10th Saskatchewan Legislature

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The 10th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1944. The assembly sat from October 19, 1944, to May 19, 1948. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) led by Tommy Douglas formed the government. The Liberal Party led by William John Patterson formed the official opposition.

Tom Johnston served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1944:

	Electoral district	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Arm River	Gustaf Herman Danielson	Liberal	1934
	Athabasca	Louis Marcien Marion	Liberal	1944
	Bengough	Allan Lister Samuel Brown	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Biggar	Woodrow Stanley Lloyd	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Cannington	William John Patterson	Liberal	1921
	Canora	Myron Henry Feeley	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Cumberland	Leslie Walter Lee	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Cut Knife	Isidore Charles Nollet	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Elrose	Maurice John Willis	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Gravelbourg	Henry Edmund Houze	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Gull Lake	Alvin Cecil Murray	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Hanley	James Smith Aitken	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Humboldt	Ben Putnam	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Kelvington	Peter Anton Howe	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Kerrobert-Kindersley	John Wellbelove	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Kinistino	William James Boyle	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Last Mountain	Jacob Benson	Co-operative Commonwealth	1929, 1938
	Lumsden	William Sancho Thair	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Maple Creek	Beatrice Janet Trew	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Meadow Lake	Herschel Lee Howell	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Melfort	Oakland Woods Valleau	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Melville	William James Arthurs	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Milestone	Frank Keem Malcolm	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Moose Jaw City	John Wesley Corman	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Moose Jaw City	Dempster Henry Ratcliffe Heming	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Moosomin	Arthur Thomas Procter	Liberal	1934
	Morse	Sidney Merlin Spidell	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Morse	James William Gibson	Co-operative Commonwealth	1946
	Notukeu-Willow Bunch	Niles Leonard Buchanan	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Pelly	Dan Daniels	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Prince Albert	Lachlan Fraser McIntosh	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Qu'Appelle-Wolseley	Warden Burgess	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Redberry	Dmytro Matthew Lazorko	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Regina City	Charles Cromwell Williams	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Regina City	Clarence Melvin Fines	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Rosetown	John Taylor Douglas	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Rosthern	Peter J. Hooge	Liberal	1944
	Saltcoats	Joseph Lee Phelps	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Saskatoon City	John Henry Sturdy	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Saskatoon City	Arthur Thomas Stone	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Shellbrook	Albert Victor Sterling	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Shellbrook	Guy Franklin Van Eaton	Co-operative Commonwealth	1945
	Souris-Estevan	Charles David Cuming	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Swift Current	Harry Gibbs	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	The Battlefords	Alexander Duff Connon	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Tisdale	John Hewgill Brockelbank	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Torch River	John Bruce Harris	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Touchwood	Tom Johnston	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Turtleford	Bob Wooff	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Wadena	George Hara Williams	Co-operative Commonwealth	1934
	Wadena	Frederick Arthur Dewhurst	Co-operative Commonwealth	1945
	Watrous	James Andrew Darling	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Weyburn	Thomas Clement Douglas	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Wilkie	Hans Ove Hansen	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Yorkton	Arthur Percy Swallow	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
Active Service Voters
Area No. 1 (Great Britain)		LAC Delmar Storey Valleau		1944
Area No. 2 (Mediterranean Sea)		Lt. Col. Alan Williams Embury		1944
Area No. 3 (Canada outside of Saskatchewan/Newfoundland)		Major Malcolm James Dobie		1944

Notes:

Polled October 17 to 30, 1944

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	Co-operative Commonwealth	47
	Liberal	5
Active Service Voters		3
Total		55
Government Majority		42

Notes:

Active Service Voter representatives had no party affiliation

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Shellbrook	Guy Franklin Van Eaton	Co-operative Commonwealth	June 29, 1945	AV Sterling died in 1944
Wadena	Frederick Arthur Dewhurst	Co-operative Commonwealth	November 21, 1945	GH Williams resigned due to ill health
Morse	James William Gibson	Co-operative Commonwealth	June 27, 1946	SM Spidell resigned seat

Notes

First elected as Progressive

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.
^ "Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
"Members of the Legislative Assembly, Saskatchewan" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
Dale-Burnett, Lisa. "Williams, George (1894–1945)". Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
Normandin, G P (1947). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.

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