1929 Saskatchewan general election

1929 Saskatchewan general election

← 1925 June 6, 1929 (1929-06-06) 1934 →

63 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
32 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
PRO
Leader James Gardiner James Anderson
Party Liberal Conservative Progressive
Leader since February 25, 1926 March 25, 1924
Leader's seat North Qu'Appelle Saskatoon City
Last election 50 3 6
Seats won 28 24 5
Seat change Decrease22 Increase21 Decrease1
Popular vote 164,487 131,550 24,988
Percentage 45.6% 36.4% 6.9%
Swing Decrease6.0pp Increase18.1pp Decrease16.1pp

Premier before election

James Gardiner
Liberal

Premier after election

James Anderson
Conservative

Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox election with unknown parameter "next_mps"

The 1929 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 6, 1929 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

As a result of corruption scandals, the Liberal Party of Premier James Gardiner lost a significant share of its popular vote, but more important, lost twenty-two of the seats it had won in the 1925 election. While the Liberals held the largest number of seats in the legislature, they had only a minority. Gardiner tried to continue as a minority government, but was quickly defeated in a Motion of No Confidence, and resigned as premier.

The Conservative Party of James T.M. Anderson increased its representation in the legislature from three to twenty four seats. Following Gardiner's resignation, Anderson was able to form a coalition government with the support of the Progressive Party and some independents.

The Progressives had lost a large part of the popular vote it had won in 1925, but managed to retain five of the six seats it had won previously.