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 delay the election temporarily.

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.

An at-large service vote was held for Saskatchewan residents in the Canadian armed services fighting during World War II. This special vote elected three non-partisan members to represent Saskatchewan soldiers, sailors and airmen stationed in Great Britain, the Mediterranean region and Newfoundland & Canada outside the province.

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[edit] Results

Party Party leader # of
candidates
Seats Popular vote
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 2,067 0.52% -1.41%
     Independent 5 705 0.18% -0.73%
     Social Credit 1 2 249 0.06% -15.84%
     Independent Liberal 1 * * 5 0.00% *
Total 153 52 52 397,802 100%  

[edit] Riding-by-riding results

Names in bold represent party leaders and the Speaker

Electoral District Candidates   Incumbent
  CCF   Liberal   PC   Other
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 (Ind. Liberal)
5

  Hubert Staines
Bengough   Allan Lister Samuel Brown
3847
Thomas Waddell
2473
  Herman Kersler Warren (Labour Prog.)
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
Canora   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 (Labour Prog.)
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 (Social Credit)
249
  William Gladstone Ross

William George Baker

Moosomin David Alexander Cunningham
3324
  Arthur Thomas Procter
3865
  Arthur Thomas Procter
Morse   Sidney Merlin Spidell
2763
Benjamin Thomas Hyde
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
(Labour 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 (Ind.)
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 (Labour Prog.)
797

Russell Hartney (Ind.)
200

John Harrison Hilton (Ind.)
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 (Labour Prog.)

Note:

* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Source: Elections Saskatchewan,
Saskatchewan Archives Board

[edit] By-elections

By-election: Shellbrook, June 29, 1945
CCF hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     CCF Guy Franklin Van Eaton 3,350 53.1 -7.3
     Liberal Harold Keith Elder 2,514 42.9 +3.2
     Social Credit Albert M. Courchene 450 15.2 -
Total 6,314
By-election: Wadena, November 21, 1945
CCF hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     CCF Frederick Arthur Dewhurst 2.474 80.9 +12.2
     Labour Progressive William Beeching 584 19.1 -
Total 3,085
By-election: Morse, June 27, 1946
CCF hold
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
     CCF James William Gibson 3,006 46.1 -3.1
     Liberal Herbert Wiebe 2,410 37.0 -0.8
     Progressive Conservative Rupert Ramsay 1,098 16.9 +3.9
Total 6,514

[edit] 1944 service elections

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