1921 Saskatchewan general election
The 1921 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 9, 1921, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.
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The Liberal Party of Saskatchewan of Premier William M. Martin was re-elected – although with a diminished share of the popular vote, and a reduced caucus in the legislature.
Donald McLean resigned as leader of the Conservative Party in April 1921,[1] and the party convention decided to only form a committee to make arrangements for the coming election.[1] There were only four candidates who were considered to have a chance of success,[1] of which only two seats were retained. Its share of the popular vote fell from about 36% to less than 4%.
Harris Turner was instrumental in calling a meeting of Conservatives and separate school supporters to form an Independent Movement for the coming election.[2] At a meeting held in Saskatoon in May 1921, it was decided not to establish a party structure, but to organize a central committee to field candidates.[2] John Maharg, president of the Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association and Minister of Agriculture in the Liberal government, would later accuse the movement of being engineered from the office of John Reid, the federal Minister of Railways.[3] It appeared that the movement was effectively led by W.T. Badger, who was ostensibly campaigning as an Independent Conservative in Rosetown.[3] Candidates in the movement included four Conservative, four Labour and four Non-Partisan figures.[3]
The Independent and Independent Conservative candidates won over 29% of the vote, and voters elected a total of eight Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) under these banners.
The Progressive Party of Saskatchewan made its first appearance, winning six of the seven ridings that it contested.
Expansion of Legislative Assembly
An Act was passed in 1920 providing for an increase of seats from 59 to 63, upon the next election.[4] Moose Jaw City, Regina City and Saskatoon City now returned two members instead of one, and the following other changes were made:
| Abolished ridings | New ridings |
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| Renaming of districts | |
| Drawn from other ridings | |
Results
| Party | Leader | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||||||
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| # | ± | % | Change (pp) | 1917 | 1921 | ± | ||||||
| Liberal | William Martin | 60 | 92,983 | 13,569 | 51.39 | -5.29 | 51 | 45 / 63 |
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| Independent | 35 | 46,556 | 42,116 | 25.73 | 23.37 | 1 | 7 / 63 |
6 | ||||
| Progressive | 7 | 13,613 | 13,613 | 7.52 | 7.52 | – | 6 / 63 |
6 | ||||
| Conservative | 4 | 7,133 | 61,110 | 3.94 | -32.36 | 7 | 2 / 63 |
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| Independent Conservative | 3 | 6,295 | 6,295 | 3.48 | 3.48 | – | 1 / 63 |
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| Labour | 3 | 6,034 | 4,560 | 3.34 | 2.55 | – | 1 / 63 |
1 | ||||
| Independent Pro-Government | 1 | Acclamation | – | 1 / 63 |
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| Nonpartisan League | 3 | 3,735 | 3,532 | 2.06 | -1.81 | |||||||
| Independent Labour | 1 | 1,690 | 1,690 | 0.93 | New | |||||||
| Government | 1 | 1,510 | 1,510 | 0.84 | New | |||||||
| Independent Non-Partisan League | 1 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 0.77 | New | |||||||
| Total | 119 | 180,949 | 100.00% | |||||||||
MLAs elected
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Single-member districts
| Riding | Winning party | Votes | |||||||||||||||||
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| Name | 1917 | Party | Votes | Share | Margin # |
Margin % |
Lib | Ind | Prog | Con | I-Con | Lab | NPL | Govt | INP | Total | |||
| Arm River | Lib | Lib | Acclamation | ||||||||||||||||
| Bengough | Lib | Lib | 1,595 | 67.67% | 833 | 35.34% | 1,595 | 762 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,357 | |||
| Biggar | Lib | Prog | 2,293 | 60.18% | 776 | 20.37% | 1,517 | – | 2,293 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,810 | |||
| Cannington | Lib | Lib | 1,606 | 64.65% | 728 | 29.31% | 1,606 | 878 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,484 | |||
| Canora | Lib | Lib | 1,597 | 43.55% | 197 | 5.37% | 1,597 | 670 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,400 | 3,667 | |||
| Cumberland[a 1] | Lib | Lib | Acclamation | ||||||||||||||||
| Cut Knife | Lib | Lib | 931 | 57.47% | 242 | 14.94% | 931 | 689 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1,620 | |||
| Cypress | Lib | Lib | Acclamation | ||||||||||||||||
| Elrose | Lib | Lib | 1,957 | 52.49% | 256 | 6.87% | 1,957 | 1,771 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,728 | |||
| Estevan | Lib | Lib | Acclamation | ||||||||||||||||
| Francis | Lib | Lib | 1,456 | 54.25% | 228 | 8.49% | 1,456 | 1,228 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,684 | |||
| Gravelbourg | New | Ind | 2,582 | 52.77% | 271 | 5.54% | 2,311 | 2,582 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,893 | |||
| Hanley | Lib | Lib | 1,953 | 68.57% | 1,058 | 37.15% | 1,953 | 895 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,848 | |||
| Happyland | Lib | Lib | 2,603 | 77.82% | 1,861 | 55.64% | 2,603 | 742 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,345 | |||
| Humboldt | Lib | Lib | Acclamation | ||||||||||||||||
| Île-à-la-Crosse | Lib | Lib | 384 | 57.92% | 105 | 15.84% | 384 | 279 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 663 | |||
| Jack Fish Lake | Lib | Lib | Acclamation | ||||||||||||||||
| Kerrobert | Lib | Lib | 2,468 | 65.92% | 1,192 | 31.84% | 2,468 | 1,276 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,744 | |||
| Kindersley | Lib | Prog | 3,054 | 72.73% | 1,909 | 45.46% | 1,145 | – | 3,054 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,199 | |||
| Kinistino | Lib | Lib | 1,902 | 52.32% | 169 | 4.65% | 1,902 | 1,733 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,635 | |||
| Last Mountain | Lib | Lib | Acclamation | ||||||||||||||||
| Lloydminster | Lib | Lib | Acclamation | ||||||||||||||||
| Lumsden | Lib | Lib | 1,878 | 64.07% | 825 | 28.15% | 1,878 | 1,053 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,931 | |||
| Maple Creek | Lib | Lib | 1,910 | 59.89% | 631 | 19.79% | 1,910 | 1,279 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,189 | |||
| Melfort | Lib | Lib | 1,846 | 61.76% | 703 | 23.52% | 1,846 | 1,143 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,989 | |||
| Milestone | Lib | Lib | Acclamation | ||||||||||||||||
| Moose Jaw County | Lib | Lib | Acclamation | ||||||||||||||||
| Moosomin | Con | Con | 1,892 | 50.96% | 71 | 1.91% | 1,821 | – | – | 1,892 | – | – | – | – | – | 3,713 | |||
| Morse | Lib | IPG | Acclamation | ||||||||||||||||
| North Qu'Appelle | Lib | Lib | Acclamation | ||||||||||||||||
| Notukeu | Lib | Lib | Acclamation | ||||||||||||||||
| Pelly | Lib | Lib | 1,457 | 33.64% | 419 | 9.67% | 1,457 | 925 | – | – | 911 | – | 1,038 | – | – | 4,331 | |||
| Pheasant Hills | Lib | Lib | 1,590 | 46.27% | 538 | 15.66% | 1,590 | 1,846 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,436 | |||
| Pipestone | Lib | Lib | 1,624 | 47.95% | 94 | 2.78% | 1,624 | 1,763 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,387 | |||
| Prince Albert | Lib | Lib | Acclamation | ||||||||||||||||
| Redberry | Lib | Ind | 1,837 | 53.65% | 250 | 7.30% | 1,587 | 1,837 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,424 | |||
| Rosetown | Con | Lib | 2,735 | 52.65% | 275 | 5.29% | 2,735 | – | – | – | 2,460 | – | – | – | – | 5,195 | |||
| Rosthern | Lib | Lib | Acclamation | ||||||||||||||||
| Saltcoats | Lib | Lib | Acclamation | ||||||||||||||||
| Saskatoon County | Lib | Prog | 1,330 | 52.14% | 109 | 4.27% | 1,221 | – | 1,330 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,551 | |||
| Shellbrook | Lib | Lib | 1,900 | 59.94% | 630 | 19.87% | 1,900 | 1,270 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,170 | |||
| Souris | Con | Con | 1,260 | 50.58% | 29 | 1.16% | 1,231 | – | – | 1,260 | – | – | – | – | – | 2,491 | |||
| South Qu'Appelle | Con | Ind | 1,883 | 57.36% | 483 | 14.71% | 1,400 | 1,883 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,283 | |||
| Swift Current | Ind | Ind | 1,595 | 44.38% | 85 | 2.37% | – | 1,595 | – | – | – | 489 | – | 1,510 | – | 3,594 | |||
| The Battlefords | Lib | Lib | Acclamation | ||||||||||||||||
| Thunder Creek | Con | Prog | 730 | 51.48% | 42 | 2.96% | – | – | 730 | 688 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,418 | |||
| Tisdale | Lib | Lib | 1,314 | 54.25% | 206 | 8.51% | 1,314 | 1,108 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,422 | |||
| Touchwood | Lib | Lib | 1,734 | 58.50% | 504 | 17.00% | 1,734 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,230 | – | – | 2,964 | |||
| Turtleford | Lib | Lib | 1,186 | 52.73% | 123 | 5.47% | 1,186 | 1,063 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,249 | |||
| Vonda | Lib | Lib | 2,672 | 78.08% | 1,922 | 56.17% | 2,672 | 750 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,422 | |||
| Wadena | Lib | Prog | 1,979 | 61.50% | 740 | 23.00% | 1,239 | – | 1,979 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,218 | |||
| Weyburn | Lib | Lib | 2,368 | 88.39% | 2,057 | 76.78% | 2,368 | 311 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2,679 | |||
| Wilkie | Lib | Prog | 1,694 | 51.51% | 99 | 3.01% | 1,595 | – | 1,694 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,289 | |||
| Willow Bunch | Lib | Lib | 3,040 | 54.55% | 507 | 9.10% | 3,040 | – | 2,533 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5,573 | |||
| Wolseley | Lib | Ind | 2,322 | 54.51% | 384 | 9.01% | 1,938 | 2,322 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4,260 | |||
| Wynyard | Lib | Ind | 2,197 | 59.03% | 672 | 18.05% | 1,525 | 2,197 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3,722 | |||
| Yorkton | Lib | Lib | 2,116 | 59.06% | 649 | 18.11% | 2,116 | – | – | – | – | – | 1,467 | – | – | 3,583 | |||
- Election day deferred to August 9, 1921
- = Open seat
- = winning candidate was in previous Legislature
- = Incumbent had switched allegiance
- = Previously incumbent in another riding
- = Not incumbent; was previously elected to the Legislature
- = Incumbency arose from by-election gain
- = other incumbents renominated
- = previously an MP in the House of Commons of Canada
- = Multiple candidates
Multiple-member districts
| Riding | Winning party | Votes | |||||||||
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| Name | MLAs | 1917 | 1921 | Lib | Ind | Prog | Con | I-Con | Lab | I-Lab | Total |
| Moose Jaw City | 2 | 1 | 1 1 |
2,921 | 733 | – | – | 2,924 | 3,132 | – | 11,851 |
| 2,141 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Regina City | 2 | 1 | 2 |
7,540 | 3,500 | – | – | – | 2,413 | – | 21,206 |
| 5,952 | 1,801 | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
| Saskatoon City | 2 | 1 | 1 1 |
4,198 | 4,672 | – | 3,293 | – | – | 1,690 | 17,732 |
| 3,879 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||||
- = winning candidate
References
Further reading
- Hopkins, J. Castell (1922). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1921. Toronto: The Annual Review Company.
References
- Hopkins 1922, p. 809.
- Hopkins 1922, p. 811.
- Hopkins 1922, p. 812.
- An Act to amend The Legislative Assembly Act, S.S. 1923, c. 13
- "1921 Saskatchewan Election". Canadian Elections Database. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
- Hopkins 1922, pp. 812–813.