Saskatchewan general election, 1912

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-designate

Thomas Walter Scott
Liberal

The Saskatchewan general election of 1912 was the third provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It 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.

Results

Party		Party Leader	Candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party Leader	Candidates	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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

	District	Member	Party
3rd Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
	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	Alexander 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

Elections in Saskatchewan

General elections	1905 1908 1912 1917 1921 1925 1929 1934 1938 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1967 1971 1975 1978 1982 1986 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2016 2020

By-elections	List of Saskatchewan by-elections

Municipal elections	2006 2009 2012 2016

Saskatchewan general election, 1912

Results

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

By-election, September 8, 1913

References

See also