13th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 13th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in June 1956. The assembly sat from February 14, 1957, to May 4, 1960. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) led by Tommy Douglas formed the government. The Liberal Party led by Alexander Hamilton McDonald formed the official opposition.

James Andrew Darling served as speaker for the assembly.

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1956:

Electoral district	Member	Party	First elected / previously elected
Arm River	Gustaf Herman Danielson	Liberal	1934
Athabasca	John James Harrop	Co-operative Commonwealth	1956
Bengough	Allan Lister Samuel Brown	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
Biggar	Woodrow Stanley Lloyd	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
Cannington	Rosscoe Arnold McCarthy	Liberal	1949
Canora	Alex Gordon Kuziak	Co-operative Commonwealth	1948
Cumberland	Bill Berezowsky	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
Cut Knife	Isidore Charles Nollet	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
Elrose	Maurice John Willis	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
Gravelbourg	Lionel Philias Coderre	Liberal	1956
Hanley	Robert Alexander Walker	Co-operative Commonwealth	1948
Humboldt	Mary John Batten	Liberal	1956
Kelsey	John Hewgill Brockelbank	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
Kelvington	Peter Anton Howe	Co-operative Commonwealth	1938
Kerrobert-Kindersley	Eldon Arthur Johnson	Co-operative Commonwealth	1956
Kinistino	Henry Begrand	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
Kinistino	Arthur Thibault	Co-operative Commonwealth	1959
Last Mountain	Russell Brown	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
Lumsden	Clifford Honey Thurston	Co-operative Commonwealth	1956
Maple Creek	Alexander C. Cameron	Liberal	1948
Meadow Lake	Alphonse Peter Weber	Social Credit	1956
Melfort-Tisdale	Clarence George Willis	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
Melville	James Wilfrid Gardiner	Liberal	1956
Milestone	Jacob Walter Erb	Co-operative Commonwealth	1948
Moose Jaw City	Dempster Henry Ratcliffe Heming	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
Moose Jaw City	William Gwynne Davies	Co-operative Commonwealth	1956
Moosomin	Alexander Hamilton McDonald	Liberal	1948
Morse	James William Gibson	Co-operative Commonwealth	1946
Nipawin	Leo Nile Nicholson	Social Credit	1956
Notukeu-Willow Bunch	Karl Frank Klein	Liberal	1956
Pelly	Jim Barrie	Liberal	1956
Prince Albert	Lachlan Fraser McIntosh	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
Qu'Appelle-Wolseley	Douglas Thomas McFarlane	Liberal	1956
Redberry	Bernard Leo Korchinski	Liberal	1948, 1956
Regina City	Charles Cromwell Williams	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
	Marjorie Alexandra Cooper		1952
	Clarence Melvin Fines		1944
Rosetown	John Taylor Douglas	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
Rosthern	Isaak Elias	Social Credit	1956
Saltcoats	Asmundur A. Loptson	Liberal	1929, 1948
Saskatoon City	John Henry Sturdy	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
Saskatoon City	Arthur Thomas Stone	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
Shaunavon	Thomas John Bentley	Co-operative Commonwealth	1949
Shellbrook	John Thiessen	Co-operative Commonwealth	1956
Souris-Estevan	Kim Thorson	Co-operative Commonwealth	1956
Swift Current	Everett Irvine Wood	Co-operative Commonwealth	1956
The Battlefords	Eiling Kramer	Co-operative Commonwealth	1952
Touchwood	Frank Meakes	Co-operative Commonwealth	1956
Turtleford	Frank Foley	Liberal	1956
Wadena	Frederick Arthur Dewhurst	Co-operative Commonwealth	1945
Watrous	James Andrew Darling	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
Weyburn	Thomas Clement Douglas	Co-operative Commonwealth	1944
Wilkie	John Whitmore Horsman	Liberal	1948
Yorkton	Frederick Neibrandt	Co-operative Commonwealth	1956

Notes:

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	Co-operative Commonwealth	36
	Liberal	14
	Social Credit	3
Total		53
Government Majority		19

Notes:

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Kinistino	Arthur Thibault	Co-operative Commonwealth	June 3, 1959	H Begrand died March 8, 1959

Notes:

References

"Saskatchewan Sessions of the Legislative Assembly and Their Duration" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
"Saskatchewan Premiers" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
"Saskatchewan Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
"Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
^ "Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
"Henri Begrand" (in French). Musée Virtuel Francophone de la Saskatchewan. Archived from the original on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2012-06-23.

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