# 3rd Saskatchewan Legislature

The 3rd Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in July 1912. The assembly sat from November 14, 1912, to June 2, 1917. The Liberal Party led by Walter Scott formed the government. Scott resigned as premier on October 16, 1916, and was succeeded by William Melville Martin. The Conservative Party of Saskatchewan led by Wellington Willoughby formed the official opposition.
John Albert Sheppard served as speaker for the assembly until October 1916. Robert Menzies Mitchell became speaker in 1917.

## Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1912:
| Electoral district | Member | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Arm River | George Adam Scott | Liberal | 1908 |
| Athabasca | Joseph Octave Nolin | Liberal | 1908 |
| Battleford | Sydney Seymour Simpson | Liberal | 1908 |
| Biggar | Charles Henry Cawthorpe | Liberal | 1912 |
| Cannington | John Duncan Stewart | Liberal | 1905 |
| Canora | John Duff Robertson | Liberal | 1908 |
| Cumberland | (Election declared void; see by-election Sept. 8, 1913) | n/a | n/a |
| Cumberland | Deakin Hall (1913) | Liberal | 1913 |
| Eagle Creek | George Hamilton Harris | Liberal | 1912 |
| Estevan | George Alexander Bell | Liberal | 1908 |
| Francis | Walter George Robinson | Liberal | 1912 |
| Gull Lake | Daniel Cameron Lochead | Liberal | 1912 |
| Hanley | James Walter MacNeill | Liberal | 1908 |
| Hanley | Macbeth Malcolm (1913) | Liberal | 1913 |
| Humboldt | William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon | Liberal | 1907 |
| Kerrobert | George Harvey Watson | Liberal | 1912 |
| Kindersley | William Richard Motherwell | Liberal | 1905, 1908 |
| Kinistino | Edward Haywood Devline | Liberal | 1912 |
| Kinistino | Charles Avery Dunning (1916) | Liberal | 1916 |
| Last Mountain | Samuel John Latta | Liberal | 1912 |
| Lloydminster | John Percival Lyle | Liberal | 1912 |
| Lumsden | Frederick Clarke Tate | Conservative | 1912 |
| Maple Creek | David James Wylie | Conservative | 1905 |
| Melfort | George Balfour Johnston | Liberal | 1908 |
| Milestone | Bernard Larson | Liberal | 1912 |
| Moose Jaw City | Wellington Bartley Willoughby | Conservative | 1912 |
| Moose Jaw County | John Albert Sheppard | Liberal | 1905 |
| Moose Jaw County | John Edwin Chisholm (1916) | Conservative | 1916 |
| Moose Mountain | Robert Armstrong Magee | Liberal | 1912 |
| Moosomin | Alexander Smith Smith | Liberal | 1908 |
| Morse | Malcolm L. Leitch | Liberal | 1912 |
| North Battleford | Donald M. Finlayson | Liberal | 1908 |
| North Qu'Appelle | John Archibald McDonald | Conservative | 1908 |
| North Qu'Appelle | James Garfield Gardiner (1914) | Liberal | 1914 |
| Pelly | John Kenneth Johnston | Liberal | 1908 |
| Pheasant Hills | Andrew Benjamin Alton Cunningham | Liberal | 1912 |
| Pinto Creek | Samuel Robert Moore | Liberal | 1912 |
| Pipestone | Richard James Phin | Liberal | 1912 |
| Prince Albert City | John Ernest Bradshaw | Conservative | 1908 |
| Quill Plains | Wilhelm Hans Paulson | Liberal | 1912 |
| Redberry | George Langley | Liberal | 1905 |
| Regina City | James Franklin Bole | Liberal | 1905 |
| Regina City | William Melville Martin (1916) | Liberal | 1916 |
| Rosetown | Cephas Barker Mark | Liberal | 1912 |
| Rosthern | Gerhard Ens | Liberal | 1905 |
| Rosthern | William Benjamin Bashford (1914) | Liberal | 1914 |
| Saltcoats | James Alexander Calder | Liberal | 1905, 1908 |
| Saskatoon City | Archibald Peter McNab | Liberal | 1908 |
| Saskatoon County | William Charles Sutherland | Liberal | 1905 |
| Shellbrook | Samuel James Donaldson | Conservative | 1907 |
| Shellbrook | Edgar Clinch (1915) | Liberal | 1915 |
| Souris | Richard Forsyth | Liberal | 1912 |
| South Qu'Appelle | Frederick William Gordon Haultain | Conservative | 1905 |
| South Qu'Appelle | Joseph Glenn (1912) | Conservative | 1912 |
| Swift Current | Walter Scott | Liberal | 1905 |
| Thunder Creek | Alexandre Beaudreau | Liberal | 1912 |
| Touchwood | George Maitland Atkinson | Liberal | 1908 |
| Trampling Lake | James Murray Scott | Liberal | 1912 |
| Vonda | Albert Frederick Totzke | Liberal | 1908 |
| Wadena | Herbert Chandler Pierce | Liberal | 1908 |
| Weyburn | Robert Menzies Mitchell | Liberal | 1908 |
| Willow Bunch | William W. Davidson | Conservative | 1912 |
| Yorkton | Thomas Henry Garry | Liberal | 1905 |
Notes:

## Party Standings

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Liberal | 45 |
| | Conservative | 8 |
| Total | Total | 53 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 37 |
Notes:
* ↑ The election held in Cumberland was declared void; a by-election was held there in September 1913.

## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Party | Election date | Reason |
| Estevan | George Alexander Bell | Liberal | September 5, 1912 | Bell ran for reelection after being named to cabinet |
| Redberry | George Langley | Liberal | September 5, 1912 | Langley ran for reelection after being named to cabinet |
| South Qu'Appelle | Joseph Glenn | Conservative | December 4, 1912 | Frederick W.A.G. Haultain named Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Saskatchewan |
| Hanley | Macbeth Malcolm | Liberal | June 28, 1913 | James Walter MacNeill resigned to travel abroad and study mental diseases |
| Cumberland | Deakin Alexander Hall | Liberal | September 8, 1913 | Election in 1912 declared void |
| North Qu'Appelle | James Garfield Gardiner | Liberal | June 25, 1914 | JA McDonald resigned from the assembly in 1914 after admitting to "corrupt practices on the part of his agent" during the 1912 election |
| Rosthern | William Benjamin Bashford | Liberal | June 25, 1914 | Gerhard Ens resigned his seat in the assembly in 1913 when he was named Inspector of Public Institutions |
| Shellbrook | Edgar Sidney Clinch | Liberal | May 10, 1915 | Samuel James Donaldson ran for House of Commons seat |
| Kinistino | Charles Avery Dunning | Liberal | November 13, 1916 | EH Devline convicted of forgery and sent to prison |
| Regina City | William Melville Martin | Liberal | November 13, 1916 | James Franklin Bole named Saskatchewan liquor commissioner |
| Moose Jaw County | John Edwin Chisholm | Conservative | December 5, 1916 | Election requested by JA Sheppard to "give him the opportunity of vindicating his character by an appeal to the people" |
Notes:
* ↑ North Qu'Appelle
* ↑ South Regina