1952 Saskatchewan general election
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53 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 27 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1952 Saskatchewan general election 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 an increased majority.
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.
The Social Credit and Progressive Conservative parties continued to lose support.
Results[]
Party | Party Leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||
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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.
See also[]
Categories:
- 1952 elections in Canada
- 1952 in Saskatchewan
- Elections in Saskatchewan
- June 1952 events