12th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 12th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1952. The assembly sat from February 12, 1953, to May 8, 1956. ^[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. After Tucker returned to federal politics in 1953, ^[3] Asmundur Loptson served as interim Liberal Party leader. ^[4] Alexander Hamilton McDonald became Liberal Party leader and leader of the opposition in 1955. ^[5]

Tom Johnston served as speaker for the assembly. ^[6]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1952: ^[7]

	Electoral district	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Arm River	Gustaf Herman Danielson	Liberal	1934
	Athabasca	James Ripley	Liberal	1952
	Bengough	Allan Lister Samuel Brown	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Biggar	Woodrow Stanley Lloyd	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Cannington	Rosscoe Arnold McCarthy	Liberal	1949
	Canora	Alex Gordon Kuziak	Co-operative Commonwealth	1948
	Cumberland	Bill Berezowsky	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
	Cut Knife	Isidore Charles Nollet	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Elrose	Maurice John Willis	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Gravelbourg	Edward Hazen Walker	Co-operative Commonwealth	1951
	Hanley	Robert Alexander Walker	Co-operative Commonwealth	1948
	Humboldt	Joseph William Burton	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938, 1952
	Kelsey	John Hewgill Brockelbank	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Kelvington	Peter Anton Howe	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Kerrobert-Kindersley	John Wellbelove	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Kinistino	Henry Begrand	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
	Last Mountain	Russell Brown	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
	Lumsden	William Sancho Thair	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Maple Creek	Alexander C. Cameron	Liberal	1948
	Meadow Lake	Hugh Clifford Dunfield	Liberal	1952
	Melfort-Tisdale	Clarence George Willis	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
	Melville	A. Percy Brown	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
	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	Liberal	1948
	Morse	James William Gibson	Co-operative Commonwealth	1946
	Nipawin	Thomas Russell MacNutt	Liberal	1952
	Notukeu-Willow Bunch	Niles Leonard Buchanan	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Pelly	Arnold Feusi	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
	Prince Albert	Lachlan Fraser McIntosh	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Qu'Appelle-Wolseley	William Henry Wahl	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
	Redberry	Dmytro Zipchen	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
	Regina City	Charles Cromwell Williams	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
		Clarence Melvin Fines		1944
		Marjorie Alexandra Cooper		1952
	Rosetown	John Taylor Douglas	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Rosthern	Walter Adam Tucker	Liberal	1948
		Samuel Henry Carr	Liberal	1953
	Saltcoats	Asmundur A. Loptson	Liberal	1929, 1948
	Saskatoon City	Arthur Thomas Stone	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
		John Henry Sturdy		1944
	Shaunavon	Thomas John Bentley	Co-operative Commonwealth	1949
	Shellbrook	Louis William Larsen	Co-operative Commonwealth	1948
	Souris-Estevan	John Edward McCormack	Liberal	1948
		Robert Kohaly	Progressive Conservative	1953
	Swift Current	Harry Gibbs	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	The Battlefords	Eiling Kramer	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
	Touchwood	Tom Johnston	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Turtleford	Bob Wooff	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944, 1952
	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	42
	Liberal	11
Total		53
Government Majority		31

Notes:

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons: ^[7]

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Rosthern	Samuel Henry Carr	Liberal	October 28, 1953	WA Tucker ran for federal seat [3]
Souris-Estevan	Robert Kohaly	Progressive Conservative	October 28, 1953	JE McCormack died March 14, 1953 [8]

Notes:

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. • Walter Adam Tucker – Parliament of Canada biography
4. "Saskatchewan Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
5. • Alexander Hamilton McDonald – Parliament of Canada biography
6. "Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
7. "Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
8. "Many at funeral of Ed Mccormack". Leader-Post. Saskatoon. March 19, 1953. p. 14. Retrieved 2012-06-17.