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1929 Saskatchewan general election

Canadian provincial election


Canadian provincial election

FieldValue
election_name1929 Saskatchewan general election
countrySaskatchewan
flag_year1921
typeparliamentary
party_colourno
party_nameno
previous_election1925 Saskatchewan general election
previous_year1925
outgoing_members6th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
election_date
elected_mps[members](7th-legislative-assembly-of-saskatchewan)
next_election1934 Saskatchewan general election
next_year1934
seats_for_election63 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
majority_seats32
image1[[File:Jimmy Gardiner.jpg150x150px]]
colour1
leader1James Gardiner
party1
leader_since1February 25, 1926
leaders_seat1North Qu'Appelle
last_election150
seats128
seat_change122
popular_vote1164,487
percentage145.6%
swing16.0pp
image2[[File:James Thomas Milton Anderson.jpg150x150px]]
colour2
leader2James Anderson
party2
leader_since2March 25, 1924
leaders_seat2Saskatoon City
last_election23
seats224
seat_change221
popular_vote2131,550
percentage236.4%
swing218.1pp
<div style"width:115px;" **PRO**
colour3
leader3
party3
leader_since3
leaders_seat3
last_election36
seats35
seat_change31
popular_vote324,988
percentage36.9%
swing316.1pp
titlePremier
before_electionJames Gardiner
before_party
posttitlePremier after election
after_electionJames Anderson
after_party

PRO The 1929 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 6, 1929 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

As a result of corruption scandals, the Liberal Party of Premier James Gardiner lost a significant share of its popular vote, but more important, lost twenty-two of the seats it had won in the 1925 election. While the Liberals held the largest number of seats in the legislature, they had only a minority. Gardiner tried to continue as a minority government, but was quickly defeated in a Motion of No Confidence, and resigned as premier.

The Conservative Party of James T.M. Anderson increased its representation in the legislature from three to twenty four seats. Following Gardiner's resignation, Anderson was able to form a coalition government with the support of the Progressive Party and some independents.

The Progressives had lost a large part of the popular vote it had won in 1925, but managed to retain five of the six seats it had won previously.

Results

PartyParty Leader# of
candidatesSeatsPopular Vote[1925](1925-saskatchewan-general-election)Elected% ChangeVotes%% Change
LiberalJames Gardiner6250**28**-44%164,48745.56%-5.95%ConservativeJames Anderson
**Total****140****63****63****361,037****100%**
**Source:** [Elections Saskatchewan](https://web.archive.org/web/20140407165609/http://www.elections.sk.ca/previous-elections/historical---provincial-general-election-summaries/)

Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Percentages

Members elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

DistrictMemberParty
Arm RiverDuncan HutcheonConservativeBengough

July 16, 1929

DistrictMemberParty
CumberlandDeakin Alexander HallLiberal

August 12, 1929

DistrictMemberParty
Île-à-la-CrosseJules MarionLiberal

References

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