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1938 Saskatchewan general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1938 Saskatchewan general election
country	Saskatchewan
flag_year	1921
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1934 Saskatchewan general election
previous_year	1934
outgoing_members	8th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
election_date
elected_mps	[members](9th-legislative-assembly-of-saskatchewan)
next_election	1944 Saskatchewan general election
next_year	1944
seats_for_election	52 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
majority_seats	27
image1	[[File:William John Patterson (cropped).jpg	150x150px]]
colour1
leader1	William John Patterson
party1
leader_since1	1935
leaders_seat1	Cannington
last_election1	50
seats1	38
seat_change1	12
popular_vote1	200,334
percentage1	45.45%
swing1	2.55pp
image2	[[File:George Hara Williams in 1944.jpg	150x150px]]
colour2
leader2	George Hara Williams
party2
leader_since2	July 17, 1936
leaders_seat2	Wadena
last_election2	5
seats2	10
seat_change2	5
popular_vote2	82,529
percentage2	18.73%
swing2	5.26pp
<div style	"width:115px;line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:; font-size:38px;" SC
colour3
leader3	Joseph Needham
party3
leader_since3	1935
leaders_seat3	Did not run
last_election3	pre-creation
seats3	2
seat_change3	2
popular_vote3	70,084
percentage3	15.90%
swing3	15.90pp
<div style	"width:100%;line-height:150px; vertical-align:center; text-align:center; color:; font-size:38px;" Unity
colour4
leader4	—
party4
leader_since4	—
leaders_seat4	—
last_election4	0
seats4	2
seat_change4	2
popular_vote4	9,848
percentage4	2.24%
swing4	2.00pp
image5	[[File:Dief1939a.jpg	150x150px]]
colour5
leader5	John Diefenbaker
party5	Conservative
leader_since5	October 28, 1936
leaders_seat5	Ran in Arm River (lost)
last_election5	0
seats5	0
seat_change5	±0
popular_vote5	52,315
percentage5	11.87%
swing5	14.88pp
title	Premier
before_election	William John Patterson
before_party
posttitle	Premier after election
after_election	William John Patterson
after_party

SC Unity The 1938 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 8, 1938, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

The Liberal Party was returned to power under its new leader, William John Patterson, but it lost twelve of the seats it had held in the previous legislature. The Liberals faced several new forces in this election.

The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, a democratic socialist party led by George Hara Williams, became the official opposition winning over 18% of the vote and ten seats in its first election. The party previously had five seats after the Farmer-Labour Group became the Saskatchewan CCF following the previous election.

The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan, which promoted the social credit theories of monetary reform, rode a wave of popularity from the 1935 electoral success of its Alberta counterpart and collected almost 16% of the votes, but won only two seats.

Six "Unity" candidates also ran in an attempt to create a popular front of the Communists, CCF supporters and various populists. Although two were elected, they received only a very small fraction of the overall vote.

The Conservative Party – under its new leader, John Diefenbaker – continued its decline as their share of the popular vote fell from 25% to under 12%. The party won no seats, same as had happened in 1934. A Conservative campaign handbill, "Electoral Reform. An electoral absurdity - 1934 election", brought up the Liberal government's broken pledge to adopt the single transferable voting election system. Diefenbaker later had more success in the federal Conservative Party, eventually becoming leader and sweeping the party to power in the 1958 election with a huge majority.

Results

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

Percentages

Ranking

Party	Seats	Second	Third	Fourth
38	15	0	0	10

Riding results

Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again.

Northwestern Saskatchewan

Electoral District	Candidates	Incumbent	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Conservative	Other
SK	Liberal	background}}		SK	CCF	background}}	SK	Social Credit	background}}	SK	Conservative	background}}	SK	Independent	background}}
Athabasca			Jules Marion
642
Cut Knife			John A. Gordon
2,379	Andrew Macauley
1,766	Bill Roseland
2,471
Meadow Lake			Donald MacDonald
3,184	Robert C. Paul
1,800	Judson B. Clark
2,434
Redberry			Orest Zerebko
2,601		Sheridan P. Porter
1,824
Rosthern			John Uhrich
3,267		H. Henry Henschel
1,735
Shellbrook			Omer Demers
2,933	Albert Mansfield
1,343	Virden Gable
2,560
The Battlefords			John Gregory
3,119	Lloyd A. Gardiner
1,287	Albert J. Tatchell
2,085
Turtleford			Bill Kerr
2,925	John Stegehuis
440	James Proctor
2,759	Walter A. Hicks
456

Northeastern Saskatchewan

Electoral District	Candidates	Incumbent	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Conservative
SK	Liberal	background}}		SK	CCF	background}}	SK	Social Credit	background}}	SK	Conservative	background}}
Cumberland			Deakin A. Hall
548
Humboldt			Jim King
3,636	Joe Burton
3,446	John J. Lins
385
Kelvington			James Marshall
2,747	Peter Howe
4,174
Kinistino			John Taylor
2,866	William J. Boyle
1,864	William H. Setka
1,482
Melfort			John MacFarlane
2,657	Oakland Woods Valleau
3,024	Chrysostom J. Lewis
1,029
Prince Albert			Thomas Davis
5,279	John J.F. McIsaac
970	George Bzowey
2,342
Tisdale			Harvie Dorrance
3,421	John Hewgill Brockelbank
4,202	Robert M. Locker
1,115
Torch River			Jim Kiteley
1,992	Harry Fenster
1,354	Herve Prince
1,025

West Central Saskatchewan

Electoral District	Candidates	Incumbent	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Conservative
SK	Liberal	background}}		SK	CCF	background}}	SK	Social Credit	background}}	SK	Conservative	background}}
Arm River			Gustaf Herman Danielson
3,295
Biggar			Bob Hassard
3,196	John Young
3,341	Henry A. Gardner
841
Hanley			Charles Agar
2,774		Frederick E. Roluf
1,599
Kerrobert-Kindersley	SK	Liberal	background}}		Donald Laing
3,298	Frank Jaenicke
1,201	Robert M. Goodwin
2,336
Merged district
		Kindersley]]''
Rosetown			Neil McVicar
2,449	John T. Douglas
1,941	William J. Loucks
1,415
Watrous			Frank S. Krenn
3,522	John Waldbillig
2,181	Charles A. Schmeiser
1,609
Wilkie			John C. Knowles
4,053		Frank R. Beggs
2,797

East Central Saskatchewan

Electoral District	Candidates	Incumbent	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Conservative	Other
SK	Liberal	background}}		SK	CCF	background}}	SK	Social Credit	background}}	SK	Conservative	background}}	SK	Independent	background}}
Canora			George Dragan
3,259	Myron Feeley
3,504
Last Mountain			Guy H. Hummel
3,168	Jacob Benson
3,299	William H. Schroder
902	Alfred J. Dyer
1,121
Melville			Charles Dunn
5,089		John Herman
5,100
Pelly			Reginald J.M. Parker
3,936	Gertrude S. Telford
3,088
Saltcoats			Asmundur A. Loptson
3,114	Joseph L. Phelps
3,409	Alexander E. Sahlmark
1,003
Touchwood			John Parker
1,910	Tom Johnston
2,301	Hugh H. Lyle
1,268	John Hnatyshyn
1,287
Wadena			Donald McCallum
3,085	George Williams
4,871	Harry W. Arnold
345
Yorkton			Vincent Smith
3,274

Southwest Saskatchewan

Electoral District	Candidates	Incumbent	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Conservative	Other
SK	Liberal	background}}		SK	CCF	background}}	SK	Social Credit	background}}	SK	Conservative	background}}	SK	Independent	background}}
Elrose			George B. Weiler
2,676	Louis H. Hantelman
3,164	Gilbert A.W. Gessel
1,014	Henry T. Blackwell
360
Gravelbourg			Edward Culliton
3,683		Andrew J. Miller
2,202
Gull Lake			Harvey McMahon
3,901	Henry Kemper
3,732
Maple Creek			John Mildenberger
4,058		Oliver Reid
2,136
Morse			Benjamin T. Hyde
2,861	Henry P. Thiessen
1,808	William E. Armstrong
1,416	Cliff B. Martin
478
Notukeu-Willow Bunch	SK	Liberal	background}}		Charles W. Johnson
3,659	John E. Lidgett
2,859	George W.S. Eisnor
1,100
Merged district
		Willow Bunch]]''
Swift Current			Jim Taggart
4,953	Clarence Stork
3,584	Alfred C. Butterworth
1,097

Southeast Saskatchewan

Electoral District	Candidates	Incumbent	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Conservative	Other
SK	Liberal	background}}		SK	CCF	background}}	SK	Social Credit	background}}	SK	Conservative	background}}	SK	Independent	background}}
Bengough			James B. Smith
3,158
Cannington			*William Patterson*
4,473	Gladys Strum
3,477
Lumsden			Robert S. Donaldson
2,596	McDirmid Rankin
1,847	Thomas Allan McInnis
624	Claude H.J. Burrows
1,923
Milestone			William Pedersen
2,820		Samuel Horton
630
Moosomin			Arthur Procter
4,198		Joseph C. Richards
1,400	Percy S. George
2,528
Qu'Appelle-Wolseley			Frederick M. Dundas
4,871		Joseph Thauberger
1,496	Stanley W. Nichols
3,253
Souris-Estevan			Norman McLeod
4,383	W. Glenroy Allen
3,467	Ernest W. Hinkson
441
Weyburn			George L. Crane
4,744	Frederick C. Williams
4,167

Urban constituencies

Electoral District	Candidates	Incumbent	Co-operative Commonwealth Federation	Conservative	Other
SK	Liberal	background}}		SK	CCF	background}}	SK	Social Credit	background}}	SK	Conservative	background}}	SK	Independent	background}}
Moose Jaw City			William Gladstone Ross
4,830		John Wesley Corman
2,689	John Alexander Merkley
2,137
Saskatoon City			James Wilfred Estey
7,213		Jacob Klassen
4,339	James T.M. Anderson
5,006
Regina City			Percy McCuaig Anderson
12,749		John Harold Crawford
966	Hugh McGillivray
7,934

(1 member elected)}} |Bernard J. McDaniel (elected) |Conservative |Reginald M. Balfour |CCF |Charles Cromwell Williams |Social Credit – Farmer-Labour |J.B. McLeod |Social Credit |Cornelius Rink |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|20,593 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

References

Brown, Lorne A. "The Early CCF in Saskatchewan." In The Prairie Agrarian Movement Revisited, edited by Murray Knuttila and Bob Stirling, 169–185. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2007.
Saskatchewan Archives Board - Election Results By Electoral Division
Elections Saskatchewan - Provincial Vote Summaries

References

Brown, Lorne A.. (2007). "The Early CCF in Saskatchewan".
"Electoral Reform. An electoral absurdity - 1934 election...Vote Conservative, to stop government by minority". City of Saskatoon Archives, G.11 1938.7 accessed September 2025

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