Election Name: | 1905 Saskatchewan general election |
Country: | Saskatchewan |
Flag Year: | 1905 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Party Colour: | no |
Party Name: | no |
Previous Election: | 1902 North-West Territories general election |
Previous Year: | 1902 (NWT) |
Previous Mps: | 5th North-West Legislative Assembly |
Elected Mps: | members |
Next Election: | 1908 Saskatchewan general election |
Next Year: | 1908 |
Next Mps: | 2nd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |
Seats For Election: | 25 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |
Majority Seats: | 13 |
Leader1: | Thomas Walter Scott |
Leader Since1: | 16 August 1905 |
Leaders Seat1: | Lumsden |
Seats1: | 17* |
Popular Vote1: | 17,812 |
Percentage1: | 52.25% |
Leader2: | Frederick W. A. G. Haultain |
Leader Since2: | 1905 |
Leaders Seat2: | South Qu'Appelle |
Seats2: | 8* |
Popular Vote2: | 16,184 |
Percentage2: | 47.47% |
Map Size: | 350px |
Premier | |
Before Election: | Thomas Walter Scott |
Posttitle: | Premier after election |
After Election: | Thomas Walter Scott |
Ongoing: | No |
The 1905 Saskatchewan general election was the first provincial election in the newly created Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on 13 December 1905 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Walter Scott led the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan to victory over the Provincial Rights Party of Frederick W. A. G. Haultain, and became the first Premier of the new province.
Party | Party Leader |
| Elected | Popular Vote | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% | Walter Scott | 25 | 17* | 17,812 | 52.25% | Frederick Haultain | 24 | 8* | 16,184 | 47.47% | Independent | 1 | – | 94 | 0.28% | ||||
Total | 50 | 25 | 34,090 | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Source: Elections Saskatchewan | |||||||||||||||||||
For complete electoral history, see individual districts