1934 Saskatchewan general election

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1934 Saskatchewan general election
Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957.svg
  1929 June 19, 1934 (1934-06-19) 1938  

55 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
28 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Jimmy Gardiner.jpg Major James Coldwell (cropped).jpg James Thomas Milton Anderson.jpg
Leader James Gardiner Major James Coldwell James Anderson
Party Liberal Farmer-Labour Group Conservative
Leader since February 25, 1926 July 27, 1932 March 25, 1924
Leader's seat Melville Ran in Regina City (lost) Saskatoon City (lost re-election)
Last election28pre-creation24
Seats won5050
Seat changeIncrease2.svg22Increase2.svg5Decrease2.svg24
Popular vote206,212102,944114,923
Percentage48.00%23.96%26.75%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.44pp Increase2.svg23.96ppDecrease2.svg9.69pp

Premier before election

James Anderson
Conservative

Premier after election

James Gardiner
Liberal

The 1934 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 19, 1934, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

Contents

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.

Results

PartyParty leaderCandidatesSeatsPopular vote
1929 Elected% Change#%% Change
  Liberal James Gardiner 562850+78.6%206,21248.00%+2.44%
Farmer–Labour M.J. Coldwell 54*5*102,94423.96%*
  Conservative James Anderson 5224-100%114,92326.75%-9.69%
 Independent36-100%2,9490.69%-8.37%
Labour William G. Baker
(default)
1**1,4200.33%*
United Front 3**1,0530.24%*
 Independent Liberal 11330.03%-0.29%
Total1696355-12.7%429,634100% 
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Note:* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Percentages

Popular vote
Liberal
48.00%
Conservative
26.75%
Farmer–Labour
23.96%
Others
1.29%
Seats summary
Liberal
90.91%
Farmer–Labour
9.09%

Ranking

PartySeatsSecondThirdFourth
  Liberal 50600
Farmer–Labour 519300
  Conservative 030211
 Other parties0026

Riding results

Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again.

Northwestern Saskatchewan

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbent
Liberal Farmer-Labour Group Conservative Other
    
Athabasca   Deakin Alexander Hall
1,329
Jules Marion (Liberal) 970New 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

Northeastern Saskatchewan

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbent
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**
November 19, 1935 By-Election: Humboldt
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Jim King 4,54072.20%+6.34%
Farmer–Labour Joe Burton 1,74827.80%-6.34%
Total6,288100.00%

West Central Saskatchewan

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbent
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

East Central Saskatchewan

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbent
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
December 9, 1935 By-Election: Melville
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal E. Walt Gerrand Acclaimed100.00%
TotalAcclamation

Southwest Saskatchewan

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbent
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
November 26, 1935 By-Election: Gravelbourg
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Edward Culliton 3,31268.90%+14.91%
Farmer–Labour Frank Keem Malcolm 1,49531.10%+13.00%
Total4,807100.00%

Southeast Saskatchewan

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbent
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

Urban constituencies

Electoral DistrictCandidatesIncumbent
Liberal Farmer-Labour Group Conservative Other
    
Moose Jaw City   William Gladstone Ross
4,928

John Houston Laird
4,403

Waldo D. Summers
2,013

Hugh Gordon
1,765

John Alexander Merkley
2,440

James W. Hawthorne
2,319

William George Baker (Labour) 1,420 John Alexander Merkley

Robert Henry Smith**

Saskatoon City   James Wilfred Estey
9,168

George Wesley Norman
8,670

Gladys Isabel Salisbury
3,098

John Johnson Egge
2,797

James T.M. Anderson
7,511

Howard McConnell
6,797

William Taylor
(United Front) 353
  James T.M. Anderson

Howard McConnell

Regina City   Percy McCuaig Anderson
11,564

William Franklin Kerr
11,512

Major J. Coldwell
6,714

Garnet Nelson Menzies
4,954

M. A. MacPherson
9,082

James Grassick
7,857

William Stokes
(United Front) 232
 Murdoch Alexander MacPherson

James Grassick

December 2, 1935 By-Election: Regina City (1 member elected)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal William Franklin Kerr (incumbent)11,88365.58%
  Independent Denis Sweeney6,23634.42%
Total18,119100.00%

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