The 1921 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 9, 1921, 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 na ...
.
The
Liberal Party of Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan Liberal Party is a liberal political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.
The party was the provincial affiliate of the Liberal Party of Canada until 2009. It was previously one of the two largest parties in the provi ...
of
Premier
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A premier will normally be a head of govern ...
William M. Martin
William Melville Martin (August 23, 1876 – June 22, 1970) served as the second premier of Saskatchewan from 1916 to 1922. In 1916, although not a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Martin was elected leader of the Saskatch ...
was re-elected – although with a diminished share of the popular vote, and a reduced caucus in the legislature.
The opposition
Conservative Party – led by
Donald McLean – fractured: it nominated only seven candidates, and won only two seats. Its share of the popular vote fell from about 36% to less than 4%.
It appears that many Conservatives ran as
independents or Independent Conservatives. These two groups won over 29% of the vote, and voters elected a total of eight
Members of the Legislative Assembly
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(MLAs) under these banners.
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