| Election Name: | 1938 Saskatchewan general election |
| Country: | Saskatchewan |
| Flag Year: | 1921 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1934 Saskatchewan general election |
| Previous Year: | 1934 |
| Previous Mps: | 8th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |
| Elected Mps: | members |
| Next Election: | 1944 Saskatchewan general election |
| Next Year: | 1944 |
| Next Mps: | 10th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |
| Seats For Election: | 52 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |
| Majority Seats: | 27 |
| Leader1: | William John Patterson |
| Leader Since1: | 1935 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Cannington |
| Last Election1: | 50 |
| Seats1: | 38 |
| Seat Change1: | 12 |
| Popular Vote1: | 200,334 |
| Percentage1: | 45.45% |
| Swing1: | 2.55pp |
| Leader2: | George Hara Williams |
| Leader Since2: | July 17, 1936 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Wadena |
| Last Election2: | 5 |
| Seats2: | 10 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Popular Vote2: | 82,529 |
| Percentage2: | 18.73% |
| Swing2: | 5.26pp |
| Image3: | SC |
| Leader3: | Joseph Needham |
| Leader Since3: | 1935 |
| Leaders Seat3: | Did not run |
| Last Election3: | pre-creation |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 70,084 |
| Percentage3: | 15.90% |
| Swing3: | 15.90pp |
| Image4: | Unity |
| Leader4: | — |
| Leader Since4: | — |
| Leaders Seat4: | — |
| Last Election4: | 0 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Popular Vote4: | 9,848 |
| Percentage4: | 2.24% |
| Swing4: | 2.00pp |
| Leader5: | John Diefenbaker |
| Party5: | Conservative |
| Leader Since5: | October 28, 1936 |
| Leaders Seat5: | Ran in Arm River (lost) |
| Last Election5: | 0 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seat Change5: | ±0 |
| Popular Vote5: | 52,315 |
| Percentage5: | 11.87% |
| Swing5: | 14.88pp |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | William John Patterson |
| Posttitle: | Premier after election |
| After Election: | William John Patterson |
The 1938 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 8, 1938, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.
The Liberal Party was returned to power under its new leader, William John Patterson, but it lost twelve of the seats it had held in the previous legislature. The Liberals faced several new forces in this election.
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, a democratic socialist party led by George Hara Williams, became the official opposition winning over 18% of the vote and ten seats in its first election. The party previously had five seats after the Farmer-Labour Group became the Saskatchewan CCF following the previous election.
The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan, which promoted the social credit theories of monetary reform, rode a wave of popularity from the 1935 electoral success of its Alberta counterpart and collected almost 16% of the votes, but won only two seats.
Six "Unity" candidates also ran in an attempt to create a popular front of the Communists, CCF supporters and various populists. Although two were elected, they received only a very small fraction of the overall vote.[1]
The Conservative Party – under its new leader, John Diefenbaker – continued its decline as their share of the popular vote fell from 25% to under 12%. The party won no seats. Diefenbaker later had considerably more success in the federal Conservative Party, eventually becoming leader and sweeping the party to power in the 1958 election with a huge majority.
|- bgcolor=CCCCCC!rowspan=2 colspan=2 align=center|Party!rowspan=2 align=center|Party leader!rowspan=2|
Candidates!colspan=4 align=center|Seats!colspan=3 align=center|Popular vote|- bgcolor=CCCCCC|align="center"|1934|align="center"|Dissol.|align="center"|Elected|align="center"|% Change|align="center"|#|align="center"|%|align="center"|% Change|align="center"|William Patterson|align="right"| 53|align="right"|50|align="right"|50|align="right"| 38|align="right"|-24%|align="right"|200,334|align="right"|45.45%|align="right"|-2.55%|align="center"|George Williams|align="right"| 31|align="right"|5|align="right"|5|align="right"| 10|align="right"|+100%|align="right"|82,529|align="right"|18.73%|align="right"|-5.26%|align="center"|Joseph Needham| Party | Seats | Second | Third | Fourth | 38 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 7 | Unity | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Conservative | 0 | 9 | 9 | 6 | Other parties | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||
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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.
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=15% | width=15% | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | width=15% | width=15% | Conservative | width=15% | Other | |||||
| width=15% | width=15% | width=15% | width=15% | width=15% | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Athabasca | Jules Marion 642 | William J. Windrum (Liberal) 628 | Deakin Alexander Hall | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Cut Knife | John A. Gordon 2,379 | Andrew Macauley 1,766 | Bill Roseland 2,471 | Andrew James Macauley | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Meadow Lake | Donald MacDonald 3,184 | Robert C. Paul 1,800 | Judson B. Clark 2,434 | Donald MacDonald | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Redberry | Orest Zerebko 2,601 | Sheridan P. Porter 1,824 | Arnold Larsen (Ind.) 1,572 | New District | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Rosthern | John Uhrich 3,267 | H. Henry Henschel 1,735 | Peter Peters (Ind. Social Credit) 228 | John Michael Uhrich | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Shellbrook | Omer Demers 2,933 | Albert Mansfield 1,343 | Virden Gable 2,560 | Omer Demers | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | The Battlefords | John Gregory 3,119 | Lloyd A. Gardiner 1,287 | Albert J. Tatchell 2,085 | John Albert Gregory | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Turtleford | Bill Kerr 2,925 | John Stegehuis 440 | James Proctor 2,759 | Walter A. Hicks 456 | Charles Arthur Ayre |
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal|Paul Prince|align="right"|3,289|align="right"|61.76%|align="right"|+13.71%|CCF|Max Campbell|align="right"|2,036|align="right"|38.24%|align="right"|+18.41%|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|5,325!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal|Hubert Staines|align="right"|Acclaimed|align="right"|100.00%|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|Acclamation!align="right"|
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=17% | width=17% | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | width=17% | width=17% | Conservative | |||||
| width=17% | width=17% | width=17% | width=17% | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Cumberland | Deakin A. Hall 548 | George W. Smith 57 | New District | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Humboldt | Jim King 3,636 | Joe Burton 3,446 | John J. Lins 385 | James Chisholm King | |||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Kelvington | James Marshall 2,747 | Peter Howe 4,174 | George Ernest Dragan | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Kinistino | John Taylor 2,866 | William J. Boyle 1,864 | William H. Setka 1,482 | Andrew Fraser 560 | John Richard Parish Taylor | ||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Melfort | John MacFarlane 2,657 | Oakland Woods Valleau 3,024 | Chrysostom J. Lewis 1,029 | Gilbert D. Eamer 1,604 | John Duncan MacFarlane | ||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Prince Albert | Thomas Davis 5,279 | John J.F. McIsaac 970 | George Bzowey 2,342 | Kennedy H. Palmer 2,227 | Thomas Clayton Davis | ||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Tisdale | Harvie Dorrance 3,421 | John Hewgill Brockelbank 4,202 | Robert M. Locker 1,115 | Garth F. Johnston 654 | Harvie James Dorrance | ||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Torch River | Jim Kiteley 1,992 | Harry Fenster 1,354 | Herve Prince 1,025 | Conrad B. Euler 366 | New District |
|-|style="width: 130px"|CCF|Joe Burton|align="right"|3,909|align="right"|50.90%|align="right"|+4.75%|Liberal|Charles Dunn|align="right"|3,771|align="right"|49.10%|align="right"|+0.41%|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|7,680!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal|Harry Fraser|align="right"|Acclaimed|align="right"|100.00%|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|Acclamation!align="right"|
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=17% | width=17% | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | width=17% | width=17% | Conservative | ||||||
| width=17% | width=17% | width=17% | width=17% | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Arm River | Gustaf Herman Danielson 3,295 | John Diefenbaker 3,105 | Gustaf Herman Danielson | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Biggar | Bob Hassard 3,196 | John Young 3,341 | Henry A. Gardner 841 | Robert Pelham Hassard | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Hanley | Charles Agar 2,774 | Frederick E. Roluf 1,599 | John A. Stewart 1,623 | Charles Agar | ||||||
| Kerrobert-Kindersley | Donald Laing 3,298 | Frank Jaenicke 1,201 | Robert M. Goodwin 2,336 | Donald Laing Kerrobert | |||||||
| Merged district | |||||||||||
| Louis Henry Hantelman Kindersley | |||||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Rosetown | Neil McVicar 2,449 | John T. Douglas 1,941 | William J. Loucks 1,415 | Andrew Wilson 951 | Neil McVicar | |||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Watrous | Frank S. Krenn 3,522 | John Waldbillig 2,181 | Charles A. Schmeiser 1,609 | Julius W. Stechishin 474 | Bert Clement | |||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Wilkie | John C. Knowles 4,053 | Frank R. Beggs 2,797 | John Jardine |
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=15% | width=15% | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | width=15% | width=15% | Conservative | width=15% | Other | |||||
| width=15% | width=15% | width=15% | width=15% | width=15% | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Canora | George Dragan 3,259 | Myron Feeley 3,504 | New District | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Last Mountain | Guy H. Hummel 3,168 | Jacob Benson 3,299 | William H. Schroder 902 | Alfred J. Dyer 1,121 | Guy Hartsel Hummel | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Melville | Charles Dunn 5,089 | John Herman 5,100 | E. Walt Gerrand | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Pelly | Reginald J.M. Parker 3,936 | Gertrude S. Telford 3,088 | Reginald John Marsden Parker | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Saltcoats | Asmundur A. Loptson 3,114 | Joseph L. Phelps 3,409 | Alexander E. Sahlmark 1,003 | New District | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Touchwood | John Parker 1,910 | Tom Johnston 2,301 | Hugh H. Lyle 1,268 | John Hnatyshyn 1,287 | John Mason Parker | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Wadena | Donald McCallum 3,085 | George Williams 4,871 | Harry W. Arnold 345 | George Hara Williams | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Yorkton | Vincent Smith 3,274 | Alan Stewart (Unity) 4,955 | Vincent Reynolds Smith |
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=15% | width=15% | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | width=15% | width=15% | Conservative | width=15% | Other | |||||
| width=15% | width=15% | width=15% | width=15% | width=15% | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Elrose | George B. Weiler 2,676 | Louis H. Hantelman 3,164 | Gilbert A.W. Gessel 1,014 | Henry T. Blackwell 360 | John Andrew Wilson | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Gravelbourg | Edward Culliton 3,683 | Andrew J. Miller 2,202 | Edward Milton Culliton | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Gull Lake | Harvey McMahon 3,901 | Henry Kemper 3,732 | Herman Henry Kemper | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Maple Creek | John Mildenberger 4,058 | Oliver Reid 2,136 | A.J. Mercer (Unity) 1,562 | John Joseph Mildenberger | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Morse | Benjamin T. Hyde 2,861 | Henry P. Thiessen 1,808 | William E. Armstrong 1,416 | Cliff B. Martin 478 | Neil John MacDonald | ||||||
| Notukeu-Willow Bunch | Charles W. Johnson 3,659 | John E. Lidgett 2,859 | George W.S. Eisnor 1,100 | George Spence | ||||||||
| Merged district | ||||||||||||
| Charles William Johnson Willow Bunch | ||||||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Swift Current | Jim Taggart 4,953 | Clarence Stork 3,584 | Alfred C. Butterworth 1,097 | James Gordon Taggart |
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=15% | width=15% | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | width=15% | width=15% | Conservative | width=15% | Other | |||||
| width=15% | width=15% | width=15% | width=15% | width=15% | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Bengough | James B. Smith 3,158 | Herman K. Warren (Unity) 3,331 | James Bidwell Smith | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Cannington | William Patterson 4,473 | Gladys Strum 3,477 | William John Patterson | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Lumsden | Robert S. Donaldson 2,596 | McDirmid Rankin 1,847 | Thomas Allan McInnis 624 | Claude H.J. Burrows 1,923 | Henry Phillip Mang | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Milestone | William Pedersen 2,820 | Samuel Horton 630 | Samuel Norval Horner (Ind.) 2,451 | William Pedersen | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Moosomin | Arthur Procter 4,198 | Joseph C. Richards 1,400 | Percy S. George 2,528 | Arthur Thomas Procter | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Qu'Appelle-Wolseley | Frederick M. Dundas 4,871 | Joseph Thauberger 1,496 | Stanley W. Nichols 3,253 | Frederick Middleton Dundas | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Souris-Estevan | Norman McLeod 4,383 | W. Glenroy Allen 3,467 | Ernest W. Hinkson 441 | Jesse Pichard Tripp | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Weyburn | George L. Crane 4,744 | Frederick C. Williams 4,167 | John C. Burnside (Ind. Conservative) 828 | Hugh Elliott Eaglesham |
| Electoral District | Candidates | Incumbent | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=15% | width=15% | Co-operative Commonwealth Federation | width=15% | width=15% | Conservative | width=15% | Other | |||||
| width=15% | width=15% | width=15% | width=15% | width=15% | ||||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Moose Jaw City | William Gladstone Ross 4,830William George Baker 4,728 | John Wesley Corman 2,689William J. Passmore 2,465 | John Alexander Merkley 2,137Arthur W.E. Fawkes 2,005 | William Gladstone RossWilliam George Baker | |||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Saskatoon City | James Wilfred Estey 7,213Robert Mitford Pinder 6,893 | Jacob Klassen 4,339John Harrison Hilton 4,164 | James T.M. Anderson 5,006Stephen N. MacEachern 4,692 | Robert Hunter (Independent Labour) 4,813 | James Wilfred EsteyGeorge Wesley Norman | ||||||
| bgcolor=whitesmoke | Regina City | Percy McCuaig Anderson 12,749Bamm David Hogarth 12,641 | John Harold Crawford 966 | Hugh McGillivray 7,934Frederick Bertram Bagshaw 6,576 | Alban Cedric Ellison (Ind. Labour) 5,329 Samuel Barrington East (Lab. Prog.) 4,426 Thomas Gerald McManus (Lab. Prog.) 4,088 Alexander Duff Connon (Ind. Labour) 1,897 | Percy McCuaig AndersonWilliam Franklin Kerr |
| style="width: 130px"|Liberal|Bernard J. McDaniel (elected)|align="right"|10,197|align="right"|49.52%|align="right"|–|Conservative|Reginald M. Balfour|align="right"|5,809|align="right"|28.21%|align="right"|–|CCF|Charles Cromwell Williams|align="right"|4,298|align="right"|20.87%|align="right"|–|Social Credit –
Farmer-Labour|J.B. McLeod|align="right"|156|align="right"|0.76%|align="right"|–|Social Credit|Cornelius Rink|align="right"|133|align="right"|0.64%|align="right"|–|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total!align="right"|20,593!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"|