1938 Saskatchewan general election

The 1938 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 8, 1938, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

The Liberal Party was returned to power under its new leader, William John Patterson, but it lost twelve of the seats it had held in the previous legislature. The Liberals faced several new forces in this election.

Six "Unity" candidates also ran in an attempt to create a popular front of the Communists, CCF supporters and various populists. Although two were elected, they received only a very small fraction of the overall vote.

Results

!rowspan=2 colspan=2 align=center|Party

!rowspan=2 align=center|Party leader

!rowspan=2|Candidates

!colspan=4 align=center|Seats

!colspan=3 align=center|Popular vote

!1934

!Dissol.

!Elected

!% Change

|align="center"|William Patterson

|align="right"| 53

|align="right"|50

|align="right"| 38

|align="right"|-24%

|align="right"|200,334

|align="right"|45.45%

|align="right"|-2.55%

|align="center"|George Williams

|align="right"| 31

|align="right"|5

|align="right"| 10

|align="right"|+100%

|align="right"|82,529

|align="right"|18.73%

|align="right"|-5.26%

|align="center"|Joseph Needham (default)

|align="right"| 40

|align="right"|*

|align="right"|–

|align="right"| 2

|align="right"|*

|align="right"|70,084

|align="right"|15.90%

|align="right"|*

|align=left|Unity

|align="center"|

|align="right"| 3

|align="right"|–

|align="right"| 2

|align="right"|–

|align="right"|9,848

|align="right"|2.24%

|align="right"|+2.00%

|align=left|Conservative

|align="center"|John Diefenbaker

|align="right"| 24

|align="right"|–

|align="right"| –

|align="right"|–

|align="right"|52,315

|align="right"|11.87%

|align="right"|-14.88%

| colspan=2 align=left|Independent Labour

|align="right"| 3

|align="right"|*

|align="right"|–

|align="right"| –

|align="right"|*

|align="right"|12,039

|align="right"|2.73%

|align="right"|+2.40%

|align=left|Labour Progressive

|align="center"|

|align="right"| 2

|align="right"|*

|align="right"|–

|align="right"| –

|align="right"|*

|align="right"|8,514

|align="right"|1.93%

|align="right"|*

| colspan=2 align=left|Independent

|align="right"| 2

|align="right"|–

|align="right"| –

|align="right"|–

|align="right"|4,023

|align="right"|0.91%

|align="right"|+0.22%

| colspan=2 align=left|Independent Conservative

|align="right"| 1

|align="right"|*

|align="right"|–

|align="right"| –

|align="right"|*

|align="right"|828

|align="right"|0.19%

|align="right"|*

| bgcolor="ACDEAD"|

| colspan=2 align=left|Independent Social Credit

|align="right"| 1

|align="right"|*

|align="right"|–

|align="right"| –

|align="right"|*

|align="right"|228

|align="right"|0.05%

|align="right"|*

|colspan=3| Total

|align="right"| 160

|align="right"|55

|align="right"| 52

|align="right"|-5.5%

|align="right"|440,742

|align="right"|100%

|align="right"| 

| align="center" colspan=11|Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Note: <nowiki>*</nowiki> Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Percentages

Ranking

{| class="wikitable"

!colspan=2|Party

!Seats

!Second

!Third

!Fourth

|align=center|38

|align=center|15

|align=center|0

|align=center|10

|align=center|13

|align=center|6

|align=center|2

|align=center|13

|align=center|18

|align=center|7

|Unity

|align=center|2

|align=center|0

|align=center|1

|align=center|0

|Conservative

|align=center|0

|align=center|9

|align=center|6

|Other parties

|align=center|0

|align=center|2

|align=center|7

|align=center|0

Riding results

Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again.

Northwestern Saskatchewan

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%"

! style="width:16%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District

!style="background:darkgrey;" colspan=5|Candidates

! style="width:14%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent

!width=15% |

!width=15% |Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

!width=15% |

!width=15% |Conservative

!width=15% |Other

|width=15% | 

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Athabasca

|Jules Marion 642

|William J. Windrum (Liberal) 628

|Deakin Alexander Hall

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cut Knife

|John A. Gordon 2,379

|Andrew Macauley 1,766

|Bill Roseland 2,471

|Andrew James Macauley

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Meadow Lake

|Donald MacDonald 3,184

|Robert C. Paul 1,800

|Judson B. Clark 2,434

|Donald MacDonald

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Redberry

|Orest Zerebko 2,601

|Sheridan P. Porter 1,824

|Arnold Larsen (Ind.) 1,572

| colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|New District

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Rosthern

|John Uhrich 3,267

|H. Henry Henschel 1,735

|Peter Peters (Ind. Social Credit) 228

|John Michael Uhrich

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shellbrook

|Omer Demers 2,933

|Albert Mansfield 1,343

|Virden Gable 2,560

|Omer Demers

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|The Battlefords

|John Gregory 3,119

|Lloyd A. Gardiner 1,287

|Albert J. Tatchell 2,085

|John Albert Gregory

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Turtleford

|Bill Kerr 2,925

|John Stegehuis 440

|James Proctor 2,759

|Walter A. Hicks 456

|Charles Arthur Ayre**

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal

|Paul Prince

|align="right"|3,289

|align="right"|61.76%

|align="right"|+13.71%

|CCF

|Max Campbell

|align="right"|2,036

|align="right"|38.24%

|align="right"|+18.41%

|- bgcolor="white"

!align="left" colspan=3|Total

!align="right"|5,325

!align="right"|100.00%

!align="right"|

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal

|Hubert Staines

|align="right"|Acclaimed

|align="right"|100.00%

|- bgcolor="white"

!align="left" colspan=3|Total

!align="right"|Acclamation

!align="right"|

Northeastern Saskatchewan

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%"

! style="width:16%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District

!style="background:darkgrey;" colspan=4|Candidates

! style="width:14%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent

!width=17% |

!width=17% |Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

!width=17% |

!width=17% |Conservative

|width=17% | 

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland

|Deakin A. Hall 548

|George W. Smith 57

| colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|New District

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humboldt

|Jim King 3,636

|Joe Burton 3,446

|John J. Lins 385

|James Chisholm King

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kelvington

|James Marshall 2,747

|Peter Howe 4,174

|George Ernest Dragan

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kinistino

|John Taylor 2,866

|William J. Boyle 1,864

|William H. Setka 1,482

|Andrew Fraser 560

|John Richard Parish Taylor

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Melfort

|John MacFarlane 2,657

|Oakland Woods Valleau 3,024

|Chrysostom J. Lewis 1,029

|Gilbert D. Eamer 1,604

|John Duncan MacFarlane

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Prince Albert

|Thomas Davis 5,279

|John J.F. McIsaac 970

|George Bzowey 2,342

|Kennedy H. Palmer 2,227

|Thomas Clayton Davis

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Tisdale

|Harvie Dorrance 3,421

|John Hewgill Brockelbank 4,202

|Robert M. Locker 1,115

|Garth F. Johnston 654

|Harvie James Dorrance

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Torch River

|Jim Kiteley 1,992

|Harry Fenster 1,354

|Herve Prince 1,025

|Conrad B. Euler 366

| colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|New District

|style="width: 130px"|CCF

|Joe Burton

|align="right"|3,909

|align="right"|50.90%

|align="right"|+4.75%

|Liberal

|Charles Dunn

|align="right"|3,771

|align="right"|49.10%

|align="right"|+0.41%

|- bgcolor="white"

!align="left" colspan=3|Total

!align="right"|7,680

!align="right"|100.00%

!align="right"|

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal

|Harry Fraser

|align="right"|Acclaimed

|align="right"|100.00%

|- bgcolor="white"

!align="left" colspan=3|Total

!align="right"|Acclamation

!align="right"|

West Central Saskatchewan

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%"

! style="width:16%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District

!style="background:darkgrey;" colspan=4|Candidates

! style="width:14%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent

!width=17% |

!width=17% |Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

!width=17% |

!width=17% |Conservative

|width=17% | 

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Arm River

|Gustaf Herman Danielson 3,295

|John Diefenbaker 3,105

|Gustaf Herman Danielson

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Biggar

|Bob Hassard 3,196

|John Young 3,341

|Henry A. Gardner 841

|Robert Pelham Hassard

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hanley

|Charles Agar 2,774

|Frederick E. Roluf 1,599

|John A. Stewart 1,623

|Charles Agar

| rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kerrobert-Kindersley

|rowspan=3 | 

|rowspan=3|Donald Laing 3,298

|rowspan=3|Frank Jaenicke 1,201

|rowspan=3|Robert M. Goodwin 2,336

|rowspan=3|

|Donald Laing Kerrobert

|colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|Merged district

|Louis Henry Hantelman Kindersley

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Rosetown

|Neil McVicar 2,449

|John T. Douglas 1,941

|William J. Loucks 1,415

|Andrew Wilson 951

|Neil McVicar

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Watrous

|Frank S. Krenn 3,522

|John Waldbillig 2,181

|Charles A. Schmeiser 1,609

|Julius W. Stechishin 474

|Bert Clement**

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Wilkie

|John C. Knowles 4,053

|Frank R. Beggs 2,797

|John Jardine**

East Central Saskatchewan

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%"

! style="width:16%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District

!style="background:darkgrey;" colspan=5|Candidates

! style="width:14%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent

!width=15% |

!width=15% |Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

!width=15% |

!width=15% |Conservative

!width=15% |Other

|width=15% | 

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Canora

|George Dragan 3,259

|Myron Feeley 3,504

| colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|New District

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Last Mountain

|Guy H. Hummel 3,168

|Jacob Benson 3,299

|William H. Schroder 902

|Alfred J. Dyer 1,121

|Guy Hartsel Hummel

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Melville

|Charles Dunn 5,089

|John Herman 5,100

|E. Walt Gerrand**

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pelly

|Reginald J.M. Parker 3,936

|Gertrude S. Telford 3,088

|Reginald John Marsden Parker

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saltcoats

|Asmundur A. Loptson 3,114

|Joseph L. Phelps 3,409

|Alexander E. Sahlmark 1,003

| colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|New District

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Touchwood

|John Parker 1,910

|Tom Johnston 2,301

|Hugh H. Lyle 1,268

|John Hnatyshyn 1,287

|John Mason Parker

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Wadena

|Donald McCallum 3,085

|George Williams 4,871

|Harry W. Arnold 345

|George Hara Williams

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yorkton

|Vincent Smith 3,274

|Alan Stewart (Unity) 4,955

|Vincent Reynolds Smith

Southwest Saskatchewan

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%"

! style="width:16%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District

!style="background:darkgrey;" colspan=5|Candidates

! style="width:14%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent

!width=15% |

!width=15% |Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

!width=15% |

!width=15% |Conservative

!width=15% |Other

|width=15% | 

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Elrose

|George B. Weiler 2,676

|Louis H. Hantelman 3,164

|Gilbert A.W. Gessel 1,014

|Henry T. Blackwell 360

|John Andrew Wilson**

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gravelbourg

|Edward Culliton 3,683

|Andrew J. Miller 2,202

|Edward Milton Culliton

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gull Lake

|Harvey McMahon 3,901

|Henry Kemper 3,732

|Herman Henry Kemper

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Maple Creek

|John Mildenberger 4,058

|Oliver Reid 2,136

|A.J. Mercer (Unity) 1,562

|John Joseph Mildenberger

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Morse

|Benjamin T. Hyde 2,861

|Henry P. Thiessen 1,808

|William E. Armstrong 1,416

|Cliff B. Martin 478

|Neil John MacDonald**

| rowspan=3 bgcolor=whitesmoke|Notukeu-Willow Bunch

|rowspan=3 | 

|rowspan=3|Charles W. Johnson 3,659

|rowspan=3|John E. Lidgett 2,859

|rowspan=3|George W.S. Eisnor 1,100

|rowspan=3|

|George Spence** Notukeu

|colspan=2 style="background:whitesmoke; text-align:center;"|Merged district

|Charles William Johnson Willow Bunch

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Swift Current

|Jim Taggart 4,953

|Clarence Stork 3,584

|Alfred C. Butterworth 1,097

|James Gordon Taggart

Southeast Saskatchewan

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%"

! style="width:16%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District

!style="background:darkgrey;" colspan=5|Candidates

! style="width:14%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent

!width=15% |

!width=15% |Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

!width=15% |

!width=15% |Conservative

!width=15% |Other

|width=15% | 

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bengough

|James B. Smith 3,158

|Herman K. Warren (Unity) 3,331

|James Bidwell Smith

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cannington

|William Patterson 4,473

|Gladys Strum 3,477

|William John Patterson

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lumsden

|Robert S. Donaldson 2,596

|McDirmid Rankin 1,847

|Thomas Allan McInnis 624

|Claude H.J. Burrows 1,923

|Henry Phillip Mang**

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Milestone

|William Pedersen 2,820

|Samuel Horton 630

|Samuel Norval Horner (Ind.) 2,451

|William Pedersen

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Moosomin

|Arthur Procter 4,198

|Joseph C. Richards 1,400

|Percy S. George 2,528

|Arthur Thomas Procter

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Qu'Appelle-Wolseley

|Frederick M. Dundas 4,871

|Joseph Thauberger 1,496

|Stanley W. Nichols 3,253

|Frederick Middleton Dundas

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Souris-Estevan

|Norman McLeod 4,383

|W. Glenroy Allen 3,467

|Ernest W. Hinkson 441

|Jesse Pichard Tripp**

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Weyburn

|George L. Crane 4,744

|Frederick C. Williams 4,167

|John C. Burnside (Ind. Conservative) 828

|Hugh Elliott Eaglesham**

Urban constituencies

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%"

! style="width:16%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Electoral District

!style="background:darkgrey;" colspan=5|Candidates

! style="width:14%;" style="background:darkgrey;" rowspan=3 colspan=2|Incumbent

!width=15% |

!width=15% |Co-operative Commonwealth Federation

!width=15% |

!width=15% |Conservative

!width=15% |Other

|width=15% | 

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Moose Jaw City

|William Gladstone Ross 4,830

William George Baker 4,728

|John Wesley Corman 2,689

William J. Passmore 2,465

|John Alexander Merkley 2,137

Arthur W.E. Fawkes 2,005

|William Gladstone Ross

William George Baker

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saskatoon City

|James Wilfred Estey 7,213

Robert Mitford Pinder 6,893

|Jacob Klassen 4,339

John Harrison Hilton 4,164

|James T.M. Anderson 5,006

Stephen N. MacEachern 4,692

|Robert Hunter (Independent Labour) 4,813

|James Wilfred Estey

George Wesley Norman**

|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Regina City

|Percy McCuaig Anderson 12,749

Bamm David Hogarth 12,641

|John Harold Crawford 966

|Hugh McGillivray 7,934

Frederick Bertram Bagshaw 6,576

|Alban Cedric Ellison (Ind. Labour) 5,329

Samuel Barrington East (Lab. Prog.) 4,426

Thomas Gerald McManus (Lab. Prog.) 4,088

Alexander Duff Connon (Ind. Labour) 1,897

|Percy McCuaig Anderson

William Franklin Kerr

| style="width: 130px"|Liberal

|Bernard J. McDaniel (elected)

|align="right"|10,197

|align="right"|49.52%

|align="right"|–

|Conservative

|Reginald M. Balfour

|align="right"|5,809

|align="right"|28.21%

|align="right"|–

|CCF

|Charles Cromwell Williams

|align="right"|4,298

|align="right"|20.87%

|align="right"|–

|Social Credit – Farmer-Labour

|J.B. McLeod

|align="right"|156

|align="right"|0.76%

|align="right"|–

|Social Credit

|Cornelius Rink

|align="right"|133

|align="right"|0.64%

|align="right"|–

|- bgcolor="white"

!align="left" colspan=3|Total

!align="right"|20,593

!align="right"|100.00%

!align="right"|

References

Brown, Lorne A. "The Early CCF in Saskatchewan." In The Prairie Agrarian Movement Revisited, edited by Murray Knuttila and Bob Stirling, 169–185. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2007.
Saskatchewan Archives Board - Election Results By Electoral Division
Elections Saskatchewan - Provincial Vote Summaries

1938 Saskatchewan general election

Results

Percentages

Ranking

Riding results

Northwestern Saskatchewan

Northeastern Saskatchewan

West Central Saskatchewan

East Central Saskatchewan

Southwest Saskatchewan

Southeast Saskatchewan

Urban constituencies

See also

References

Further reading