1929 Saskatchewan general election

Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1929 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 6, 1929 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

As a result of corruption scandals, the Liberal Party of Premier James Gardiner lost a significant share of its popular vote, but more important, lost twenty-two of the seats it had won in the 1925 election. While the Liberals held the largest number of seats in the legislature, they had only a minority. Gardiner tried to continue as a minority government, but was quickly defeated in a Motion of No Confidence, and resigned as premier.

The Conservative Party of James T.M. Anderson increased its representation in the legislature from three to twenty four seats. Following Gardiner's resignation, Anderson was able to form a coalition government with the support of the Progressive Party and some independents.

The Progressives had lost a large part of the popular vote it had won in 1925, but managed to retain five of the six seats it had won previously.

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1925	Elected	% Change	Votes	%	% Change	Liberal	James Gardiner	62	50	28	-44%	164,487	45.56%	-5.95%	Conservative	James Anderson	40	3	24	+700%	131,550	36.44%	+18.09%	Independent		17	2	6	+200%	32,729	9.06%	+5.55%		16	6	5	-18.3%	24,988	6.92%	-16.12%	Liberal-Labour		1	*	–	*	4,181	1.16%			3	*	–	*	1,942	0.54%	*	Independent Liberal		1	1	–	-100%	1,160	0.32%	-0.75%
Total			140	63	63	–	361,037	100%
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

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

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

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7th Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly

	District	Member	Party
Arm River	Duncan Hutcheon	Conservative	Bengough	Herman Warren	Conservative	Biggar	William Miller	Conservative	Cannington	Samson Arthur	Independent	Canora	Anton Morken	Liberal	Cut Knife	George McLean	Independent	Cypress	John Gryde	Conservative	Elrose	James Cobban	Conservative	Estevan	Eleazer Garner	Liberal	Francis	Samuel Horner	Progressive	Gravelbourg	Benjamin McGregor	Liberal	Hanley	Reginald Stipe	Progressive	Happyland	Donald Strath	Liberal	Humboldt	Henry Therres	Liberal	Jack Fish Lake	Donald Finlayson	Liberal	Kerrobert	Robert Hanbidge	Conservative	Kindersley	Ebenezer Whatley	Progressive	Kinistino	Charles McIntosh	Liberal	Last Mountain	Jacob Benson	Progressive	Lloydminster	Robert J. Gordon	Liberal	Lumsden	James Bryant	Conservative	Maple Creek	George Spence	Liberal	Melfort	Rupert Greaves	Conservative	Milestone	Joseph Patterson	Independent	Moose Jaw City #1	John Merkley	Conservative	Moose Jaw City #2	Robert Henry Smith	Conservative	Moose Jaw County	Sinclair Whittaker	Conservative	Moosomin	Frederick Munroe	Conservative	Morse	Richard Eades	Conservative	North Qu'Appelle	James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal	Notukeu	Alexander Grant	Liberal	Pelly	Reginald Parker	Liberal	Pheasant Hills	Charles Dunn	Liberal	Pipestone	William John Patterson	Liberal	Prince Albert	Thomas Clayton Davis	Liberal	Redberry	George Cockburn	Liberal	Regina City #1	Murdoch MacPherson	Conservative	Regina City #2	James Grassick	Conservative	Rosetown	Nathaniel Given	Conservative	Rosthern	John Uhrich	Liberal	Saltcoats	Asmundur Loptson	Liberal	Saskatoon City #1	James Anderson	Conservative	Saskatoon City #2	Howard McConnell	Conservative	Saskatoon County	Charles Agar	Liberal	Shellbrook	Edgar Clinch	Liberal	Souris	William Oliver Fraser	Conservative	South Qu'Appelle	Anton Huck	Liberal	Swift Current	William Wensley Smith	Conservative	The Battlefords	Samuel Huston	Independent	Thunder Creek	Harold Lilly	Conservative	Tisdale	Walter Buckle	Conservative	Touchwood	John M. Parker	Liberal	Turtleford	Charles Ayre	Liberal	Vonda	James Hogan	Liberal	Wadena	John Robeson Taylor	Independent	Weyburn	Robert Leslie	Progressive	Wilkie	Alexander John McLeod	Conservative	Willow Bunch	Charles William Johnson	Liberal	Wolseley	William George Bennett	Conservative	Wynyard	Wilhelm Paulson	Liberal	Yorkton	Alan Carl Stewart	Independent

July 16, 1929

	District	Member	Party	Cumberland	Deakin Alexander Hall	Liberal

August 12, 1929

	District	Member	Party	Île-à-la-Crosse	Jules Marion	Liberal

See also

• Ku Klux Klan in Canada
• 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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