1912 Saskatchewan General Election
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The 1912 Saskatchewan general election was held on July 11, 1912 to elect members of the
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.
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led the
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to a third term in office with a significant increase in the share of the popular vote. The opposition, now renamed from the
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to the
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and led by
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, lost both votes and seats in the legislature.


Results

Notes: * 1 Results compared to those of
Provincial Rights Party 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 Co ...
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 parties


References


Saskatchewan Archives Board – Election Results By Electoral DivisionElections Saskatchewan - Provincial Vote Summaries


Further reading

* {{SaskatchewanElections 1912 elections in Canada 1912 in Saskatchewan
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