# 6th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 6th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1925. The assembly sat from December 3, 1925, to May 11, 1929. The Liberal Party led by Charles Avery Dunning formed the government. After Dunning entered federal politics in 1926, James Garfield Gardiner became Liberal party leader and Premier. Charles Tran, the leader of the Progressive Party, and James Thomas Milton Anderson, the leader of the Conservative Party, shared the role of opposition leader in the assembly.
Walter George Robinson served as speaker for the assembly.

## Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1925:
| Electoral district | Member | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Arm River | George Adam Scott | Liberal | 1908 |
| Arm River | Thomas Frederick Waugh (1928) | Liberal | 1928 |
| Bengough | Thomas Evan Gamble | Liberal | 1917 |
| Biggar | Robert Pelham Hassard | Liberal | 1925 |
| Cannington | Albert Edward Steele | Liberal | 1924 |
| Canora | Joseph Albert McClure | Progressive | 1925 |
| Cumberland | Deakin Alexander Hall | Liberal | 1913, 1922 |
| Cut Knife | William Hamilton Dodds | Liberal | 1917 |
| Cypress | Henry Theodore Halvorson | Liberal | 1921 |
| Elrose | Wilbert Hagarty | Liberal | 1921 |
| Estevan | James Forbes Creighton | Independent | 1925 |
| Francis | Walter George Robinson | Liberal | 1912 |
| Gravelbourg | Benjamin Franklin McGregor | Liberal | 1925 |
| Hanley | Reginald Stipe | Progressive | 1925 |
| Happyland | John Joseph Keelan | Liberal | 1925 |
| Humboldt | Henry Mathies Therres | Independent Liberal | 1921 |
| Île-à-la-Crosse | Joseph Octave Nolin | Liberal | 1908 |
| Île-à-la-Crosse | Jules Marion (1926) | Liberal | 1926 |
| Jack Fish Lake | Donald M. Finlayson | Liberal | 1908 |
| Kerrobert | John Albert Dowd | Liberal | 1917 |
| Kerrobert | Donald Laing (1926) | Liberal | 1926 |
| Kindersley | Ebenezer Samuel Whatley | Progressive | 1925 |
| Kinistino | Charles McIntosh | Liberal | 1925 |
| Last Mountain | Samuel John Latta | Liberal | 1912 |
| Lloydminster | Robert James Gordon | Liberal | 1917 |
| Lumsden | Hugh Kerr Miller | Liberal | 1925 |
| Maple Creek | Peter Lawrence Hyde | Liberal | 1921 |
| Maple Creek | George Spence | Liberal (1927) | 1917, 1927 |
| Melfort | Olin Drake Hill | Liberal | 1921 |
| Milestone | Frederick Birthall Lewis | Liberal | 1923 |
| Moose Jaw City | William George Baker | Labour-Liberal | 1921 |
| Moose Jaw City | William Erskine Knowles | Liberal | 1918, 1925 |
| Moose Jaw City | William Gladstone Ross (1927) | Liberal | 1927 |
| Moose Jaw County | Charles Avery Dunning | Liberal | 1916 |
| Moose Jaw County | Thomas Waddell (1926) | Liberal | 1926 |
| Moosomin | John Louis Salkeld | Independent | 1917 |
| Morse | William Paris MacLachlan | Liberal | 1925 |
| Morse | William Gladstone Ross (1927) | Liberal | 1927 |
| North Qu'Appelle | James Garfield Gardiner | Liberal | 1914 |
| Notukeu | George Spence | Liberal | 1917 |
| Notukeu | Alexander Lothian Grant (1926) | Liberal | 1926 |
| Pelly | Charles Tran | Progressive | 1925 |
| Pheasant Hills | James Arthur Smith | Liberal | 1917 |
| Pipestone | William John Patterson | Liberal | 1921 |
| Prince Albert | Thomas Clayton Davis | Liberal | 1925 |
| Redberry | George Cockburn | Progressive | 1921 |
| Regina City | Donald Alexander McNiven | Liberal | 1922 |
| Regina City | Murdoch Alexander MacPherson | Conservative | 1925 |
| Rosetown | John Andrew Wilson | Liberal | 1921 |
| Rosthern | John Michael Uhrich | Liberal | 1921 |
| Saltcoats | George William Sahlmark | Liberal | 1918 |
| Saskatoon City | Archibald Peter McNab | Liberal | 1908 |
| Saskatoon City | James Thomas Milton Anderson | Conservative | 1925 |
| Saskatoon City | Howard McConnell (1927) | Conservative | 1927 |
| Saskatoon County | Charles Agar | Progressive | 1921 |
| Shellbrook | Edgar Sidney Clinch | Liberal | 1915 |
| Souris | Jesse Pichard Tripp | Liberal | 1925 |
| South Qu'Appelle | Anton Huck | Liberal | 1925 |
| Swift Current | David John Sykes | Liberal | 1917 |
| The Battlefords | Allan Demetrius Pickel | Liberal | 1917 |
| Thunder Creek | Robert Scott Donaldson | Liberal | 1925 |
| Tisdale | Walter Clutterbuck Buckle | Conservative | 1925 |
| Touchwood | John Mason Parker | Liberal | 1917 |
| Turtleford | Archibald B. Gemmell | Liberal | 1917 |
| Vonda | James Hogan | Liberal | 1917 |
| Wadena | William Henry McKinnon | Liberal | 1921 |
| Weyburn | Charles McGill Hamilton | Liberal | 1919 |
| Wilkie | Robert Erie Nay | Liberal | 1925 |
| Willow Bunch | Abel James Hindle | Liberal | 1917 |
| Willow Bunch | James Albert Cross | Liberal | 1917, 1925 |
| Wolseley | Thomas McAfee | Liberal | 1925 |
| Wynyard | Wilhelm Hans Paulson | Liberal | 1917, 1924 |
| Yorkton | Thomas Henry Garry | Liberal | 1905 |
Notes:
* 1 2 Election was held on July 21, 1925

## Party Standings

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Liberal | 50 |
| | Progressive | 6 |
| | Conservative Party of Saskatchewan | 3 |
| | Independent | 2 |
| | Independent Liberal-Labour | 1 |
| | Independent Liberal | 1 |
| Total | Total | 63 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 37 |
Notes:

## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Party | Election date | Reason |
| Willow Bunch | James Albert Cross | Liberal | August 31, 1925 | A Hindle resigned seat to allow Cross to be elected to assembly |
| Pipestone | William John Patterson | Liberal | March 18, 1926 | WJ Patterson ran for reelection after being named to cabinet |
| Prince Albert | Thomas Clayton Davis | Liberal | March 18, 1926 | TC Davis ran for reelection after being named to cabinet |
| Île-à-la-Crosse | A. Jules Marion | Liberal | April 26, 1926 | JO Nolin died in office in December 1925 |
| Moose Jaw County | Thomas Waddell | Liberal | May 25, 1926 | CA Dunning ran for federal seat |
| Notukeu | Alexander Lothian Grant | Liberal | June 1, 1926 | G Spence ran for federal seat |
| Kerrobert | Donald Laing | Liberal | November 9, 1926 | JA Dowd resigned seat |
| Saskatoon City | Howard McConnell | Conservative | January 21, 1927 | AP McNab named to local government board |
| Moose Jaw City | William Gladstone Ross | Liberal | May 17, 1927 | WE Knowles named to bench |
| Morse | Duncan Morris Robertson | Liberal | August 15, 1927 | WP MacLachlan died in office |
| Maple Creek | George Spence | Liberal | December 1, 1927 | PL Hyde resigned seat |
| Arm River | Thomas Frederick Waugh | Liberal | October 25, 1928 | GA Scott resigned after being named income tax inspector |