11th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 11th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1948. The assembly sat from February 10, 1949, to May 7, 1952. ^[1] The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) led by Tommy Douglas formed the government. ^[2] The Liberal Party led by Walter Adam Tucker formed the official opposition. ^[3]

Tom Johnston served as speaker for the assembly. ^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1948: ^[5]

	Electoral district	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Arm River	Gustaf Herman Danielson	Liberal	1934
	Athabasca	Louis Marcien Marion	Independent	1944 [a]
	Bengough	Allan Lister Samuel Brown	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Biggar	Woodrow Stanley Lloyd	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Cannington	William John Patterson	Liberal	1921
		Rosscoe Arnold McCarthy	Liberal	1949
	Canora	Alex Gordon Kuziak	Co-operative Commonwealth	1948
	Cumberland	Lorne Earl Blanchard	Liberal	1944
	Cut Knife	Isidore Charles Nollet	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Elrose	Maurice John Willis	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Gravelbourg	Edward Milton Culliton	Liberal	1935, 1948
		Edward Hazen Walker	Co-operative Commonwealth	1951
	Gull Lake	Alvin Cecil Murray	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
		Thomas John Bentley	Co-operative Commonwealth	1949
	Hanley	Robert Alexander Walker	Co-operative Commonwealth	1948
	Humboldt	Arnold William Loehr	Liberal	1948
	Kelvington	Peter Anton Howe	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Kerrobert-Kindersley	John Wellbelove	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Kinistino	William Carlton Woods	Liberal	1948
	Last Mountain	Jacob Benson	Co-operative Commonwealth	1929 [b] , 1938
	Lumsden	William Sancho Thair	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Maple Creek	Alexander C. Cameron	Liberal	1948
	Meadow Lake	William Thorneycroft Lofts	Liberal	1948
	Melfort	John George Egnatoff	Liberal	1948
	Melville	V. Patrick Deshaye	Liberal	1948
	Milestone	Jacob Walter Erb	Co-operative Commonwealth	1948
	Moose Jaw City	John Wesley Corman	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
		Dempster Henry Ratcliffe Heming		1944
	Moosomin	Alexander Hamilton McDonald	Conservative Liberal	1948
	Morse	James William Gibson	Co-operative Commonwealth	1946
	Notukeu-Willow Bunch	Niles Leonard Buchanan	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Pelly	John Gray Banks	Liberal	1948
	Prince Albert	Lachlan Fraser McIntosh	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Qu'Appelle-Wolseley	Frederick Middleton Dundas	Liberal	1934, 1948
	Redberry	Bernard Leo Korchinski	Liberal	1948
	Regina City	Charles Cromwell Williams	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
		Clarence Melvin Fines		1944
	Rosetown	John Taylor Douglas	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Rosthern	Walter Adam Tucker	Liberal	1948
	Saltcoats	Asmundur A. Loptson	Liberal	1929, 1948
	Saskatoon City	Arthur Thomas Stone	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
		John Henry Sturdy		1944
	Shellbrook	Louis William Larsen	Co-operative Commonwealth	1948
	Souris-Estevan	John Edward McCormack	Liberal	1948
	Swift Current	Harry Gibbs	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	The Battlefords	Paul Prince	Liberal	1940, 1948
		Hugh James Maher	Liberal	1950
	Tisdale	John Hewgill Brockelbank	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Torch River	John Robert Denike	Co-operative Commonwealth	1948
	Touchwood	Tom Johnston	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Turtleford	Leo Trippe	Liberal	1948
	Wadena	Frederick Arthur Dewhurst	Co-operative Commonwealth	1945
	Watrous	James Andrew Darling	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Weyburn	Thomas Clement Douglas	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Wilkie	John Whitmore Horsman	Liberal	1948
	Yorkton	Arthur Percy Swallow	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944

Notes:

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	Co-operative Commonwealth	31
	Liberal	19
	Independent	1
	Conservative Liberal	1
Total		52
Government Majority		10

Notes:

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons: ^[5]

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Cannington	Rosscoe Arnold McCarthy	Liberal	November 10, 1949	WJ Patterson named to federal Board of Transport Commissioners [6]
Gull Lake	Thomas John Bentley	Co-operative Commonwealth	November 10, 1949	AC Murray died in September 1949 [7]
The Battlefords	Hugh James Maher	Liberal	February 8, 1950	P Prince died December 17, 1949 [8]
Gravelbourg	Edward Hazen Walker	Co-operative Commonwealth	July 10, 1951	EM Culliton named to Saskatchewan Court of Appeal [9]

Notes

1. First elected as a Liberal
2. First elected as Progressive

References

1. "Saskatchewan Sessions of the Legislative Assembly and Their Duration" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
2. "Saskatchewan Premiers" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
3. "Saskatchewan Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
4. "Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
5. "Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
6. "Patterson, William John (1886–1976)". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
7. "Weather Compels Tories to Defer Nomination Meet". Start-Phoenix. Saskatoon. October 20, 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
8. "Paul Prince Passes Away". Star-Phoenix. Saskatoon. December 17, 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
9. "Justices of the Court". Courts of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2012-06-02.