The 1944 Saskatchewan general election, the tenth in the history of the province, was held on June 15, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, under the leadership of Tommy Douglas, was elected to a majority government.
The 1944 election was held six years after the previous election in 1938. While there is normally a five-year limit on the lifespan of Parliaments and provincial assemblies in Canada, the emergency brought on by the Second World War allowed the government to delay the election temporarily, which William Patterson's governing Liberal Party opted to do.
The 1944 election marked the first time a nominally socialist government was elected anywhere in Canada. With the victory, Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) leader Tommy Douglas became the premier of Saskatchewan. The CCF, which had spent two terms as the Official Opposition, won 47 of the 52 seats in the legislature, and over half the popular vote.
The Liberals, led by Patterson, had run a negative campaign, accusing Douglas and the CCF of being communists. The Liberal popular vote fell by 10 percentage points, and the party won only five seats. This marked the worst defeat of a sitting government in Saskatchewan's history.
The Social Credit Party, which had won 16% of the vote and two seats in the 1938 election, collapsed; the party had only one candidate, who received only 249 votes.
The Communist Party-led Unity movement reverted to the name Labor-Progressive Party, and lost both of the seats it had won in 1938.
The Conservative Party, renamed the Progressive Conservative Party and led by Rupert Ramsay, continued to see its share of the vote drop, taking only just over 10% of the vote, and won no seats.
An at-large service vote was held for Saskatchewan residents in the Canadian armed services fighting during the war. This special vote elected three nonpartisan members to represent Saskatchewan soldiers, sailors and airmen stationed in Great Britain, the Mediterranean region, and Newfoundland and Canada outside the province. Alberta had a similar system during the war.
Note: <nowiki>*</nowiki> Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.
Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again.
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Athabasca | |Pierre Ephrem Ayotte<br />57 || |Louis Marcien Marion<br />626 | |Alexander Fred <br />De Laronde<br />9 | |Errick Guttormur Erickson (Ind.) 78 Francis Xavier Poitras (Ind. Liberal) 5 || |Hubert Staines** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cut Knife || |Isidore Charles Nollet<br />2726 | |John A. Gordon<br />1820 | | | | || |William Roseland** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Meadow Lake || |Herschel Lee Howell<br />2034 | |Donald MacDonald<br />1805 | |William Titley<br />362 | |Arthur J. Doucet (Labor-Progressive) 716 || |Donald MacDonald |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Redberry || |Dmytro Matthew Lazorko<br />2306 | |Wilfred James Langley<br />1285 | |Ernest Wilson<br />662 | |Peter John Semko (Ind.) 99 || |Orest Zerebko** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Rosthern | |Henry Begrand<br />1541 || |Peter J. Hooge<br />2199 | |Gordon Ellis Goble<br />473 | | || |John Michael Uhrich** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shellbrook || |Albert Victor Sterling<br />3310 | |Omer Demers<br />2177 | | | | || |Omer Alphonse Demers |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|The Battlefords || |Alexander Duff Connon<br />2783 | |Paul Prince<br />2426 | |Robert Wendell McNair<br />446 | | || |Paul Prince |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Turtleford || |Bob Wooff<br />2506 | |William Franklin Kerr<br />1766 | |Chester Hicks<br />399 | | || |William Franklin Kerr
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland || |Leslie Walter Lee<br />357 | |Deakin Alexander Hall<br />242 | |Raoul Olier <br />St. Denis<br />11 | | || |Deakin Alexander Hall |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humboldt || |Ben Putnam<br />3587 | |Arnold William Loehr<br />2673 | |Stephen David Weese<br />358 | | || |Joseph William Burton** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kelvington || |Peter Anton Howe<br />3132 | |Gladstone Mansfield Ferrie<br />1880 | |Samuel Edward Hall<br />649 | | || |Peter Anton Howe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kinistino || |William James Boyle<br />3055 | |Russell Martin Paul<br />1544 | |Andrew Fraser<br />671 | | || |John Richard Parish Taylor** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Melfort || |Oakland Woods Valleau<br />3396 | |John Duncan MacFarlane<br />1862 | |Stanley Beattie Caskey<br />1450 | | || |Oakland Woods Valleau |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Prince Albert || |Lachlan Fraser McIntosh<br />6178 | |Harold John Fraser<br />3617 | |Edgar Percy Woodman<br />655 | | || |Harold John Fraser |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Tisdale || |John Hewgill Brockelbank<br />5283 | |Clarence Railsback O'Connor<br />2269 | |Isaac Flexman Stothers<br />703 | | || |John Hewgill Brockelbank |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Torch River || |John Bruce Harris<br />2609 | |Donald L. Menzies<br />846 | |Keith Acton Baldwin<br />535 | | || |James Archibald Kiteley**
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Arm River | |William R. Fansher <br />2256 || |Gustaf Herman Danielson<br />2343 | |Thomas Alfred Homersham <br />1068 | | || |Gustaf Herman Danielson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Biggar || |Woodrow Stanley Lloyd <br />3633 | |Frank Freeman <br />2156 | | | | || |John Allan Young** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hanley || |James Smith Aitken<br />2272 | |Charles Agar<br />1775 | |James Hubert Cannon<br />893 | | || |Charles Agar |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kerrobert-Kindersley || |John Wellbelove<br />3236 | |Donald Laing<br />2377 | |Wellington Smith Myers<br />933 | | || |Donald Laing |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Rosetown || |John Taylor Douglas<br />3168 | |William Leith<br />1864 | |John Wilbert Stewart<br />1046 | | || |Neil McVicar** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Watrous || |James Andrew Darling<br />3801 | |Frank Stephen Krenn<br />2312 | |Hugh Smith<br />749 | | || |Frank Stephen Krenn |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Wilkie || |Hans Ove Hansen<br />3567 | |John Cunningham Knowles<br />2527 | | | | || |John Cunningham Knowles
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Canora || |Myron Henry Feeley<br />3538 | |Stephen T. Shabbits<br />2537 | | | | || |Myron Henry Feeley |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Last Mountain || |Jacob Benson<br />3803 | |Henry Philip Mang<br />2064 | |James Lindsay Blair<br />1281 | | || |Jacob Benson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Melville || |William James Arthurs<br />4575 | |Lionel Stilborn<br />3614 | |Shamus Patrick Regan<br />821 | | || |John Frederick Herman** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pelly || |Dan Daniels<br />3273 | |Reginald John Marsden Parker<br />2544 | | | |William Michael Berezowski<br />(Labor-Progressive) 554 || |Reginald John Marsden Parker |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saltcoats || |Joseph Lee Phelps<br />3461 | |Donald Alexander MacKenzie<br />2874 | |Rae Melville Salkeld<br />454 | | || |Joseph Lee Phelps |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Touchwood || |Tom Johnston<br />3337 | |John Joseph Collins<br />1925 | |William Seneshen<br />301 | | || |Tom Johnston |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Wadena || |George Hara Williams<br />4162 | |George Russell Cook<br />1686 | | | |Walter Elvy Rogers (Ind.) 207 || |George Hara Williams |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yorkton || |Arthur Percy Swallow<br />3887 | |Alfred Ariel Brown<br />2280 | |Norman Roebuck<br />958 | | || |Alan Carl Stewart** (Unity)
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Elrose || |Maurice John Willis<br />3771 | |Hubert Staines<br />1807 | |Ernest J. Ewing<br />1013 | | || |Louis Henry Hantelman** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gravelbourg || |Henry Edmund Houze<br />2681 | |Edward M. Culliton<br />2586 | | | | || |Edward Milton Culliton |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gull Lake || |Alvin Cecil Murray<br />3942 | |Harvey Harold McMahon<br />2200 | |Charles Howard Howlett<br />1356 | | || |Harvey Harold McMahon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Maple Creek || |Beatrice Janet Trew<br />3656 | |John Joseph Mildenberger<br />2872 | |George Chester Stewart<br />911 | | || |John Joseph Mildenberger |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Morse || |Sidney Merlin Spidell<br />2763 | |Benjamin Thomas Hyde<br />2122 | |Clifford Bruce Martin<br />725 | | || |Benjamin Thomas Hyde |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke| || |Niles Leonard Buchanan<br />4176 | |Charles William Johnson<br />2862 | | | | || |Charles William Johnson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Swift Current || |Harry Gibbs<br />4756 | |James Gordon Taggart<br />3123 | |Bryan Maxwell Hill<br />1021 | | || |James Gordon Taggart
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bengough || |Allan Lister Samuel Brown<br />3847 | |Thomas Waddell<br />2473 | | | | || |Herman Kersler Warren** (Unity) |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cannington | |Gladys Strum<br />3204 || |William John Patterson<br />3210 | |William Armstrong Brigden<br />687 | | || |William John Patterson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lumsden || |William Sancho Thair<br />2966 | |James Gallagher Knox<br />1887 | |Arthur Maurice Pearson<br />1220 | | || |Robert Scott Donaldson** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Milestone || |Frank Keem Malcolm<br />3302 | |William Pedersen<br />2207 | | | | || |William Pedersen |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Moosomin | |David Alexander Cunningham<br />3324 || |Arthur Thomas Procter<br />3865 | | | | || |Arthur Thomas Procter |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Qu'Appelle-Wolseley || |Warden Burgess<br />4339 | |Frederick Middleton Dundas<br />3314 | |William Herman Acres<br />938 | | || |Frederick Middleton Dundas |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Souris-Estevan || |Charles David Cuming<br />3933 | |Norman Leslie McLeod<br />2660 | |Herbert Samuel Penny<br />1259 | | || |Norman Leslie McLeod |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Weyburn || |Thomas Clement Douglas<br />5605 | |James Weyburn Adolphe<br />3489 | | | | || |George Levi Crane**
|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Moose Jaw City || |John Wesley Corman<br />6296 Dempster Henry Ratcliffe Heming<br />5894 | |William George Baker<br />2881 Harold Walpole Pope<br />2887 | |Russell Lawrence Brownridge<br />1271 Hugh Alexander Tiers<br />1036 | |Frank Ernest Talbot (Social Credit) 249 || |William Gladstone Ross** William George Baker |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saskatoon City || |John Henry Sturdy<br />9375 Arthur Thomas Stone<br />7792 | |James Wilfred Estey<br />5084 Robert Mitford Pinder<br />3924 | |Rupert David Ramsay<br />5368 Henry Oswald Wright<br />3171 | |Frederick Nelson Clarke<br />(Labor-Progressive) 797
Russell Hartney (Ind.) 200
John Harrison Hilton (Ind.) 121 || |Robert Mitford Pinder James Wilfred Estey |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Regina City || |Clarence Melvin Fines<br />14129 Charles Cromwell Williams<br />14784 | |Charles Roberts Davidson<br />10982 Bernard J. McDaniel<br />10551 | |Hugh McGillivray<br />3536 Claude Henry James Burrows<br />3114 | | || |Bernard J. McDaniel Percy McCuaig Anderson**
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| style="width: 130px" |CCF |Guy Franklin Van Eaton |align="right"|3,350 |align="right"|53.1 |align="right"|-7.3 |-
|Liberal |Harold Keith Elder |align="right"|2,514 |align="right"|42.9 |align="right"|+3.2 |-
|Social Credit |Albert M. Courchene |align="right"|450 |align="right"|15.2 |align="right"|- |- |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|6,314 !align="right"| !align="right"|
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| style="width: 130px" |CCF |Frederick Arthur Dewhurst |align="right"|2,474 |align="right"|80.9 |align="right"|+12.2 |-
|Labor-Progressive |William Beeching |align="right"|584 |align="right"|19.1 |align="right"|- |- |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|3,085 !align="right"| !align="right"|
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| style="width: 130px" |CCF |James William Gibson |align="right"|3,006 |align="right"|46.1 |align="right"|-3.1 |-
|Liberal |Herbert Wiebe |align="right"|2,410 |align="right"|37.0 |align="right"|-0.8 |-
|Progressive Conservative |Rupert Ramsay |align="right"|1,098 |align="right"|16.9 |align="right"|+3.9 |- |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|6,514 !align="right"| !align="right"|
Active Service Voters, Saskatchewan members of the Canadian armed services on active duty outside of Saskatchewan, were polled between October 17 and October 30, 1944. One representative was elected from each of three areas. These candidates did not specify any party affiliation.