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.

Contents 1 Results 2 Riding-by-riding results 3 By-elections 4 1944 service elections 5 See also 6 External links

[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

[edit] See also

• List of Saskatchewan political parties

[edit] External links

• Saskatchewan's 1944 CCF Election
• Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral Division

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