15th Saskatchewan Legislature

The 15th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was elected in the Saskatchewan general election held in April 1964. The assembly sat from February 4, 1965, to September 8, 1967.[1] The Liberal Party led by Ross Thatcher formed the government.[2] The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) led by Woodrow Lloyd formed the official opposition.[3]

James Snedker served as speaker for the assembly.[4]

Members of the Assembly

The following members were elected to the assembly in 1964:[5]

	Electoral district	Member	Party
	Arm River	Martin Peder Pederson	Progressive Conservative
	Athabasca	Allan Ray Guy	Liberal
	Bengough	Samuel Karnarvon Asbell	Liberal
	Biggar	Woodrow Stanley Lloyd	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Cannington	Thomas Milton Weatherald	Liberal
	Canora	Kenneth Gordon Romuld	Liberal
	Cumberland	Bill Berezowsky	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Cut Knife	Isidore Charles Nollet	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Elrose	George Gordon Leith	Liberal
	Gravelbourg	Lionel Philias Coderre	Liberal
	Hanley	Robert Alexander Walker	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Humboldt	Mathieu Theodore Breker	Liberal
	Kelsey	John Hewgill Brockelbank	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Kelvington	Bryan Harvey Bjarnason	Liberal
	Kerrobert-Kindersley	William S. Howes	Liberal
	Kinistino	Arthur Thibault	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Last Mountain	Donald Gilbert MacLennan	Liberal
	Lumsden	Darrel Verner Heald	Liberal
	Maple Creek	Alexander C. Cameron	Liberal
	Meadow Lake	Henry Ethelbert Coupland	Liberal
	Melfort-Tisdale	Clarence George Willis	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Melville	James Wilfrid Gardiner	Liberal
	Milestone	Cyril Pius MacDonald	Liberal
	Moose Jaw City	William Gwynne Davies	Co-operative Commonwealth
		Gordon Taylor Snyder
	Moosomin	Alexander Hamilton McDonald	Liberal
	Morse	Wilbert Ross Thatcher	Liberal
	Nipawin	Frank Kenneth Radloff	Liberal
	Notukeu-Willow Bunch	James Benjamin Hooker	Liberal
	Pelly	Leonard Larson	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Prince Albert	David Gordon Steuart	Liberal
	Qu'Appelle-Wolseley	Douglas Thomas McFarlane	Liberal
	Redberry	Demitro (Dick) Wasyl Michayluk	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Regina East	Henry Harold Peter Baker	Co-operative Commonwealth
		Walter Smishek
	Regina North	Edward Charles Whelan	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Regina South	Gordon Burton Grant	Liberal
	Regina West	Allan Emrys Blakeney	Co-operative Commonwealth
		Marjorie Alexandra Cooper
	Rosetown	George Fredrick Loken	Liberal
	Rosthern	David Boldt	Liberal
	Saltcoats	James Snedker	Liberal
	Saskatoon City	Alexander Malcolm Nicholson	Co-operative Commonwealth
		John Edward Brockelbank
		Wesley Albert Robbins
		Harry David Link
		Sally Maria Margharita Merchant	Liberal
	Shaunavon	Fernand Larochelle	Liberal
	Shellbrook	John Marcel Cuelenaere	Liberal
	Souris-Estevan	Ian Hugh MacDougall	Liberal
	Swift Current	Everett Irvine Wood	Co-operative Commonwealth
	The Battlefords	Eiling Kramer	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Touchwood	George Joseph Trapp	Liberal
	Turtleford	Bob Wooff	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Wadena	Frederick Arthur Dewhurst	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Watrous	Hans Adolf Broten	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Weyburn	James Auburn Pepper	Co-operative Commonwealth
	Wilkie	Joseph Clifford McIsaac	Liberal
	Yorkton	Bernard David Gallagher	Liberal

Notes:

Party Standings

Affiliation		Members
	Liberal	32
	Co-operative Commonwealth	26
	Progressive Conservative	1
Total		59
Government Majority		5

Notes:

By-elections

By-elections were held to replace members for various reasons:[5]

Electoral district	Member elected	Party	Election date	Reason
Hanley	Robert Alexander Walker	Co-operative Commonwealth	December 16, 1964	RA Walker resigned after winning by one vote following a judicial recount[6]
Moosomin	Ernest Franklin Gardner	Liberal	June 30, 1965	AH McDonald named to Canadian senate[7]
Bengough	Alexander Mitchell	Liberal	February 16, 1966	SK Asbell died in 1965[8]

Notes:

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. "Saskatchewan Leaders of the Official Opposition in the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archives Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
4. "Saskatchewan Speakers of the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
5. "Membership of the Legislatures" (PDF). Saskatchewan Archive Board. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
6. "Session roster altered". Leader-Post. Regina. October 12, 1967. p. 41. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
7. Alexander Hamilton McDonald – Parliament of Canada biography
8. "A refreshing pause". Leader-Post. Regina. November 22, 1965. p. 21. Retrieved 2012-07-21.