3rd Saskatchewan Legislature

The 3rd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in July 1912. The assembly sat from November 14, 1912 to June 2, 1917.^[1] The Liberal Party led by Walter Scott formed the government. Scott resigned as premier on October 16, 1916 and was succeeded by William Melville Martin.^[2] The Conservative Party of Saskatchewan led by Wellington Willoughby formed the official opposition.^[3]

John Albert Sheppard served as speaker for the assembly until October 1916. Robert Menzies Mitchell became speaker in 1917.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1912:^[5]

	Electoral district	Member	Party
	Arm River	George Adam Scott	Liberal
	Athabasca	Joseph Octave Nolin	Liberal
	Battleford	Sydney Seymour Simpson	Liberal
	Biggar	Charles Henry Cawthorpe	Liberal
	Cannington	John Duncan Stewart	Liberal
	Canora	John Duff Robertson	Liberal
	Cumberland	(Election declared void; see by-election Sept. 8, 1913)	n/a
	Eagle Creek	George Hamilton Harris	Liberal
	Estevan	George Alexander Bell	Liberal
	Francis	Walter George Robinson	Liberal
	Gull Lake	Daniel Cameron Lochead	Liberal
	Hanley	James Walter MacNeill	Liberal
	Humboldt	William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon	Liberal
	Kerrobert	George Harvey Watson	Liberal
	Kindersley	William Richard Motherwell	Liberal
	Kinistino	Edward Haywood Devline	Liberal
	Last Mountain	Samuel John Latta	Liberal
	Lloydminster	John Percival Lyle	Liberal
	Lumsden	Frederick Clarke Tate	Conservative
	Maple Creek	David James Wylie	Conservative
	Melfort	George Balfour Johnston	Liberal
	Milestone	Bernard Larson	Liberal
	Moose Jaw City	Wellington Bartley Willoughby	Conservative
	Moose Jaw County	John Albert Sheppard	Liberal
	Moose Mountain	Robert Armstrong Magee	Liberal
	Moosomin	Alexander Smith Smith	Liberal
	Morse	Malcolm L. Leitch	Liberal
	North Battleford	Donald M. Finlayson	Liberal
	North Qu'Appelle	John Archibald McDonald	Conservative
	Pelly	John Kenneth Johnston	Liberal
	Pheasant Hills	Andrew Benjamin Alton Cunningham	Liberal
	Pinto Creek	Samuel Robert Moore	Liberal
	Pipestone	Richard James Phin	Liberal
	Prince Albert City	John Ernest Bradshaw	Conservative
	Quill Plains	Wilhelm Hans Paulson	Liberal
	Redberry	George Langley	Liberal
	Regina City	James Franklin Bole	Liberal
	Rosetown	Cephas Barker Mark	Liberal
	Rosthern	Gerhard Ens	Liberal
	Saltcoats	James Alexander Calder	Liberal
	Saskatoon City	Archibald Peter McNab	Liberal
	Saskatoon County	William Charles Sutherland	Liberal
	Shellbrook	Samuel James Donaldson	Conservative
	Souris	Richard Forsyth	Liberal
	South Qu'Appelle	Frederick William Gordon Haultain	Conservative
	Swift Current	Walter Scott	Liberal
	Thunder Creek	Alexander Beaudreau	Liberal
	Touchwood	George Maitland Atkinson	Liberal
	Trampling Lake	James Murray Scott	Liberal
	Vonda	Albert Frederick Totzke	Liberal
	Wadena	Herbert Chandler Pierce	Liberal
	Weyburn	Robert Menzies Mitchell	Liberal
	Willow Bunch	William W. Davidson	Conservative
	Yorkton	Thomas Henry Garry	Liberal

Notes:

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal	45
	Conservative	8
Total		53[nb 1]
Government Majority		37

Notes:

1. The election held in Cumberland was declared void; a by-election was held there in September 1913.

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Estevan	George Alexander Bell	Liberal	September 5, 1912	Bell ran for reelection after being named to cabinet[6]
Redberry	George Langley	Liberal	September 5, 1912	Langley ran for reelection after being named to cabinet[6]
South Qu'Appelle	Joseph Glenn	Conservative	December 4, 1912	Frederick W.A.G. Haultain named Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Saskatchewan[7]
Hanley	Macbeth Malcolm	Liberal	June 28, 1913	James Walter MacNeill resigned to travel abroad and study mental diseases[8]
Cumberland	Deakin Alexander Hall	Liberal	September 8, 1913	Election in 1912 declared void
North Qu'Appelle	James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal	June 25, 1914	JA McDonald resigned from the assembly in 1914 after admitting to "corrupt practices on the part of his agent" during the 1912 election[9]
Rosthern	William Benjamin Bashford	Liberal	June 25, 1914	Gerhard Ens resigned his seat in the assembly in 1913 when he was named Inspector of Public Institutions[9]
Shellbrook	Edgar Sidney Clinch	Liberal	May 10, 1915	Samuel James Donaldson ran for House of Commons seat[10]
Kinistino	Charles Avery Dunning	Liberal	November 13, 1916	EH Devline convicted of forgery and sent to prison[11]
Regina City	William Melville Martin	Liberal	November 13, 1916	James Franklin Bole named Saskatchewan liquor commissioner[12]
Moose Jaw County	John Edwin Chisholm	Conservative	December 5, 1916	Election requested by JA Sheppard to "give him the opportunity of vindicating his character by an appeal to the people"[13]

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References

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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. "Political tradition left of centre". Leader-Post (Regina). May 16, 1955. p. 89. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
7. "Frederick Haultain biography". Alberta Online Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2010-12-08. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
8. Hanley History Book Society (1982). Ripples and reflections : Hanley. pp. 397–8. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
9. Chambers, Ernest J (1915). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
10. Samuel James Donaldson – Parliament of Canada biography
11. "Three Years Sentence Imposed on Devlin". Toronto World. October 12, 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
12. Hawkes, John (1924). The story of Saskatchewan and its people. Volume 3. pp. 1686–88. Retrieved 2012-03-10.
13. "Writs Issued For Bye-election At Moose Jaw". Phoenix (Saskatoon). November 13, 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 2012-03-22.