The 1908 Saskatchewan general election was held on August 14, 1908 to elect members of the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan () is the legislative chamber of the Saskatchewan Legislature in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan, in the ...
.
Premier
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Walter Scott
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and his
Liberal Party
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were re-elected for a second term, defeating the
Provincial Rights Party
The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a conservative political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Founded in 1905 by former Northwest Territories Premier Frederick Haultain, the party was first known as the Provincial ...
of
Frederick W. A. G. Haultain
Sir Frederick William Alpin Gordon Haultain (November 25, 1857 – January 30, 1942) was a lawyer and a long-serving Canadian politician and judge. His career in provincial and territorial legislatures stretched into four decades. He served ...
.
Note:
#William Turgeon ran in two ridings, in Duck Lake he won and in Prince Albert City where he lost.
Members of the Legislative Assembly elected
For complete electoral history, see individual districts
See also
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List of political parties in Saskatchewan
*
List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts
This is a list of provincial electoral districts in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
Current electoral districts
* Athabasca (Saskatchewan provincial electoral district), Athabasca (1934)
* Arm River (electoral district), Arm River (201 ...
References
Saskatchewan Archives Board – Election Results By Electoral DivisionElections Saskatchewan - Provincial Vote Summaries
Further reading
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1908 elections in Canada
1908 in Saskatchewan
1908
This is the longest year in either the Julian or Gregorian calendars, having a duration of 31622401.38 seconds of Terrestrial Time (or ephemeris time), measured according to the definition of mean solar time.
Events
January
* January ...
August 1908 in Canada