| Election Name: | 1934 Saskatchewan general election |
| Country: | Saskatchewan |
| Flag Year: | 1921 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1929 Saskatchewan general election |
| Previous Year: | 1929 |
| Previous Mps: | 7th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |
| Elected Mps: | members |
| Next Election: | 1938 Saskatchewan general election |
| Next Year: | 1938 |
| Next Mps: | 9th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |
| Seats For Election: | 55 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |
| Majority Seats: | 28 |
| Leader1: | James Gardiner |
| Leader Since1: | February 25, 1926 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Melville |
| Last Election1: | 28 |
| Seats1: | 50 |
| Seat Change1: | 22 |
| Popular Vote1: | 206,212 |
| Percentage1: | 48.00% |
| Swing1: | 2.44pp |
| Leader2: | Major James Coldwell |
| Leader Since2: | July 27, 1932 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Ran in Regina City (lost) |
| Last Election2: | pre-creation |
| Seats2: | 5 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Popular Vote2: | 102,944 |
| Percentage2: | 23.96% |
| Swing2: | 23.96pp |
| Leader3: | James Anderson |
| Leader Since3: | March 25, 1924 |
| Leaders Seat3: | Saskatoon City (lost re-election) |
| Last Election3: | 24 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seat Change3: | 24 |
| Popular Vote3: | 114,923 |
| Percentage3: | 26.75% |
| Swing3: | 9.69pp |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | James Anderson |
| Posttitle: | Premier after election |
| After Election: | James Gardiner |
The 1934 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 19, 1934, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.
The Liberal Party of former premier James Gardiner was returned to power with a large majority – 50 of the 55 seats in the legislature – after the four year Conservative minority government interlude.
After forming a coalition government to oust the Liberals from power after the 1929 election, James T.M. Anderson's Conservative government had tried to use anti-Catholic and anti-French Canadian feeling in the province to win support. The Conservatives also had the support of the Ku Klux Klan, which was a significant force in the province at the time.[1] [2] [3] The Tories also had to contend with the effects of the Great Depression and the prairie Dust Bowl, however; and although they won about a quarter of the popular vote, they won no seats in the legislature. The Conservatives remained a minor force in Saskatchewan politics for 40 years after this defeat.
The Tories' allies in the previous legislature – the Progressives – did not nominate candidates in this election, and were replaced by Farmer-Labour candidates as the voice of the Left in the province.
|-!rowspan=2 colspan=2 align=center|Party!rowspan=2 align=center|Party leader!rowspan=2|
Candidates!colspan=3 align=center|Seats!colspan=3 align=center|Popular vote|-!1929!Elected!% Change!#!%!% Change|align=left|Liberal|align="center"|James Gardiner|align="right"| 56|align="right"|28|align="right"| 50|align="right"|+78.6%|align="right"|206,212|align="right"| 48.00%|align="right"|+2.44%|align="center"|M.J. Coldwell|align="right"| 54|align="right"|*|align="right"| 5|align="right"|*|align="right"|102,944|align="right"|23.96%|align="right"|*|align=left|Conservative|align="center"|James Anderson|align="right"| 52|align="right"|24|align="right"| –|align="right"|-100%|align="right"|114,923|align="right"|26.75%|align="right"|-9.69%| colspan=2 align=left|Independent|align="right"| 3|align="right"|6|align="right"| –|align="right"|-100%|align="right"|2,949|align="right"|0.69%|align="right"|-8.37%|align="center"|William G. Baker| Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | Liberal | 50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 0 | Conservative | 0 | 30 | 21 | 1 | Other parties | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
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Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again.
| width=16% rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Electoral District | Candidates | width=14% rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Incumbent | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=17.5% | Liberal | width=17.5% | Farmer-Labour Group | width=17.5% | Conservative | width=17.5% | Other | ||||
| width=17.5% | width=17.5% | width=17.5% | width=17.5% | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Athabasca | Deakin Alexander Hall 1,329 | Jules Marion (Liberal) 970 | New District | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Cut Knife | Robert J. Gordon 2,718 | Andrew Macauley 3,268 | George McLean 1,099 | George John McLean | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Meadow Lake | Donald MacDonald 4,304 | Charles Mycroft 1,499 | J.H. Storry 1,281 | New District | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Rosthern | John Uhrich 8,179 | Philip J. Smith 1,081 | Donald Geo. McLean 1,230 | John Michael Uhrich | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Shellbrook | Omer Demers 5,238 | Peter G. Makaroff 2,332 | Alexander F. Agnew 2,209 | Edgar Sidney Clinch | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | The Battlefords | John Albert Gregory 2,653 | Hill Hamilton 1,816 | John Edmond McLarty 1,600 | Reginald James Jones (Ind. Liberal) 133 | Samuel Wesley Huston | |||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Turtleford | Charles Ayre 3,411 | John Stegehuis 1,489 | Percival Whitman Farnsworth 1,599 | Charles Arthur Ayre | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Wilkie | John Jardine 3,702 | George Jos. Hindley 2,011 | Alexander J. McLeod 1,925 | Alexander John McLeod | ||||||
| width=16% rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Electoral District | Candidates | width=14% rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Incumbent | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=17.5% | Liberal | width=17.5% | Farmer-Labour Group | width=17.5% | Conservative | width=17.5% | Other | ||||
| width=17.5% | width=17.5% | width=17.5% | width=17.5% | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Humboldt | James Hogan 5,345 | Joe Burton 2,771 | Henry Mathies Therres | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Kelvington | George Ernest Dragan 3,567 | Robert Berkett Paterson 1,628 | John Robson Taylor 981 | New District | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Kinistino | John Taylor 2,772 | Palmer Grambo 1,835 | R.E. Forbes 1,074 | John Richard Parish Taylor | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Melfort | John D. MacFarlane 3,972 | Rupert J. Greaves 3,252 | Rupert James Greaves | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Prince Albert | Thomas C. Davis 5,474 | Edward P. Spratt 1,215 | Samuel J.A. Branion 2,007 | Thomas Clayton Davis | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Tisdale | Harvie J. Dorrance 3,425 | Jay Brice Ennis 2,338 | Walt C. Buckle 2,407 | Walter Clutterbuck Buckle | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Wadena | Thorwald Berven 3,069 | George Williams 3,890 | Leonard Wreede 738 | John Robeson Taylor | ||||||
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal|Jim King|align="right"|4,540|align="right"|72.20%|align="right"|+6.34%|Joe Burton|align="right"|1,748|align="right"|27.80%|align="right"|-6.34%|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|6,288!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|
| width=16% rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Electoral District | Candidates | width=14% rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Incumbent | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=17.5% | Liberal | width=17.5% | Farmer-Labour Group | width=17.5% | Conservative | width=17.5% | Other | ||||
| width=17.5% | width=17.5% | width=17.5% | width=17.5% | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Arm River | Gustaf Herman Danielson 2,222 | David James Christie 912 | Duncan Selby Hutcheon 1,935 | Duncan Selby Hutcheon | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Biggar | Robert Pelham Hassard 2,287 | Warren Hart 2,044 | William Willoughby Miller 1,296 | William Willoughby Miller | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Elrose | John A. Wilson 2,213 | Halvor Vindeg 1,807 | Donald Byron Grant 1,390 | James Cobban | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Hanley | Charles Agar 2,843 | Arthur J. Fahl 1,405 | John Thos. McOrmond 1,703 | Reginald Stipe | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Kerrobert | Donald Laing 2,651 | James Penberthy 1,716 | Robert Hanbidge 1,788 | Robert Leith Hanbidge | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Kindersley | John C. Treleaven 2,518 | Louis H. Hantelman 2,649 | Robert H. Carruthers 1,615 | Ebenezer Samuel Whatley | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Rosetown | Neil McVicar 2,433 | Wilfrid A. Sibbald Tegart 1,878 | Nathan Given 2,105 | Nathaniel Given | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Thunder Creek | Robert S. Donaldson 1,608 | C.A. Stuart 1,003 | H. Alexander Lilly 1,396 | Harold Alexander Lilly | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Watrous | Bert Clement 2,362 | Alexander F. Murray 1,829 | Chester Cam. McClellan 1,525 | James Hogan | ||||||
| width=16% rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Electoral District | Candidates | width=14% rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Incumbent | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=17.5% | Liberal | width=17.5% | Farmer-Labour Group | width=17.5% | Conservative | width=17.5% | Other | ||||
| width=17.5% | width=17.5% | width=17.5% | width=17.5% | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Last Mountain | Guy Hartsel Hummel 2,732 | Jacob Benson 2,709 | Allan Armstrong Peters 1,338 | Jacob Benson | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Lumsden | Henry Phillip Mang 2,352 | Tom Johnston 1,716 | James Fraser Bryant 1,070 | James Fraser Bryant | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Melville | James G. Gardiner 4,989 | Wilfrid Wass 1,504 | E. Forest Scharf 1,930 | New District | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Pelly | Reginald J.M. Parker 4,835 | Andrew Danyleyko 1,639 | Frederick G. Garvin 1,426 | Walter E. Wiggins (United Front) 468 | Reginald John Marsden Parker | |||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Pheasant Hills | Asmundur A. Loptson 4,310 | H.J. Benson 1,804 | Chris Ness 1,363 | Charles Morton Dunn | ||||||
| Qu'Appelle-Wolseley | Frederick Middleton Dundas 4,130 | John H. Sturdy 1,932 | Stanley Withington Nichols 2,627 | Anton Huck | |||||||
| Merged district | |||||||||||
| William George Bennett | |||||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Touchwood | John M. Parker 3,380 | Edward Hamilton 2,273 | Caleb H. Fisher 518 | William J. Burak (Ind.) 1,845 | John Mason Parker | |||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Yorkton | Vincent R. Smith 3,343 | Llewellyn C. Fletcher 992 | Alan C. Stewart 2,661 | Alan Carl Stewart | ||||||
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal|E. Walt Gerrand|align="right"|Acclaimed|align="right"|100.00%|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|Acclamation!align="right"|
| width=16% rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Electoral District | Candidates | width=14% rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Incumbent | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=17.5% | Liberal | width=17.5% | Farmer-Labour Group | width=17.5% | Conservative | width=17.5% | Other | ||||
| width=17.5% | width=17.5% | width=17.5% | width=17.5% | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Gravelbourg | Benjamin F. McGregor 3,177 | Richard Pennington Sinkinson 1,065 | Henry J. Coutu 1,642 | Benjamin Franklin McGregor | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Gull Lake | Sydney J. Smith 2,153 | H. Henry Kemper 2,404 | John Frederick Frook 1,725 | New District | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Maple Creek | John Mildenberger 3,114 | Jacob J. Hubenig 1,140 | James McDougald 1,784 | George Spence | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Moose Jaw County | Thomas Waddell 2,500 | Henry Milne 1,714 | Sinclair Whittaker (Ind.) 1,075 | Sinclair Alexander Whittaker | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Morse | Neil J. MacDonald 2,717 | John McCaig 1,430 | Richard P. Eades 1,752 | Richard Percy Eades | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Notukeu | George Spence 2,196 | Con. Rieder 1,499 | P.M. McKinnon 1,560 | Alexander Lothian Grant | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Shaunavon | Harry Ostlund 1,911 | Clarence Stork 2,061 | John Gryde 1,470 | John Edward Gryde | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Swift Current | Jim Taggart 2,531 | Allan McCallum 2,339 | W.W. Smith 2,337 | William Wensley Smith | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Willow Bunch | Charles W. Johnson 2,448 | Charles M. Wilkin Emery 1,219 | Edgar Burton Linnell 1,445 | Charles William Johnson | ||||||
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal|Edward Culliton|align="right"|3,312|align="right"|68.90%|align="right"|+14.91%|Frank Keem Malcolm|align="right"|1,495|align="right"|31.10%|align="right"|+13.00%|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|4,807!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|
| width=16% rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Electoral District | Candidates | width=14% rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Incumbent | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=17.5% | Liberal | width=17.5% | Farmer-Labour Group | width=17.5% | Conservative | width=17.5% | Other | ||||
| width=17.5% | width=17.5% | width=17.5% | width=17.5% | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Bromhead | Norman L. McLeod 2,416 | Eric Oxelgren 1,208 | Francis Burden Smyth 1,111 | David McKnight** | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Bengough | James Bidwell Smith 2,122 | William F. Jordan 1,257 | Herman Kersler Warren 2,052 | Herman Kersler Warren | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Cannington | William J. Patterson 4,222 | Donald K. Cameron 2,152 | Samson Wallace Arthur 2,075 | Samson Wallace Arthur | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Francis | Charles M. Dunn 2,504 | Robert E. Juby 1,085 | Samuel Norval Horner 1,896 | Samuel Norval Horner | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Milestone | William Pedersen 1,991 | E. Blaine Moats 1,108 | Joseph V. Patterson 1,365 | Joseph Victor Patterson | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Moosomin | Arthur T. Procter 2,812 | John F. Herman 1,025 | Frederick D. Munroe 2,465 | Frederick Dennis Munroe | ||||||
| Souris-Estevan | Jesse P. Tripp 3,536 | Herbert G. Gallaway 1,215 | William O. Fraser 2,960 | William Oliver Fraser Souris | |||||||
| Merged district | |||||||||||
| Vacant Estevan | |||||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Weyburn | Hugh E. Eaglesham 2,281 | Tommy Douglas 1,343 | Robert S. Leslie 1,544 | James L. Coltart (Ind.) 29 | Robert Sterritt Leslie | |||||
| width=16% rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Electoral District | Candidates | width=14% rowspan=3 colspan=2 | Incumbent | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=17.5% | Liberal | width=17.5% | Farmer-Labour Group | width=17.5% | Conservative | width=17.5% | Other | ||||
| width=17.5% | width=17.5% | width=17.5% | width=17.5% | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Moose Jaw City | William Gladstone Ross 4,928John Houston Laird 4,403 | Waldo D. Summers 2,013Hugh Gordon 1,765 | John Alexander Merkley 2,440James W. Hawthorne 2,319 | William George Baker (Labour) 1,420 | John Alexander MerkleyRobert Henry Smith | |||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Saskatoon City | James Wilfred Estey 9,168George Wesley Norman 8,670 | Gladys Isabel Salisbury 3,098John Johnson Egge 2,797 | James T.M. Anderson 7,511Howard McConnell 6,797 | William Taylor (United Front) 353 | James T.M. AndersonHoward McConnell | |||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Regina City | Percy McCuaig Anderson 11,564William Franklin Kerr 11,512 | Major J. Coldwell 6,714Garnet Nelson Menzies 4,954 | M. A. MacPherson 9,082James Grassick 7,857 | William Stokes (United Front) 232 | Murdoch Alexander MacPhersonJames Grassick | |||||
| style="width: 130px"|Liberal|William Franklin Kerr (incumbent)|align="right"|11,883|align="right"|65.58%|align="right"|–|Independent|Denis Sweeney|align="right"|6,236|align="right"|34.42%|align="right"|–|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|18,119!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|