1912 Saskatchewan general election explained

Election Name:	1912 Saskatchewan general election
Country:	Saskatchewan
Flag Year:	1905
Type:	parliamentary
Party Colour:	no
Party Name:	no
Previous Election:	1908 Saskatchewan general election
Previous Year:	1908
Previous Mps:	2nd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Elected Mps:	members
Next Election:	1917 Saskatchewan general election
Next Year:	1917
Next Mps:	4th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Seats For Election:	54 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Majority Seats:	28
Leader1:	Thomas Walter Scott
Leader Since1:	August 16, 1905
Leaders Seat1:	Swift Current
Last Election1:	27
Seats1:	45
Seat Change1:	18
Popular Vote1:	50,004
Percentage1:	57.0%
Swing1:	6.2pp
Leader2:	Wellington Willoughby
Leader Since2:	1912
Leaders Seat2:	Moose Jaw City
Last Election2:	14
Seats2:	8
Seat Change2:	6
Popular Vote2:	36,848
Percentage2:	42.0%
Swing2:	5.9pp
Premier
Before Election:	Thomas Walter Scott
Posttitle:	Premier after election
After Election:	Thomas Walter Scott

The 1912 Saskatchewan general election was held on July 11, 1912 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Premier Walter Scott led the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan to a third term in office with a significant increase in the share of the popular vote. The opposition, now renamed from the Provincial Rights Party to the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan and led by Wellington Bartley Willoughby, lost both votes and seats in the legislature.

Results

Party	Party Leader	Candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
1908	Party Leader	Candidates	Elected	Change	Votes	%	Change	Liberal	Walter Scott	53	27	45	+60.0%	50,004	56.96%	+6.17%	Conservative¹	Wellington Willoughby	53	14	8	-42.9%	36,848	41.98%	-5.90%	Independent	5	–	align="right"	-	align="right"	-	934	1.06%	+0.40%
Total	111	41	53²	+29.3%	87,786	100%	N/A
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Notes:

¹ Results compared to those of Provincial Rights Party in 1908 election, which became the Conservative Party.
² There were 54 seats contested at the 1912 election, however Cumberland was declared void and only 53 people were elected. A by-election was held on September 8, 1913 to fill the vacancy that existed in Cumberland.

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

Arm River
George A. Scott	Liberal	Athabasca	Joseph Nolin	Liberal	Battleford	Sydney Simpson	Liberal	Biggar	Charles Cawthorpe	Liberal	Cannington	John D. Stewart	Liberal	Canora	John D. Robertson	Liberal
	Cumberland	(void)	n/a	Eagle Creek	George Harris	Liberal	Estevan	George Bell	Liberal	Francis	Walter Robinson	Liberal	Gull Lake	Daniel C. Lochead	Liberal	Hanley	James MacNeill	Liberal	Humboldt	William Turgeon	Liberal	Kerrobert	George Watson	Liberal	Kindersley	William R. Motherwell	Liberal	Kinistino	Edward Devline	Liberal	Last Mountain	Samuel Latta	Liberal	Lloydminster	John Lyle	Liberal	Lumsden	Frederick Tate	Conservative	Maple Creek	David Wylie	Conservative	Melfort	George B. Johnston	Liberal	Milestone	Bernard Larson	Liberal	Moose Jaw City	Wellington Willoughby	Conservative	Moose Jaw County	John Sheppard	Liberal	Moose Mountain	Robert Magee	Liberal	Moosomin	Alexander S. Smith	Liberal	Morse	Malcolm L. Leitch	Liberal	North Battleford	Donald Finlayson	Liberal	North Qu'Appelle	John Archibald McDonald	Conservative	Pelly	John K. Johnston	Liberal	Pheasant Hills	Andrew Benjamin Cunningham	Liberal	Pinto Creek	Samuel Moore	Liberal	Pipestone	Richard Phin	Liberal	Prince Albert City	John E. Bradshaw	Conservative	Quill Plains	Wilhelm Paulson	Liberal	Redberry	George Langley	Liberal	Regina City	James Bole	Liberal	Rosetown	Cephas Mark	Liberal	Rosthern	Gerhard Ens	Liberal	Saltcoats	James Alexander Calder	Liberal	Saskatoon City	Archibald McNab	Liberal	Saskatoon County	William C. Sutherland	Liberal	Shellbrook	Samuel J. Donaldson	Conservative	Souris	Richard Forsyth	Liberal	South Qu'Appelle	Frederick Haultain	Conservative	Swift Current	Walter Scott	Liberal	Thunder Creek	Alexandre Beaudreau	Liberal	Touchwood	George Atkinson	Liberal	Trampling Lake	James M. Scott	Liberal	Vonda	Albert Totzke	Liberal	Wadena	Herbert Pierce	Liberal	Weyburn	Robert Mitchell	Liberal	Willow Bunch	William W. Davidson	Conservative	Yorkton	Thomas Garry	Liberal

By-election, September 8, 1913

	District	Member	Party	Cumberland	Deakin Alexander Hall	Liberal

1912 Saskatchewan general election explained

Results

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

By-election, September 8, 1913

See also

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