1905 Saskatchewan general election

1905 Saskatchewan general election

13 December 1905 (1905-12-13)
25 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 13 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Thomas Walter Scott Frederick W. A. G. Haultain Party Liberal Provincial Rights Leader since 16 August 1905 1905 Leader's seat Lumsden South Qu'Appelle Seats won 17* 8* Popular vote 17,812 16,184 Percentage 52.25% 47.47%
Premier before election Thomas Walter Scott Liberal Premier after election Thomas Walter Scott Liberal

First Legislature, 1906, Saskatchewan

The 1905 Saskatchewan general election was the first provincial election in the newly created Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on 13 December 1905 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. Walter Scott led the Liberal Party of Saskatchewan to victory over the Provincial Rights Party of Frederick W. A. G. Haultain, and became the first Premier of the new province.

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Elected	Popular Vote
					#	%
	Liberal	Walter Scott	25	17*	17,812	52.25%
	Provincial Rights	Frederick Haultain	24	8*	16,184	47.47%
	Independent		1	–	94	0.28%
Total			50	25	34,090	100%
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Popular vote Liberal   52.25% Provincial Rights   47.47% Others   0.28%

Seats summary Liberal   68.00% Provincial Rights   32.00%

Members of the Legislative Assembly elected

For complete electoral history, see individual districts

1st Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly

	District	Member	Party
	Batoche	William Grant	Liberal
	Battleford	Albert Champagne	Liberal
	Cannington	John D. Stewart	Liberal
	Grenfell	Andrew Argue	Provincial Rights
	Humboldt	David Neely	Liberal
	Kinistino	Thomas Sanderson	Liberal
	Lumsden	Thomas Walter Scott	Liberal
	Maple Creek	David Wylie	Provincial Rights
	Moose Jaw	John Sheppard	Liberal
	Moose Jaw City	John Wellington	Provincial Rights
	Moosomin	Daniel Ellis	Provincial Rights
	North Qu'Appelle	William Richard Motherwell	Liberal
	Prince Albert	Peter Tyerman*	Liberal
	Prince Albert City	John Henderson Lamont	Liberal
	Redberry	George Langley	Liberal
	Regina City	James Bole	Liberal
	Rosthern	Gerhard Ens	Liberal
	Saltcoats	Thomas MacNutt	Liberal
	Saskatoon	William C. Sutherland	Liberal
	Souris	James T. Brown	Provincial Rights
	South Qu'Appelle	Frederick Haultain	Provincial Rights
	South Regina	James Alexander Calder	Liberal
	Whitewood	Archibald Gillis	Provincial Rights
	Wolseley	William Elliot	Provincial Rights
	Yorkton	Thomas Garry	Liberal

Note:

^*In 1907 by order of the Legislative Assembly Samuel Donaldson of the Provincial Rights party was declared elected and Peter Tyerman lost his seat.

See also

• List of Saskatchewan political parties

References

• Saskatchewan Archives Board – Election Results By Electoral Division
• Elections Saskatchewan - Provincial Vote Summaries

Further reading

• Hopkins, J. Castell (1906). The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1905. Toronto: The Annual Review Publishing Company.