Saskatchewan general election, 1938 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Saskatchewan general election of 1938 was the ninth 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 8, 1938, 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 was returned to power under its new leader, William John 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...

– although it lost twelve of the seats it had held in the previous legislature. The Liberals faced several new forces in this election.

The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation – a democratic socialist

Democratic socialism

Democratic socialism is a description used by various socialist movements and organizations to emphasize the democratic character of their political orientation...

party led by 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...

– became the official opposition

Leader of the Opposition (Saskatchewan)

A list of parliamentary opposition leaders in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, from 1906 to the present. There was no designated Leader of the Opposition for the sessions of 1921 and 1922.In the period 1925-1929 C.E. Tran and J.T.M...

, winning over 18% of the vote and ten seats in its first election. The party previously had five seats after the Farmer-Labour Group became the Saskatchewan CCF following the previous election.

The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan

Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan

The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....

– which promoted the social credit

Social Credit

Social Credit is an economic philosophy developed by C. H. Douglas , a British engineer, who wrote a book by that name in 1924. Social Credit is described by Douglas as "the policy of a philosophy"; he called his philosophy "practical Christianity"...

theories of monetary reform

Monetary reform

Monetary reform describes any movement or theory that proposes a different system of supplying money and financing the economy from the current system.Monetary reformers may advocate any of the following, among other proposals:...

– rode a wave of popularity due to the 1935 electoral success

Alberta general election, 1935

The Alberta general election of 1935 was the eighth general election for the Province of Alberta, Canada. It was held on August 22, 1935 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta....

of its Alberta counterpart

Social Credit Party of Alberta

The Alberta Social Credit Party is a provincial political party in Alberta, Canada, that was founded on the social credit monetary policy and conservative Christian social values....

and collected almost 16% of the votes, but won only two seats.

A leftist "popular front movement

Popular front

A popular front is a broad coalition of different political groupings, often made up of leftists and centrists. Being very broad, they can sometimes include centrist and liberal forces as well as socialist and communist groups...

" led by the Saskatchewan Communist Party

Communist Party of Canada (Saskatchewan)

The Communist Party of Canada was a communist political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was the Saskatchewan section of the Communist Party of Canada...

called "Unity

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....

" won two of the three seats they contested – with only a small share of the popular vote across the province. Two additional candidates who ran as straight Communists failed in their bids for office.

The Conservative Party

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....

under its new leader – John Diefenbaker

John Diefenbaker

John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963...

– continued their decline, as their share of the popular vote fell from 25% to under 12%. The party won no seats. Diefenbaker later had considerably more success in the federal Conservative Party

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

, eventually becoming leader and sweeping the party to power in the 1958 election

Canadian federal election, 1958

The Canadian federal election of 1958 was the 24th general election in Canada's history. It was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 24th Parliament of Canada on March 31, 1958, just nine months after the 23rd election...

with a huge majority.

Results

Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth
Liberal	38	15	0	0	Co-operative Commonwealth 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...	10	13	6	2	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....	2	13	18	7	Unity 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....	2	0	1	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	9	9	6	Other parties	0	2	7	0

Saskatchewan general election, 1934

The Saskatchewan general election of 1934 was the eighth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 19, 1934, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

|align="center"|Dissol.

Dissolution of parliament

In parliamentary systems, a dissolution of parliament is the dispersal of a legislature at the call of an election.Usually there is a maximum length of a legislature, and a dissolution must happen before the maximum time...

William John Patterson

|align="right"| 53
|align="right"|50
|align="right"|50
|align="right"| 38
|align="right"|-24%
|align="right"|200,334
|align="right"|45.45%
|align="right"|-2.55%

|align=left|Co-operative Commonwealth

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...

|align=left|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...

|align="right"| 31
|align="right"|5
|align="right"|5
|align="right"| 10
|align="right"|+100%
|align="right"|82,529
|align="right"|18.73%
|align="right"|-5.26%

|align=left|Social Credit

Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan

The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....

|align=left|Joseph Needham

Joseph Needham (Canadian politician)

Joseph J. Needham was a Saskatchewan politician, clergyman and public administrator.Needham was born in Bromhall, Cheshire, England and emigrated to Canada where he settled in Saskatchewan...

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|align="right"| 40
|align="right"|*
|align="right"|–
|align="right"| 2
|align="right"|*
|align="right"|70,084
|align="right"|15.90%
|align="right"|*

|align=left|Unity

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....

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|align="right"| 3
|align="right"|–
|align="right"|–
|align="right"| 2
|align="right"|+2000%
|align="right"|9,848
|align="right"|2.24%
|align="right"|+2.00%

|align=left|Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan

|align=left|John Diefenbaker

John Diefenbaker

John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963...

|align="right"| 24
|align="right"|–
|align="right"|–
|align="right"| –
|align="right"|–
|align="right"|52,315
|align="right"|11.87%
|align="right"|-14.88%

| colspan="2" align=left|Independent 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="right"| 3
|align="right"|*
|align="right"|–
|align="right"| –
|align="right"|*
|align="right"|12,039
|align="right"|2.73%
|align="right"|+2.40%

|align=left|Labour Progressive

Communist Party of Canada (Saskatchewan)

The Communist Party of Canada was a communist political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was the Saskatchewan section of the Communist Party of Canada...

|align=left|
|align="right"| 2
|align="right"|*
|align="right"|–
|align="right"| –
|align="right"|*
|align="right"|8,514
|align="right"|1.93%
|align="right"|*

| colspan="2" align=left|Independent
|align="right"| 2
|align="right"|–
|align="right"|–
|align="right"| –
|align="right"|–
|align="right"|4,023
|align="right"|0.91%
|align="right"|+0.22%

| colspan="2" align=left|Independent Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan

|align="right"| 1
|align="right"|*
|align="right"|–
|align="right"| –
|align="right"|*
|align="right"|828
|align="right"|0.19%
|align="right"|*

| colspan="2" align=left|Independent Social Credit

Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan

The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....

|align="right"| 1
|align="right"|*
|align="right"|–
|align="right"| –
|align="right"|*
|align="right"|228
|align="right"|0.05%
|align="right"|*
|-
|colspan="3"| Total
|align="right"| 160
|align="right"|55
|align="right"|55
|align="right"| 52
|align="right"|-5.5%
|align="right"|440,742
|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	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 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...	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....	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...	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... 642				William J. Windrum (Liberal) 628		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:*...
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...	John A. Gordon 2,379	Alex Macauley 1,766	Bill Roseland 2,471				Alexander James Macauley
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 3,184	Robert C. Paul 1,800	Judson B. Clark 2,434				Donald MacDonald
Redberry Redberry (provincial electoral district) Redberry was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered on the town of Hafford. This constituency was one of 25 created before the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905...	Orest Zerebko 2,601		Sheridan P. Porter 1,824		Arnold Larsen (Ind.) 1,572	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... 3,267		H. Henry Henschel 1,735		Peter Peters (Ind. Social Credit Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s.... ) 228		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 2,933	Albert Mansfield 1,343	Virden Gable 2,560				Omer Demers
The Battlefords	John 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... 3,119	Lloyd A. Gardiner 1,287	Albert J. Tatchell 2,085				John Albert Gregory
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....	Bill Kerr 2,925	John Stegehuis 440	James Proctor 2,759	Walter A. Hicks 456			Charles Arthur Ayre**

|-

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Paul Prince
|align="right"|3,289
|align="right"|61.76%
|align="right"|+13.71%

|CCF

Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

|Max Campbell

Max Campbell

Alexander Maxwell Campbell was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member of the Canadian House of Commons...

Northeastern Saskatchewan

Electoral District	Candidates				Incumbent
	Liberal	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 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...	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....	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....

Cumberland	Deakin A. 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:*... 548			George W. Smith 57	New District
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....	Jim King 3,636	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... 3,446	John J. Lins 385			James Chisholm King
Kelvington	James Marshall 2,747	Peter Howe 4,174				George Ernest Dragan
Kinistino	John Taylor 2,866	William J. Boyle 1,864	William H. Setka 1,482	Andrew Fraser 560		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 MacFarlane 2,657	Oakland Woods Valleau 3,024	Chrysostom J. Lewis 1,029	Gilbert D. Eamer 1,604		John Duncan MacFarlane
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 Davis 5,279	John J.F. McIsaac 970	George Bzowey 2,342	Kennedy H. Palmer 2,227		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 Dorrance 3,421	John Hewgill Brockelbank John Hewgill Brockelbank John Hewgill Brockelbank was a politician in Saskatchewan, Canada, who served as leader of the opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.... 4,202	Robert M. Locker 1,115	Garth F. Johnston 654		Harvie James Dorrance
Torch River Nipawin (provincial electoral district) Nipawin was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was created before the 9th Saskatchewan general election in 1938 as "Torch River", after the rural municipality and the river that flows through it...	Jim Kiteley 1,992	Harry Fenster 1,354	Herve Prince 1,025	Conrad B. Euler 366	New District

|-

|style="width: 130px"|CCF

Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

|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...

West Central Saskatchewan

Electoral District	Candidates				Incumbent
	Liberal	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 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...	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....	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....

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... 3,295			John Diefenbaker John Diefenbaker John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC was the 13th Prime Minister of Canada, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963... 3,105		Gustaf Herman Danielson
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...	Bob Hassard 3,196	John Young 3,341	Henry A. Gardner 841			Robert Pelham Hassard
Hanley	Charles Agar 2,774		Frederick E. Roluf 1,599	John A. Stewart 1,623		Charles Agar
Kerrobert-Kindersley	Donald Laing 3,298	Frank Jaenicke Frank Jaenicke Frank Eric Jaenicke was a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation member of the Canadian House of Commons... 1,201	Robert M. Goodwin 2,336		New District
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 2,449	John T. Douglas 1,941	William J. Loucks 1,415	Andrew Wilson 951		Neil McVicar
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...	Frank S. Krenn 3,522	John Waldbillig 2,181	Charles A. Schmeiser 1,609	Julius W. Stechishin 474		Bert Clement**
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 C. Knowles 4,053		Frank R. Beggs 2,797			John Jardine**

East Central Saskatchewan

Electoral District	Candidates					Incumbent
	Liberal	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 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...	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....	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

Canora Canora (provincial electoral district) Canora is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency was created before the 2nd Saskatchewan general election in 1908...	George Dragan 3,259	Myron Feeley 3,504				New District
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 H. Hummel 3,168	Jacob Benson 3,299	William H. Schroder 902	Alfred J. Dyer 1,121			Guy Hartsel Hummel
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...	Charles Dunn 5,089		John Herman 5,100				E. Walt Gerrand**
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.... 3,936	Gertrude S. Telford 3,088					Reginald John Marsden Parker
Saltcoats Saltcoats (provincial electoral district) Saltcoats was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centered on the town of Saltcoats. One of 25 districts created before the 1st Saskatchewan general election in 1905, it was abolished before the 8th Saskatchewan general election in...	Asmundur A. Loptson 3,114	Joseph L. Phelps 3,409	Alexander E. Sahlmark 1,003			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 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... 1,910	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... 2,301	Hugh H. Lyle 1,268	John Hnatyshyn John Hnatyshyn John Hnatyshyn was a Canadian lawyer, Senator and father of Ray Hnatyshyn, the twenty-fourth Governor General of Canada.Born in Ukrainian part of Austro-Hungary, the son of Michael and Anna Hnatyshyn, he came to Canada when he was two months old... 1,287			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...
Wadena	Donald McCallum 3,085	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... 4,871	Harry W. Arnold 345				George Hara 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...
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 Smith 3,274				Alan 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... (Unity 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.... ) 4,955		Vincent Reynolds Smith

Southwest Saskatchewan

Electoral District	Candidates					Incumbent
	Liberal	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 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...	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....	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

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...	George B. Weiler 2,676	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.... 3,164	Gilbert A.W. Gessel 1,014	Henry T. Blackwell 360			John Andrew Wilson**
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...	Edward Culliton 3,683		Andrew J. Miller 2,202				Edward Milton Culliton
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"...	Harvey McMahon 3,901	Herman Kemper 3,732					Herman Henry Kemper
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 4,058		Oliver Reid 2,136		A.J. Mercer (Unity 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.... ) 1,562		John Joseph Mildenberger
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...	Benjamin T. Hyde 2,861	Henry P. Thiessen 1,808	William E. Armstrong 1,416	Cliff B. Martin 478			Neil John MacDonald**
Notukeu- Willow Bunch Notukeu-Willow Bunch Notukeu-Willow Bunch was a provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, located south of Old Wives Lake...	Charles Johnson 3,659	John E. Lidgett 2,859	George W.S. Eisnor 1,100			New District
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 4,953	Clarence Stork 3,584	Alfred C. Butterworth 1,097				James Gordon Taggart

Southeast Saskatchewan

Electoral District	Candidates
	Liberal	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 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...	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....	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

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 B. Smith 3,158				Herman K. Warren (Unity) 3,331	James Bidwell Smith
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 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... 4,473	Gladys Strum Gladys Strum Gladys Grace Mae Strum was a Canadian politician.Born in Gladstone, Manitoba, she moved to Saskatchewan when she was 16 to teach. She ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in 1938 and again in 1944... 3,477				William John 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...
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....	Robert S. Donaldson 2,596	McDirmid Rankin 1,847	Thomas Allan McInnis 624	Claude H.J. Burrows 1,923		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.... **
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 2,820		Samuel Horton 630		Samuel Norval Horner (Ind.) 2,451	William Pedersen
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 Procter 4,198		Joseph C. Richards 1,400	Percy S. George 2,528		Arthur Thomas Procter
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 M. Dundas 4,871		Joseph Thauberger Joseph Thauberger Joseph Thauberger was a Canadian farmer and politician. Born in Bessarabia, he emigrated to Canada from Russia with his parents, Andreas Thauberger and Maria Eva née Bähr, in 1911.... 1,496	Stanley W. Nichols 3,253		Frederick Middleton Dundas
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....	Norman McLeod 4,383	W. Glenroy Allen 3,467	Ernest W. Hinkson 441			Jesse Pichard Tripp**
Weyburn	George L. Crane 4,744	Frederick C. Williams 4,167			John C. Burnside (Ind. 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.... ) 828	Hugh Elliott Eaglesham**

Urban constituencies

Electoral District	Candidates
	Liberal	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 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...	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....	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 4,830 William George Baker 4,728		John Wesley Corman 2,689 William J. Passmore 2,465	John Alexander Merkley 2,137 Arthur W.E. Fawkes 2,005		William Gladstone Ross William George Baker
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... 7,213 Robert Mitford Pinder Robert Mitford Pinder Robert Mitford Pinder was a pharmacist, entrepreneur and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Saskatoon City in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1938 to 1944 as a Liberal... 6,893		Jacob Klassen 4,339 John Harrison Hilton 4,164	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.... 5,006 Stephen N. MacEachern 4,692	Robert Hunter (Independent 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... ) 4,813	James Wilfred Estey 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.... **
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 12,749 Bamm David Hogarth 12,641		John Harold Crawford 966	Hugh McGillivray 7,934 Frederick Bertram Bagshaw 6,576	Alban Cedric Ellison (Ind. 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... ) 5,329 Samuel Barrington East (Lab. Prog. Communist Party of Canada (Saskatchewan) The Communist Party of Canada was a communist political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was the Saskatchewan section of the Communist Party of Canada... ) 4,426 Thomas Gerald McManus (Lab. Prog. Communist Party of Canada (Saskatchewan) The Communist Party of Canada was a communist political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was the Saskatchewan section of the Communist Party of Canada... ) 4,088 Alexander Duff Connon (Ind. 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... ) 1,897	Percy McCuaig Anderson William Franklin Kerr

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| style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|(x) Bernard J. McDaniel
|align="right"|10,197
|align="right"|49.52%
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|Conservative
|Reginald M. Balfour
|align="right"|5,809
|align="right"|28.21%
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|CCF

Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

|Charles Cromwell Williams

Charles Cromwell Williams

Charles Cromwell Williams was a railway worker and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Regina City in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a CCF member from 1944 to 1960....

|align="right"|4,298
|align="right"|20.87%
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|Social Credit

Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan

The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....

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Farmer-Labour

Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan

The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....

Results

Riding results

Northwestern Saskatchewan

Northeastern Saskatchewan

West Central Saskatchewan

East Central Saskatchewan

Southwest Saskatchewan

Southeast Saskatchewan

Urban constituencies

See also