Saskatchewan general election, 1944

Saskatchewan general election, 1944
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The Saskatchewan general election of 1944 was the tenth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 15, 1944, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

The election was held six years after the previous election. There is normally a five-year limit on the lifespan of Parliaments and provincial assemblies in Canada, but the emergency brought on by the Second World War allowed the government to temporarily delay the election.

It marked the first time a socialist government was elected anywhere in North America. Co-operative Commwealth Federation (CCF) leader Tommy Douglas became the premier of the province.

The CCF won 47 of the 52 seats in the legislature, and over half the popular vote, despite a very negative campaign by the governing Liberal Party. The Liberals, led by William John Patterson, accused Douglas of being a communist.

The Liberal popular vote fell by 10 percentage points, and they won only five seats.

The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan, which had won 16% of the vote and two seats in the 1938 election collapsed, nominating only one candidate, who won only 249 votes.

The Communist Party-led Unity movement reverted to the name Labour Progressive Party, and lost both of the seats it had won in 1938.

The Conservative Party, renamed the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan and led by H.E. Keown, won over 10% of the vote, but no seats.

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1 Results
2 Riding-by-riding results
3 By-elections
4 See also
5 External links

Results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1938	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Tommy Douglas	52	10	47	+370%	211,364	53.13%	+34.4%
	Liberal	William Patterson	52	38	5	-86.8%	140,901	35.42%	-10.03%
	Progressive Conservative	H.E. Keown	39	–	–	–	42,511	10.69%	-1.18%
	Labour Progressive		3	–	–	–	2,067	0.52%	-1.41%
	Independent		5	–	–	–	705	0.18%	-0.73%
	Social Credit		1	–	–	–	249	0.06%	-15.84%
	Independent Liberal		1	*	–	*	5	0.00%	*
Total			153	52	52	–	397,802	100%

Riding-by-riding results

Names in bold represent party leaders and the Speaker

Electoral District					Incumbent
Electoral District	CCF	Liberal	PC	Other	Incumbent
Arm River	William R. Fansher 2256	Gustaf Herman Danielson 2343	Thomas Alfred Homersham 1068		Gustaf Herman Danielson
Athabasca	Pierre Ephrem Ayotte 57	Louis Marcien Marion 626	Alexander Fred De Laronde 9	Errick Guttormur Erickson (Ind) 78 Francis Xavier Poitras (In. Lib) 5	Hubert Staines
Bengough	Allan Lister Samuel Brown 3847	Thomas Waddell 2473			Herman Kersler Warren
Biggar	Woodrow Stanley Lloyd 3633	Frank Freeman 2156			John Allan Young
Cannington	Gladys Strum 3204	William John Patterson 3210	William Armstrong Brigden 687		William John Patterson
Cumberland	Myron Henry Feeley 3538	Stephen T. Shabbits 2537			Myron Henry Feeley
Cumberland	Leslie Walter Lee 357	Deakin Alexander Hall 242	Raoul Olier St. Denis 11		Deakin Alexander Hall
Cut Knife	Isidore Charles Nollet 2726	John A. Gordon 1820			William Roseland
Elrose	Maurice John Willis 3771	Hubert Staines 1807	Ernest J. Ewing 1013		Louis Henry Hantelman
Gravelbourg	Henry Edmund Houze 2681	Edward Milton Culliton 2586			Edward Milton Culliton
Gull Lake	Alvin Cecil Murray 3942	Harvey Harold McMahon 2200	Charles Howard Howlett 1356		Harvey Harold McMahon
Hanley	James Smith Aitken 2272	Charles Agar 1775	James Hubert Cannon 893		Charles Agar
Humboldt	Ben Putnam 3587	Arnold William Loehr 2673	Stephen David Weese 358		Joseph William Burton
Kelvington	Peter Anton Howe 3132	Gladstone Mansfield Ferrie 1880	Samuel Edward Hall 649		Peter Anton Howe
Kerrobert-Kindersley	John Wellbelove 3236	Donald Laing 2377	Wellington Smith Myers 933		Donald Laing
Knistino	William James Boyle 3055	Russell Martin Paul 1544	Andrew Fraser 671		John Richard Parish Taylor
Last Mountain	Jacob Benson 3803	Henry Philip Mang 2064	James Lindsay Blair 1281		Jacob Benson
Lumsden	William Sancho Thair 2966	James Gallagher Knox 188	Arthur Maurice Pearson 1220		Robert Scott Donaldson
Maple Creek	Beatrice Janet Trew 3656	John Joseph Mildenberger 2872	George Chester Stewart 911		John Joseph Mildenberger
Meadow Lake	Herschel Lee Howell 2034	Donald MacDonald 1805	William Titley 362	Arthur J. Doucet (Lib Lab) 716	Donald MacDonald
Melfort	Oakland Woods Valleau 3396	John Duncan MacFarlane 1862	Stanley Beattie Caskey 1450		Oakland Woods Valleau
Melville	William James Arthurs 4575	Lionel Stilborn 3614	Shamus Patrick Regan 821		John Frederick Herman
Milestone	Frank Keem Malcolm 3302	William Pedersen 2207			William Pedersen
Moose Jaw City	John Wesley Corman 6296 Dempster Henry Ratcliffe Heming 5894	William George Baker 2881 Harold Walpole Pope 2887	Russell Lawrence Brownridge 1271 Hugh Alexander Tiers 1036	Frank Ernest Talbot (SC) 249	William Gladstone Ross William George Baker
Moosomin	David Alexander Cunningham 3324	Arthur Thomas Procter 3865			Arthur Thomas Procter
Morse	Sidney Merlin Spidell 2763	Arthur Thomas Procter 2122	Clifford Bruce Martin 725		Benjamin Thomas Hyde
Notukeu-Willow Bunch	Niles Leonard Buchanan 4176	Charles William Johnson 2862			Charles William Johnson
Pelly	Daniel Zederayko Daniels 3273	Reginald John Marsden Parker 2544		William Michael Berezowski (Lab Prog) 554	Reginald John Marsden Parker
Prince Albert	Lachlan Fraser McIntosh 6178	Harold John Fraser 3617	Edgar Percy Woodman 655		Harold John Fraser
Qu’Appelle-Wolseley	Warden Burgess 4339	Frederick Middleton Dundas 3314	William Herman Acres 938		Frederick Middleton Dundas
Redberry	Dmytro Matthew Lazorko 2306	Wilfred James Langley 1285	Ernest Wilson 662	Peter John Semko 99	Orest Zerebko
Regina City	Clarence Melvin Fines 14129 Charles Cromwell Williams 14784	Charles Roberts Davidson 10982 Bernard J. McDaniel 10551	Hugh McGillivray 3536 Claude Henry James Burrows 3114		Bernard J. McDaniel
Rosetown	John Taylor Douglas 3168	William Leith 1864	John Wilbert Stewart 1046		Neil McVicar
Rosthern	Henry Begrand 1541	Peter J. Hooge 2199	Gordon Ellis Goble 473		John Michael Uhrich
Saltcoats	Joseph Lee Phelps 3461	Donald Alexander MacKenzie 2874	Rae Melville Salkeld 454		Joseph Lee Phelps
Saskatoon City	John Henry Sturdy 9375 Arthur Thomas Stone 7792	James Wilfred Estey 5084 Robert Mitford Pinder 3924	Rupert David Ramsay 5368 Henry Oswald Wright 3171	Frederick Nelson Clarke 797 Russell Hartney 200 John Harrison Hilton 121	Robert Mitford Pinder James Wilfred Estey
Shellbrook	Albert Victor Sterling 3310	Omer Demers 2177			Omer Alphonse Demers
Souris-Estevan	Charles David Cuming 3933	Norman Leslie McLeod 2660	Herbert Samuel Penny 1259		Norman Leslie McLeod
Swift Current	Harry Gibbs 4756	James Gordon Taggart 3123	Bryan Maxwell Hill 1021		James Gordon Taggart
The Battlefords	Alexander Duff Connon 2783	Paul Prince 2426	Robert Wendell McNair 446		Paul Prince
Tisdale	John Hewgill Brockelbank 5283	Clarence Railsback O’Connor 2269	Isaac Flexman Stothers 703		John Hewgill Brockelbank
Torch River	John Bruce Harris 2609	Donald L. Menzies 846	Keith Acton Baldwin 535		James Archibald Kiteley
Touchwood	Tom Johnston 3337	John Joseph Collins 1925	William Seneshen 301		Tom Johnston
Turtleford	Robert Hanson Wooff 2506	William Franklin Kerr 1766	Chester Hicks 399		William Franklin Kerr
Wadena	George Hara Williams 4162	George Russell Cook 1686		Walter Elvy Rogers (Ind.) 207	George Hara Williams
Watrous	James Andrew Darling 3801	Frank Stephen Krenn 2312	Hugh Smith 749		Frank Stephen Krenn
Weyburn	Thomas Clement Douglas 5605	James Weyburn Adolphe 3489			George Levi Crane
Wilkie	Hans Ove Hansen 3567	John Cunningham Knowles 2527			John Cunningham Knowles
Yorkton	Arthur Percy Swallow 3887	Alfred Ariel Brown 2280	Norman Roebuck 958		Alan Carl Stewart

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