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The 1934 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 19, 1934, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.
The Liberal Party of former premier James Gardiner was returned to power with a large majority – 50 of the 55 seats in the legislature – after the four year Conservative minority government interlude.
After forming a coalition government to oust the Liberals from power after the 1929 election, James T.M. Anderson's Conservative government had tried to use anti-Catholic and anti-French Canadian feeling in the province to win support. The Conservatives also had the support of the Ku Klux Klan, which was a significant force in the province at the time. [1] [2] [3] The Tories also had to contend with the effects of the Great Depression and the prairie Dust Bowl, however; and although they won about a quarter of the popular vote, they won no seats in the legislature. The Conservatives remained a minor force in Saskatchewan politics for 40 years after this defeat.
The Tories' allies in the previous legislature – the Progressives – did not nominate candidates in this election, and were replaced by Farmer-Labour candidates as the voice of the Left in the province.
Party | Party leader | Candidates | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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1929 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
Liberal | James Gardiner | 56 | 28 | 50 | +78.6% | 206,212 | 48.00% | +2.44% | |
Farmer–Labour | M.J. Coldwell | 54 | * | 5 | * | 102,944 | 23.96% | * | |
Conservative | James Anderson | 52 | 24 | – | -100% | 114,923 | 26.75% | -9.69% | |
Independent | 3 | 6 | – | -100% | 2,949 | 0.69% | -8.37% | ||
Labour | William G. Baker (default) | 1 | * | – | * | 1,420 | 0.33% | * | |
United Front | 3 | * | – | * | 1,053 | 0.24% | * | ||
Independent Liberal | 1 | – | – | – | 133 | 0.03% | -0.29% | ||
Total | 169 | 63 | 55 | -12.7% | 429,634 | 100% | |||
Source: Elections Saskatchewan |
Note:* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.
Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | |
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Liberal | 50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Farmer–Labour | 5 | 19 | 30 | 0 | |
Conservative | 0 | 30 | 21 | 1 | |
Other parties | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again.
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||
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Liberal | Farmer-Labour Group | Conservative | Other | ||||
Athabasca | Deakin Alexander Hall 1,329 | Jules Marion (Liberal) 970 | New District | ||||
Cut Knife | Robert J. Gordon 2,718 | Andrew Macauley 3,268 | George McLean 1,099 | George John McLean | |||
Meadow Lake | Donald MacDonald 4,304 | Charles Mycroft 1,499 | J.H. Storry 1,281 | New District | |||
Rosthern | John Uhrich 8,179 | Philip J. Smith 1,081 | Donald Geo. McLean 1,230 | John Michael Uhrich | |||
Shellbrook | Omer Demers 5,238 | Peter G. Makaroff 2,332 | Alexander F. Agnew 2,209 | Edgar Sidney Clinch** | |||
The Battlefords | John Albert Gregory 2,653 | Hill Hamilton 1,816 | John Edmond McLarty 1,600 | Reginald James Jones (Ind. Liberal) 133 | Samuel Wesley Huston** | ||
Turtleford | Charles Ayre 3,411 | John Stegehuis 1,489 | Percival Whitman Farnsworth 1,599 | Charles Arthur Ayre | |||
Wilkie | John Jardine 3,702 | George Jos. Hindley 2,011 | Alexander J. McLeod 1,925 | Alexander John McLeod |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||
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Liberal | Farmer-Labour Group | Conservative | Other | ||||
Humboldt | James Hogan 5,345 | Joe Burton 2,771 | Henry Mathies Therres** | ||||
Kelvington | George Ernest Dragan 3,567 | Robert Berkett Paterson 1,628 | John Robson Taylor 981 | New District | |||
Kinistino | John Taylor 2,772 | Palmer Grambo 1,835 | R.E. Forbes 1,074 | John Richard Parish Taylor | |||
Melfort | John D. MacFarlane 3,972 | Rupert J. Greaves 3,252 | Rupert James Greaves | ||||
Prince Albert | Thomas C. Davis 5,474 | Edward P. Spratt 1,215 | Samuel J.A. Branion 2,007 | Thomas Clayton Davis | |||
Tisdale | Harvie J. Dorrance 3,425 | Jay Brice Ennis 2,338 | Walt C. Buckle 2,407 | Walter Clutterbuck Buckle | |||
Wadena | Thorwald Berven 3,069 | George Williams 3,890 | Leonard Wreede 738 | John Robeson Taylor** |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Jim King | 4,540 | 72.20% | +6.34% | |
Farmer–Labour | Joe Burton | 1,748 | 27.80% | -6.34% | |
Total | 6,288 | 100.00% |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||
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Liberal | Farmer-Labour Group | Conservative | Other | ||||
Arm River | Gustaf Herman Danielson 2,222 | David James Christie 912 | Duncan Selby Hutcheon 1,935 | Duncan Selby Hutcheon | |||
Biggar | Robert Pelham Hassard 2,287 | Warren Hart 2,044 | William Willoughby Miller 1,296 | William Willoughby Miller | |||
Elrose | John A. Wilson 2,213 | Halvor Vindeg 1,807 | Donald Byron Grant 1,390 | James Cobban** | |||
Hanley | Charles Agar 2,843 | Arthur J. Fahl 1,405 | John Thos. McOrmond 1,703 | Reginald Stipe** | |||
Kerrobert | Donald Laing 2,651 | James Penberthy 1,716 | Robert Hanbidge 1,788 | Robert Leith Hanbidge | |||
Kindersley | John C. Treleaven 2,518 | Louis H. Hantelman 2,649 | Robert H. Carruthers 1,615 | Ebenezer Samuel Whatley** | |||
Rosetown | Neil McVicar 2,433 | Wilfrid A. Sibbald Tegart 1,878 | Nathan Given 2,105 | Nathaniel Given | |||
Thunder Creek | Robert S. Donaldson 1,608 | C.A. Stuart 1,003 | H. Alexander Lilly 1,396 | Harold Alexander Lilly | |||
Watrous | Bert Clement 2,362 | Alexander F. Murray 1,829 | Chester Cam. McClellan 1,525 | James Hogan |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||
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Liberal | Farmer-Labour Group | Conservative | Other | ||||
Last Mountain | Guy Hartsel Hummel 2,732 | Jacob Benson 2,709 | Allan Armstrong Peters 1,338 | Jacob Benson | |||
Lumsden | Henry Phillip Mang 2,352 | Tom Johnston 1,716 | James Fraser Bryant 1,070 | James Fraser Bryant | |||
Melville | James G. Gardiner 4,989 | Wilfrid Wass 1,504 | E. Forest Scharf 1,930 | New District | |||
Pelly | Reginald J.M. Parker 4,835 | Andrew Danyleyko 1,639 | Frederick G. Garvin 1,426 | Walter E. Wiggins (United Front) 468 | Reginald John Marsden Parker | ||
Pheasant Hills | Asmundur A. Loptson 4,310 | H.J. Benson 1,804 | Chris Ness 1,363 | Charles Morton Dunn | |||
Qu'Appelle-Wolseley | Frederick Middleton Dundas 4,130 | John H. Sturdy 1,932 | Stanley Withington Nichols 2,627 | Anton Huck** South Qu'Appelle | |||
Merged district | |||||||
William George Bennett** Wolseley | |||||||
Touchwood | John M. Parker 3,380 | Edward Hamilton 2,273 | Caleb H. Fisher 518 | William J. Burak (Ind.) 1,845 | John Mason Parker | ||
Yorkton | Vincent R. Smith 3,343 | Llewellyn C. Fletcher 992 | Alan C. Stewart 2,661 | Alan Carl Stewart |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | E. Walt Gerrand | Acclaimed | 100.00% | ||
Total | Acclamation |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||
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Liberal | Farmer-Labour Group | Conservative | Other | ||||
Gravelbourg | Benjamin F. McGregor 3,177 | Richard Pennington Sinkinson 1,065 | Henry J. Coutu 1,642 | Benjamin Franklin McGregor | |||
Gull Lake | Sydney J. Smith 2,153 | H. Henry Kemper 2,404 | John Frederick Frook 1,725 | New District | |||
Maple Creek | John Mildenberger 3,114 | Jacob J. Hubenig 1,140 | James McDougald 1,784 | George Spence | |||
Moose Jaw County | Thomas Waddell 2,500 | Henry Milne 1,714 | Sinclair Whittaker (Ind.) 1,075 | Sinclair Alexander Whittaker | |||
Morse | Neil J. MacDonald 2,717 | John McCaig 1,430 | Richard P. Eades 1,752 | Richard Percy Eades | |||
Notukeu | George Spence 2,196 | Con. Rieder 1,499 | P.M. McKinnon 1,560 | Alexander Lothian Grant** | |||
Shaunavon | Harry Ostlund 1,911 | Clarence Stork 2,061 | John Gryde 1,470 | John Edward Gryde | |||
Swift Current | Jim Taggart 2,531 | Allan McCallum 2,339 | W.W. Smith 2,337 | William Wensley Smith | |||
Willow Bunch | Charles W. Johnson 2,448 | Charles M. Wilkin Emery 1,219 | Edgar Burton Linnell 1,445 | Charles William Johnson |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Edward Culliton | 3,312 | 68.90% | +14.91% | |
Farmer–Labour | Frank Keem Malcolm | 1,495 | 31.10% | +13.00% | |
Total | 4,807 | 100.00% |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||
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Liberal | Farmer-Labour Group | Conservative | Other | ||||
Bromhead | Norman L. McLeod 2,416 | Eric Oxelgren 1,208 | Francis Burden Smyth 1,111 | David McKnight** | |||
Bengough | James Bidwell Smith 2,122 | William F. Jordan 1,257 | Herman Kersler Warren 2,052 | Herman Kersler Warren | |||
Cannington | William J. Patterson 4,222 | Donald K. Cameron 2,152 | Samson Wallace Arthur 2,075 | Samson Wallace Arthur | |||
Francis | Charles M. Dunn 2,504 | Robert E. Juby 1,085 | Samuel Norval Horner 1,896 | Samuel Norval Horner | |||
Milestone | William Pedersen 1,991 | E. Blaine Moats 1,108 | Joseph V. Patterson 1,365 | Joseph Victor Patterson | |||
Moosomin | Arthur T. Procter 2,812 | John F. Herman 1,025 | Frederick D. Munroe 2,465 | Frederick Dennis Munroe | |||
Souris-Estevan | Jesse P. Tripp 3,536 | Herbert G. Gallaway 1,215 | William O. Fraser 2,960 | William Oliver Fraser Souris | |||
Merged district | |||||||
Vacant Estevan | |||||||
Weyburn | Hugh E. Eaglesham 2,281 | Tommy Douglas 1,343 | Robert S. Leslie 1,544 | James L. Coltart (Ind.) 29 | Robert Sterritt Leslie |
Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||
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Liberal | Farmer-Labour Group | Conservative | Other | ||||
Moose Jaw City | William Gladstone Ross 4,928 John Houston Laird | Waldo D. Summers 2,013 Hugh Gordon | John Alexander Merkley 2,440 James W. Hawthorne | William George Baker (Labour) 1,420 | John Alexander Merkley | ||
Saskatoon City | James Wilfred Estey 9,168 George Wesley Norman | Gladys Isabel Salisbury 3,098 John Johnson Egge | James T.M. Anderson 7,511 Howard McConnell | William Taylor (United Front) 353 | James T.M. Anderson Howard McConnell | ||
Regina City | Percy McCuaig Anderson 11,564 William Franklin Kerr | Major J. Coldwell 6,714 Garnet Nelson Menzies | M. A. MacPherson 9,082 James Grassick | William Stokes (United Front) 232 | Murdoch Alexander MacPherson James Grassick |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | William Franklin Kerr (incumbent) | 11,883 | 65.58% | – | |
Independent | Denis Sweeney | 6,236 | 34.42% | – | |
Total | 18,119 | 100.00% |
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