8th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 8th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1934. The assembly sat from November 15, 1934, to May 14, 1938.^[1] The Liberal Party led by James Garfield Gardiner formed the government. After Gardiner resigned to join the federal cabinet in November 1935, William John Patterson became party leader and premier.^[2] The Farmer-Labour Group, subsequently known as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and led by George Hara Williams, formed the official opposition.^[3]

John Mason Parker served as speaker for the assembly.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1934:^[5]

	Electoral district	Member	Party
	Arm River	Gustaf Herman Danielson	Liberal
	Athabasca[nb 1]	Deakin Alexander Hall	Liberal
	Bengough	James Bidwell Smith	Liberal
	Biggar	Robert Pelham Hassard	Liberal
	Bromhead	Norman Leslie McLeod	Liberal
	Cannington	William John Patterson	Liberal
	Cut Knife	Andrew James Macauley	Farmer-Labour Group
	Elrose	John Andrew Wilson	Liberal
	Francis	Charles Morton Dunn	Liberal
	Gravelbourg	Benjamin Franklin McGregor	Liberal
	Gull Lake	Herman Henry Kemper	Farmer-Labour Group
	Hanley	Charles Agar	Liberal
	Humboldt	James Hogan	Liberal
	Kelvington	George Ernest Dragan	Liberal
	Kerrobert	Donald Laing	Liberal
	Kindersley	Louis Henry Hantelman	Farmer-Labour Group
	Kinistino	John Richard Parish Taylor	Liberal
	Last Mountain	Guy Hartsel Hummel	Liberal
	Lumsden	Henry Phillip Mang	Liberal
	Maple Creek	John Joseph Mildenberger	Liberal
	Meadow Lake	Donald MacDonald	Liberal
	Melfort	John Duncan MacFarlane	Liberal
	Melville	James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal
	Milestone	William Pedersen	Liberal
	Moose Jaw City	William Gladstone Ross	Liberal
		John Houston Laird
	Moose Jaw County	Thomas Waddell	Liberal
	Moosomin	Arthur Thomas Procter	Liberal
	Morse	Neil John MacDonald	Liberal
	Notukeu	George Spence	Liberal
	Pelly	Reginald John Marsden Parker	Liberal
	Pheasant Hills	Asmundur Loptson	Liberal
	Prince Albert	Thomas Clayton Davis	Liberal
	Qu'Appelle-Wolseley	Frederick Middleton Dundas	Liberal
	Regina City	Percy McCuaig Anderson	Liberal
		William Franklin Kerr
	Rosetown	Neil McVicar	Liberal
	Rosthern	John Michael Uhrich	Liberal
	Saskatoon City	James Wilfred Estey	Liberal
		George Wesley Norman
	Shaunavon	Clarence Stork	Farmer-Labour Group
	Shellbrook	Omer Alphonse Demers	Liberal
	Souris-Estevan	Jesse Pichard Tripp	Liberal
	Swift Current	James Gordon Taggart	Liberal
	The Battlefords	John Albert Gregory	Liberal
	Thunder Creek	Robert Scott Donaldson	Liberal
	Tisdale	Harvie James Dorrance	Liberal
	Touchwood	John Mason Parker	Liberal
	Turtleford	Charles Arthur Ayre	Liberal
	Wadena	George Hara Williams	Farmer-Labour Group
	Watrous	Bertram Gilroy Clement	Liberal
	Weyburn	Hugh Elliott Eaglesham	Liberal
	Wilkie	John Jardine	Liberal
	Willow Bunch	Charles William Johnson	Liberal
	Yorkton	Vincent Reynolds Smith	Liberal

Notes:

1. Election held July 24, 1934

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal	50
	Farmer-Labour Group	5
Total		55
Government Majority		45

Notes:

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Humboldt	James Chisholm King	Liberal	November 19, 1935	J Hogan died in January, 1935[6]
Gravelbourg	Edward Milton Culliton	Liberal	November 26, 1935	B F McGregor died in 1935[7]
Regina City	William Franklin Kerr	Liberal	December 2, 1935	WF Kerr ran for reelection after being named to cabinet[8]
Melville	Ernest Walter Gerrand	Liberal	December 9, 1935	JG Gardiner named to federal cabinet[9]

Notes:

References

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.
5. "Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
6. "These Events Made Headlines in Saskatchewan". Leader-Post. Regina. December 30, 1935. p. 2. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
7. "Members of the Legislative Assembly, Saskatchewan" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-31.
8. "W.F. Kerr fonds". Saskatchewan Archival Information Network. Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2012-04-29.
9. James Garfield Gardiner – Parliament of Canada biography