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Saskatchewan General Election, 1917
The 1917 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 26, 1917, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. After replacing Walter Scott as leader of the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan and premier of the province, William M. Martin led the party to its fourth consecutive victory, winning all but 8 of the 59 seats in the legislature. The Conservative Party of Wellington Willoughby continued to lose popular support. This was the first Saskatchewan election in which women were allowed to vote and run for office. However, none were declared elected in this vote; the first Saskatchewan woman elected an MLA was after a 1918 by-election. The Non-Partisan League, forerunner of the Progressive Party of Saskatchewan, nominated candidates for the first time, although none were successful. Labour candidates also appeared for the first time. David John Sykes became the first Independent to sit in the Saskatchewan legislature. He was nominated by the Liberal, Conserv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Legislative Assembly Of Saskatchewan succeeded Mitchell as speaker.
The 4th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1917. The assembly sat from November 13, 1917, to May 16, 1921. The Liberal Party led by William Melville Martin formed the government. The Conservative Party of Saskatchewan led by Donald Maclean formed the official opposition. Wellington Willoughby had resigned from the assembly shortly after the election. Robert Menzies Mitchell served as speaker for the assembly until May 1919. George Adam Scott George Adam Scott (December 11, 1874 – 1963) was a Canadian provincial politician. He was born in either Portage la Prairie Members of the Assembly The following members were elected to the assembly in 1917: Notes: |
Newspapers
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George Hamilton Harris
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Biggar (former Provincial Electoral District)
Biggar is a former provincial electoral division for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, centred on the town of Biggar. This district was created before the 3rd Saskatchewan general election in 1912. The riding was dissolved and combined with the Rosetown district to form Rosetown-Biggar before the 23rd Saskatchewan general election in 1995. It was the constituency of Premier Woodrow S. Lloyd. It is now part of the Biggar-Sask Valley constituency. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results , - , Conservative , Lachlan MacDonald , align="right", 552 , align="right", 42.27% , align="right", – , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 1,306 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right", , - , Conservative , William George Dunbar , align="right", 1,500 , align="right", 42.99% , align="right", +0.72 , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 3,489 !align="right", 100.00% !align="right" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Evan Gamble
Thomas Evan Gamble (April 2, 1883 – August 2, 1931https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142897081/thomas-evan-gamble) was an English-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Bengough in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1917 to 1929 as a Liberal. He was born in Rothwell, Northants, the son of Thomas Gamble, and was educated there and in Derbyshire. In 1911, Gamble married Teressia Mary Lockhart. He was president of the Ogema Agricultural Society and of the Key West Grain Growers Local Association. Gamble served on the Ogema school board and was a member of the council for the rural municipality of Key West Key West ( es, Cayo Hueso) is an island in the Straits of Florida, within the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Island, it cons ..., also serving as reeve. References Saskatchewan Liberal Party MLAs 1883 birt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengough (electoral District)
Bengough was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency was created the 1917 Saskatchewan general election. It was redistributed before the 1971 Saskatchewan general election. Member of the Legislative Assembly Election results , - , Conservative , William Wallace Davidson , align="right", 1,121 , align="right", 35.87 , align="right", - , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 3,125 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right", , - , Independent , Edgar Alfred Devlin , align="right", 762 , align="right", 29.59 , align="right", - , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 2,575 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right", , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 2,941 !align="right", 100.00 !align="right", , - , style="width: 130px", Conservative , Herman Kersler Warren , align="right", 2,090 , align="right", 44.79 , align="right" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatchewan Liberal Party
The Saskatchewan Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was the provincial affiliate of the Liberal Party of Canada until 2009. It was previously one of the two largest parties in the province, along with the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party and its precursors on its left, before being eclipsed by the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan from the right and later deserted by several members who contributed to the establishment of the Saskatchewan Party, the new centre-right dominant in the province since 1997. History Early history The party dominated Saskatchewan politics for the province's first forty years and provided six of the first seven Premiers who served between the province's creation in 1905 and World War II. Located on the middle of the political spectrum, it assiduously courted "ethnic" (i.e., non-British) voters and the organized farm movement. It refused to pander to " nativist" sentiment that culm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Adam Scott
George Adam Scott (December 11, 1874 – 1963) was a Canadian provincial politician. He was born in either Portage la PrairieArchives Canada - George Adam Scott fonds. or , Manitoba,The Story of Saskatchewan and its People , Volume III, John Hawkes, 1924 to John and Jane (Bell) Scott, the fifth of eight children. His father was an active member of the |
Arm River (electoral District)
Arm River is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. This constituency is located in south central Saskatchewan. Revived as a result of the 2013 revision of Saskatchewan's electoral districts, it was last contested in the 2020 election. Arm River was originally created before the 2nd Saskatchewan general election in 1908. The ''Representation Act, 2002 (Saskatchewan)'' merged this riding's first incarnation with parts of the Watrous and Last Mountain-Touchwood ridings to form the riding of Arm River-Watrous. Arm River-Watrous was abolished by The ''Representation Act, 2013 (Saskatchewan)''. Member of the Legislative Assembly Election results Arm River, 2016– Arm River, 1905–2003 See also *Electoral district (Canada) *List of Saskatchew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly succeeded Mitchell as speaker.
The 4th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1917. The assembly sat from November 13, 1917, to May 16, 1921. The Liberal Party led by William Melville Martin formed the government. The Conservative Party of Saskatchewan led by Donald Maclean formed the official opposition. Wellington Willoughby had resigned from the assembly shortly after the election. Robert Menzies Mitchell served as speaker for the assembly until May 1919. George Adam Scott George Adam Scott (December 11, 1874 – 1963) was a Canadian provincial politician. He was born in either Portage la Prairie Members of the Assembly The following members were elected to the assembly in 1917: Notes: |
Wellington Bartley Willoughby
Wellington Bartley Willoughby, (August 10, 1859 – August 1, 1932) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He ran for a seat in the Dominion House of Commons for the Conservative Party in the 1895 election, but an unofficial Tory, William Stubbs backed by the Orange Order such as its Grand Master N.C. Wallace and McCarthyite leader Dalton McCarthy undermined his campaign, though he was also an Orangeman. Willoughby served as leader of the Saskatchewan Conservative Party and leader of the opposition from 1912 to 1917 and was Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (MLA) for the city of Moose Jaw. He resigned from the Saskatchewan legislature shortly after his re-election in the 1917 election in order to accept an appointment to the Senate of Canada by Sir Robert Borden. In 1929, the leader of the federal Conservative Party, Richard Bennett, appointed Willoughby to the position of Leader of the Opposition in the Senate. When Bennett became Prime Minister of Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 Saskatchewan General Election
The 1912 Saskatchewan general election 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. Results 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. Members of the Legislative Assembly elected For complete electoral history, see individual districts By-election, September 8, 1913 See also * List of Saskatchewan political pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
