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JOURNALS of the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of the Province of Saskatchewan From the 19th day of October, 1944, to the 10th day of November, 1944 [Both days inclusive] In the Eighth Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord, King George VI. BEING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE TENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN SECOND SESSION 1944 PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY REGINA: TH0S. H. MCC0NICA, King's Printer . 1944 VOLUME XLIII JOURNALS of the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of the Province of Saskatchewan VOLUME XLIII SECOND SESSION 1944 MEETING OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY A. P. McNAB, Lieutenant Governor. [L.S.] CANADA: PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN GEORGE THE SIXTH, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, KING, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India. To OuR F MTHFUL '.r'HE MEMBERS elected to serve in the Legislative Assembly of Our Province of Saskatchewan and to every one of you, GREETING: A PROCLAMATION ALEX. BLACKWOOD, HEREAS, it is expedient for causes Deputy Attorney General. W and considerations to convene the Legislative Assembly of Our Prov ince of Saskatchewan, WE Do WILL that you and each of you and all others in this behalf interested, on THURSDAY, the NINETEENTH day of OCTOBER, 1944, at Our City of Regina, personally be and appear for the DISPATCH OP BUSINESS, there to take into consideration the state and welfare of Our said Province of Saskatchewan and thereby to do as may seem necessary, HEREIN FAn, NoT. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF we have caused Our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of Our said Province of Saskatche wan to be hereunto affixed. WITNESS: Our right trusty and well beloved Tr-IE HONOURABLE ARCHIBALD PE'fER McNAB, Lieutenant Governor of Our Prov ince of Saskatchewan. AT OUR GOVERNMENT HousE, in Our City of Regina, in Our said Province, this EIGHTH day of OCTOBER, in the year of Our Lord ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FoRTY-FOUR and in the eighth year of Our Reign. By Command, J. W. McLEOD, Deputy Provincial Secretary. JOURNALS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY Province of Saskatchewan FffiST SESSION-TENTH LEGISLATURE REGINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1944 10 o'clock a.m. This· being the first clay of the meeting of the First Session of the Tenth Legislature of the Province of Saskatchewan for the despatch of business, pursuant to a Proclamation of His Honour the Honourable Archibald Peter McNab, Lieutenant Governor of the Province, dated the eighth day of September, 1944, John Mason Parker, Clerk of the Legis lative Assembly, Commissioner designated by His Honour the Lieutenant Governor for administering the Oath to the Members of the Legislative Assembly, attending according to his duty, John W. McLeod, Clerk of the Executive Council, delivered to the said John Mason Parker a roll containing a list of the names of such members as had been returned to serve in this Legislature, which are as follows, viz.: OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SASKATCHEWAN REGINA, September 27, 1944. To J. M. PARKER, ESQ., Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Saslwtchewan: This is to certify that by reason of the dissolution of the Ninth Legislative Assembly of the Province of Saskatchewan and in virtue of writs of election dated the tenth day of May last, and addressed to the hereinafter mentioned persons as returning officers for the electoral divisions in the Province set opposite their respective names for the election of members to represent the said electoral divisions in the Legis lative Assembly, the following persons have been gazetted as duly elected to represent the electoral divisions set forth below, as appears by the returns to the said writs, deposited of record in my office, viz.: Division Member Elected Returning Officer 1. Arm River ..................... G. Herman Danielson ............ M. W. Coxworth, K.C. 2. Athabaska .....................Louis Marcien Marion ............ C. J. McKenzie 3. Battlefords, The .......... ,Alexander Duff Connon .......... M. A. Hoover 4. Bengough ..................... Allan L. S. Brown .................. John S. Campbell 5. Biggar ...........................Woodrow Stanley Lloyd ....... 0. K. Shepherdson 6. Cannington ...................William John Patterson ........ Andrew W. Curle 7. Canara ...........................Myron Henry Feeley .............. Clinton B. McGregor 8 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1944 Division Member Elected Returning Officer 8. Cumberland ................ .Leslie Walter Lee .................... C. Stewart Gladstone 9. Cut Knife ..................... Isidore Charles Nollet ............ George K. Ross 10. Elrose ............................. Maurice John Willis ................ Ray E. Hartsook 11. Gravelbourg ................. Henry E. Houze ...................... W. J. Wilton 12. Gull Lake ..................... Alvin Cecil Murray ................ J. Keyworth 13. Hanley ........................... James S. Aitken ...................... L. R. Mitchener 14. Humboldt ..................... Ben Putnam .............................. Frank I. Hauser 15. Kelvington ................... Peter Anton Howe .................. Jack E. Parkinson 16. Kerrobert-Kindersley... John Wellbelove ...................... Chas. A. Farris 17. Kinistino ....................... William James Boyle .............. John A. Mather 18. Last Mountain ............. Jacob Benson ............................ Cyril Stackhouse 19. Lumsden ....................... William Sancho Thair ............ D. Arthur MacRae 20. Maple Creek ................. Beatrice Janet Trew............... Edwin Small 21. Meadow Lake ............. Herschel Lee Howell .............. Milton Wade 22. Melfort ......................... Oakland Woods Valleau .......... Francis A. Rooney 23. Melville ......................... William James Arthurs .......... Sam Lowe 24. Milestone ....................... Frank K. Malcolm .................. C. B. Lynch 25. Moose Jaw City ........... John Wesley Corman, Dempster Henry R. Heming.. Chas. M. Nixon 26. Moosomin ...................• Arthur Tho:inas Procter......... Daniel F. Reavie 27. Morse ............................. Sidney Merlin Spidell ............ James N. Shaw 28. Notukeu- Willowbunch ........... Niles Leonard Buchanan....... J. C. Myers 29. Pelly ............................... Daniel Zederayko Daniels ...... John S. Clark 30. Prince Albert ............... Lachlan Fraser Mcintosh ...... S. Lorne Small 31. Qu'Appelle-Wolseley ... Warden Burgess ...................... Joseph E. Malach 32. Redberry ....................... Dmytro Matthew Lazorko ...... Mike Sulatisky 33. Regina City ................... Clarence Melvin Fines, Charles Cromwell Williams .... F. J. Wilson, C.A. 34. Rosetown ....................... John Taylor Douglas .............. Harlan B. Elder 35. Rosthern ....................... Peter J. Hooge ........................ John Schmidt 36. Saltcoats ....................... Joseph Lee Phelps .................. James R. Putt 37. Saskatoon City ............. John Henry Sturdy, . Arthur Thomas Stone ............ David D. Campbell 38. Shellbrook ..................... Albert Victor Sperling............ C. A. Receveur 39. Souris-Estevan ........... Charles David Cuming .......... Ephriam Mcilmoyl 40. Swift Current ............... Harry Gibbs ............................ Ira B. Noble 41. Tisdale ........................... John Hewgill Brockelbank .... Geo. A. Hansford 42. Torcl1 River ................... John Bruce Harris .................. Alfred Leale · 43. Touchwood ................... Tom Johnston .......................... James Swan 44. Turtleford ..................... Robert H. Wooff ...................... Archie A. Duffield 45. Wadena ......................... George Hara Williams ............ Thos. McAllister 46. Watrous ....................... James Andrew Darling .......... E. G. Waterman 47. Weyburn ....................... Thomas Clement Douglas ...... U. J. G. Schurmann 48. Wilkie ............................. Hans Ove Hansen ................... Kenneth F. Clean 49. Yorkton ......................... Arthur Percy Swallow .......... Fred Haney J. W. McLEOD, Clcr!t of the Executive Council. The said Commissioner having previously administered the Oath to the members who appeared, and the members having subscribed the Roll containing the Oath, they took their seats in the Assembly at 3 o'clock p.m. 3 o'clock p.m. His Honour the Administrator entered the Chamber and took his seat on the Throne. The Honourable Mr. Valleau, Provincial Secretary, then said: I am commanded by His Honour the Administrator to inform you that he will defer stating the reasons for which the Legislature has been THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1944 9 summoned until the Legislative Assembly have elected a Speaker. It is, therefore, His Honour's pleasure that the Legislative Assembly do now proceed to the election of a Speaker. His Honour the Administrator then retired from the Chamber. The Honourable Mr. Douglas (Weyburn), addressing himself to the Clerk, moved, seconded by the Honourable Mr. Fines, that Tom Johnston, Esquire, Member for the Electoral Division of Touchwood, do take the Chair of this Assembly as Speaker. The question being put by the Clerk, it was Resolved, nemine contradicente, that Tom Johnston, Esquire, do take the Chair of this Assembly as Speaker. The Clerk having declared Tom Johnston, Esquire, duly elected, he was conducted by the Hon. Mr. Douglas (Weyburn) and the Hon. Mr. Fines to the Chair, where, standing on the upper step, he returned his humble acknowledgments to the Assembly for the great honour they had been pleased to confer