1929 Saskatchewan general election

1929 Saskatchewan general election

June 6, 1929 (1929-06-06)
63 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   PRO Leader James Gardiner James Anderson — Party Liberal Conservative Progressive Leader since February 25, 1926 March 25, 1924 — Leader's seat North Qu'Appelle Saskatoon City — Last election 50 3 6 Seats won 28 24 5 Seat change 22 21 1 Popular vote 164,487 131,550 24,988 Percentage 45.6% 36.4% 6.9% Swing 6.0pp 18.1pp 16.1pp
Premier before election James Gardiner Liberal Premier after election James Anderson Conservative

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%
	Progressive		16	6	5	-18.3%	24,988	6.92%	-16.12%
	Liberal-Labour		1	*	–	*	4,181	1.16%
	Economic Group		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.

Percentages

Popular vote Liberal   45.56% Conservative   36.44% Progressive   6.92% Others   11.08%

Seats summary Liberal   44.44% Conservative   38.10% Progressive   7.94% Others   9.52%

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

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 Saskatchewan political parties

References

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

Further reading

• Lemieux, Rodolphe; Falconer, Robert; Colquhoun, A. H. U.; Carrel, Frank; Beatty, E. W., eds. (1929). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1928–29. Toronto: The Annual Review Company.