James T.M. Anderson
| James Thomas Milton Anderson | |
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| 5th Premier of Saskatchewan | |
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In office September 9, 1929 – July 19, 1934 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Lieutenant Governor |
Henry William Newlands Hugh Edwin Munroe |
| Preceded by | James Garfield Gardiner |
| Succeeded by | James Garfield Gardiner |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for Saskatoon City | |
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In office June 2, 1925 – June 19, 1934 Serving with Archibald Peter McNab, Howard McConnell |
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| Preceded by | Harris Turner |
| Succeeded by |
James Wilfred Estey George Wesley Norman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 23, 1878 Fairbank, Ontario (now a neighbourhood of Toronto) |
| Died | December 29, 1946 (aged 68) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence | Saskatoon |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Religion | Protestant |
James Thomas Milton Anderson (July 23, 1878 – December 29, 1946) was the fifth Premier of Saskatchewan and the first Conservative to hold the office.
Anderson was chosen leader of the Conservatives in 1924, and was one of three Tory Members of the Legislative Assembly elected in the 1925 election.
In the 1929 election, the Tories were able to exploit patronage scandals surrounding the Liberal government of Premier Jimmy Gardiner to achieve a major breakthrough – winning 24 seats. The Liberals won 28 seats, while 5 went to the Progressive Party, and the remaining 4 to independents. The Liberals tried to form a minority government, but were defeated in a Motion of No Confidence. This allowed Anderson to form a "Co-operative government", a coalition between the Tories, Progressives and Independents.
Anderson was accused of working closely with the Ku Klux Klan, which was a major force in the province in the late 1920s and early 1930s with an estimated 25,000 members. Pat Emmons, a senior Klan defector, alleged that Anderson and Klan officials would regularly meet; while the Liberals accused the Tories of being a front for the Klan. With few Blacks in the province, and First Nations largely confined to Indian reserves under the informal pass system, the focus of the KKK was against immigration, Catholics and French Canadians – and opposition to the Gardiner Liberals, who were seen as supporting all three.
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