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	First elected / previously elected
	Arm River	Gustaf Herman Danielson	Liberal	1934
	Athabasca[nb 1]	Deakin Alexander Hall	Liberal	1913, 1922
	Bengough	James Bidwell Smith	Liberal	1934
	Biggar	Robert Pelham Hassard	Liberal	1925, 1934
	Bromhead	Norman Leslie McLeod	Liberal	1931, 1934
	Cannington	William John Patterson	Liberal	1921
	Cut Knife	Andrew James Macauley	Farmer-Labour Group	1934
	Elrose	John Andrew Wilson	Liberal	1921,[a] 1934
	Francis	Charles Morton Dunn	Liberal	1929
	Gravelbourg	Benjamin Franklin McGregor	Liberal	1925
		Edward Milton Culliton (1935)	Liberal	1935
	Gull Lake	Herman Henry Kemper	Farmer-Labour Group	1934
	Hanley	Charles Agar	Liberal	1921
	Humboldt	James Hogan	Liberal	1917
		James Chisholm King (1935)	Liberal	1935
	Kelvington	George Ernest Dragan	Liberal	1934
	Kerrobert	Donald Laing	Liberal	1926, 1934
	Kindersley	Louis Henry Hantelman	Farmer-Labour Group	1934
	Kinistino	John Richard Parish Taylor	Liberal	1917, 1933
	Last Mountain	Guy Hartsel Hummel	Liberal	1934
	Lumsden	Henry Phillip Mang	Liberal	1934
	Maple Creek	John Joseph Mildenberger	Liberal	1934
	Meadow Lake	Donald MacDonald	Liberal	1934
	Melfort	John Duncan MacFarlane	Liberal	1934
	Melville	James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal	1914
		Ernest Walter Gerrand (1935)	Liberal	1935
	Milestone	William Pedersen	Liberal	1934
	Moose Jaw City	William Gladstone Ross	Liberal	1917, 1934
		John Houston Laird		1934
	Moose Jaw County	Thomas Waddell	Liberal	1926, 1934
	Moosomin	Arthur Thomas Procter	Liberal	1934
	Morse	Neil John MacDonald	Liberal	1934
	Notukeu	George Spence	Liberal	1917, 1927
	Pelly	Reginald John Marsden Parker	Liberal	1929
	Pheasant Hills	Asmundur Loptson	Liberal	1929
	Prince Albert	Thomas Clayton Davis	Liberal	1925
	Qu'Appelle-Wolseley	Frederick Middleton Dundas	Liberal	1934
	Regina City	Percy McCuaig Anderson	Liberal	1934
		William Franklin Kerr		1934
	Rosetown	Neil McVicar	Liberal	1934
	Rosthern	John Michael Uhrich	Liberal	1921
	Saskatoon City	James Wilfred Estey	Liberal	1934
		George Wesley Norman		1934
	Shaunavon	Clarence Stork	Farmer-Labour Group	1934
	Shellbrook	Omer Alphonse Demers	Liberal	1934
	Souris-Estevan	Jesse Pichard Tripp	Liberal	1925, 1934
	Swift Current	James Gordon Taggart	Liberal	1934
	The Battlefords	John Albert Gregory	Liberal	1934
	Thunder Creek	Robert Scott Donaldson	Liberal	1925, 1934
	Tisdale	Harvie James Dorrance	Liberal	1934
	Touchwood	John Mason Parker	Liberal	1917
	Turtleford	Charles Arthur Ayre	Liberal	1929
	Wadena	George Hara Williams	Farmer-Labour Group	1934
	Watrous	Bertram Gilroy Clement	Liberal	1934
	Weyburn	Hugh Elliott Eaglesham	Liberal	1934
	Wilkie	John Jardine	Liberal	1934
	Willow Bunch	Charles William Johnson	Liberal	1929
	Yorkton	Vincent Reynolds Smith	Liberal	1934

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

1. Rosetown