5th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 5th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1921. The assembly sat from December 8, 1921, to May 9, 1925.^[1] The Liberal Party led by William Melville Martin formed the government. After Martin retired in 1922, Charles Avery Dunning became Liberal party leader and Premier.^[2] The former leader of the Conservative Party, Donald Maclean had left politics to serve as a judge shortly before the election. The opposition in the assembly was unorganized and there was no official opposition leader in 1921 or 1922. Independent member John Archibald Maharg served as leader of the opposition in 1923 and Harris Turner, also independent, served as opposition leader in 1924 and 1925.^[3]

George Adam Scott served as speaker for the assembly.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1921:^[5]

	Electoral district	Member	Party
	Arm River	George Adam Scott	Liberal
	Bengough	Thomas Evan Gamble	Liberal
	Biggar	John Meikle	Progressive
	Cannington	Robert Douglas	Liberal
	Canora	H.P. Albert Hermanson	Liberal
	Cumberland	George Langley[nb 1]	Liberal
	Cut Knife	William Hamilton Dodds	Liberal
	Cypress	Henry Theodore Halvorson	Liberal
	Elrose	Wilbert Hagarty	Liberal
	Estevan	Robert Dunbar	Liberal
	Francis	Walter George Robinson	Liberal
	Gravelbourg	William James Cummings	Independent
	Hanley	Ernest Redford Ketcheson	Liberal
	Happyland	Stephen Morrey	Liberal
	Humboldt	Henry Mathies Therres	Liberal
	Île-à-la-Crosse[nb 2]	Joseph Octave Nolin	Liberal
	Jack Fish Lake	Donald M. Finlayson	Liberal
	Kerrobert	John Albert Dowd	Liberal
	Kindersley	Wesley Harper Harvey	Progressive
	Kinistino	John Richard Parish Taylor	Liberal
	Last Mountain	Samuel John Latta	Liberal
	Lloydminster	Robert James Gordon	Liberal
	Lumsden	William John Vancise	Liberal
	Maple Creek	Peter Lawrence Hyde	Liberal
	Melfort	George Balfour Johnston	Liberal
	Milestone	Bernard Larson	Liberal
	Moose Jaw City	William George Baker	Labour
		James Pascoe	Independent Conservative
	Moose Jaw County	Charles Avery Dunning	Liberal
	Moosomin	John Louis Salkeld	Conservative
	Morse	John Archibald Maharg	Independent pro-Government
	North Qu'Appelle	James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal
	Notukeu	George Spence	Liberal
	Pelly	Sarah Katherine Ramsland	Liberal
	Pheasant Hills	James Arthur Smith	Liberal
	Pipestone	William John Patterson	Liberal
	Prince Albert	Charles M. McDonald	Liberal
	Redberry	George Cockburn	Independent
	Regina City	William Melville Martin	Liberal
		James Albert Cross
	Rosetown	John Andrew Wilson	Liberal
	Rosthern	John Michael Uhrich	Liberal
	Saltcoats	George William Sahlmark	Liberal
	Saskatoon City	Harris Turner	Independent
		Archibald Peter McNab	Liberal
	Saskatoon County	Charles Agar	Progressive
	Shellbrook	Edgar Sidney Clinch	Liberal
	Souris	John Patrick Gordon	Conservative
	South Qu'Appelle	Donald Hogarth McDonald	Independent
	Swift Current	David John Sykes	Independent
	The Battlefords	Allan Demetrius Pickel	Liberal
	Thunder Creek	William John Finley Warren	Progressive
	Tisdale	Hugh Evan Jones	Liberal
	Touchwood	John Mason Parker	Liberal
	Turtleford	Archibald B. Gemmell	Liberal
	Vonda	James Hogan	Liberal
	Wadena	William Henry McKinnon	Progressive
	Weyburn	Charles McGill Hamilton	Liberal
	Wilkie	Sidney Bingham	Progressive
	Willow Bunch	Abel James Hindle	Liberal
	Wolseley	William George Bennett	Independent
	Wynyard	George Wilson Robertson	Independent
	Yorkton	Thomas Garry	Liberal

Notes:

1. Langley was acclaimed on August 9, 1921
2. date of polling was August 18, 1921

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal	45
	Independent	7
	Progressive	6
	Conservative Party of Saskatchewan	2
	Independent Conservative	1
	Independent pro-Government	1
	Labour	1
Total		63
Government Majority		27

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Regina City	James Albert Cross	Liberal	April 25, 1922	Ran for reelection after being named to cabinet[6]
North Qu'Appelle	James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal	June 5, 1922	Ran for reelection after being named to cabinet[6]
Rosthern	John Michael Uhrich	Liberal	June 5, 1922	Ran for reelection after being named to cabinet[6]
Happyland	Franklin Robert Shortreed	Liberal	June 26, 1922	Stephen Morrey died in office[7]
Cumberland	Deakin Alexander Hall	Liberal	August 21, 1922	George Langley resigned seat[8]
Regina City	Donald Alexander McNiven	Liberal	September 19, 1922	William Melville Martin named a judge[9]
Milestone	Frederick Birthall Lewis	Liberal	October 29, 1923	Bernard Larson died in office[10]
Cannington	Albert Edward Steele	Liberal	June 9, 1924	Robert Douglas died in office[10]
Wynyard	Wilhelm Hans Paulson	Liberal	October 20, 1924	George Wilson Robertson retired to become Secretary of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool[11]

Notes:

References

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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. Miry Creek Area History Book Committee (2000). Bridging the centuries : Shackleton, Abbey, Lancer, Portreeve. Volume 2. p. 1034. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
8. Quiring, Brett. "Langley, George (1852–1933)". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
9. Quiring, Brett. "Martin, William Melville (1876–1970)]". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
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11. "George W. Robertson". University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 2012-04-01.