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1952 Saskatchewan general election

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1952 Saskatchewan general election

← 1948 June 11, 1952 (1952-06-11) 1956 →

53 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
27 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Tommy Douglas Walter Tucker
Party Co-operative Commonwealth Liberal
Leader since July 17, 1942 August 6, 1946
Leader's seat Weyburn Rosthern
Last election 31 19
Seats won 42 11
Seat change Increase11 Decrease8
Popular vote 291,705 211,882
Percentage 54.1% 39.3%
Swing Increase6.5pp Increase8.7pp

Premier before election

Tommy Douglas
Co-operative Commonwealth

Premier after election

Tommy Douglas
Co-operative Commonwealth

The 1952 Saskatchewan general election, the twelfth in the history of the province, was held on June 11, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government of Premier Tommy Douglas was re-elected for a third term with a majority government.

Summary

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Tommy Douglas' Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was re-elected with an increased majority and their highest share of the popular vote, an outright majority of 54.1%. This was the highest share of the vote won by any government since Thomas Walter Scott's Liberals took 57% of the vote in the 1912 election. After the 1952 election, the CCF held 42 of 53 seats in the Assembly.[1]

The Liberal Party of Walter Tucker increased its share of the popular vote to almost 40%, but lost 9 of the seats it had held in the previous legislature.[1]

The Social Credit and Progressive Conservative parties continued to lose support, securing less than 6% of the vote between them.[1]

This election was held using a mixture of single-member districts and multi-member districts. Regina elected three members, while Saskatoon and Moose Jaw City elected two each. Every voter in those districts could cast as many votes as there were seats to fill in the district (Block Voting). Each multi-member district elected a one-party sweep of the district's seats. There was no proportionality.

Results

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Party Party Leader # of
candidates
Seats Popular Vote
1948 Elected % Change # % % Change
Co-operative Commonwealth Tommy Douglas 53 31 42 +35.5% 291,705 54.06% +6.50%
Liberal Walter Tucker 53 20 11 -42.1% 211,882 39.27% +8.67%
Social Credit 24 21,045 3.90% -4.19%
Progressive Conservative Alvin Hamilton 8 10,648 1.97% -5.66%
  Independent-Prog. Conservative 1 * * 1,542 0.29% *
  Independent 3 1 -100% 1,517 0.28% -1.95%
Labor–Progressive 2 1,151 0.21% -0.05%
  Independent Liberal 1 103 0.02% -0.64%
Total 145 52 53 +1.9% 539,593 100%  
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Popular vote
CCF
54.06%
Liberal
39.27%
Social Credit
3.90%
PC
1.97%
Others
0.80%
Seats summary
CCF
79.25%
Liberal
20.75%

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Leeson, Howard A., ed. (2001). Saskatchewan Politics: Into the Twenty-First Century. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Centre. pp. 407–08. ISBN 0-88977-131-6.