1905 Saskatchewan general election














Saskatchewan general election, 1905







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25 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
13 seats needed for a majority




















































 
First party
Second party
 

Premier Scott.jpg

FrederickWAGHaultain.png
Leader

Thomas Walter Scott

Frederick W. A. G. Haultain
Party

Liberal

Provincial Rights
Leader since

16 August 1905
1905
Leader's seat

Lumsden

South Qu'Appelle
Last election
6
11
Seats won
16
9
Popular vote
17,812
16,184
Percentage
52.2%
47.5%








Premier before election

Thomas Walter Scott
Liberal



Premier-designate

Thomas Walter Scott
Liberal






First Legislature, 1906, Saskatchewan


The Saskatchewan general election of 1905 was the first provincial election in the newly created Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on 13 December 1905 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Walter Scott led the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan to victory over the Provincial Rights Party of Frederick W. A. G. Haultain, and became the first Premier of the new province.
















































Party
Party Leader
# of
candidates
Elected
Popular Vote
#
%
 

Liberal

Walter Scott
25

16
17,812
52.25%
 

Provincial Rights

Frederick Haultain
24

9
16,184
47.47%
 
Independent
1


94
0.28%

Total

50

25

34,090

100%

Source: Elections Saskatchewan


Members of the Legislative Assembly elected


For complete electoral history, see individual districts

































































































































































1st Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
 
District
Member
Party
 

Batoche

William Grant

Liberal
 

Battleford

Albert Champagne

Liberal
 

Cannington

John D. Stewart

Liberal
 

Grenfell

Andrew Argue

Provincial Rights
 

Humboldt

David Neely

Liberal
 

Kinistino

Thomas Sanderson

Liberal
 

Lumsden

Thomas Walter Scott

Liberal
 

Maple Creek

David Wylie

Provincial Rights
 

Moose Jaw

John Sheppard

Liberal
 

Moose Jaw City

John Wellington

Provincial Rights
 

Moosomin

Daniel Ellis

Provincial Rights
 

North Qu'Appelle

William Richard Motherwell

Liberal
 

Prince Albert

Peter Tyerman*

Liberal
 

Prince Albert City

John Henderson Lamont

Liberal
 

Redberry

George Langley

Liberal
 

Regina City

James Bole

Liberal
 

Rosthern

Gerhard Ens

Liberal
 

Saltcoats

Thomas MacNutt

Liberal
 

Saskatoon

William C. Sutherland

Liberal
 

Souris

James T. Brown

Provincial Rights
 

South Qu'Appelle

Frederick Haultain

Provincial Rights
 

South Regina

James Alexander Calder

Liberal
 

Whitewood

Archibald Gillis

Provincial Rights
 

Wolseley

William Elliot

Provincial Rights
 

Yorkton

Thomas Garry

Liberal

Note:



*In 1907 by order of the Legislative Assembly Samuel Donaldson of the Provincial Rights party was declared elected and Peter Tyerman lost his seat


References



  • Saskatchewan Archives Board – Election Results By Electoral Division

  • Elections Saskatchewan - Provincial Vote Summaries



See also


  • List of Saskatchewan political parties









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