Saskatchewan general election, 1944
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The 1944 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 15, 1944 to elect members of the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is the legislative chamber of the Saskatchewan Legislature in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, in the na ...
. The election was held six years after the previous election. There is normally a five-year limit on the lifespan of Parliaments and provincial assemblies in Canada, but the emergency brought on by the
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allowed the government to delay the election temporarily. It marked the first time a
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government was elected anywhere in
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. Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) leader
Tommy Douglas Thomas Clement Douglas (20 October 1904 – 24 February 1986) was a Scottish-born Canadian politician who served as seventh premier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961 and Leader of the New Democratic Party from 1961 to 1971. A Baptist min ...
became the premier of the province. The CCF won 47 of the 52 seats in the legislature, and over half the popular vote, despite a very negative campaign by the governing
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. The Liberals, led by
William John Patterson William John Patterson (May 13, 1886 – June 10, 1976) was a Liberal politician and the sixth premier of Saskatchewan from 1935 to 1944. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 1921 election. He succeeded Jame ...
, accused Douglas of being a communist. The Liberal popular vote fell by 10 percentage points, and they won only five seats. It is still the worst defeat of a sitting government in Saskatchewan's history. The
Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan (originally known as the Social Credit League of Saskatchewan) was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s. ...
, which had won 16% of the vote and two seats in the 1938 election, collapsed; the party had only one candidate, who won only 249 votes. The
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-led
Unity Unity may refer to: Buildings * Unity Building, Oregon, Illinois, US; a historic building * Unity Building (Chicago), Illinois, US; a skyscraper * Unity Buildings, Liverpool, UK; two buildings in England * Unity Chapel, Wyoming, Wisconsin, US; ...
movement reverted to the name
Labor-Progressive Party The Labor-Progressive Party (french: Parti ouvrier-progressiste) was the legal front of the Communist Party of Canada from 1943 to 1959. Origins and initial success In the 1940 federal election, the Communist Party led a popular front in se ...
, and lost both of the seats it had won in 1938. The Conservative Party, renamed the
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and led by
Rupert Ramsay Rupert David Ramsay (1899 – 24 August 1962) was a Canadian politician who served as the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1949. Born in Toronto in 1899, Ramsay grew up in an agricultural environment and ...
, won over 10% of the vote, but no seats. An at-large service vote was held for Saskatchewan residents in the Canadian armed services fighting during
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. This special vote elected three nonpartisan members to represent Saskatchewan soldiers,
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and airmen stationed in 1.)
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, 2.) the
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and 3.) Newfoundland and Canada outside the province.
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had a similar system during the war.


Results

Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.


Percentages


Ranking


Riding-by-riding results

Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. ''Party leaders'' are ''italicized''. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again.


Northwestern Saskatchewan

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Athabasca Athabasca (also Athabaska) is an anglicized version of the Cree name for Lake Athabasca in Canada, āthap-āsk-ā-w (pronounced ), meaning "grass or reeds here and there". Most places named Athabasca are found in Alberta, Canada. Athabasca may a ...
, , Pierre Ephrem Ayotte
57 , ,   ,
Louis Marcien Marion Louis Marcien Marion (August 12, 1906 – April 6, 1979) was a trader and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Athabasca (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district), Athabasca from 1944 to 1952 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatche ...

626 , , Alexander Fred
De Laronde
9 , , Errick Guttormur Erickson ( Ind.) 78 Francis Xavier Poitras (Ind. Liberal) 5 , ,   , Hubert Staines** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cut Knife , ,   , Isidore Charles Nollet
2726 , , John A. Gordon
1820 , , , , , ,   ,
William Roseland William Roseland (April 18, 1892 – 1946) was an American-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Cut Knife from 1938 to 1944 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Social Credit member. He was born in Zu ...
** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Meadow Lake , ,   , Herschel Lee Howell
2034 , , Donald MacDonald
1805 , , William Titley
362 , , Arthur J. Doucet ( Labor-Progressive) 716 , ,   , Donald MacDonald , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Redberry , ,   ,
Dmytro Matthew Lazorko Dmytro Matthew Lazorko (November 8, 1908 – April 15, 1982) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Redberry (electoral district), Redberry from 1944 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Saskat ...

2306 , , Wilfred James Langley
1285 , , Ernest Wilson
662 , , Peter John Semko (Ind.) 99 , ,   ,
Orest Zerebko Orest Zerebko (September 15, 1887 – February 21, 1943) was a Galician-born journalist and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Redberry from 1938 to 1943 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. He was born i ...
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Rosthern Rosthern is a town at the juncture of Highway 11 and Highway 312 in the central area of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located roughly halfway between the cities of Prince Albert and Saskatoon. History Mennonite settlers, led by Gerhard Ens, beg ...
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Henry Begrand Jean-Henri "Henry" Begrand (August 21, 1895 – March 8, 1959) was a Belgian-born garage owner and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Kinistino from 1952 to 1959 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative C ...

1541 , ,   , Peter J. Hooge
2199 , , Gordon Ellis Goble
473 , , , ,   , John Michael Uhrich** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Shellbrook , ,   , Albert Victor Sterling
3310 , , Omer Demers
2177 , , , , , ,   , Omer Alphonse Demers , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
The Battlefords The Battlefords is the collective name given to the adjacent communities of the City of North Battleford and the Town of Battleford in west-central Saskatchewan, Canada. As of the 2011 census, the two communities have a combined population of 1 ...
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Alexander Duff Connon Alexander Duff "Alex" Connon (March 25, 1891 – December 17, 1975) was a Scotland, Scottish-born railway conductor (transportation), conductor and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented The Battlefords (provincial electoral distric ...

2783 , , Paul Prince
2426 , , Robert Wendell McNair
446 , , , ,   , Paul Prince , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Turtleford Turtleford is a town in the rural municipality of Mervin No. 499, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Turtleford is located on Highway 26 near the intersection / concurrency with Highway 3 and Highway 303. The nearest large communiti ...
, ,   , Bob Wooff
2506 , ,
William Franklin Kerr William Franklin Kerr (October 25, 1876 – March 11, 1968) was a journalist and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Regina City from 1934 to 1938 and Turtleford from 1938 to 1944 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as ...

1766 , , Chester Hicks
399 , , , ,   , William Franklin Kerr


Northeastern Saskatchewan

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cumberland , ,   ,
Leslie Walter Lee Leslie Walter Lee (May 23, 1896 – 1998) was an American-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Cumberland from 1944 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF ...

357 , , Deakin Alexander Hall
242 , , Raoul Olier
St. Denis
11 , , , ,   , Deakin Alexander Hall , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Humboldt , ,   ,
Ben Putnam Ben Putnam (January 15, 1886 – 1956) was an American-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Humboldt from 1944 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) mem ...

3587 , , Arnold William Loehr
2673 , , Stephen David Weese
358 , , , ,   , Joseph William Burton** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kelvington , ,   ,
Peter Anton Howe Peter Anton Howe (January 1, 1888 – February 3, 1976https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66960593/peter-anton-howe) was an United States, American-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Kelvington-Wadena, Kelvington ...

3132 , , Gladstone Mansfield Ferrie
1880 , , Samuel Edward Hall
649 , , , ,   , Peter Anton Howe , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kinistino , ,   ,
William James Boyle William James Boyle (October 22, 1887 – 1971) was a political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Kinistino from 1944 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member. He was bo ...

3055 , , Russell Martin Paul
1544 , , Andrew Fraser
671 , , , ,   ,
John Richard Parish Taylor John Richard Parish Taylor (June 19, 1892 – 1950) was an English-born political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Kinistino from 1917 to 1925 and from 1933 to 1944 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Liberal. He was bo ...
** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Melfort , ,   , Oakland Woods Valleau
3396 , , John Duncan MacFarlane
1862 , , Stanley Beattie Caskey
1450 , , , ,   , Oakland Woods Valleau , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Prince Albert , ,   , Lachlan Fraser McIntosh
6178 , , Harold John Fraser
3617 , , Edgar Percy Woodman
655 , , , ,   , Harold John Fraser , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Tisdale , ,   ,
John Hewgill Brockelbank John Hewgill Brockelbank (June 24, 1897 - May 30, 1977) was a politician in Saskatchewan, Canada, who served as leader of the opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Born in Grey County, Ontario, Brockebank moved to Saskatchewan ...

5283 , , Clarence Railsback O'Connor
2269 , , Isaac Flexman Stothers
703 , , , ,   , John Hewgill Brockelbank , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Torch River Torch River is a river in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The river's source is the dam at Candle Lake, near Candle Lake Provincial Park, and it travels east through boreal forest and muskeg en route to its mouth in the Saskatche ...
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John Bruce Harris John Bruce Harris (April 9, 1903 – October 1, 1983) was an educator, general merchant and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Torch River from 1944 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwea ...

2609 , , Donald L. Menzies
846 , , Keith Acton Baldwin
535 , , , ,   , James Archibald Kiteley**


West Central Saskatchewan

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Arm River , , William R. Fansher
2256 , ,   , Gustaf Herman Danielson
2343 , , Thomas Alfred Homersham
1068 , , , ,   , Gustaf Herman Danielson , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Biggar , ,   , Woodrow Stanley Lloyd
3633 , , Frank Freeman
2156 , , , , , ,   , John Allan Young** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Hanley , ,   , James Smith Aitken
2272 , , Charles Agar
1775 , , James Hubert Cannon
893 , , , ,   , Charles Agar , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kerrobert-Kindersley , ,   , John Wellbelove
3236 , , Donald Laing
2377 , , Wellington Smith Myers
933 , , , ,   , Donald Laing , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Rosetown , ,   ,
John Taylor Douglas John Taylor Douglas (October 28, 1892 – February 19, 1976) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Rosetown from 1944 to 1960 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation ( ...

3168 , , William Leith
1864 , , John Wilbert Stewart
1046 , , , ,   , Neil McVicar** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Watrous , ,   , James Andrew Darling
3801 , , Frank Stephen Krenn
2312 , , Hugh Smith
749 , , , ,   , Frank Stephen Krenn , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Wilkie , ,   , Hans Ove Hansen
3567 , , John Cunningham Knowles
2527 , , , , , ,   , John Cunningham Knowles


East Central Saskatchewan

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Canora , ,   ,
Myron Henry Feeley Myron Henry Feeley (February 18, 1885 – August 22, 1976) was an American-born farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Canora from 1938 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth ...

3538 , , Stephen T. Shabbits
2537 , , , , , ,   , Myron Henry Feeley , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Last Mountain , ,   ,
Jacob Benson Jacob "Jake" Benson (March 13, 1892 – 1987) was an English-born farmer and politician in Saskatchewan. He represented Last Mountain in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1929 to 1934 as a Progressive Party member and from 1938 ...

3803 , , Henry Philip Mang
2064 , , James Lindsay Blair
1281 , , , ,   , Jacob Benson , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Melville , ,   , William James Arthurs
4575 , , Lionel Stilborn
3614 , , Shamus Patrick Regan
821 , , , ,   , John Frederick Herman** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Pelly , ,   , Dan Daniels
3273 , ,
Reginald John Marsden Parker Reginald John Marsden Parker (February 7, 1881 – March 23, 1948) was the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan from 1945 until his death in 1948. Parker was born in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, the son of Josiah William Parker,"En ...

2544 , , , , William Michael Berezowski
(Labor-Progressive) 554 , ,   , Reginald John Marsden Parker , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Saltcoats , ,   , Joseph Lee Phelps
3461 , , Donald Alexander MacKenzie
2874 , , Rae Melville Salkeld
454 , , , ,   , Joseph Lee Phelps , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Touchwood , ,   , Tom Johnston
3337 , , John Joseph Collins
1925 , , William Seneshen
301 , , , ,   , Tom Johnston , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Wadena , ,   ,
George Hara Williams George Hara Williams (November 17, 1894 – September 12, 1945) was a Canadian farmer activist and politician.Dale-Burnett, LisaWilliams, George (1894–1945), ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan, accessed February 12, 2008 Biography Born in Binsca ...

4162 , , George Russell Cook
1686 , , , , Walter Elvy Rogers (Ind.) 207 , ,   , George Hara Williams , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Yorkton Yorkton is a city located in south-eastern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is about 450 kilometres north-west of Winnipeg and 300 kilometres south-east of Saskatoon and is the sixth largest city in the province. As of 2017 the census population of the ...
, ,   , Arthur Percy Swallow
3887 , , Alfred Ariel Brown
2280 , , Norman Roebuck
958 , , , ,   , Alan Carl Stewart** (
Unity Unity may refer to: Buildings * Unity Building, Oregon, Illinois, US; a historic building * Unity Building (Chicago), Illinois, US; a skyscraper * Unity Buildings, Liverpool, UK; two buildings in England * Unity Chapel, Wyoming, Wisconsin, US; ...
)


Southwest Saskatchewan

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Elrose , ,   , Maurice John Willis
3771 , , Hubert Staines
1807 , , Ernest J. Ewing
1013 , , , ,   , Louis Henry Hantelman** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Gravelbourg , ,   ,
Henry Edmund Houze Henry Edmund Houze (August 13, 1880 – March 16, 1959) was a Canadian veterinarian, farmer, rancher and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Gravelbourg from 1944 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operat ...

2681 , , Edward M. Culliton
2586 , , , , , ,   , Edward Milton Culliton , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Gull Lake , ,   ,
Alvin Cecil Murray Alvin Cecil Murray (July 27, 1895 – September 1949) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Gull Lake from 1944 to 1949 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) me ...

3942 , , Harvey Harold McMahon
2200 , , Charles Howard Howlett
1356 , , , ,   , Harvey Harold McMahon , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Maple Creek , ,   , Beatrice Janet Trew
3656 , ,
John Joseph Mildenberger John Joseph Mildenberger , (September 29, 1895 – August 8, 1976) was an Imperial Russian-born farmer, civil servant, educator and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Maple Creek from 1934 to 1944 in the Legislative Assembly of ...

2872 , , George Chester Stewart
911 , , , ,   , John Joseph Mildenberger , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Morse Morse may refer to: People * Morse (surname) * Morse Goodman (1917-1993), Anglican Bishop of Calgary, Canada * Morse Robb (1902–1992), Canadian inventor and entrepreneur Geography Antarctica * Cape Morse, Wilkes Land * Mount Morse, Churchi ...
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Sidney Merlin Spidell Sidney Merlin Spidell (December 19, 1900 – February 1997) was an educator and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Morse from 1944 to 1946 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CC ...

2763 , , Benjamin Thomas Hyde
2122 , , Clifford Bruce Martin
725 , , , ,   , Benjamin Thomas Hyde , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, , ,   , Niles Leonard Buchanan
4176 , , Charles William Johnson
2862 , , , , , ,   , Charles William Johnson , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Swift Current Swift Current is the fifth largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is situated along the Trans Canada Highway west of Moose Jaw, and east of Medicine Hat, Alberta. Swift Current grew 6.8% between 2011 and 2016, ending up at ...
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Harry Gibbs Sir Harry Talbot Gibbs, (7 February 191725 June 2005) was Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1981 to 1987 after serving as a member of the High Court between 1970 and 1981. He was known as one of Australia's leading federalist ...

4756 , ,
James Gordon Taggart James Gordon Taggart CBE (September 28, 1892 – June 11, 1974) was a civil servant, educator and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Swift Current from 1934 to 1944 as a Liberal. He was born in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia and rais ...

3123 , , Bryan Maxwell Hill
1021 , , , ,   , James Gordon Taggart


Southeast Saskatchewan

, - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Bengough , ,   , Allan Lister Samuel Brown
3847 , , Thomas Waddell
2473 , , , , , ,   , Herman Kersler Warren** (
Unity Unity may refer to: Buildings * Unity Building, Oregon, Illinois, US; a historic building * Unity Building (Chicago), Illinois, US; a skyscraper * Unity Buildings, Liverpool, UK; two buildings in England * Unity Chapel, Wyoming, Wisconsin, US; ...
) , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Cannington , , Gladys Strum
3204 , ,   , ''
William John Patterson William John Patterson (May 13, 1886 – June 10, 1976) was a Liberal politician and the sixth premier of Saskatchewan from 1935 to 1944. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 1921 election. He succeeded Jame ...
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3210 , , William Armstrong Brigden
687 , , , ,   , ''William John Patterson'' , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Lumsden , ,   ,
William Sancho Thair William Sancho Thair (February 20, 1887 – November 28, 1966) was a farmer and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Lumsden in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1956 as a Co-operative Commonwealth Fede ...

2966 , , James Gallagher Knox
1887 , , Arthur Maurice Pearson
1220 , , , ,   , Robert Scott Donaldson** , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Milestone A milestone is a numbered marker placed on a route such as a road, railway line, canal or boundary. They can indicate the distance to towns, cities, and other places or landmarks; or they can give their position on the route relative to so ...
, ,   , Frank Keem Malcolm
3302 , , William Pedersen
2207 , , , , , ,   , William Pedersen , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Moosomin , , David Alexander Cunningham
3324 , ,   , Arthur Thomas Procter
3865 , , , , , ,   , Arthur Thomas Procter , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Qu'Appelle-Wolseley Qu'Appelle-Wolseley is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was created before the 8th Saskatchewan general election in 1934 by combining the constituencies of ...
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Warden Burgess Warden Burgess (December 21, 1899 – February 13, 1979) was a political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Qu'Appelle-Wolseley from 1944 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) m ...

4339 , , Frederick Middleton Dundas
3314 , , William Herman Acres
938 , , , ,   , Frederick Middleton Dundas , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Souris-Estevan Souris-Estevan is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. This district was created for the 7th Saskatchewan general election in 1934 by combining the districts of Souris and ...
, ,   , Charles David Cuming
3933 , ,
Norman Leslie McLeod Norman Leslie McLeod (February 17, 1892 – September 23, 1949 ) was a teacher, and school principal in Unity Saskatchewan, and a farmer, merchant and political figure in Estevan Saskatchewan. He was a member of the legislative assembly ...

2660 , , Herbert Samuel Penny
1259 , , , ,   , Norman Leslie McLeod , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Weyburn Weyburn is the eleventh-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. The city has a population of 10,870. It is on the Souris River southeast of the provincial capital of Regina and is north from the North Dakota border in the United States. The n ...
, ,   , '' Thomas Clement Douglas''
5605 , , James Weyburn Adolphe
3489 , , , , , ,   , George Levi Crane**


Urban constituencies

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Moose Jaw City Moose Jaw City was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. This constituency existed from 1905 to 1967 when it was divided into Moose Jaw North and Moose Jaw South (Wakamow). It was the riding of Opposition leader ...
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John Wesley Corman John Wesley Corman (August 2, 1884 – April 29, 1969) was a lawyer and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Moose Jaw City from 1944 to 1956 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C ...

6296 Dempster Henry Ratcliffe Heming
5894 , ,
William George Baker William George Baker (January 16, 1885 – April 9, 1960) was a railway conductor and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Moose Jaw City in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1921 to 1929 as a Labour and then Liberal- ...

2881 Harold Walpole Pope
2887 , , Russell Lawrence Brownridge
1271 Hugh Alexander Tiers
1036 , , Frank Ernest Talbot (
Social Credit Social credit is a distributive philosophy of political economy developed by C. H. Douglas. Douglas attributed economic downturns to discrepancies between the cost of goods and the compensation of the workers who made them. To combat what he ...
) 249 , ,   , William Gladstone Ross** William George Baker , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Saskatoon City , ,   ,
John Henry Sturdy John Henry Sturdy (January 27, 1893 – September 20, 1966) was an educator and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Saskatoon City from 1944 to 1960 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Feder ...

9375
Arthur Thomas Stone Arthur Thomas Stone (October 18, 1897 – December 31, 1988) was an English-born machinist, trade unionist and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Saskatoon City from 1944 to 1964 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchew ...

7792 , , James Wilfred Estey
5084
Robert Mitford Pinder Robert Mitford Pinder (December 14, 1890 – August 1, 1946) was a pharmacist, entrepreneur and political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Saskatoon City in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1938 to 1944 as a Libera ...

3924 , , Rupert David Ramsay
5368 Henry Oswald Wright
3171 , , Frederick Nelson Clarke
( Labor-Progressive) 797 Russell Hartney ( Ind.) 200 John Harrison Hilton (Ind.) 121 , ,   , Robert Mitford Pinder James Wilfred Estey , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,
Regina City Regina City was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. This riding was created in 1933 from parts of Regina riding. It consisted initially of the city of ...
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Clarence Melvin Fines Clarence Melvin Fines (August 16, 1905 – October 27, 1993) was a Canadian politician, teacher and union leader. He was provincial treasurer of the province of Saskatchewan during the Tommy Douglas era, and also served as Deputy Premier. Born i ...

14129 Charles Cromwell Williams
14784 , , Charles Roberts Davidson
10982 Bernard J. McDaniel
10551 , , Hugh McGillivray
3536 Claude Henry James Burrows
3114 , , , ,   , Bernard J. McDaniel Percy McCuaig Anderson**


By-elections

, - , style="width: 130px" , CCF , Guy Franklin Van Eaton , align="right", 3,350 , align="right", 53.1 , align="right", -7.3 , - , Liberal , Harold Keith Elder , align="right", 2,514 , align="right", 42.9 , align="right", +3.2 , - , Social Credit , Albert M. Courchene , align="right", 450 , align="right", 15.2 , align="right", - , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 6,314 !align="right", !align="right", , - , style="width: 130px" , CCF , Frederick Arthur Dewhurst , align="right", 2,474 , align="right", 80.9 , align="right", +12.2 , - , Labor-Progressive , William Beeching , align="right", 584 , align="right", 19.1 , align="right", - , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 3,085 !align="right", !align="right", , - , style="width: 130px" , CCF ,
James William Gibson James William Gibson (1888 – January 28, 1965) was a Scottish-born political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Morse from 1946 to 1960 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member ...
, align="right", 3,006 , align="right", 46.1 , align="right", -3.1 , - , Liberal , Herbert Wiebe , align="right", 2,410 , align="right", 37.0 , align="right", -0.8 , - , Progressive Conservative ,
Rupert Ramsay Rupert David Ramsay (1899 – 24 August 1962) was a Canadian politician who served as the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1949. Born in Toronto in 1899, Ramsay grew up in an agricultural environment and ...
, align="right", 1,098 , align="right", 16.9 , align="right", +3.9 , - , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 6,514 !align="right", !align="right",


1944 service elections

Active Service Voters, Saskatchewan members of the Canadian armed services on active duty outside of Saskatchewan, were polled between October 17 and October 30, 1944. One representative was elected from each of three areas. These candidates did not specify any party affiliation.


Area 1 (Great Britain)


Area 2 (Mediterranean Theatre)


Area 3 (Canada outside of Saskatchewan/Newfoundland)


Further reading

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See also

* List of Saskatchewan political parties *
List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts Current electoral districts * Athabasca (1934) * Arm River (2016) * Batoche (2003) * Biggar-Sask Valley (2016) * Cannington (1995) * Canora-Pelly (1995) * Carrot River Valley (1995) * Cumberland (1975) * Cut Knife-Turtleford (2003) * Cypr ...


References


Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral DivisionElections Saskatchewan: Previous Elections


External links


Saskatchewan Election Results By Electoral DivisionElections Saskatchewan: Provincial Vote SummariesSaskatchewan's 1944 CCF Election
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