12th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 12th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1952. The assembly sat from February 12, 1953, to May 8, 1956.^[1] The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) led by Tommy Douglas formed the government.^[2] The Liberal Party led by Walter Adam Tucker formed the official opposition. After Tucker returned to federal politics in 1953,^[3] Asmundur Loptson served as interim Liberal Party leader.^[4] Alexander Hamilton McDonald became Liberal Party leader and leader of the opposition in 1955.^[5]

Tom Johnston served as speaker for the assembly.^[6]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1952:^[7]

	Electoral district	Member	Party
	Arm River	Gustaf Herman Danielson	Liberal
	Athabasca	James Ripley	Liberal
	Bengough	Allan Lister Samuel Brown	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Biggar	Woodrow Stanley Lloyd	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Cannington	Rosscoe Arnold McCarthy	Liberal
	Canora	Alex Gordon Kuziak	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Cumberland	William John Berezowsky	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Cut Knife	Isidore Charles Nollet	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Elrose	Maurice John Willis	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Gravelbourg	Edward Hazen Walker	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Hanley	Robert Alexander Walker	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Humboldt	Joseph William Burton	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Kelsey	John Hewgill Brockelbank	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Kelvington	Peter Anton Howe	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Kerrobert-Kindersley	John Wellbelove	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Kinistino	Henry Begrand	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Last Mountain	Russell Brown	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Lumsden	William Sancho Thair	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Maple Creek	Alexander C. Cameron	Liberal
	Meadow Lake	Hugh Clifford Dunfield	Liberal
	Melfort-Tisdale	Clarence George Willis	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Melville	A. Percy Brown	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Milestone	Jacob Walter Erb	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Moose Jaw City	John Wesley Corman	Co-operative Commonwealth
		Dempster Henry Ratcliffe Heming
	Moosomin	Alexander Hamilton McDonald	Liberal
	Morse	James William Gibson	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Nipawin	Thomas Russell MacNutt	Liberal
	Notukeu-Willow Bunch	Niles Leonard Buchanan	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Pelly	Arnold Feusi	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Prince Albert	Lachlan Fraser McIntosh	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Qu'Appelle-Wolseley	William Henry Wahl	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Redberry	Dmytro Zipchen	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Regina City	Charles Cromwell Williams	Co-operative Commonwealth
		Clarence Melvin Fines
		Marjorie Alexandra Cooper
	Rosetown	John Taylor Douglas	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Rosthern	Walter Adam Tucker	Liberal
	Saltcoats	Asmundur A. Loptson	Liberal
	Saskatoon City	Arthur Thomas Stone	Co-operative Commonwealth
		John Henry Sturdy
	Shaunavon	Thomas John Bentley	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Shellbrook	Louis William Larsen	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Souris-Estevan	John Edward McCormack	Liberal
	Swift Current	Harry Gibbs	Co-operative Commonwealth
	The Battlefords	Eiling Kramer	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Touchwood	Tom Johnston	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Turtleford	Robert Hanson Wooff	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Wadena	Frederick Arthur Dewhurst	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Watrous	James Andrew Darling	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Weyburn	Thomas Clement Douglas	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Wilkie	John Whitmore Horsman	Liberal
	Yorkton	Arthur Percy Swallow	Co-operative Commonwealth

Notes:

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	Co-operative Commonwealth	42
	Liberal	11
Total		53
Government Majority		31

Notes:

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:^[7]

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Rosthern	Samuel Henry Carr	Liberal	October 28, 1953	WA Tucker ran for federal seat[3]
Souris-Estevan	Robert Kohaly	Progressive Conservative	October 28, 1953	JE McCormack died March 14, 1953[8]

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References

1. "Saskatchewan Sessions of the Legislative Assembly and Their Duration" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
2. "Saskatchewan Premiers" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
3. • Walter Adam Tucker – Parliament of Canada biography
4. "Saskatchewan Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
5. • Alexander Hamilton McDonald – Parliament of Canada biography
6. "Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
7. "Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
8. "Many at funeral of Ed Mccormack". Leader-Post. Saskatoon. March 19, 1953. p. 14. Retrieved 2012-06-17.