1st Saskatchewan Legislature

The 1st Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in December 1905, the first general election for the new province. The assembly sat from March 29, 1906, to July 20, 1908.^[1] The Liberal Party led by Walter Scott formed the government.^[2] The Provincial Rights Party led by Frederick Haultain formed the official opposition.^[3]

First Legislature, 1906, Saskatchewan. Edgar C. Rossie, British Library.

James Trimble served as speaker for the assembly.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1905:^[5]

	Electoral district	MemberSK	Party	First elected
	Batoche	William M. Grant	Liberal	1905
	Battleford	Albert Champagne	Liberal	1905
	Cannington	John Duncan Stewart	Liberal	1905
	Grenfell	Andrew William Argue	Provincial Rights	1905
	Humboldt	David Bradley Neely	Liberal	1905
	Kinistino	Thomas Sanderson	Liberal	1905
	Lumsden	Walter Scott	Liberal	1905
	Maple Creek	David James Wylie	Provincial Rights	1905
	Moose Jaw	John Albert Sheppard	Liberal	1905
	Moose Jaw City	John Henry Wellington	Provincial Rights	1905
	Moosomin	Daniel David Ellis	Provincial Rights	1905
	North Qu'Appelle	William Richard Motherwell	Liberal	1905
	Prince Albert	Peter David Tyerman[nb 1]	Liberal	1905
	Samuel James Donaldson (1907)	Provincial Rights	1907
	Prince Albert City	John Henderson Lamont	Liberal	1905
	William Turgeon (1907)	Liberal	1907
	Redberry	George Langley	Liberal	1905
	Regina City	James Franklin Bole	Liberal	1905
	Rosthern	Gerhard Ens	Liberal	1905
	Saltcoats	Thomas MacNutt	Liberal	1905
	Saskatoon	William Charles Sutherland	Liberal	1905
	Souris	James Thomas Brown	Provincial Rights	1905
	South Qu'Appelle	Frederick William Gordon Haultain	Provincial Rights	1905
	South Regina	James Alexander Calder	Liberal	1905
	Whitewood	Archibald Beaton Gillis	Provincial Rights	1905
	Wolseley	William Elliott	Provincial Rights	1905
	Yorkton	Thomas Henry Garry	Liberal	1905

Notes:

1. On April 2, 1907, by order of the Legislative Assembly, 151 votes recorded for Peter David Tyerman were set aside and Samuel James Donaldson was declared duly elected.

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members[nb 1]
	Liberal	16
	Provincial Rights	9
Total		25
Government Majority		7

Notes:

1. Adjusted to reflect replacement of a Liberal member by a Provincial Rights member in the riding of Prince Albert

By-elections

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

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Prince Albert City	William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon	Liberal	October 12, 1907	John Henderson Lamont named to Supreme Court of Saskatchewan[6]

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