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4th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 4th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1917. The assembly sat from November 13, 1917, to May 16, 1921. The Liberal Party led by William Melville Martin formed the government. The Conservative Party of Saskatchewan led by Donald Maclean formed the official opposition. Wellington Willoughby had resigned from the assembly shortly after the election.

Robert Menzies Mitchell served as speaker for the assembly until May 1919. George Adam Scott succeeded Mitchell as speaker.

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1917:

Electoral district	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term(s)
Arm River	George Adam Scott	Liberal	1908	3rd term
	FranceActive service vote	Private Harris Turner	1917	1st term
	Belgium	Captain Frederick Bagshaw	1917	1st term
	Great Britain	Lt. Col. James Albert Cross	1917	1st term

Notes:

Party Standings

Affiliation	Members
Liberal	51
	Active service vote Represented soldiers serving overseas in the province at large.
Total
62
Government Majority
40

Notes:

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Last Mountain	Samuel John Latta	Liberal	November 6, 1917	url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QBZUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xTkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=7007,2976959	title=Political tradition left of centre	newspaper=Leader-Post	location=Regina	date=May 16, 1955	page=89	access-date=2012-03-21}}
Moose Jaw City	William Erskine Knowles	Liberal	June 10, 1918	Knowles ran for reelection after being named to cabinet
Saltcoats	George William Sahlmark	Liberal	July 11, 1918	James Alexander Calder ran for House of Commons seat
Estevan	Robert Dunbar	Liberal	October 24, 1918	George Alexander Bell resigned seat
Weyburn	Charles McGill Hamilton	Liberal	July 22, 1919	R M Mitchell named superintendent for provincial mental hospital
Pelly	Sarah Katherine RamslandFirst woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan	Liberal	July 29, 1919	Max Ramsland, her husband, died November 1918
Kindersley	Wesley Harper Harvey	Independent Farmer	November 15, 1919	William Richard Motherwell resigned to protest provincial Liberals support for conscription
Weyburn	Charles McGill Hamilton	Liberal	June 15, 1920	Hamilton ran for reelection after being named to cabinet

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References

"Saskatchewan Sessions of the Legislative Assembly and Their Duration". Saskatchewan Archive Board.
"Saskatchewan Premiers". Saskatchewan Archives Board.
"Saskatchewan Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly". Saskatchewan Archives Board.
"Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly". Saskatchewan Archive Board.
"Membership of the Legislatures". Saskatchewan Archive Board.
(May 16, 1955). "Political tradition left of centre". Leader-Post.
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Quiring, Brett. (2004). "Saskatchewan politicians: lives past and present". Canadian Plains Research Center Press.
Hawkes, John. (1924). "The story of Saskatchewan and its people".
Kalmakoff, Elizabeth. "Ramsland, Sarah Katherine (1882– 1964)".
Klippenstein, Frieda Esau. "Motherwell, William Richard (1860– 1943)". [[University of Regina]].

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