent) 1,845   John Mason Parker
John Mason Parker (Saskatchewan politician)
John Mason Parker was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Touchwood from 1917 to 1938 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. Parker was speaker for the Saskatchewan assembly from 1934 to 1938.He was the son of William Parker and Sarah Taylor and...

Yorkton
Yorkton (provincial electoral district)
Yorkton is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It has historically almost always voted for the governing party, selecting an opposition candidate only twice in its history ....

  Vincent R. Smith
3,343
Llewellyn C. Fletcher
992
Alan C. Stewart
Alan Carl Stewart
Alan Carl Stewart was a Canadian provincial and federal politician.Born in Moosomin, Saskatchewan, he was first elected to the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in 1929...


2,661
  Alan Carl Stewart

|-

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|E. Walt Gerrand
|align="right"|Acclaimed
|align="right"|100.00%
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|Acclamation
!align="right"|

Southwest Saskatchewan

Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Farmer-Labour Group
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...

Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....

Other
       
Gravelbourg
Gravelbourg (electoral district)
Gravelbourg is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was created before the 5th Saskatchewan general election in 1921...

  Benjamin F. McGregor
3,177
Richard Pennington Sinkinson
1,065
Henry J. Coutu
1,642
  Benjamin Franklin McGregor
Gull Lake
Shaunavon (electoral district)
Shaunavon is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was created before the 8th Saskatchewan general election in 1934 as "Gull Lake"...

  Sydney J. Smith
Sydney John Smith
Sydney John Smith, PC , was a Canadian politician, farmer, rancher and businessman who served as Speaker of the Canadian Senate from 1966 to 1968.-Life and work:...


2,153
Herman H. Kemper
2,404
John Frederick Frook
1,725
New District
Maple Creek
Maple Creek (provincial electoral district)
Maple Creek is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was one of 25 created for the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905...

  John Mildenberger
3,114
Jacob J. Hubenig
1,140
James McDougald
1,784
  George Spence
Moose Jaw County
Moose Jaw County
Moose Jaw County was a provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The district was created as "Moose Jaw" before the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905. The riding was abolished and combined with the districts of Lumsden,...

  Thomas Waddell
2,500
Henry Milne
1,714
Sinclair Whittaker (Ind.) 1,075   Sinclair Alexander Whittaker
Morse
Morse (provincial electoral district)
Morse is a former provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered on the town of Morse, Saskatchewan. The district was created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912, and abolished before the 23rd Saskatchewan general...

  Neil J. MacDonald
2,717
John McCaig
1,430
Richard P. Eades
1,752
  Richard Percy Eades
Notukeu
Notukeu (electoral district)
Notukeu was a provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, located south of Old Wives Lake. This district was created before the 3rd provincial election in 1912 as "Pinto Creek", after the rural municipality and the creek that flows through it...

  George Spence
2,196
Con. Rieder
1,499
P.M. McKinnon
1,560
  Alexander Lothian Grant**
Shaunavon
Cypress (former Saskatchewan provincial electoral district)
Cypress is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912 as "Gull Lake". Since the district encompassed most of the Saskatchewan side of the Cypress Hills,...

  Harry Ostlund
1,911
Clarence Stork
2,061
John Gryde
1,470
  John Edward Gryde
Swift Current
Swift Current (provincial electoral district)
Swift Current is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southwestern Saskatchewan, it was created for the 2nd Saskatchewan general election in 1908.The city of Swift Current Swift Current is a provincial electoral district for the...

  Jim Taggart
2,531
Allan McCallum
2,339
W.W. Smith
William Wensley Smith
William Wensley Smith was a Canadian who founded W.W. Smith Insurance Ltd., one of the oldest insurance brokerages in Saskatchewan, Canada...


2,337
  William Wensley Smith
Willow Bunch
Willow Bunch (provincial electoral district)
Willow Bunch is a former provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered on the rural municipality of Willow Bunch. This district was created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912...

  Charles W. Johnson
2,448
Charles M. Wilkin Emery
1,219
Edgar Burton Linnell
1,445
  Charles William Johnson

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|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Edward Culliton
|align="right"|3,312
|align="right"|68.90%
|align="right"|+14.91%

|Farmer-Labour
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...


|Frank Keem Malcolm
|align="right"|1,495
|align="right"|31.10%
|align="right"|+13.00%
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|4,807
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|

Southeast Saskatchewan

Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Farmer-Labour Group
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...

Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....

Other
       
Bromhead
Estevan (former electoral district)
Estevan is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was created for the 2nd Saskatchewan general election in 1908...

  Norman L. McLeod
2,416
Eric Oxelgren
1,208
Francis Burden Smyth
1,111
  David
McKnight**
Bengough
Bengough (electoral district)
Bengough was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency was created the 1917 Saskatchewan general election...

  James Bidwell Smith
2,122
William F. Jordan
1,257
Herman Kersler Warren
2,052
  Herman Kersler Warren
Cannington
Cannington (former electoral district)
Cannington was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was one of 25 created for the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905...

  William J. Patterson
William John Patterson
William John Patterson was a Liberal Premier of Saskatchewan, Canada. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 1921 election. He succeeded James G. Gardiner to become the province's first Saskatchewan-born premier in 1935.Patterson's leadership was considered to be...


4,222
Donald K. Cameron
2,152
Samson Wallace Arthur
2,075
  Samson Wallace Arthur
Francis
Francis (electoral district)
Francis is a former provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered on the town of Francis, Saskatchewan. This district was created before the 2nd Saskatchewan general election in 1908. The riding was dissolved and combined with the...

  Charles M. Dunn
2,504
Robert E. Juby
1,085
Samuel Norval Horner
1,896
  Samuel Norval Horner
Milestone
Milestone (electoral district)
Milestone is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, south of Regina. Originally named "South Regina", this constituency was one of 25 created for the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905...

  William Pedersen
1,991
E. Blaine Moats
1,108
Joseph V. Patterson
1,365
  Joseph Victor Patterson
Moosomin
Moosomin (electoral district)
Moosomin is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. Located in southeastern Saskatchewan, this constituency was one of 25 created for the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905....

  Arthur T. Procter
2,812
John F. Herman
1,025
Frederick D. Munroe
2,465
  Frederick Dennis Munroe
Souris-Estevan
Souris-Estevan
Souris-Estevan is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was created for the 7th Saskatchewan general election in 1934 by combining the districts of Souris and Estevan....

  Jesse P. Tripp
3,536
Herbert G. Gallaway
1,215
William O. Fraser
2,960
New District
Weyburn   Hugh E. Eaglesham
2,281
Tommy Douglas
Tommy Douglas
Thomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas, was a Scottish-born Baptist minister who became a prominent Canadian social democratic politician...


1,343
Robert S. Leslie
Robert Sterritt Leslie
Robert Sterritt Leslie was a Presbyterian minister and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Weyburn in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1929 to 1934 as a member of the Progressive Party....


1,544
James L. Coltart (Ind.) 29   Robert Sterritt Leslie

Urban constituencies

Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Farmer-Labour Group
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s...

Conservative
Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....

Other
       
Moose Jaw City
Moose Jaw City
Moose Jaw City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. This constituency existed from 1905 to 1967 when it was divided into Moose Jaw North and Moose Jaw South...

  William Gladstone Ross
4,928
John Houston Laird
4,403
Waldo D. Summers
2,013
Hugh Gordon
1,765
John Alexander Merkley
2,440
James W. Hawthorne
2,319
William George Baker (Labour
Labour candidates and parties in Canada
There have been various groups in Canada that have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s...

) 1,420
  John Alexander Merkley
Robert Henry Smith**
Saskatoon City
Saskatoon City (provincial electoral district)
Saskatoon City was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. This constituency existed from 1908 to 1967. It was the riding of Premier James T.M...

  James Wilfred Estey
James Wilfred Estey
James Wilfred Estey was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and jurist.Born in Keswick Ridge, New Brunswick, the son of Byron Leslie Estey and Sarah Ann Kee, he received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New Brunswick in 1910. In 1915, he received a Bachelor of Law from Harvard University in...


9,168
George Wesley Norman
George Wesley Norman
George Wesley Norman was a printer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Saskatoon City in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1934 to 1938 as a Liberal....


8,670
Gladys Isabel Salisbury
3,098
John Johnson Egge
2,797
James T.M. Anderson
James Thomas Milton Anderson
James Thomas Milton Anderson was Saskatchewan's fifth Premier and the first Conservative to hold the office....


7,511
Howard McConnell
Howard McConnell
Howard McConnell was a lawyer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Saskatoon City in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1927 to 1934 as a Conservative....


6,797
William Taylor
(United Front
Unity (Canada)
Unity or Progressive Unity was the name used in Saskatchewan, Canada, by a popular front party initiated by the Communist Party of Canada for the 1938 Saskatchewan and 1940 Canadian election....

) 353
  James T.M. Anderson
James Thomas Milton Anderson
James Thomas Milton Anderson was Saskatchewan's fifth Premier and the first Conservative to hold the office....


Howard McConnell
Regina City
Regina City (provincial electoral district)
Regina City is a former provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was the riding of premier William Melville Martin...

  Percy McCuaig Anderson
11,564
William Franklin Kerr
11,512
Major J. Coldwell
Major James Coldwell
Major James William Coldwell, , usually known as M.J. , was a Canadian social democratic politician, and leader of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation party from 1942 to 1960. He was born in England, and immigrated to Canada in 1910...


6,714
Garnet Nelson Menzies
4,954
M. A. MacPherson
9,082
James Grassick
James Grassick
James Grassick was a businessman and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Regina City in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1929 to 1934 as a Conservative....


7,857
William Stokes
(United Front
Unity (Canada)
Unity or Progressive Unity was the name used in Saskatchewan, Canada, by a popular front party initiated by the Communist Party of Canada for the 1938 Saskatchewan and 1940 Canadian election....

) 232
  Murdoch Alexander MacPherson
James Grassick

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| style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|(x) William Franklin Kerr
|align="right"|11,883
|align="right"|65.58%
|align="right"|–

|Independent
|Denis Sweeney
|align="right"|6,236
|align="right"|34.42%
|align="right"|–
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|18,119
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|

See also

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