Saskatchewan general election, 1912

Saskatchewan general election, 1912
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54 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan ; 28 seats needed for a majority
Premier before election; Thomas Walter Scott ; Liberal	Premier-designate; Thomas Walter Scott ; Liberal

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The Saskatchewan general election of 1912 was the third provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on July 11, 1912 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Premier Walter Scott led the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan to a third term in office with a significant increase in the share of the popular vote. The opposition, now renamed from the Provincial Rights Party to the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan and led by Wellington Bartley Willoughby, lost both votes and seats in the legislature.

The provinces and territories of Canada are the sub-national governments within the geographical areas of Canada under the authority of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada —were united to form a federated colony, becoming a sovereign nation in the next century. Over its history, Canada's international borders have changed several times, and the country has grown from the original four provinces to the current ten provinces and three territories. Together, the provinces and territories make up the world's second-largest country by area.

Saskatchewan is a prairie and boreal province in western Canada, the only province without natural borders. It has an area of 651,900 square kilometres (251,700 sq mi), nearly 10 percent of which is fresh water, composed mostly of rivers, reservoirs, and the province's 100,000 lakes.

The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is one of two components of the Legislature of Saskatchewan, the other being the Queen of Canada in Right of Saskatchewan,. The legislature has been unicameral since its establishment; there has never been a provincial upper house.

Results

Party		Party Leader	Candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party Leader	Candidates	1908	Elected	Change	Votes	%	Change
	Liberal	Walter Scott	53	27	45	+60.0%	50,004	56.96%	+6.17%
	Conservative ¹	Wellington Willoughby	53	14	8	-42.9%	36,848	41.98%	-5.90%
	Independent		5	–	-	-	934	1.06%	+0.40%
Total			111	41	53²	+29.3%	87,786	100%	N/A
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Notes:

¹ Results compared to those of Provincial Rights Party in 1908 election, which became the Conservative Party.
² There were 54 seats contested at the 1912 election, however Cumberland was declared void and only 53 people were elected. A by-election was held on September 8, 1913 to fill the vacancy that existed in Cumberland.

The Provincial Rights Party was a Canadian political party founded and led by Frederick W. A. G. Haultain in 1905 to contest elections in the new province of Saskatchewan. It was the successor to the eastern branch of the Northwest Territories Conservative Party. Haultain had been Premier of the North-West Territories prior to the province's creation. He hoped to lead a government in the place of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party, which was backed by the federal government of Wilfrid Laurier. In the 1905 election, the Provincial Rights Party won nine seats and 47% of the vote, and the Liberals won 16 seats and 52% of the vote.

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

	District	Member	Party
3rd Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
	Arm River	George A. Scott	Liberal
	Athabasca	Joseph Nolin	Liberal
	Battleford	Sydney Simpson	Liberal
	Biggar	Charles Cawthorpe	Liberal
	Cannington	John D. Stewart	Liberal
	Canora	John D. Robertson	Liberal
	Cumberland	(void)	n/a
	Eagle Creek	George Harris	Liberal
	Estevan	George Bell	Liberal
	Francis	Walter Robinson	Liberal
	Gull Lake	Daniel C. Lochead	Liberal
	Hanley	James MacNeill	Liberal
	Humboldt	William Turgeon	Liberal
	Kerrobert	George Watson	Liberal
	Kindersley	William R. Motherwell	Liberal
	Kinistino	Edward Devline	Liberal
	Last Mountain	Samuel Latta	Liberal
	Lloydminster	John Lyle	Liberal
	Lumsden	Frederick Tate	Conservative
	Maple Creek	David Wylie	Conservative
	Melfort	George B. Johnston	Liberal
	Milestone	Bernard Larson	Liberal
	Moose Jaw City	Wellington Willoughby	Conservative
	Moose Jaw County	John Sheppard	Liberal
	Moose Mountain	Robert Magee	Liberal
	Moosomin	Alexander S. Smith	Liberal
	Morse	Malcolm L. Leitch	Liberal
	North Battleford	Donald Finlayson	Liberal
	North Qu'Appelle	John Archibald McDonald	Conservative
	Pelly	John K. Johnston	Liberal
	Pheasant Hills	Andrew Benjamin Cunningham	Liberal
	Pinto Creek	Samuel Moore	Liberal
	Pipestone	Richard Phin	Liberal
	Prince Albert City	John E. Bradshaw	Conservative
	Quill Plains	Wilhelm Paulson	Liberal
	Redberry	George Langley	Liberal
	Regina City	James Bole	Liberal
	Rosetown	Cephas Mark	Liberal
	Rosthern	Gerhard Ens	Liberal
	Saltcoats	James Alexander Calder	Liberal
	Saskatoon City	Archibald McNab	Liberal
	Saskatoon County	William C. Sutherland	Liberal
	Shellbrook	Samuel J. Donaldson	Conservative
	Souris	Richard Forsyth	Liberal
	South Qu'Appelle	Frederick Haultain	Conservative
	Swift Current	Walter Scott	Liberal
	Thunder Creek	Alexandre Beaudreau	Liberal
	Touchwood	George Atkinson	Liberal
	Trampling Lake	James M. Scott	Liberal
	Vonda	Albert Totzke	Liberal
	Wadena	Herbert Pierce	Liberal
	Weyburn	Robert Mitchell	Liberal
	Willow Bunch	William W. Davidson	Conservative
	Yorkton	Thomas Garry	Liberal

By-election, September 8, 1913

	District	Member	Party
	Cumberland	Deakin Alexander Hall	Liberal

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Saskatchewan general election, 1912

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Results

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

By-election, September 8, 1913

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