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1912 Saskatchewan general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1912 Saskatchewan general election
country	Saskatchewan
flag_year	1905
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1908 Saskatchewan general election
previous_year	1908
outgoing_members	2nd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
election_date
elected_mps	[members](3rd-legislative-assembly-of-saskatchewan)
next_election	1917 Saskatchewan general election
next_year	1917
seats_for_election	54 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
majority_seats	28
image1	[[File:Premier Scott.jpg	150x150px]]
colour1
leader1	Thomas Walter Scott
party1
leader_since1	August 16, 1905
leaders_seat1	Swift Current
last_election1	27
seats1	45
seat_change1	18
popular_vote1	50,004
percentage1	57.0%
swing1	6.2pp
<div style	"width:115px;" CON
colour2
leader2	Wellington Willoughby
party2
leader_since2	1912
leaders_seat2	Moose Jaw City
last_election2	14
seats2	8
seat_change2	6
popular_vote2	36,848
percentage2	42.0%
swing2	5.9pp
title	Premier
before_election	Thomas Walter Scott
before_party
posttitle	Premier after election
after_election	Thomas Walter Scott
after_party

CON The 1912 Saskatchewan general election 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	[1908](1908-saskatchewan-general-election)	Elected	Change	Votes	%	Change
Liberal	Walter Scott	53	27	45	+60.0%	50,004	56.96%	+6.17%	Conservative1	Wellington Willoughby
Total	111	41	532	+29.3%	87,786	100%	N/A
Source: [Elections Saskatchewan](https://web.archive.org/web/20140407165609/http://www.elections.sk.ca/previous-elections/historical---provincial-general-election-summaries/)

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
Arm River	George A. Scott	Liberal	Athabasca
	Cumberland	(void)	n/a

By-election, September 8, 1913

	District	Member	Party
Cumberland	Deakin Alexander Hall	Liberal

References

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