# 11th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 11th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1948. The assembly sat from February 10, 1949, to May 7, 1952. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) led by Tommy Douglas formed the government. The Liberal Party led by Walter Adam Tucker formed the official opposition.
Tom Johnston served as speaker for the assembly.

## Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1948:
| Electoral district | Member | Party | First elected / previously elected |
| Arm River | Gustaf Herman Danielson | Liberal | 1934 |
| Athabasca | Louis Marcien Marion | Independent | 1944 |
| Bengough | Allan Lister Samuel Brown | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Biggar | Woodrow Stanley Lloyd | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Cannington | William John Patterson | Liberal | 1921 |
| Cannington | Rosscoe Arnold McCarthy (1949) | Liberal | 1949 |
| Canora | Alex Gordon Kuziak | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1948 |
| Cumberland | Lorne Earl Blanchard | Liberal | 1944 |
| Cut Knife | Isidore Charles Nollet | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Elrose | Maurice John Willis | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Gravelbourg | Edward Milton Culliton | Liberal | 1935, 1948 |
| Gravelbourg | Edward Hazen Walker (1951) | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1951 |
| Gull Lake | Alvin Cecil Murray | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Gull Lake | Thomas John Bentley (1949) | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1949 |
| Hanley | Robert Alexander Walker | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1948 |
| Humboldt | Arnold William Loehr | Liberal | 1948 |
| Kelvington | Peter Anton Howe | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1938 |
| Kerrobert-Kindersley | John Wellbelove | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Kinistino | William Carlton Woods | Liberal | 1948 |
| Last Mountain | Jacob Benson | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1929, 1938 |
| Lumsden | William Sancho Thair | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Maple Creek | Alexander C. Cameron | Liberal | 1948 |
| Meadow Lake | William Thorneycroft Lofts | Liberal | 1948 |
| Melfort | John George Egnatoff | Liberal | 1948 |
| Melville | V. Patrick Deshaye | Liberal | 1948 |
| Milestone | Jacob Walter Erb | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1948 |
| Moose Jaw City | John Wesley Corman | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Moose Jaw City | Dempster Henry Ratcliffe Heming | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Moosomin | Alexander Hamilton McDonald | Conservative Liberal | 1948 |
| Morse | James William Gibson | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1946 |
| Notukeu-Willow Bunch | Niles Leonard Buchanan | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Pelly | John Gray Banks | Liberal | 1948 |
| Prince Albert | Lachlan Fraser McIntosh | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Qu'Appelle-Wolseley | Frederick Middleton Dundas | Liberal | 1934, 1948 |
| Redberry | Bernard Leo Korchinski | Liberal | 1948 |
| Regina City | Charles Cromwell Williams | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Regina City | Clarence Melvin Fines | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Rosetown | John Taylor Douglas | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Rosthern | Walter Adam Tucker | Liberal | 1948 |
| Saltcoats | Asmundur A. Loptson | Liberal | 1929, 1948 |
| Saskatoon City | Arthur Thomas Stone | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Saskatoon City | John Henry Sturdy | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Shellbrook | Louis William Larsen | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1948 |
| Souris-Estevan | John Edward McCormack | Liberal | 1948 |
| Swift Current | Harry Gibbs | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| The Battlefords | Paul Prince | Liberal | 1940, 1948 |
| The Battlefords | Hugh James Maher (1950) | Liberal | 1950 |
| Tisdale | John Hewgill Brockelbank | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1938 |
| Torch River | John Robert Denike | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1948 |
| Touchwood | Tom Johnston | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1938 |
| Turtleford | Leo Trippe | Liberal | 1948 |
| Wadena | Frederick Arthur Dewhurst | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1945 |
| Watrous | James Andrew Darling | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Weyburn | Thomas Clement Douglas | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
| Wilkie | John Whitmore Horsman | Liberal | 1948 |
| Yorkton | Arthur Percy Swallow | Co-operative Commonwealth | 1944 |
Notes:

## Party Standings

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Co-operative Commonwealth | 31 |
| | Liberal | 19 |
| | Independent | 1 |
| | Conservative Liberal | 1 |
| Total | Total | 52 |
| Government Majority | Government Majority | 10 |
Notes:

## By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:
| Electoral district | Member elected | Party | Election date | Reason |
| Cannington | Rosscoe Arnold McCarthy | Liberal | November 10, 1949 | WJ Patterson named to federal Board of Transport Commissioners |
| Gull Lake | Thomas John Bentley | Co-operative Commonwealth | November 10, 1949 | AC Murray died in September 1949 |
| The Battlefords | Hugh James Maher | Liberal | February 8, 1950 | P Prince died December 17, 1949 |
| Gravelbourg | Edward Hazen Walker | Co-operative Commonwealth | July 10, 1951 | EM Culliton named to Saskatchewan Court of Appeal |