1905 Saskatchewan general election

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First Legislature, 1906, Saskatchewan

The 1905 Saskatchewan general election was the first provincial election in the newly created Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on 13 December 1905 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Walter Scott led the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan to victory over the Provincial Rights Party of Frederick W. A. G. Haultain, and became the first Premier of the new province.

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Elected	Popular Vote
					#	%	Liberal	Walter Scott	25	17*	17,812	52.25%	Provincial Rights	Frederick Haultain	24	8*	16,184	47.47%	Independent		1	–	94	0.28%
Total			50	25	34,090	100%
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

1st Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly

	District	Member	Party	Batoche	William Grant	Liberal	Battleford	Albert Champagne	Liberal	Cannington	John D. Stewart	Liberal	Grenfell	Andrew Argue	Provincial Rights	Humboldt	David Neely	Liberal	Kinistino	Thomas Sanderson	Liberal	Lumsden	Thomas Walter Scott	Liberal	Maple Creek	David Wylie	Provincial Rights	Moose Jaw	John Sheppard	Liberal	Moose Jaw City	John Wellington	Provincial Rights	Moosomin	Daniel Ellis	Provincial Rights	North Qu'Appelle	William Richard Motherwell	Liberal	Prince Albert	Peter Tyerman*	Liberal	Prince Albert City	John Henderson Lamont	Liberal	Redberry	George Langley	Liberal	Regina City	James Bole	Liberal	Rosthern	Gerhard Ens	Liberal	Saltcoats	Thomas MacNutt	Liberal	Saskatoon	William C. Sutherland	Liberal	Souris	James T. Brown	Provincial Rights	South Qu'Appelle	Frederick Haultain	Provincial Rights	South Regina	James Alexander Calder	Liberal	Whitewood	Archibald Gillis	Provincial Rights	Wolseley	William Elliot	Provincial Rights	Yorkton	Thomas Garry	Liberal

Note:

^*In 1907 by order of the Legislative Assembly Samuel Donaldson of the Provincial Rights party was declared elected and Peter Tyerman lost his seat.

See also

• List of political parties in Saskatchewan
• List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts

References

• Saskatchewan Archives Board – Election Results By Electoral Division
• Elections Saskatchewan - Provincial Vote Summaries

Further reading

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