7th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 7th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1929. The assembly sat from September 4, 1929, to May 25, 1934. ^[1] The Liberal Party led by James Garfield Gardiner attempted to form a minority government but were defeated by a motion of no confidence. The Conservative Party led by James Thomas Milton Anderson then formed a coalition government with the support of the Progressive Party and independent members. ^[2] The Liberals led by Gardiner formed the official opposition. ^[3]

James Fraser Bryant served as speaker for the assembly in 1929. Robert Sterritt Leslie replaced Bryant as speaker in 1930. ^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1929: ^[5]

	Electoral district	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Arm River	Duncan Selby Hutcheon	Conservative	1929
	Bengough	Herman Kersler Warren	Conservative	1929
	Biggar	William Willoughby Miller	Conservative	1929
	Cannington	Samson Wallace Arthur	Independent	1929
	Canora	Anton O. Morken	Liberal	1929
	Cumberland [nb 1]	Deakin Alexander Hall	Liberal	1913, 1922
	Cut Knife	George John McLean	Independent	1929
	Cypress	John Edward Gryde	Conservative	1929
	Elrose	James Cobban	Conservative	1929
	Estevan	Eleazer William Garner	Liberal	1929
		David McKnight (1930)	Conservative	1930
		Norman L. McLeod (1931)	Liberal	1931
	Francis	Samuel Norval Horner	Progressive	1929
	Gravelbourg	Benjamin Franklin McGregor	Liberal	1925
	Hanley	Reginald Stipe	Progressive	1925
	Happyland	Donald McPherson Strath	Liberal	1929
	Humboldt	Henry Mathies Therres	Liberal	1921
	Île-à-la-Crosse [nb 2]	A. Jules Marion	Liberal	1926
	Jack Fish Lake	Donald M. Finlayson	Liberal	1908
	Kerrobert	Robert Leith Hanbidge	Conservative	1929
	Kindersley	Ebenezer Samuel Whatley	Progressive	1925
	Kinistino	Charles McIntosh	Liberal	1925
		Jack Taylor	Liberal	1917, 1933
	Last Mountain	Jacob Benson	Progressive	1929
	Lloydminster	Robert James Gordon	Liberal	1917
	Lumsden	James Fraser Bryant	Conservative	1929
	Maple Creek	George Spence	Liberal	1917, [a] 1927
	Melfort	Rupert James Greaves	Conservative	1929
	Milestone	Joseph Victor Patterson	Independent	1929
	Moose Jaw City	John Alexander Merkley	Conservative	1929
		Robert Henry Smith		1929
	Moose Jaw County	Sinclair Alexander Whittaker	Conservative	1929
	Moosomin	Frederick Dennis Munroe	Conservative	1929
	Morse	Richard Percy Eades	Conservative	1929
	North Qu'Appelle	James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal	1914
	Notukeu	Alexander Lothian Grant	Liberal	1926
	Pelly	Reginald John Marsden Parker	Liberal	1929
	Pheasant Hills	Charles Morton Dunn	Liberal	1929
	Pipestone	William John Patterson	Liberal	1921
	Prince Albert	Thomas Clayton Davis	Liberal	1925
	Redberry	George Cockburn	Liberal	1921 [b]
	Regina City	Murdoch Alexander MacPherson	Conservative	1925
		James Grassick		1929
	Rosetown	Nathaniel Given	Conservative	1929
	Rosthern	John Michael Uhrich	Liberal	1921
	Saltcoats	Asmundur Loptson	Liberal	1929
	Saskatoon City	James Thomas Milton Anderson	Conservative	1925
		Howard McConnell		1927
	Saskatoon County	Charles Agar	Liberal	1921
	Shellbrook	Edgar Sidney Clinch	Liberal	1915
	Souris	William Oliver Fraser	Conservative	1917, 1929
	South Qu'Appelle	Anton Huck	Liberal	1925
	Swift Current	William Wensley Smith	Conservative	1929
	The Battlefords	Samuel Wesley Huston	Independent	1929
	Thunder Creek	Harold Alexander Lilly	Conservative	1929
	Tisdale	Walter Clutterbuck Buckle	Conservative	1925
	Touchwood	John Mason Parker	Liberal	1917
	Turtleford	Charles Arthur Ayre	Liberal	1929
	Vonda	James Hogan	Liberal	1917
	Wadena	John Robeson Taylor	Independent	1929
	Weyburn	Robert Sterritt Leslie	Progressive	1929
	Wilkie	Alexander John McLeod	Conservative	1929
	Willow Bunch	Charles William Johnson	Liberal	1929
	Wolseley	William George Bennett	Conservative	1921, 1929
	Wynyard	Wilhelm Hans Paulson	Liberal	1917, 1924
	Yorkton	Alan Carl Stewart	Independent	1929

Notes

1. Election held July 16, 1929
2. Election held August 12, 1929

Party standings

Affiliation		Members
	Conservative Party of Saskatchewan	24
	Progressive	5
	Independent	6
	Liberal	28
Total		63
Coalition Majority		7

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Lumsden	James Fraser Bryant	Conservative	September 30, 1929	JF Bryant ran for reelection after being named to cabinet [6]
Moose Jaw City	John Alexander Merkley	Conservative	September 30, 1929	JA Merkley ran for reelection after being named to cabinet [7]
Regina City	Murdoch Alexander MacPherson	Conservative	September 30, 1929	MA MacPherson ran for reelection after being named to cabinet [8]
Saskatoon City	Howard McConnell	Conservative	September 30, 1929	H McConnell ran for reelection after being named to cabinet [9]
	James Thomas Milton Anderson		September 30, 1929	JTM Anderson ran for reelection after forming a coalition government [10]
Moosomin	Frederick Dennis Munroe	Conservative	October 7, 1929	FD Munroe ran for reelection after being named to cabinet [11]
Tisdale	Walter Clutterbuck Buckle	Conservative	October 7, 1929	WC Buckle ran for reelection after being named to cabinet [12]
Yorkton	Alan Carl Stewart	Independent	October 7, 1929	AC Stewart ran for reelection after being named to cabinet [13]
Estevan	David McKnight	Conservative	December 23, 1930 [nb 1]	EW Garner resigned seat [14]
Estevan	Norman L. McLeod	Liberal	February 9, 1931 [nb 2]	McLeod was declared elected by the assembly because ballots had been tampered with in the 1930 by-election [5]
Kinistino	John Richard Parish Taylor	Liberal	May 22, 1933	C McIntosh named to cabinet as Minister of Natural Resources, ran for reelection and was subsequently defeated [15]

Notes

1. McKnight's election was declared void on February 9, 1931, after an appeal
2. The Court of Appeal found that the election was void and the seat was declared vacant on November 7, 1932

Notes

1. Notukeu
2. First elected as a Progressive

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