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

George Adam Scott served as speaker for the assembly.^[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1921:^[5]

	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
		Albert Edward Steele (1924)	Liberal	1924
	Canora	H.P. Albert Hermanson	Liberal	1912
	Cumberland	George Langley[nb 1]	Liberal	1905,[a] 1922
		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
		Franklin Shortreed (1922)	Liberal	1922
	Humboldt	Henry Mathies Therres	Liberal	1921
	Île-à-la-Crosse[nb 2]	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
		Frederick Birthall Lewis (1923)	Liberal	1923
	Moose Jaw City	William George Baker	Labour	1921
		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
		James Albert Cross		1917
		Donald McNiven (1922)		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
		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
		Wilhelm Hans Paulson (1924)	Liberal	1917, 1924

Notes:

1. Langley was acclaimed on August 9, 1921
2. date of polling was August 18, 1921

Party standings

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

Notes:

By-elections

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

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[6]
North Qu'Appelle	James Garfield Gardiner	Liberal	June 5, 1922	Ran for reelection after being named to cabinet[6]
Rosthern	John Michael Uhrich	Liberal	June 5, 1922	Ran for reelection after being named to cabinet[6]
Happyland	Franklin Robert Shortreed	Liberal	June 26, 1922	Stephen Morrey died in office[7]
Cumberland	Deakin Alexander Hall	Liberal	August 21, 1922	George Langley resigned seat[8]
Regina City	Donald Alexander McNiven	Liberal	September 19, 1922	William Melville Martin named a judge[9]
Milestone	Frederick Birthall Lewis	Liberal	October 29, 1923	Bernard Larson died in office[10]
Cannington	Albert Edward Steele	Liberal	June 9, 1924	Robert Douglas died in office[10]
Wynyard	Wilhelm Hans Paulson	Liberal	October 20, 1924	George Wilson Robertson retired to become Secretary of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool[11]

Notes

1. Redberry