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.^[1] The Liberal Party led by William Melville Martin formed the government.^[2] The Conservative Party of Saskatchewan led by Donald Maclean formed the official opposition. Wellington Willoughby had resigned from the assembly shortly after the election.^[3]

Robert Menzies Mitchell served as speaker for the assembly until May 1919. George Adam Scott succeeded Mitchell as speaker.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1917:^[5]

Electoral district	Member	Party
Arm River	George Adam Scott	Liberal
Bengough	Thomas Evan Gamble	Liberal
Biggar	George Hamilton Harris	Liberal
Cannington	John Duncan Stewart	Liberal
Canora	H.P. Albert Hermanson	Liberal
Cumberland	Deakin Alexander Hall	Liberal
Cut Knife	William Hamilton Dodds	Liberal
Cypress	Isaac Stirling	Liberal
Elrose	Archibald Peter McNab	Liberal
Estevan	George Alexander Bell	Liberal
Francis	Walter George Robinson	Liberal
Hanley	Macbeth Malcolm	Liberal
Happyland	Stephen Morrey	Liberal
Humboldt	William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon	Liberal
Île-à-la-Crosse	Joseph Octave Nolin	Liberal
Jack Fish Lake	Donald M. Finlayson	Liberal
Kerrobert	John Albert Dowd	Liberal
Kindersley	William Richard Motherwell	Liberal
Kinistino	John Richard Parish Taylor	Liberal
Last Mountain	Samuel John Latta	Liberal
Lloydminster	Robert James Gordon	Liberal
Lumsden	William John Vancise	Liberal
Maple Creek	Alexander John Colquhoun	Liberal
Melfort	George Balfour Johnston	Liberal
Milestone	Bernard Larson	Liberal
Moose Jaw City	Wellington Bartley Willoughby	Conservative
Moose Jaw County	Charles Avery Dunning	Liberal
Moose Mountain	Robert Armstrong Magee	Liberal
Moosomin	John Louis Salkeld	Conservative
Morse	Malcolm L. Leitch	Liberal
North Qu'Appelle	James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal
Notukeu	George Spence	Liberal
Pelly	Magnus O. Ramsland	Liberal
Pheasant Hills	James Arthur Smith	Liberal
Pipestone	Richard James Phin	Liberal
Prince Albert	Charles M. McDonald	Liberal
Redberry	George Langley	Liberal
Regina City	William Melville Martin	Liberal
Rosetown	William Thompson Badger	Conservative
Rosthern	William Benjamin Bashford	Liberal
Saltcoats	James Alexander Calder	Liberal
Saskatoon City	Donald Maclean	Conservative
Saskatoon County	Murdo Cameron	Liberal
Shellbrook	Edgar Sidney Clinch	Liberal
Souris	William Oliver Fraser	Conservative
South Qu'Appelle	Joseph Glenn	Conservative
Swift Current	David John Sykes	Independent
The Battlefords	Allan Demetrius Pickel	Liberal
Thunder Creek	Andrew Dunn Gallaugher	Conservative
Tisdale	Hugh Evan Jones	Liberal
Touchwood	John Mason Parker	Liberal
Turtleford	Archibald B. Gemmell	Liberal
Vonda	James Hogan	Liberal
Wadena	John Angus MacMillan	Liberal
Weyburn	Robert Menzies Mitchell	Liberal
Wilkie	Reuben Martin	Liberal
Willow Bunch	Abel James Hindle	Liberal
Wynyard	Wilhelm Hans Paulson	Liberal
Yorkton	Thomas Henry Garry	Liberal
France^{[nb 1]}	Private Harris Turner
Belgium^{[nb 1]}	Captain Frederick Bagshaw
Great Britain^{[nb 1]}	Lt. Col. James Albert Cross

Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Active service vote

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal	51
	Conservative Party of Saskatchewan	7
	Independent	1
	Active service vote ^{[nb 1]}	3
Total		62
Government Majority		40

Notes:

^ Represented soldiers serving overseas in the province at large.

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Last Mountain	Samuel John Latta	Liberal	November 6, 1917	Latta ran for reelection after being named to cabinet^[6]
Moose Jaw City	William Erskine Knowles	Liberal	June 10, 1918	Knowles ran for reelection after being named to cabinet^[6]
Saltcoats	George William Sahlmark	Liberal	July 11, 1918	James Alexander Calder ran for House of Commons seat^[7]
Estevan	Robert Dunbar	Liberal	October 24, 1918	George Alexander Bell resigned seat^[8]
Weyburn	Charles McGill Hamilton	Liberal	July 22, 1919	R M Mitchell named superintendent for provincial mental hospital^[9]
Pelly	Sarah Katherine Ramsland^{[nb 1]}	Liberal	July 29, 1919	Max Ramsland, her husband, died November 1918^[10]
Kindersley	Wesley Harper Harvey	Independent Farmer	November 15, 1919	William Richard Motherwell resigned to protest provincial Liberals support for conscription^[11]
Weyburn	Charles McGill Hamilton	Liberal	June 15, 1920	Hamilton ran for reelection after being named to cabinet^[6]

Notes:

^ First woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

References

^ "Saskatchewan Sessions of the Legislative Assembly and Their Duration" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
^ "Saskatchewan Premiers" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
^ "Saskatchewan Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
^ "Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
^ ^a ^b "Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Political tradition left of centre". Leader-Post. Regina. May 16, 1955. p. 89. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
^ James Alexander Calder – Parliament of Canada biography
^ Quiring, Brett (2004). Saskatchewan politicians: lives past and present. Canadian Plains Research Center Press. p. 16. ISBN 0889771650. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
^ Hawkes, John (1924). The story of Saskatchewan and its people. Vol. 2. p. 1348. Retrieved 2012-03-25.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Kalmakoff, Elizabeth. "Ramsland, Sarah Katherine (1882– 1964)". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
^ Klippenstein, Frieda Esau. "Motherwell, William Richard (1860– 1943)". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. University of Regina. Archived from the original on 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2011-08-13.

[service-6] Active service vote

[7] Represented soldiers serving overseas in the province at large.

[12] First woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

[sessions-1] "Saskatchewan Sessions of the Legislative Assembly and Their Duration" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-06.

[2] "Saskatchewan Premiers" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.

[3] "Saskatchewan Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.

[4] "Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.

[elections-5] "Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-06.

[cabinet-8] "Political tradition left of centre". Leader-Post. Regina. May 16, 1955. p. 89. Retrieved 2012-03-21.

[9] James Alexander Calder – Parliament of Canada biography

[10] Quiring, Brett (2004). Saskatchewan politicians: lives past and present. Canadian Plains Research Center Press. p. 16. ISBN 0889771650. Retrieved 2012-03-25.

[11] Hawkes, John (1924). The story of Saskatchewan and its people. Vol. 2. p. 1348. Retrieved 2012-03-25.^{[permanent dead link]}

[13] Kalmakoff, Elizabeth. "Ramsland, Sarah Katherine (1882– 1964)". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2012-03-25.

[14] Klippenstein, Frieda Esau. "Motherwell, William Richard (1860– 1943)". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. University of Regina. Archived from the original on 2008-02-21. Retrieved 2011-08-13.

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