13th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 13th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1956. The assembly sat from February 14, 1957, to May 4, 1960.^[1] The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) led by Tommy Douglas formed the government.^[2] The Liberal Party led by Alexander Hamilton McDonald formed the official opposition.^[3]

James Andrew Darling served as speaker for the assembly.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1956:^[5]

	Electoral district	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
	Arm River	Gustaf Herman Danielson	Liberal	1934
	Athabasca	John James Harrop	Co-operative Commonwealth	1956
	Bengough	Allan Lister Samuel Brown	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Biggar	Woodrow Stanley Lloyd	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Cannington	Rosscoe Arnold McCarthy	Liberal	1949
	Canora	Alex Gordon Kuziak	Co-operative Commonwealth	1948
	Cumberland	Bill Berezowsky	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
	Cut Knife	Isidore Charles Nollet	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Elrose	Maurice John Willis	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Gravelbourg	Lionel Philias Coderre	Liberal	1956
	Hanley	Robert Alexander Walker	Co-operative Commonwealth	1948
	Humboldt	Mary John Batten	Liberal	1956
	Kelsey	John Hewgill Brockelbank	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Kelvington	Peter Anton Howe	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
	Kerrobert-Kindersley	Eldon Arthur Johnson	Co-operative Commonwealth	1956
	Kinistino	Henry Begrand	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
		Arthur Thibault (1959)	Co-operative Commonwealth	1959
	Last Mountain	Russell Brown	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
	Lumsden	Clifford Honey Thurston	Co-operative Commonwealth	1956
	Maple Creek	Alexander C. Cameron	Liberal	1948
	Meadow Lake	Alphonse Peter Weber	Social Credit	1956
	Melfort-Tisdale	Clarence George Willis	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
	Melville	James Wilfrid Gardiner	Liberal	1956
	Milestone	Jacob Walter Erb	Co-operative Commonwealth	1948
	Moose Jaw City	Dempster Henry Ratcliffe Heming	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
		William Gwynne Davies		1956
	Moosomin	Alexander Hamilton McDonald	Liberal	1948
	Morse	James William Gibson	Co-operative Commonwealth	1946
	Nipawin	Leo Nile Nicholson	Social Credit	1956
	Notukeu-Willow Bunch	Karl Frank Klein	Liberal	1956
	Pelly	Jim Barrie	Liberal	1956
	Prince Albert	Lachlan Fraser McIntosh	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Qu'Appelle-Wolseley	Douglas Thomas McFarlane	Liberal	1956
	Redberry	Bernard Leo Korchinski	Liberal	1948, 1956
	Regina City	Charles Cromwell Williams	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
		Marjorie Alexandra Cooper		1952
		Clarence Melvin Fines		1944
	Rosetown	John Taylor Douglas	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Rosthern	Isaak Elias	Social Credit	1956
	Saltcoats	Asmundur A. Loptson	Liberal	1929, 1948
	Saskatoon City	John Henry Sturdy	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
		Arthur Thomas Stone		1944
	Shaunavon	Thomas John Bentley	Co-operative Commonwealth	1949
	Shellbrook	John Thiessen	Co-operative Commonwealth	1956
	Souris-Estevan	Kim Thorson	Co-operative Commonwealth	1956
	Swift Current	Everett Irvine Wood	Co-operative Commonwealth	1956
	The Battlefords	Eiling Kramer	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
	Touchwood	Frank Meakes	Co-operative Commonwealth	1956
	Turtleford	Frank Foley	Liberal	1956
	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	John Whitmore Horsman	Liberal	1948
	Yorkton	Frederick Neibrandt	Co-operative Commonwealth	1956

Notes:

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	Co-operative Commonwealth	36
	Liberal	14
	Social Credit	3
Total		53
Government Majority		19

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Kinistino	Arthur Thibault	Co-operative Commonwealth	June 3, 1959	H Begrand died March 8, 1959[6]

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