The Progressive Movement in Saskatchewan
Despite the dominance of agriculture in Saskatchewan, the Progressive Party of Saskatchewan was never able to match the success it and the United Farmers movement had in other provinces such as Alberta where the United Farmers of Alberta took power, Manitoba where the Progressive Party of Manitoba was able to form government or even Ontario where the United Farmers of Ontario took power in 1919.
This was largely because while in other provinces farmers organizations were increasingly alienated from mainline political parties, in Saskatchewan the ruling Saskatchewan Liberal Party had made an extra effort to ally itself with farmers interests and worked closely with the Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association which, in turn, resisted efforts to create a farmers' political party in the province.
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