# 5th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 5th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1921. The assembly sat from December 8, 1921, to May 9, 1925. The Liberal Party led by William Melville Martin formed the government. After Martin retired in 1922, Charles Avery Dunning became Liberal party leader and Premier. The former leader of the Conservative Party, Donald Maclean had left politics to serve as a judge shortly before the election. The opposition in the assembly was unorganized and there was no official opposition leader in 1921 or 1922. Independent member John Archibald Maharg served as leader of the opposition in 1923 and Harris Turner, also independent, served as opposition leader in 1924 and 1925.
George Adam Scott served as speaker for the assembly.

## Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1921:
| Electoral district | Member | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Arm River | George Adam Scott | Liberal | 1908 |
| Bengough | Thomas Evan Gamble | Liberal | 1917 |
| Biggar | John Meikle | Progressive | 1921 |
| Cannington | Robert Douglas | Liberal | 1921 |
| Cannington | Albert Edward Steele (1924) | Liberal | 1924 |
| Canora | H.P. Albert Hermanson | Liberal | 1912 |
| Cumberland | George Langley | Liberal | 1905, 1922 |
| Cumberland | Deakin Hall (1922) | Liberal | 1913, 1922 |
| Cut Knife | William Hamilton Dodds | Liberal | 1917 |
| Cypress | Henry Theodore Halvorson | Liberal | 1921 |
| Elrose | Wilbert Hagarty | Liberal | 1921 |
| Estevan | Robert Dunbar | Liberal | 1918 |
| Francis | Walter George Robinson | Liberal | 1912 |
| Gravelbourg | William James Cummings | Independent | 1921 |
| Hanley | Ernest Redford Ketcheson | Liberal | 1921 |
| Happyland | Stephen Morrey | Liberal | 1917 |
| Happyland | Franklin Shortreed (1922) | Liberal | 1922 |
| Humboldt | Henry Mathies Therres | Liberal | 1921 |
| Île-à-la-Crosse | Joseph Octave Nolin | Liberal | 1908 |
| Jack Fish Lake | Donald M. Finlayson | Liberal | 1908 |
| Kerrobert | John Albert Dowd | Liberal | 1917 |
| Kindersley | Wesley Harper Harvey | Progressive | 1919 |
| Kinistino | John Richard Parish Taylor | Liberal | 1917 |
| Last Mountain | Samuel John Latta | Liberal | 1912 |
| Lloydminster | Robert James Gordon | Liberal | 1917 |
| Lumsden | William John Vancise | Liberal | 1917 |
| Maple Creek | Peter Lawrence Hyde | Liberal | 1921 |
| Melfort | George Balfour Johnston | Liberal | 1908 |
| Milestone | Bernard Larson | Liberal | 1912 |
| Milestone | Frederick Birthall Lewis (1923) | Liberal | 1923 |
| Moose Jaw City | William George Baker | Labour | 1921 |
| Moose Jaw City | James Pascoe | Independent Conservative | 1921 |
| Moose Jaw County | Charles Avery Dunning | Liberal | 1916 |
| Moosomin | John Louis Salkeld | Conservative | 1917 |
| Morse | John Archibald Maharg | Independent pro-Government | 1921 |
| North Qu'Appelle | James Garfield Gardiner | Liberal | 1914 |
| Notukeu | George Spence | Liberal | 1917 |
| Pelly | Sarah Katherine Ramsland | Liberal | 1919 |
| Pheasant Hills | James Arthur Smith | Liberal | 1917 |
| Pipestone | William John Patterson | Liberal | 1921 |
| Prince Albert | Charles M. McDonald | Liberal | 1917 |
| Redberry | George Cockburn | Independent | 1921 |
| Regina City | William Melville Martin | Liberal | 1916 |
| Regina City | James Albert Cross | Liberal | 1917 |
| Regina City | Donald McNiven (1922) | Liberal | 1922 |
| Rosetown | John Andrew Wilson | Liberal | 1921 |
| Rosthern | John Michael Uhrich | Liberal | 1921 |
| Saltcoats | George William Sahlmark | Liberal | 1918 |
| Saskatoon City | Harris Turner | Independent | 1917 |
| Saskatoon City | Archibald Peter McNab | Liberal | 1908 |
| Saskatoon County | Charles Agar | Progressive | 1921 |
| Shellbrook | Edgar Sidney Clinch | Liberal | 1915 |
| Souris | John Patrick Gordon | Conservative | 1921 |
| South Qu'Appelle | Donald Hogarth McDonald | Independent | 1921 |
| Swift Current | David John Sykes | Independent | 1917 |
| The Battlefords | Allan Demetrius Pickel | Liberal | 1917 |
| Thunder Creek | William John Finley Warren | Progressive | 1921 |
| Tisdale | Hugh Evan Jones | Liberal | 1917 |
| Touchwood | John Mason Parker | Liberal | 1917 |
| Turtleford | Archibald B. Gemmell | Liberal | 1917 |
| Vonda | James Hogan | Liberal | 1917 |
| Wadena | William Henry McKinnon | Progressive | 1921 |
| Weyburn | Charles McGill Hamilton | Liberal | 1919 |
| Wilkie | Sidney Bingham | Progressive | 1921 |
| Willow Bunch | Abel James Hindle | Liberal | 1917 |
| Wolseley | William George Bennett | Independent | 1921 |
| Wynyard | George Wilson Robertson | Independent | 1921 |
| Yorkton | Thomas Garry | Liberal | 1905 |
| Yorkton | Wilhelm Hans Paulson (1924) | Liberal | 1917, 1924 |
Notes:
* ↑ Langley was acclaimed on August 9, 1921
* ↑ date of polling was August 18, 1921

## Party standings

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Liberal | 45 |
| | Independent | 7 |
| | Progressive | 6 |
| | Conservative Party of Saskatchewan | 2 |
| | Independent Conservative | 1 |
| | Independent pro-Government | 1 |
| | Labour | 1 |
| Total | Total | 63 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 27 |
Notes:

## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Party | Election date | Reason |
| Regina City | James Albert Cross | Liberal | April 25, 1922 | Ran for reelection after being named to cabinet |
| North Qu'Appelle | James Garfield Gardiner | Liberal | June 5, 1922 | Ran for reelection after being named to cabinet |
| Rosthern | John Michael Uhrich | Liberal | June 5, 1922 | Ran for reelection after being named to cabinet |
| Happyland | Franklin Robert Shortreed | Liberal | June 26, 1922 | Stephen Morrey died in office |
| Cumberland | Deakin Alexander Hall | Liberal | August 21, 1922 | George Langley resigned seat |
| Regina City | Donald Alexander McNiven | Liberal | September 19, 1922 | William Melville Martin named a judge |
| Milestone | Frederick Birthall Lewis | Liberal | October 29, 1923 | Bernard Larson died in office |
| Cannington | Albert Edward Steele | Liberal | June 9, 1924 | Robert Douglas died in office |
| Wynyard | Wilhelm Hans Paulson | Liberal | October 20, 1924 | George Wilson Robertson retired to become Secretary of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool |