1917 Saskatchewan general election

Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1917 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 26, 1917, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

After replacing Walter Scott as leader of the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan and premier of the province, William M. Martin led the party to its fourth consecutive victory, winning all but 8 of the 59 seats in the legislature.

The Conservative Party of Wellington Willoughby continued to lose popular support.

This was the first Saskatchewan election in which women were allowed to vote and run for office. However, none were declared elected in this election. The first Saskatchewan woman MLA was elected in a 1918 by-election.

The Non-Partisan League, forerunner of the Progressive Party of Saskatchewan, ran candidates in this election but none were successful. Labour candidates also appeared for the first time.

David John Sykes became the first Independent to sit in the Saskatchewan legislature. He was nominated by the Liberal, Conservative and Non-Partisan League organizations, and was acclaimed to the seat this election.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

A separate army ("service") vote was held from October 3 to October 13, 1917 to elect three soldier MLAs. All service candidates were Independent (not affiliated), and those MLAs were elected to represent Saskatchewan residents stationed in France, Belgium and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1912	Elected	% Change	Votes	%	% Change	Liberal	William M. Martin	58	46	51	+13.3%	106,552	56.68%	-0.28%	Conservative	Wellington Willoughby	53	7	7	–	68,243	36.30%	-5.68%	Independent		10	–	1	+100%	4,440	2.36%	+1.30%		7	*	–	*	7,267	3.87%	*	William Geo. Baker (default)	2	*	–	*	1,474	0.79%	*
Sub-total			130	53	59	–	187,976	100%
	Soldiers' vote (Province at large)		14	*	3	*	13,655	6.77%	*
Total			144	53	62	+11.3%	201,631	100%
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Note:* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

4th Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly

	District	Member	Party	Arm River	George A. Scott	Liberal	Bengough	Thomas Gamble	Liberal	Biggar	George H. Harris	Liberal	Cannington	John D. Stewart	Liberal	Canora	Albert Hermanson	Liberal	Cumberland	Deakin Alexander Hall	Liberal	Cut Knife	William Dodds	Liberal	Cypress	Isaac Stirling	Liberal	Elrose	Archibald McNab	Liberal	Estevan	George Bell	Liberal	Francis	Walter Robinson	Liberal	Hanley	Macbeth Malcolm	Liberal	Happyland	Stephen Morrey	Liberal	Humboldt	William Turgeon	Liberal	Île-à-la-Crosse	Joseph Nolin	Liberal	Jack Fish Lake	Donald Finlayson	Liberal	Kerrobert	John Dowd	Liberal	Kindersley	William R. Motherwell	Liberal	Kinistino	John R. Taylor	Liberal	Last Mountain	Samuel Latta	Liberal	Lloydminster	Robert J. Gordon	Liberal	Lumsden	William Vancise	Liberal	Maple Creek	Alexander Colquhoun	Liberal	Melfort	George B. Johnston	Liberal	Milestone	Bernard Larson	Liberal	Moose Jaw City	Wellington Willoughby	Conservative	Moose Jaw County	Charles Dunning	Liberal	Moose Mountain	Robert Magee	Liberal	Moosomin	John Salkeld	Conservative	Morse	Malcolm L. Leitch	Liberal	North Qu'Appelle	James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal	Notukeu	George Spence	Liberal	Pelly	Magnus Ramsland 1	Liberal	Pheasant Hills	James Arthur Smith	Liberal	Pipestone	Richard Phin	Liberal	Prince Albert	Charles M. McDonald	Liberal	Redberry	George Langley	Liberal	Regina City	William Martin	Liberal	Rosetown	William Badger	Conservative	Rosthern	William Bashford	Liberal	Saltcoats	James Alexander Calder	Liberal	Saskatoon City	Donald Maclean	Conservative	Saskatoon County	Murdo Cameron	Liberal	Shellbrook	Edgar Clinch	Liberal	Souris	William Fraser	Conservative	South Qu'Appelle	Joseph Glenn	Conservative	Swift Current	David Sykes	Independent	The Battlefords	Allan Pickel	Liberal	Thunder Creek	Andrew Gallaugher	Conservative	Tisdale	Hugh Jones	Liberal	Touchwood	John M. Parker	Liberal	Turtleford	Archibald Gemmell	Liberal	Vonda	James Hogan	Liberal	Wadena	John MacMillan	Liberal	Weyburn	Robert Mitchell	Liberal	Wilkie	Reuben Martin	Liberal	Willow Bunch	Abel Hindle	Liberal	Wynyard	Wilhelm Paulson	Liberal	Yorkton	Thomas Garry	Liberal

Notes

¹ Magnus Ramsland died in 1918. In the resulting by-election, he was succeeded by his widow Sarah Ramsland, the first woman ever elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

October 13, 1917 service vote results

Like other provinces Saskatchewan held a service vote – actually two separate votes – for Saskatchewan residents in the Canadian armed services fighting during World War I. The first vote was for France and Belgium – two members were elected in a block vote; the top member represented France and the second member elected represented Belgium. Another member was also elected to represent troops in Great Britain. Three seats in the Legislature were set aside for these soldier-MLAs.

France and Belgium

Candidate	Votes	%	elected
Private Harris Turner	3,938		France
Captain Frederick Bagshaw	1,791		Belgium
Lt. Col. Alexander Ross	978
Private Kenneth Crawford	798
Sergeant William Reade	577
Sapper John Arthur Gibson	379
Major Robert Henry Smith	365
Sgt. Major William Harry Wilson	233
Lieutenant Alfred Haigh	216

Great Britain

Candidate	Votes	%
Lt. Col. James Albert Cross	2,698
Captain Alfred Manville	691
Sergeant Arthur Eaton	504
Sergeant Samuel Barraclough	273
Captain Daniel Lochead	214

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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