4th Saskatchewan Legislature explained

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.^[1] The Liberal Party led by William Melville Martin formed the government.^[2] The Conservative Party of Saskatchewan led by Donald Maclean formed the official opposition. Wellington Willoughby had resigned from the assembly shortly after the election.^[3]

Robert Menzies Mitchell served as speaker for the assembly until May 1919. George Adam Scott succeeded Mitchell as speaker.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1917:^[5]

	Electoral district	Member	Party	Arm River	George Adam Scott	Liberal	Bengough	Thomas Evan Gamble	Liberal	Biggar	George Hamilton Harris	Liberal	Cannington	John Duncan Stewart	Liberal	Canora	H.P. Albert Hermanson	Liberal	Cumberland	Deakin Alexander Hall	Liberal	Cut Knife	William Hamilton Dodds	Liberal	Cypress	Isaac Stirling	Liberal	Elrose	Archibald Peter McNab	Liberal	Estevan	George Alexander Bell	Liberal	Francis	Walter George Robinson	Liberal	Hanley	Macbeth Malcolm	Liberal	Happyland	Stephen Morrey	Liberal	Humboldt	William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon	Liberal	Île-à-la-Crosse	Joseph Octave Nolin	Liberal	Jack Fish Lake	Donald M. Finlayson	Liberal	Kerrobert	John Albert Dowd	Liberal	Kindersley	William Richard Motherwell	Liberal	Kinistino	John Richard Parish Taylor	Liberal	Last Mountain	Samuel John Latta	Liberal	Lloydminster	Robert James Gordon	Liberal	Lumsden	William John Vancise	Liberal	Maple Creek	Alexander John Colquhoun	Liberal	Melfort	George Balfour Johnston	Liberal	Milestone	Bernard Larson	Liberal	Moose Jaw City	Wellington Bartley Willoughby	Conservative	Moose Jaw County	Charles Avery Dunning	Liberal	Moose Mountain	Robert Armstrong Magee	Liberal	Moosomin	John Louis Salkeld	Conservative	Morse	Malcolm L. Leitch	Liberal	North Qu'Appelle	James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal	Notukeu		Liberal	Pelly	Magnus O. Ramsland	Liberal	Pheasant Hills	James Arthur Smith	Liberal	Pipestone	Richard James Phin	Liberal	Prince Albert	Charles M. McDonald	Liberal	Redberry	George Langley	Liberal	Regina City	William Melville Martin	Liberal	Rosetown	William Thompson Badger	Conservative	Rosthern	William Benjamin Bashford	Liberal	Saltcoats	James Alexander Calder	Liberal	Saskatoon City	Donald Maclean	Conservative	Saskatoon County	Murdo Cameron	Liberal	Shellbrook	Edgar Sidney Clinch	Liberal	Souris	William Oliver Fraser	Conservative	South Qu'Appelle	Joseph Glenn	Conservative	Swift Current	David John Sykes	Independent	The Battlefords	Allan Demetrius Pickel	Liberal	Thunder Creek	Andrew Dunn Gallaugher	Conservative	Tisdale	Hugh Evan Jones	Liberal	Touchwood	John Mason Parker	Liberal	Turtleford	Archibald B. Gemmell	Liberal	Vonda	James Hogan	Liberal	Wadena	John Angus MacMillan	Liberal	Weyburn	Robert Menzies Mitchell	Liberal	Wilkie	Reuben Martin	Liberal	Willow Bunch	Abel James Hindle	Liberal	Wynyard	Wilhelm Hans Paulson	Liberal	Yorkton	Thomas Henry Garry	Liberal
	France^[6]	Private Harris Turner
	Belgium	Captain Frederick Bagshaw
	Great Britain	Lt. Col. James Albert Cross

Notes:

1. Web site: Saskatchewan Sessions of the Legislative Assembly and Their Duration . PDF . Saskatchewan Archive Board . 2012-03-06.
2. Web site: Saskatchewan Premiers . 2012-03-07 . Saskatchewan Archives Board . PDF.
3. Web site: Saskatchewan Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly . PDF . Saskatchewan Archives Board . 2012-03-07.
4. Web site: Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly . PDF . Saskatchewan Archive Board . 2012-03-07.
5. Web site: Membership of the Legislatures . PDF . Saskatchewan Archive Board . 2012-03-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131227192150/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Membership-of-Legislatures.pdf . 2013-12-27 .
6. Active service vote

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members	Liberal	51	Conservative Party of Saskatchewan	7	Independent	1
	Active service vote ^[7]	3
Total		62
Government Majority		40

Notes:

1. Web site: Saskatchewan Sessions of the Legislative Assembly and Their Duration . PDF . Saskatchewan Archive Board . 2012-03-06.
2. Web site: Saskatchewan Premiers . 2012-03-07 . Saskatchewan Archives Board . PDF.
3. Web site: Saskatchewan Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly . PDF . Saskatchewan Archives Board . 2012-03-07.
4. Web site: Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly . PDF . Saskatchewan Archive Board . 2012-03-07.
5. Web site: Membership of the Legislatures . PDF . Saskatchewan Archive Board . 2012-03-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131227192150/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Membership-of-Legislatures.pdf . 2013-12-27 .
6. Active service vote
7. Represented soldiers serving overseas in the province at large.

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:^[5]

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Last Mountain	Samuel John Latta	Liberal	November 6, 1917	Latta ran for reelection after being named to cabinet^[8]
Moose Jaw City	William Erskine Knowles	Liberal	June 10, 1918	Knowles ran for reelection after being named to cabinet
Saltcoats	George William Sahlmark	Liberal	July 11, 1918	James Alexander Calder ran for House of Commons seat
Estevan	Robert Dunbar	Liberal	October 24, 1918	George Alexander Bell resigned seat^[9]
Weyburn	Charles McGill Hamilton	Liberal	July 22, 1919	R M Mitchell named superintendent for provincial mental hospital^[10]
Pelly	Sarah Katherine Ramsland^[11]	Liberal	July 29, 1919	Max Ramsland, her husband, died November 1918^[12]
Kindersley	Wesley Harper Harvey	Independent Farmer	November 15, 1919	William Richard Motherwell resigned to protest provincial Liberals support for conscription^[13]
Weyburn	Charles McGill Hamilton	Liberal	June 15, 1920	Hamilton ran for reelection after being named to cabinet

Notes:

1. Web site: Saskatchewan Sessions of the Legislative Assembly and Their Duration . PDF . Saskatchewan Archive Board . 2012-03-06.
2. Web site: Saskatchewan Premiers . 2012-03-07 . Saskatchewan Archives Board . PDF.
3. Web site: Saskatchewan Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly . PDF . Saskatchewan Archives Board . 2012-03-07.
4. Web site: Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly . PDF . Saskatchewan Archive Board . 2012-03-07.
5. Web site: Membership of the Legislatures . PDF . Saskatchewan Archive Board . 2012-03-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131227192150/http://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/documents/Membership-of-Legislatures.pdf . 2013-12-27 .
6. Active service vote
7. Represented soldiers serving overseas in the province at large.
8. News: Political tradition left of centre . Leader-Post . Regina . May 16, 1955 . 89 . 2012-03-21.
9. Book: Quiring, Brett . Saskatchewan politicians: lives past and present . 16 . 0889771650 . 2004 . Canadian Plains Research Center Press . 2012-03-25.
10. Book: Hawkes, John . The story of Saskatchewan and its people . 1348 . 2 . 1924 . 2012-03-25 .
11. First woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
12. Encyclopedia: Ramsland, Sarah Katherine (1882– 1964) . Elizabeth . Kalmakoff . Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan . 2012-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324172402/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/ramsland_sarah_katherine_1882-_1964.html . 2012-03-24 . dead .
13. Encyclopedia: Motherwell, William Richard (1860– 1943) . Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan . . Klippenstein . Frieda Esau . 2011-08-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080221231115/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/motherwell_william_richard_1860-_1943.html . 2008-02-21 . dead .