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.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

Walter George Robinson served as speaker for the assembly.[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1925:[5]

	Electoral district	Member	Party
	Arm River	George Adam Scott	Liberal
	Bengough	Thomas Evan Gamble	Liberal
	Biggar	Robert Pelham Hassard	Liberal
	Cannington	Albert Edward Steele	Liberal
	Canora	Joseph Albert McClure	Progressive
	Cumberland[nb 1]	Deakin Alexander Hall	Liberal
	Cut Knife	William Hamilton Dodds	Liberal
	Cypress	Henry Theodore Halvorson	Liberal
	Elrose	Wilbert Hagarty	Liberal
	Estevan	James Forbes Creighton	Independent
	Francis	Walter George Robinson	Liberal
	Gravelbourg	Benjamin Franklin McGregor	Liberal
	Hanley	Reginald Stipe	Progressive
	Happyland	John Joseph Keelan	Liberal
	Humboldt	Henry Mathies Therres	Independent Liberal
	Île-à-la-Crosse[nb 1]	Joseph Octave Nolin	Liberal
	Jack Fish Lake	Donald M. Finlayson	Liberal
	Kerrobert	John Albert Dowd	Liberal
	Kindersley	Ebenezer Samuel Whatley	Progressive
	Kinistino	Charles McIntosh	Liberal
	Last Mountain	Samuel John Latta	Liberal
	Lloydminster	Robert James Gordon	Liberal
	Lumsden	Hugh Kerr Miller	Liberal
	Maple Creek	Peter Lawrence Hyde	Liberal
	Melfort	Olin Drake Hill	Liberal
	Milestone	Frederick Birthall Lewis	Liberal
	Moose Jaw City	William George Baker	Labour-Liberal
		William Erskine Knowles	Liberal
	Moose Jaw County	Charles Avery Dunning	Liberal
	Moosomin	John Louis Salkeld	Independent
	Morse	William Paris MacLachlan	Liberal
	North Qu'Appelle	James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal
	Notukeu	George Spence	Liberal
	Pelly	Charles Tran	Progressive
	Pheasant Hills	James Arthur Smith	Liberal
	Pipestone	William John Patterson	Liberal
	Prince Albert	Thomas Clayton Davis	Liberal
	Redberry	George Cockburn	Progressive
	Regina City	Donald Alexander McNiven	Liberal
		Murdoch Alexander MacPherson	Conservative
	Rosetown	John Andrew Wilson	Liberal
	Rosthern	John Michael Uhrich	Liberal
	Saltcoats	George William Sahlmark	Liberal
	Saskatoon City	Archibald Peter McNab	Liberal
		James Thomas Milton Anderson	Conservative
	Saskatoon County	Charles Agar	Progressive
	Shellbrook	Edgar Sidney Clinch	Liberal
	Souris	Jesse Pichard Tripp	Liberal
	South Qu'Appelle	Anton Huck	Liberal
	Swift Current	David John Sykes	Liberal
	The Battlefords	Allan Demetrius Pickel	Liberal
	Thunder Creek	Robert Scott Donaldson	Liberal
	Tisdale	Walter Clutterbuck Buckle	Conservative
	Touchwood	John Mason Parker	Liberal
	Turtleford	Archibald B. Gemmell	Liberal
	Vonda	James Hogan	Liberal
	Wadena	William Henry McKinnon	Liberal
	Weyburn	Charles McGill Hamilton	Liberal
	Wilkie	Robert Erie Nay	Liberal
	Willow Bunch	Abel James Hindle	Liberal
	Wolseley	Thomas McAfee	Liberal
	Wynyard	Wilhelm Hans Paulson	Liberal
	Yorkton	Thomas Henry Garry	Liberal

Notes:

1. Election was held on July 21, 1925

Party Standings

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

Notes:

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:[5]

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[6]
Pipestone	William John Patterson	Liberal	March 18, 1926	WJ Patterson ran for reelection after being named to cabinet[7]
Prince Albert	Thomas Clayton Davis	Liberal	March 18, 1926	TC Davis ran for reelection after being named to cabinet[8]
Île-à-la-Crosse	A. Jules Marion	Liberal	April 26, 1926	JO Nolin died in office in December 1925[9]
Moose Jaw County	Thomas Waddell	Liberal	May 25, 1926	CA Dunning ran for federal seat[10]
Notukeu	Alexander Lothian Grant	Liberal	June 1, 1926	G Spence ran for federal seat[11]
Kerrobert	Donald Laing	Liberal	November 9, 1926	JA Dowd resigned seat[12]
Saskatoon City	Howard McConnell	Conservative	January 21, 1927	AP McNab named to local government board[13]
Moose Jaw City	William Gladstone Ross	Liberal	May 17, 1927	WE Knowles named to bench[14]
Morse	Duncan Morris Robertson	Liberal	August 15, 1927	WP MacLachlan died in office[15]
Maple Creek	George Spence	Liberal	December 1, 1927	PL Hyde resigned seat[14]
Arm River	Thomas Frederick Waugh	Liberal	October 25, 1928	GA Scott resigned after being named income tax inspector[16]

Notes:

References

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10. Charles Avery Dunning – Parliament of Canada biography
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