9th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 9th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1938. The assembly sat from January 19, 1939, to May 10, 1944. ^[1] The Liberal Party led by William John Patterson formed the government. ^[2] The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) led by George Hara Williams formed the official opposition. After Williams resigned his seat to serve in the army in 1941, ^[3] John Hewgill Brockelbank became house leader for the CCF. ^[4]

Charles Agar served as speaker for the assembly. ^[5]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1938: ^[6]

	Electoral district	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Arm River	Gustaf Herman Danielson	Liberal	1934
	Athabasca [nb 1]	A. Jules Marion	Liberal	1926, 1938
		Hubert Staines	Liberal	1941
	Bengough	Herman Kersler Warren	Unity	1929 [a] , 1938
	Biggar	John Allan Young	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Cannington	William John Patterson	Liberal	1921
	Canora	Myron Henry Feeley	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Cumberland [nb 1]	Deakin Alexander Hall	Liberal	1913, 1922
	Cut Knife	William Roseland	Social Credit	1938
	Elrose	Louis Henry Hantelman	Co-operative Commonwealth	1934
	Gravelbourg	Edward Milton Culliton	Liberal	1935
	Gull Lake	Harvey Harold McMahon	Liberal	1938
	Hanley	Charles Agar	Liberal	1921
	Humboldt	James Chisholm King	Liberal	1935
		Joseph William Burton	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Kelvington	Peter Anton Howe	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Kerrobert-Kindersley	Donald Laing	Liberal	1926, 1934
	Kinistino	John Richard Parish Taylor	Liberal	1917, 1933
	Last Mountain	Jacob Benson	Co-operative Commonwealth	1929 [b] , 1938
	Lumsden	Robert Scott Donaldson	Liberal	1925 [c] , 1934
	Maple Creek	John Joseph Mildenberger	Liberal	1934
	Meadow Lake	Donald MacDonald	Liberal	1934
	Melfort	Oakland Woods Valleau	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Melville	John Frederick Herman	Social Credit	1938
	Milestone	William Pedersen	Liberal	1934
	Moose Jaw City	William Gladstone Ross	Liberal	1917, 1934
		William George Baker		1921 [d] , 1938
	Moosomin	Arthur Thomas Procter	Liberal	1934
	Morse	Benjamin Thomas Hyde	Liberal	1938
	Notukeu-Willow Bunch	Charles William Johnson	Liberal	1929
	Pelly	Reginald John Marsden Parker	Liberal	1929
	Prince Albert	Thomas Clayton Davis	Liberal	1925
	Qu'Appelle-Wolseley	Frederick Middleton Dundas	Liberal	1934
		Harold John Fraser	Liberal	1939
	Redberry	Orest Zerebko	Liberal	1938
	Regina City	Percy McCuaig Anderson	Liberal	1934
		Bamm David Hogarth		1938
		Bernard J. McDaniel		1938
	Rosetown	Neil McVicar	Liberal	1934
	Rosthern	John Michael Uhrich	Liberal	1921
	Saltcoats	Joseph Lee Phelps	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Saskatoon City	James Wilfred Estey	Liberal	1934
		Robert Mitford Pinder		1938
	Shellbrook	Omer Alphonse Demers	Liberal	1934
	Souris-Estevan	Norman Leslie McLeod	Liberal	1925, 1934
	Swift Current	James Gordon Taggart	Liberal	1934
	The Battlefords	John Albert Gregory	Liberal	1934
		Paul Prince	Liberal	1940
	Tisdale	John Hewgill Brockelbank	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Torch River	James Archibald Kiteley	Liberal	1938
	Touchwood	Tom Johnston	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Turtleford	William Franklin Kerr	Liberal	1929
	Wadena	George Hara Williams	Co-operative Commonwealth	1934
	Watrous	Frank Stephen Krenn	Liberal	1938
	Weyburn	George Levi Crane	Liberal	1938
	Wilkie	John Cunningham Knowles	Liberal	1938
	Yorkton	Alan Carl Stewart	Unity	1929 [e] , 1938

Notes:

1. Election held July 28, 1938

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal	38
	Co-operative Commonwealth	10
	Social Credit	2
	Unity	2
Total		52
Government Majority		24

Notes:

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons: ^[6]

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Humboldt	Joseph William Burton	Co-operative Commonwealth	August 4, 1938	JC King resigned seat to allow CM Dunn to run for an assembly seat [7]
Regina City	Bernard J. McDaniel	Liberal	November 24, 1938	PM Anderson named a judge [8]
Prince Albert	Harold John Fraser	Liberal	October 16, 1939	TC Davis named a judge [9]
The Battlefords	Paul Prince	Liberal	June 26, 1940	J Gregory ran for federal seat [10]
Athabasca	Hubert Staines	Liberal	July 28, 1941	AJ Marion died in 1941 [11]

Notes

1. First elected as Conservative
2. First elected as Progressive
3. Thunder Creek
4. First elected as a Labour
5. First elected as Independent/Conservative

References

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2. "Saskatchewan Premiers" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
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5. "Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
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7. "J.W. Burton Pioneered on Land and With C.C.F. Party". Star-Phoenix . Saskatoon. October 4, 1945. p. 19. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
8. "The Honourable Percy M. Anderson". Courts of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on 2005-12-27. Retrieved 2012-05-01.
9. "The Honourable Thomas Clayton Davis". Courts of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on 2005-12-27. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
10. John Gregory – Parliament of Canada biography
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