The list of Saskatchewan by-elections includes every by-election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. By-elections occur whenever there is a vacancy in the Legislative Assembly, although an imminent general election may allow the vacancy to remain until the dissolution of parliament.
Causes
editA by-election occurs whenever there is a vacancy in the Saskatchewan legislature. Vacancies can occur for the following reasons:
- Death of a member.
- Resignation of a member.
- Voided results
- Expulsion from the legislature.
- Ineligibility to sit.
- Appointment to the cabinet. Incumbent members were required to recontest their seats upon being appointed to Cabinet. These Ministerial by-elections were almost always uncontested. This requirement was amended in 1930 to exempt members if they were appointed within six months of a general election. This requirement was abolished completely in 1936.
29th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (2020–2024)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Regina Walsh Acres | August 10, 2023 | Derek Meyers | Saskatchewan Party | Jared Clarke | New Democratic | Death[1] | No | ||
Lumsden-Morse | August 10, 2023 | Lyle Stewart | Saskatchewan Party | Blaine McLeod | Saskatchewan Party | Resignation | Yes | ||
Regina Coronation Park | August 10, 2023 | Mark Docherty | Saskatchewan Party | Noor Burki | New Democratic | Resignation | No | ||
Saskatoon Meewasin | September 26, 2022 | Ryan Meili | New Democratic | Nathaniel Teed | New Democratic | Resignation | Yes | ||
Athabasca | February 15, 2022 | Buckley Belanger | New Democratic | Jim Lemaigre | Saskatchewan Party | Resigned to run federally in Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River as a Liberal; defeated. | No |
28th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (2016–2020)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Regina Northeast | September 12, 2018 | Kevin Doherty | Saskatchewan Party | Yens Pedersen | New Democratic | Resignation | No | ||
Swift Current | March 1, 2018 | Brad Wall | Saskatchewan Party | Everett Hindley | Saskatchewan Party | Resignation | Yes | ||
Melfort | March 1, 2018 | Kevin Phillips | Saskatchewan Party | Todd Goudy | Saskatchewan Party | Death | Yes | ||
Kindersley | March 1, 2018 | Bill Boyd | Independent | Ken Francis | Saskatchewan Party | Resignation | No* | ||
Saskatoon Fairview | September 7, 2017 | Jennifer Campeau | Saskatchewan Party | Vicki Mowat | New Democratic | Resigned to accept a job with mining company Rio Tinto in British Columbia. | No | ||
Saskatoon Meewasin | March 2, 2017 | Roger Parent | Saskatchewan Party | Ryan Meili | New Democratic | Death | No |
* Boyd was expelled from Saskatchewan Party caucus due to conflict-of-interest allegations four days before resignation from legislature took effect.
27th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (2011–2016)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Lloydminster | November 13, 2014 | Tim McMillan | Saskatchewan Party | Colleen Young | Saskatchewan Party | Resignation | Yes |
26th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (2007–2011)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Saskatoon Northwest | October 18, 2010 | Serge LeClerc | Independent | Gordon Wyant | Saskatchewan Party | Resignation | No* | ||
Saskatoon Riversdale | September 21, 2009 | Lorne Calvert | New Democratic | Danielle Chartier | New Democratic | Resignation | Yes | ||
Regina Douglas Park | September 21, 2009 | Harry Van Mulligen | New Democratic | Dwain Lingenfelter | New Democratic | Resignation to provide a seat for Lingenfelter | Yes | ||
Cumberland | June 25, 2008 | Joan Beatty | New Democratic | Doyle Vermette | New Democratic | Resignation to run federally | Yes |
*LeClerc was a former member of the Saskatchewan Party
25th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (2003–2007)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Martensville | March 5, 2007 | Ben Heppner | Saskatchewan Party | Nancy Heppner | Saskatchewan Party | Death | Yes | ||
Weyburn-Big Muddy | June 19, 2006 | Brenda Bakken-Lackey | Saskatchewan Party | Dustin Duncan | Saskatchewan Party | Resignation | Yes |
24th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1999–2003)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Carrot River Valley | June 26, 2003 | Carl Kwiatkowski | Saskatchewan Party | Allan Kerpan | Saskatchewan Party | Death | Yes | ||
Saskatoon Fairview | March 17, 2003 | Chris Axworthy | New Democratic | Andy Iwanchuk | New Democratic | Resignation | Yes | ||
Battleford-Cut Knife | March 17, 2003 | Rudi Peters | Saskatchewan Party | Wally Lorenz | Saskatchewan Party | Death | Yes | ||
Kindersley | October 4, 2002 | Bill Boyd | Saskatchewan Party | Jason Dearborn | Saskatchewan Party | Resignation | Yes | ||
Saskatoon Idylwyld | November 8, 2001 | Janice MacKinnon | New Democratic | David Forbes | New Democratic | Resignation | Yes | ||
Saskatoon Riversdale | March 19, 2001 | Roy Romanow | New Democratic | Lorne Calvert | New Democratic | Resignation | Yes | ||
Regina Elphinstone | February 26, 2001 | Dwain Lingenfelter | New Democratic | Warren McCall | New Democratic | Resignation | Yes | ||
Wood River | June 26, 2000 | Glen McPherson | Liberal | Yogi Huyghebaert | Saskatchewan Party | Void Election | No |
23rd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1995–1999)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Saskatoon Fairview | June 28, 1999 | Bob Mitchell | New Democratic | Chris Axworthy | New Democratic | Resignation | Yes | ||
Regina Dewdney | June 28, 1999 | Edwin Tchorzewski | New Democratic | Kevin Yates | New Democratic | Resignation to become Chief of Staff to Alexa McDonough | Yes | ||
Cypress Hills | June 28, 1999 | Jack Goohsen | Independent* | Wayne Elhard | Saskatchewan Party | Resignation | No | ||
Athabasca | October 26, 1998 | Buckley Belanger | Liberal | Buckley Belanger | New Democratic | Sought reelection upon change of party affiliation | No | ||
Saskatoon Eastview | June 24, 1998 | Bob Pringle | New Democratic | Judy Junor | New Democratic | Resignation | Yes | ||
North Battleford | November 19, 1996 | Douglas Anguish | New Democratic | Jack Hillson | Liberal | Resignation | No |
*Goohsen was a former Progressive Conservative.
22nd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1991–1995)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Regina North West | February 4, 1994 | John Solomon | New Democratic | Anita Bergman | Liberal | Resignation to run federally | No |
21st Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1986–1991)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Assiniboia-Gravelbourg | December 15, 1988 | Ralph Goodale | Liberal | John Thomas Wolfe | Progressive Conservative | Resignation to run federally | No | ||
Saskatoon Eastview | May 4, 1988 | Pierre Raymond Martineau | Progressive Conservative | Bob Pringle | New Democratic | Resignation | No | ||
Regina Elphinstone | May 4, 1988 | Allan Blakeney | New Democratic | Dwain Lingenfelter | New Democratic | Resignation | Yes |
20th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1982–1986)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Regina North East | November 25, 1985 | Russell Sutor | Progressive Conservative | Edwin Tchorzewski | New Democratic | Resignation | No | ||
Thunder Creek | March 27, 1985 | Colin Thatcher | Progressive Conservative | Richard Swenson | Progressive Conservative | Seat declared vacant following Thatcher's conviction for murder | Yes | ||
Prince Albert-Duck Lake | February 21, 1983 | Jerome Hammersmith | New Democratic | Sid Dutchak | Progressive Conservative | Void Election | No |
19th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1978–1982)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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The Battlefords | November 26, 1980 | Eiling Kramer | New Democratic | David Manly Miner | New Democratic | Resignation | Yes | ||
Kelsey-Tisdale | November 26, 1980 | John Rissler Messer | New Democratic | Neal Herbert Hardy | Progressive Conservative | Resignation | No | ||
Estevan | November 26, 1980 | Robert Austin Larter | Progressive Conservative | John Otho Chapman | New Democratic | Resignation (Ill-health) | No | ||
Regina North West | October 17, 1979 | Edward Charles Whelan | New Democratic | John Solomon | New Democratic | Resignation | Yes |
18th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1975–1978)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Pelly | June 8, 1977 | Leonard Larson | New Democratic | Norm Lusney | New Democratic | Death | Yes | ||
Saskatoon Sutherland | March 2, 1977 | Evelyn Edwards | Liberal | Harold Lane | Progressive Conservative | Death | No | ||
Prince Albert-Duck Lake | March 2, 1977 | David Steuart | Liberal | Garnet Norman Wipf | Progressive Conservative | Appointed to the Senate | No |
17th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1971–1975)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Regina Lakeview | December 5, 1973 | Donald Mighton McPherson | Liberal | Edward Cyril Malone | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
Athabasca | September 27, 1972 | Allan Ray Guy | Liberal | Allan Ray Guy | Liberal | Void Election | Yes | ||
Souris-Estevan | December 1, 1971 | Russell Brown | New Democratic | Kim Thorson | New Democratic | Death | Yes | ||
Morse | December 1, 1971 | Ross Thatcher | Liberal | Jack Wiebe | Liberal | Death | Yes |
16th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1967–1971)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Kelvington | June 25, 1969 | Bryan Harvey Bjarnason | Liberal | Neil Erland Byers | New Democratic | Void Election | No |
15th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1964–1967)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Bengough | February 16, 1966 | Samuel Karnarvon Asbell | Liberal | Alexander Mitchell | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
Moosomin | June 30, 1965 | Alexander Hamilton McDonald | Liberal | Ernest Franklin Gardner | Liberal | Appointed to the Senate | Yes | ||
Hanley | December 16, 1964 | Robert Alexander Walker | CCF-NDP | Robert Alexander Walker | CCF-NDP | Sought reelection having won seat in a judicial recount by two votes | Yes |
14th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1960–1964)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Prince Albert | November 14, 1962 | Lachlan Fraser McIntosh | CCF-NDP | David Steuart | Liberal | Death | No | ||
Weyburn | December 13, 1961 | Tommy Douglas | CCF | Junior Herbert Staveley | Liberal | Resignation upon being elected first leader of the Federal NDP | No | ||
Turtleford | February 22, 1961 | Bob Wooff | CCF | Frank Foley | Liberal | Void Election | No |
13th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1956–1960)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Kinistino | June 3, 1959 | Henry Begrand | CCF | Arthur Thibault | CCF | Death | Yes |
12th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1952–1956)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Souris-Estevan | October 28, 1953 | John Edward McCormack | Liberal | Robert Kohaly | Progressive Conservative | Death | No | ||
Rosthern | October 28, 1953 | Walter Tucker | Liberal | Samuel Henry Carr | Liberal | Resignation to run federally | Yes |
11th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1948–1952)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Gravelbourg | July 10, 1951 | E. M. Culliton | Liberal | Edward Hazen Walker | CCF | Appointed a judge | No | ||
The Battlefords | February 8, 1950 | Paul Prince | Liberal | Hugh James Maher | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
Gull Lake | November 10, 1949 | Alvin Cecil Murray | CCF | Thomas John Bentley | CCF | Death | Yes | ||
Cannington | November 10, 1949 | William John Patterson | Liberal | Rosscoe Arnold McCarthy | Liberal | Resignation upon appointment to the federal Board of Transport Commissioners | Yes |
10th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1944–1948)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Morse | June 27, 1946 | Sidney Merlin Spidell | CCF | James William Gibson | CCF | Resignation | Yes | ||
Wadena | November 21, 1945 | George Hara Williams | CCF | Frederick Arthur Dewhurst | CCF | Death | Yes | ||
Shellbrook | June 29, 1945 | Albert Victor Sterling | CCF | Guy Franklin Van Eaton | CCF | Death | Yes |
9th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1938–1944)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Athabasca | July 28, 1941† | Jules Marion | Liberal | Hubert Staines | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
The Battlefords | June 26, 1940 | John Gregory | Liberal | Paul Prince | Liberal | Resignation to run federally | Yes | ||
Prince Albert | October 16, 1939† | Thomas Clayton Davis | Liberal | Harold John Fraser | Liberal | Appointed a judge | Yes | ||
Regina City | November 24, 1938 | Percy McCuaig Anderson | Liberal | Bernard J. McDaniel | Liberal | Appointed a judge | Yes | ||
Humboldt | August 4, 1938 | James Chisholm King | Liberal | Joseph William Burton | CCF | Resignation to provide a seat for CM Dunn | No |
† Won by acclamation
8th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1934–1938)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Melville | December 9, 1935† | James Garfield Gardiner | Liberal | Ernest Walter Gerrand | Liberal | Appointed to the federal cabinet | Yes | ||
Regina City | December 2, 1935 | William Franklin Kerr | Liberal | William Franklin Kerr | Liberal | Sought reelection upon appointment as Minister of Natural Resources | Yes | ||
Gravelbourg | November 26, 1935 | Benjamin Franklin McGregor | Liberal | E. M. Culliton | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
Humboldt | November 19, 1935 | James Hogan | Liberal | James Chisholm King | Liberal | Death | Yes |
† Won by acclamation
7th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1929–1934)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Kinistino | May 22, 1933 | Charles McIntosh | Liberal | John Richard Parish Taylor | Liberal | Sought reelection upon appointment as Minister of Natural Resources | Yes* | ||
Estevan | December 23, 1930 | Eleazer Garner | Liberal | David McKnight | Conservative | Resignation | No | ||
David McKnight | Conservative | Norman Leslie McLeod | Liberal | McLeod declared elected due to ballot tampering on February 9, 1931. Results Voided November 7, 1932. No by-election held. | No | ||||
Yorkton | October 7, 1929† | Alan Carl Stewart | Independent | Alan Carl Stewart | Independent | Sought reelection upon appointment as Minister of Highways | Yes | ||
Tisdale | October 7, 1929† | Walter Clutterbuck Buckle | Conservative | Walter Clutterbuck Buckle | Conservative | Sought reelection upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture | Yes | ||
Moosomin | October 7, 1929† | Frederick Dennis Munroe | Conservative | Frederick Dennis Munroe | Conservative | Sought reelection upon appointment as Minister of Public Health | Yes | ||
Saskatoon City | September 30, 1929† | James Thomas Milton Anderson | Conservative | James Thomas Milton Anderson | Conservative | Sought reelection upon appointment as Premier and Minister of Education and Natural Resources | Yes | ||
Howard McConnell | Conservative | Howard McConnell | Conservative | Sought reelection upon appointment as Provincial Treasurer and Minister of Municipal Affairs | Yes | ||||
Regina City | September 30, 1929† | Murdoch Alexander MacPherson | Conservative | Murdoch Alexander MacPherson | Conservative | Sought reelection upon appointment as Attorney General | Yes | ||
Moose Jaw City | September 30, 1929† | John Alexander Merkley | Conservative | John Alexander Merkley | Conservative | Sought reelection upon appointment as Provincial Secretary and Minister of Railways, Labour and Industries | Yes | ||
Lumsden | September 30, 1929† | James Fraser Bryant | Conservative | James Fraser Bryant | Conservative | Sought reelection upon appointment as Minister of Public Works and Minister of Telephones and Telegraphs | Yes |
† Won by acclamation
*McIntosh was a Liberal who became a coalition government supporter in 1932 and was defeated when he sought reelection upon entering the cabinet
6th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1925–1929)
edit† Won by acclamation
5th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1921–1925)
edit† Won by acclamation
4th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1917–1921)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Weyburn | June 15, 1920† | Charles McGill Hamilton | Liberal | Charles McGill Hamilton | Liberal | Sought reelection upon appointment as Minister of Agriculture | Yes | ||
Kindersley | November 13, 1919† | William Richard Motherwell | Liberal | Wesley Harper Harvey | Independent Farmer | Resignation in protest of the Liberals pro-conscription stance | No | ||
Pelly | July 29, 1919 | Max Ramsland | Liberal | Sarah Ramsland | Liberal | Death | Yes | ||
Weyburn | July 22, 1919† | Robert Menzies Mitchell | Liberal | Charles McGill Hamilton | Liberal | Resignation to become superintendent of the provincial mental hospital | Yes | ||
Estevan | October 24, 1918 | George Alexander Bell | Liberal | Robert Dunbar | Liberal | Resignation to become chairman of the Local Government Board | Yes | ||
Saltcoats | July 11, 1918 | James Alexander Calder | Liberal | George William Sahlmark | Liberal | Resignation to run federally | Yes | ||
Moose Jaw City | June 10, 1918 | Wellington Willoughby | Conservative | William Erskine Knowles | Liberal | Appointed to the Senate | No | ||
Last Mountain | November 6, 1917† | Samuel John Latta | Liberal | Samuel John Latta | Liberal | Sought reelection upon appointment as Minister of Highways | Yes |
† Won by acclamation
3rd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1912–1917)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Moose Jaw County | December 5, 1916 | John Albert Sheppard | Liberal | John Edwin Chisholm | Conservative | Sought reelection in order to "give him the opportunity of vindicating his character by an appeal to the people" | No | ||
Regina City | November 13, 1916† | James Franklin Bole | Liberal | William Melville Martin | Liberal | Appointed Saskatchewan liquor commissioner | Yes | ||
Kinistino | November 13, 1916† | Edward Devline | Liberal | Charles Avery Dunning | Liberal | Resignation upon conviction for forgery | Yes | ||
Shellbrook | May 10, 1915 | Samuel James Donaldson | Conservative | Edgar Sidney Clinch | Liberal | Resignation to run federally | No | ||
Rosthern | June 25, 1914 | Gerhard Ens | Liberal | William Benjamin Bashford | Liberal | Resignation to become Inspector of Public Institutions | Yes | ||
North Qu'Appelle | June 25, 1914 | John Archibald McDonald | Conservative | James Garfield Gardiner | Liberal | Resignation after admitting to "corrupt practices on the part of his agent" | No | ||
Cumberland | September 8, 1913 | Vacant | n/a | Deakin Hall | Liberal | Void Election | n/a | ||
Hanley | June 28, 1913 | James Walter MacNeill | Liberal | Macbeth Malcolm | Liberal | Resignation to travel abroad and study mental diseases | Yes | ||
South Qu'Appelle | December 4, 1912 | Frederick W. A. G. Haultain | Conservative | Joseph Glenn | Conservative | Appointed a judge | Yes | ||
Redberry | September 5, 1912† | George Langley | Liberal | George Langley | Liberal | Sought reelection upon appointment as Minister of Municipal Affairs | Yes | ||
Estevan | September 5, 1912† | George Alexander Bell | Liberal | George Alexander Bell | Liberal | Sought reelection upon appointment as Provincial Treasurer | Yes |
† Won by acclamation
2nd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1908–1912)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Saskatoon City | December 24, 1908† | Archibald Peter McNab | Liberal | Archibald Peter McNab | Liberal | Sought reelection upon appointment as Commissioner of Municipal Affairs | Yes | ||
Saltcoats | December 7, 1908 | Thomas MacNutt | Liberal | James Alexander Calder | Liberal | Resignation to run federally | Yes | ||
Humboldt | December 7, 1908 | David Bradley Neely | Liberal | William Richard Motherwell | Liberal | Resignation to run federally | Yes |
† Won by acclamation
1st Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan (1905–1908)
editBy-election | Date | Incumbent | Party | Winner | Party | Cause | Retained | ||
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Prince Albert City | October 12, 1907 | John Henderson Lamont | Liberal | William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon | Liberal | Appointed a judge | Yes |
See also
editReferences
edit- https://web.archive.org/web/20111117101458/http://www.elections.sk.ca/previous-elections/historical---provincial-by-election-vote-summaries
- "Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
- "Ministries" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
- "Election Results by Electoral Division" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2013-07-08.