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
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Party
!rowspan=2|Party Leader
!rowspan=2|# of<br />candidates
!colspan=3|Seats
!colspan=3|Popular Vote
|-
!1925
!Elected
!% Change
!Votes
!%
!% Change
| Liberal
|align="center"|James Gardiner
|align="right"| 62
|align="right"|50
|align="right"| 28
|align="right"|-44%
|align="right"|164,487
|align="right"|45.56%
|align="right"|-5.95%
| Conservative
|align="center"|James Anderson
|align="right"| 40
|align="right"|3
|align="right"| 24
|align="right"|+700%
|align="right"|131,550
|align="right"|36.44%
|align="right"|+18.09%
| colspan=2|Independent
|align="right"| 17
|align="right"|2
|align="right"| 6
|align="right"|+200%
|align="right"|32,729
|align="right"| 9.06%
|align="right"|+5.55%
|align="center"|
|align="right"| 16
|align="right"|6
|align="right"| 5
|align="right"|-18.3%
|align="right"|24,988
|align="right"|6.92%
|align="right"|-16.12%
| colspan=2|Liberal-Labour
|align="right"| 1
|align="right"|*
|align="right"| –
|align="right"|*
|align="right"|4,181
|align="right"|1.16%
|align="right"|
|align="center"|
|align="right"| 3
|align="right"|*
|align="right"| –
|align="right"|*
|align="right"|1,942
|align="right"|0.54%
|align="right"| *
| colspan=2|Independent Liberal
|align="right"| 1
|align="right"|1
|align="right"| –
|align="right"|-100%
|align="right"|1,160
|align="right"|0.32%
|align="right"|-0.75%
|-
|colspan=3| Total
|align="right"| 140
|align="right"|63
|align="right"| 63
|align="right"|–
|align="right"|361,037
|align="right"|100%
|align="right"|
|-
| align="center" colspan=10|Source: Elections Saskatchewan
|-
|}
Note: <nowiki>*</nowiki> Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.
Percentages
Members elected
For complete electoral history, see individual districts
{| class="wikitable"
|+ 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
{| class="wikitable"
!|
!|District
!|Member
!|Party
|Cumberland
|Deakin Alexander Hall
|Liberal
|}
August 12, 1929
{| class="wikitable"
!|
!|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