11th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 11th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1948. The assembly sat from February 10, 1949, to May 7, 1952.^[1] The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) led by Tommy Douglas formed the government.^[2] The Liberal Party led by Walter Adam Tucker formed the official opposition.^[3]

Tom Johnston served as speaker for the assembly.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1948:^[5]

	Electoral district	Member	Party
	Arm River	Gustaf Herman Danielson	Liberal
	Athabasca	Louis Marcien Marion	Independent
	Bengough	Allan Lister Samuel Brown	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Biggar	Woodrow Stanley Lloyd	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Cannington	William John Patterson	Liberal
	Canora	Alex Gordon Kuziak	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Cumberland	Lorne Earl Blanchard	Liberal
	Cut Knife	Isidore Charles Nollet	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Elrose	Maurice John Willis	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Gravelbourg	Edward Milton Culliton	Liberal
	Gull Lake	Alvin Cecil Murray	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Hanley	Robert Alexander Walker	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Humboldt	Arnold William Loehr	Liberal
	Kelvington	Peter Anton Howe	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Kerrobert-Kindersley	John Wellbelove	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Kinistino	William Carlton Woods	Liberal
	Last Mountain	Jacob Benson	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Lumsden	William Sancho Thair	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Maple Creek	Alexander C. Cameron	Liberal
	Meadow Lake	William Thorneycroft Lofts	Liberal
	Melfort	John George Egnatoff	Liberal
	Melville	V. Patrick Deshaye	Liberal
	Milestone	Jacob Walter Erb	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Moose Jaw City	John Wesley Corman	Co-operative Commonwealth
		Dempster Henry Ratcliffe Heming
	Moosomin	Alexander Hamilton McDonald	Conservative Liberal
	Morse	James William Gibson	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Notukeu-Willow Bunch	Niles Leonard Buchanan	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Pelly	John Gray Banks	Liberal
	Prince Albert	Lachlan Fraser McIntosh	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Qu'Appelle-Wolseley	Frederick Middleton Dundas	Liberal
	Redberry	Bernard Leo Korchinski	Liberal
	Regina City	Charles Cromwell Williams	Co-operative Commonwealth
		Clarence Melvin Fines
	Rosetown	John Taylor Douglas	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Rosthern	Walter Adam Tucker	Liberal
	Saltcoats	Asmundur A. Loptson	Liberal
	Saskatoon City	Arthur Thomas Stone	Co-operative Commonwealth
		John Henry Sturdy
	Shellbrook	Louis William Larsen	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Souris-Estevan	John Edward McCormack	Liberal
	Swift Current	Harry Gibbs	Co-operative Commonwealth
	The Battlefords	Paul Prince	Liberal
	Tisdale	John Hewgill Brockelbank	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Torch River	John Robert Denike	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Touchwood	Tom Johnston	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Turtleford	Leonard Lawton Trippe	Liberal
	Wadena	Frederick Arthur Dewhurst	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Watrous	James Andrew Darling	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Weyburn	Thomas Clement Douglas	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Wilkie	John Whitmore Horsman	Liberal
	Yorkton	Arthur Percy Swallow	Co-operative Commonwealth

Notes:

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	Co-operative Commonwealth	31
	Liberal	19
	Independent	1
	Conservative Liberal	1
Total		52
Government Majority		10

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Cannington	Rosscoe Arnold McCarthy	Liberal	November 10, 1949	WJ Patterson named to federal Board of Transport Commissioners[6]
Gull Lake	Thomas John Bentley	Co-operative Commonwealth	November 10, 1949	AC Murray died in September 1949[7]
The Battlefords	Hugh James Maher	Liberal	February 8, 1950	P Prince died December 17, 1949[8]
Gravelbourg	Edward Hazen Walker	Co-operative Commonwealth	July 10, 1951	EM Culliton named to Saskatchewan Court of Appeal[9]

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References

1. "Saskatchewan Sessions of the Legislative Assembly and Their Duration" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
2. "Saskatchewan Premiers" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
3. "Saskatchewan Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
4. "Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
5. "Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
6. "Patterson, William John (1886–1976)". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
7. "Weather Compels Tories to Defer Nomination Meet". Start-Phoenix (Saskatoon). October 20, 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
8. "Paul Prince Passes Away". Star-Phoenix (Saskatoon). December 17, 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
9. "Justices of the Court". Courts of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 2012-06-02.