7th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 7th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1929. The assembly sat from September 4, 1929, to May 25, 1934.^[1] The Liberal Party led by James Garfield Gardiner attempted to form a minority government but were defeated by a motion of no confidence. The Conservative Party led by James Thomas Milton Anderson then formed a coalition government with the support of the Progressive Party and independent members.^[2] The Liberals led by Gardiner formed the official opposition.^[3]

James Fraser Bryant served as speaker for the assembly in 1929. Robert Sterritt Leslie replaced Bryant as speaker in 1930.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1929:^[5]

	Electoral district	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected	No.# of term(s)
Arm River	Duncan Selby Hutcheon	Conservative	1929	1st term	Bengough	Herman Kersler Warren	Conservative	1929	1st term	Biggar	William Willoughby Miller	Conservative	1929	1st term	Cannington	Samson Wallace Arthur	Independent	1929	1st term	Canora	Anton O. Morken	Liberal	1929	1st term	Cumberland^{[nb 1]}	Deakin Alexander Hall	Liberal	1913, 1922	5th term*	Cut Knife	George John McLean	Independent	1929	1st term	Conservative	Cypress	John Edward Gryde	Conservative	1929	1st term	Elrose	James Cobban	Conservative	1929	1st term	Estevan	Eleazer William Garner	Liberal	1929	1st term	David McKnight (1930)	Conservative	1930	1st term	Norman L. McLeod (1931)	Liberal	1931	1st term	Francis	Samuel Norval Horner	Progressive	1929	1st term	Conservative	Gravelbourg	Benjamin Franklin McGregor	Liberal	1925	2nd term	Hanley	Reginald Stipe	Progressive	1925	2nd term	Conservative	Happyland	Donald McPherson Strath	Liberal	1929	1st term	Humboldt	Henry Mathies Therres	Liberal	1921	3rd term	Île-à-la-Crosse^{[nb 2]}	A. Jules Marion	Liberal	1926	2nd term	Jack Fish Lake	Donald M. Finlayson	Liberal	1908	6th term	Kerrobert	Robert Leith Hanbidge	Conservative	1929	1st term	Kindersley	Ebenezer Samuel Whatley	Progressive	1925	2nd term	Farmer-Labour Group^[6]	Conservative	Kinistino	Charles McIntosh	Liberal	1925	2nd term	Conservative^[7]	Jack Taylor (1933)	Liberal	1917, 1933	3rd term*	Last Mountain	Jacob Benson	Progressive	1929	1st term	Farmer-Labour Group^[6]	Lloydminster	Robert James Gordon	Liberal	1917	4th term	Lumsden	James Fraser Bryant	Conservative	1929	1st term	Maple Creek	George Spence	Liberal	1917,^[a] 1927	5th term*	Melfort	Rupert James Greaves	Conservative	1929	1st term	Milestone	Joseph Victor Patterson	Independent	1929	1st term	Moose Jaw City	John Alexander Merkley	Conservative	1929	1st term	Robert Henry Smith	1929	1st term	Moose Jaw County	Sinclair Alexander Whittaker	Conservative	1929	1st term	Moosomin	Frederick Dennis Munroe	Conservative	1929	1st term	Morse	Richard Percy Eades	Conservative	1929	1st term	North Qu'Appelle	James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal	1914	5th term	Notukeu	Alexander Lothian Grant	Liberal	1926	2nd term	Pelly	Reginald John Marsden Parker	Liberal	1929	1st term	Pheasant Hills	Charles Morton Dunn	Liberal	1929	1st term	Pipestone	William John Patterson	Liberal	1921	3rd term	Prince Albert	Thomas Clayton Davis	Liberal	1925	2nd term	Redberry	George Cockburn	Liberal	1921^[b]	3rd term	Regina City	Murdoch Alexander MacPherson	Conservative	1925	2nd term	James Grassick	1929	1st term	Rosetown	Nathaniel Given	Conservative	1929	1st term	Rosthern	John Michael Uhrich	Liberal	1921	3rd term	Saltcoats	Asmundur Loptson	Liberal	1929	1st term	Saskatoon City	James Thomas Milton Anderson	Conservative	1925	2nd term	Howard McConnell	1927	2nd term	Saskatoon County	Charles Agar	Liberal	1921	3rd term	Shellbrook	Edgar Sidney Clinch	Liberal	1915	5th term	Souris	William Oliver Fraser	Conservative	1917, 1929	2nd term*	South Qu'Appelle	Anton Huck	Liberal	1925	2nd term	Swift Current	William Wensley Smith	Conservative	1929	1st term	The Battlefords	Samuel Wesley Huston	Independent	1929	1st term	Thunder Creek	Harold Alexander Lilly	Conservative	1929	1st term	Tisdale	Walter Clutterbuck Buckle	Conservative	1925	2nd term	Touchwood	John Mason Parker	Liberal	1917	4th term	Turtleford	Charles Arthur Ayre	Liberal	1929	1st term	Vonda	James Hogan	Liberal	1917	4th term	Wadena	John Robeson Taylor	Independent	1929	1st term	Weyburn	Robert Sterritt Leslie	Progressive	1929	1st term	Conservative	Wilkie	Alexander John McLeod	Conservative	1929	1st term	Willow Bunch	Charles William Johnson	Liberal	1929	1st term	Wolseley	William George Bennett	Conservative	1921, 1929	2nd term	Wynyard	Wilhelm Hans Paulson	Liberal	1912, 1924	5th term*	Yorkton	Alan Carl Stewart	Independent	1929	1st term

Notes

^ Election held July 16, 1929
^ Election held August 12, 1929
^ McKnight's election was declared void on February 9, 1931, after an appeal
^ The Court of Appeal found that the election was void and the seat was declared vacant on November 7, 1932

Party standings

Affiliation	Members	Conservative Party of Saskatchewan	24	5	Independent	6	Liberal	28
Total	63
Coalition Majority	7

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:^[5]

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Lumsden	James Fraser Bryant	Conservative	September 30, 1929	JF Bryant ran for reelection after being named to cabinet^[8]
Moose Jaw City	John Alexander Merkley	Conservative	September 30, 1929	JA Merkley ran for reelection after being named to cabinet^[9]
Regina City	Murdoch Alexander MacPherson	Conservative	September 30, 1929	MA MacPherson ran for reelection after being named to cabinet^[10]
Saskatoon City	Howard McConnell	Conservative	September 30, 1929	H McConnell ran for reelection after being named to cabinet^[11]
Saskatoon City	James Thomas Milton Anderson	Conservative	September 30, 1929	JTM Anderson ran for reelection after forming a coalition government^[12]
Moosomin	Frederick Dennis Munroe	Conservative	October 7, 1929	FD Munroe ran for reelection after being named to cabinet^[13]
Tisdale	Walter Clutterbuck Buckle	Conservative	October 7, 1929	WC Buckle ran for reelection after being named to cabinet^[14]
Yorkton	Alan Carl Stewart	Independent	October 7, 1929	AC Stewart ran for reelection after being named to cabinet^[15]
Estevan	David McKnight	Conservative	December 23, 1930^{[nb 3]}	EW Garner resigned seat^[16]
Estevan	Norman L. McLeod	Liberal	February 9, 1931^{[nb 4]}	McLeod was declared elected by the assembly because ballots had been tampered with in the 1930 by-election^[5]
Kinistino	John Richard Parish Taylor	Liberal	May 22, 1933	C McIntosh named to cabinet as Minister of Natural Resources, ran for reelection and was subsequently defeated^[17]

Notes

Notes

^ Notukeu
^ First elected as a Progressive

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