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1934 Saskatchewan general election
← 1929 June 19, 1934 (1934-06-19) 1938 →
55 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader James Gardiner Major James Coldwell James Anderson
Party Liberal Farmer-Labour Group Conservative
Leader since February 25, 1926 July 27, 1932 March 25, 1924
Leader's seat Melville Ran in Regina City (lost) Saskatoon City (lost re-election)
Last election 28 pre-creation 24
Seats won 50 5 0
Seat change Increase22 Increase5 Decrease24
Popular vote 206,212 102,944 114,923
Percentage 48.00% 23.96% 26.75%
Swing Increase2.44pp Increase23.96pp Decrease9.69pp
Premier before election

James Anderson
Conservative

Premier after election

James Gardiner
Liberal

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.

Results

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Party Party leader Candidates Seats Popular vote
1929 Elected % Change # % % Change
  Liberal James Gardiner 56 28 50 +78.6% 206,212 48.00% +2.44%
Farmer–Labour M.J. Coldwell 54 * 5 * 102,944 23.96% *
  Conservative James Anderson 52 24 – -100% 114,923 26.75% -9.69%
  Independent 3 6 – -100% 2,949 0.69% -8.37%
Labour William G. Baker
(default) 		1 * – * 1,420 0.33% *
United Front 3 * – * 1,053 0.24% *
  Independent Liberal 1 – – – 133 0.03% -0.29%
Total 169 63 55 -12.7% 429,634 100%  
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Percentages

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Popular vote
Liberal
 
 48.00%
Conservative
 
 26.75%
Farmer–Labour
 
 23.96%
Others
 
 1.29%
Seats summary
Liberal
 
 90.91%
Farmer–Labour
 
 9.09%

Ranking

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Party Seats Second Third Fourth
  Liberal 50 6 0 0
Farmer–Labour 5 19 30 0
  Conservative 0 30 21 1
  Other parties 0 0 2 6

Riding results

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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.

Northwestern Saskatchewan

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Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Farmer-Labour Group Conservative Other
       
Athabasca   Deakin Alexander Hall
1,329 		Jules Marion (Liberal) 970 New District
Cut Knife   Robert J. Gordon
2,718 		Andrew Macauley
3,268 		George McLean
1,099 		  George John McLean
Meadow Lake   Donald MacDonald
4,304 		Charles Mycroft
1,499 		J.H. Storry
1,281 		New District
Rosthern   John Uhrich
8,179 		Philip J. Smith
1,081 		Donald Geo. McLean
1,230 		  John Michael Uhrich
Shellbrook   Omer Demers
5,238 		Peter G. Makaroff
2,332 		Alexander F. Agnew
2,209 		  Edgar Sidney Clinch**
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**
Turtleford   Charles Ayre
3,411 		John Stegehuis
1,489 		Percival Whitman Farnsworth
1,599 		  Charles Arthur Ayre
Wilkie   John Jardine
3,702 		George Jos. Hindley
2,011 		Alexander J. McLeod
1,925 		  Alexander John McLeod

Northeastern Saskatchewan

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Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Farmer-Labour Group Conservative Other
       
Humboldt   James Hogan
5,345 		Joe Burton
2,771 		  Henry Mathies Therres**
Kelvington   George Ernest Dragan
3,567 		Robert Berkett Paterson
1,628 		John Robson Taylor
981 		New District
Kinistino   John Taylor
2,772 		Palmer Grambo
1,835 		R.E. Forbes
1,074 		  John Richard Parish Taylor
Melfort   John D. MacFarlane
3,972 		Rupert J. Greaves
3,252 		  Rupert James Greaves
Prince Albert   Thomas C. Davis
5,474 		Edward P. Spratt
1,215 		Samuel J.A. Branion
2,007 		  Thomas Clayton Davis
Tisdale   Harvie J. Dorrance
3,425 		Jay Brice Ennis
2,338 		Walt C. Buckle
2,407 		  Walter Clutterbuck Buckle
Wadena   Thorwald Berven
3,069 		George Williams
3,890 		Leonard Wreede
738 		  John Robeson Taylor**
November 19, 1935 By-Election: Humboldt
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Jim King 4,540 72.20% +6.34%
Farmer–Labour Joe Burton 1,748 27.80% -6.34%
Total 6,288 100.00%

West Central Saskatchewan

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Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Farmer-Labour Group Conservative Other
       
Arm River   Gustaf Herman Danielson
2,222 		David James Christie
912 		Duncan Selby Hutcheon
1,935 		  Duncan Selby Hutcheon
Biggar   Robert Pelham Hassard
2,287 		Warren Hart
2,044 		William Willoughby Miller
1,296 		  William Willoughby Miller
Elrose   John A. Wilson
2,213 		Halvor Vindeg
1,807 		Donald Byron Grant
1,390 		  James Cobban**
Hanley   Charles Agar
2,843 		Arthur J. Fahl
1,405 		John Thos. McOrmond
1,703 		  Reginald Stipe**
Kerrobert   Donald Laing
2,651 		James Penberthy
1,716 		Robert Hanbidge
1,788 		  Robert Leith Hanbidge
Kindersley   John C. Treleaven
2,518 		Louis H. Hantelman
2,649 		Robert H. Carruthers
1,615 		  Ebenezer Samuel Whatley**
Rosetown   Neil McVicar
2,433 		Wilfrid A. Sibbald Tegart
1,878 		Nathan Given
2,105 		  Nathaniel Given
Thunder Creek   Robert S. Donaldson
1,608 		C.A. Stuart
1,003 		H. Alexander Lilly
1,396 		  Harold Alexander Lilly
Watrous   Bert Clement
2,362 		Alexander F. Murray
1,829 		Chester Cam. McClellan
1,525 		  James Hogan

East Central Saskatchewan

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Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Farmer-Labour Group Conservative Other
       
Last Mountain   Guy Hartsel Hummel
2,732 		Jacob Benson
2,709 		Allan Armstrong Peters
1,338 		  Jacob Benson
Lumsden   Henry Phillip Mang
2,352 		Tom Johnston
1,716 		James Fraser Bryant
1,070 		  James Fraser Bryant
Melville   James G. Gardiner
4,989 		Wilfrid Wass
1,504 		E. Forest Scharf
1,930 		New District
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
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**
South Qu'Appelle
Merged district
William George Bennett**
Wolseley
Touchwood   John M. Parker
3,380 		Edward Hamilton
2,273 		Caleb H. Fisher
518 		William J. Burak (Ind.) 1,845   John Mason Parker
Yorkton   Vincent R. Smith
3,343 		Llewellyn C. Fletcher
992 		Alan C. Stewart
2,661 		  Alan Carl Stewart
December 9, 1935 By-Election: Melville
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal E. Walt Gerrand Acclaimed 100.00%
Total Acclamation

Southwest Saskatchewan

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Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Farmer-Labour Group Conservative Other
       
Gravelbourg   Benjamin F. McGregor
3,177 		Richard Pennington Sinkinson
1,065 		Henry J. Coutu
1,642 		  Benjamin Franklin McGregor
Gull Lake   Sydney J. Smith
2,153 		H. Henry Kemper
2,404 		John Frederick Frook
1,725 		New District
Maple Creek   John Mildenberger
3,114 		Jacob J. Hubenig
1,140 		James McDougald
1,784 		  George Spence
Moose Jaw County   Thomas Waddell
2,500 		Henry Milne
1,714 		Sinclair Whittaker (Ind.) 1,075   Sinclair Alexander Whittaker
Morse   Neil J. MacDonald
2,717 		John McCaig
1,430 		Richard P. Eades
1,752 		  Richard Percy Eades
Notukeu   George Spence
2,196 		Con. Rieder
1,499 		P.M. McKinnon
1,560 		  Alexander Lothian Grant**
Shaunavon   Harry Ostlund
1,911 		Clarence Stork
2,061 		John Gryde
1,470 		  John Edward Gryde
Swift Current   Jim Taggart
2,531 		Allan McCallum
2,339 		W.W. Smith
2,337 		  William Wensley Smith
Willow Bunch   Charles W. Johnson
2,448 		Charles M. Wilkin Emery
1,219 		Edgar Burton Linnell
1,445 		  Charles William Johnson
November 26, 1935 By-Election: Gravelbourg
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Edward Culliton 3,312 68.90% +14.91%
Farmer–Labour Frank Keem Malcolm 1,495 31.10% +13.00%
Total 4,807 100.00%

Southeast Saskatchewan

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Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Farmer-Labour Group Conservative Other
       
Bromhead   Norman L. McLeod
2,416 		Eric Oxelgren
1,208 		Francis Burden Smyth
1,111 		  David McKnight**
Bengough   James Bidwell Smith
2,122 		William F. Jordan
1,257 		Herman Kersler Warren
2,052 		  Herman Kersler Warren
Cannington   William J. Patterson
4,222 		Donald K. Cameron
2,152 		Samson Wallace Arthur
2,075 		  Samson Wallace Arthur
Francis   Charles M. Dunn
2,504 		Robert E. Juby
1,085 		Samuel Norval Horner
1,896 		  Samuel Norval Horner
Milestone   William Pedersen
1,991 		E. Blaine Moats
1,108 		Joseph V. Patterson
1,365 		  Joseph Victor Patterson
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
Weyburn   Hugh E. Eaglesham
2,281 		Tommy Douglas
1,343 		Robert S. Leslie
1,544 		James L. Coltart (Ind.) 29   Robert Sterritt Leslie

Urban constituencies

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Electoral District Candidates Incumbent
Liberal Farmer-Labour Group Conservative Other
       
Moose Jaw City   William Gladstone Ross
4,928

John Houston Laird
4,403

Waldo D. Summers
2,013

Hugh Gordon
1,765

John Alexander Merkley
2,440

James W. Hawthorne
2,319

William George Baker (Labour) 1,420   John Alexander Merkley

Robert Henry Smith**

Saskatoon City   James Wilfred Estey
9,168

George Wesley Norman
8,670

Gladys Isabel Salisbury
3,098

John Johnson Egge
2,797

James T.M. Anderson
7,511

Howard McConnell
6,797

William Taylor
(United Front) 353 		  James T.M. Anderson

Howard McConnell

Regina City   Percy McCuaig Anderson
11,564

William Franklin Kerr
11,512

Major J. Coldwell
6,714

Garnet Nelson Menzies
4,954

M. A. MacPherson
9,082

James Grassick
7,857

William Stokes
(United Front) 232 		  Murdoch Alexander MacPherson

James Grassick

December 2, 1935 By-Election: Regina City (1 member elected)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal William Franklin Kerr (incumbent) 11,883 65.58% –
  Independent Denis Sweeney 6,236 34.42% –
Total 18,119 100.00%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Latimer, Kendall (August 18, 2017). "KKK history challenges idea Sask. always welcomed newcomers: expert". CBC Saskatchewan. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  2. ^ Kyba, Patrick (2006). "Ku Klux Klan". In Canadian Plains Research Center (ed.). Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: University of Regina. Archived from the original on January 19, 2016. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
  3. ^ Weedmark, Kevin. "When the KKK rode high across the Prairies" Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine. Moosomin World-Spectator.

Further reading

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