1912 Saskatchewan general election

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.

1912 Saskatchewan general election

July 11, 1912 (1912-07-11)
54 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 28 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   CON Leader Thomas Walter Scott Wellington Willoughby Party Liberal Conservative Leader since August 16, 1905 1912 Leader's seat Swift Current Moose Jaw City Last election 27 14 Seats won 45 8 Seat change 18 6 Popular vote 50,004 36,848 Percentage 57.0% 42.0% Swing 6.2pp 5.9pp
Premier before election Thomas Walter Scott Liberal Premier after election Thomas Walter Scott Liberal

Results

Party		Party Leader	Candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1908	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	–	-	-	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.

Popular vote Liberal   56.96% Conservative   41.98% Others   1.06%

Seats summary Liberal   85.19% Conservative   14.81%

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

3rd Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly

	District	Member	Party
	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

See also

• List of Saskatchewan political parties

References

• Saskatchewan Archives Board – Election Results By Electoral Division
• Elections Saskatchewan - Provincial Vote Summaries

Further reading

• Hopkins, J. Castell (1913). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1912. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.