1948 Saskatchewan general election

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1948 Saskatchewan general election
Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957.svg
  1944 June 24, 1948 (1948-06-24) 1952  

52 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
27 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Tommy Douglas crop.jpg
LIB
Leader Tommy Douglas Walter Tucker
Party Co-operative Commonwealth Liberal
Leader since July 17, 1942 August 6, 1946
Leader's seat Weyburn Rosthern
Last election475
Seats won3119
Seat changeDecrease2.svg16Increase2.svg14
Popular vote236,900152,400
Percentage47.56%30.60%
SwingDecrease2.svg5.57pp Decrease2.svg4.82pp

 Third partyFourth party
 
Leader Joshua Haldeman Rupert Ramsay
Party Social Credit Progressive Conservative
Leader since1946 February 15, 1944
Leader's seatRan in Yorkton (lost)Ran in Saskatoon City (lost)
Last election00
Seats won00
Seat change±0±0
Popular vote40,26837,986
Percentage8.09%7.63%
SwingIncrease2.svg8.03ppDecrease2.svg3.06pp

Premier before election

Tommy Douglas
Co-operative Commonwealth

Premier after election

Tommy Douglas
Co-operative Commonwealth

The 1948 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 24, 1948, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

Contents

The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government of Premier Tommy Douglas was re-elected with a reduced majority in the legislature.

Although the share of the popular vote won by the Liberal Party of Walter Tucker fell by almost five percentage points, the party increased its representation in the legislature from 5 seats to 19.

The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan, which had won 2 seats and 16% of the popular vote in the 1938 election – only to disappear in the 1944 election – returned to win over 8% of the vote, but no seats.

The Progressive Conservative Party – now led by Rupert Ramsay – continued to decline, and was also shut out of the legislature.

In some ridings, the Progressive Conservatives appear to have run joint candidates with the Liberals in failed attempts to defeat the CCF. These candidates ran as Liberal-PC candidates. The successful Conservative Liberal candidate – Alex "Hammy" McDonald – immediately joined the Liberal caucus upon being sworn in as an MLA.

Results

PartyParty Leader# of
candidates
SeatsPopular Vote
1944 Elected% Change#%% Change
Co-operative Commonwealth Tommy Douglas 524731-34.0%236,90047.56%-5.57%
Liberal Walter Tucker 41519+280%152,40030.60%-4.82%
Social Credit 3640,2688.09%+8.03%
 Independent51+1000%11,0882.23%+2.05%
 Conservative Liberal (Alexander H. McDonald)1*1*5,2511.05%*
Progressive Conservative Rupert Ramsay 937,9867.63%-3.06%
 Liberal-PC3**9,5741.92%*
 Independent Liberal 1**3,2990.66*
  Labour Progressive 11,3010.26%-0.26%
Total1495252498,067100% 
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

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

Percentages

Popular vote
CCF
47.56%
Liberal
30.60%
Social Credit
8.09%
PC
7.63%
Others
6.12%
Seats summary
CCF
59.62%
Liberal
36.54%
Others
3.85%

Ranking

Party SeatsSecondThirdFourth
Co-operative Commonwealth 312010
Liberal 191930
 Independent/Other parties2630
Social Credit 02313
Progressive Conservative 0342

Riding results

Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again.

Northwestern Saskatchewan

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
CCFLiberalSocial CreditOther
Athabasca Axel Olsen
341
  Louis M. Marion (Ind.) 628
Joseph D. Le Chasseur (Ind.) 225
  Louis Marcien Marion
Cut Knife   Isidore Nollet
3,027
William Bradley
1,531
Fred F. Wilson
1,642
 Isidore Charles Nollet
Meadow Lake Herschel Howell
2,635
  William Lofts
3,307
John W. Evanishen
1,081
 Herschel Lee Howell
Redberry Dmytro Lazorko
2,357
  Bernard Korchinski
2,571
Robert C. Glen (PC) 643 Dmytro Matthew Lazorko
Rosthern Wilbert S. Henschel
959
  Walter Tucker
2,964
George W. Beilhartz
1,736
  Peter J. Hooge**
Shellbrook   Louis Larsen
2,981
W.R. Vincent
2,806
George J. Klein
959
  Guy Franklin Van Eaton**
The Battlefords Alex Connon
3,554
  Paul Prince
3,990
 Alexander Duff Connon
Turtleford Bob Wooff
2,280
  Leo Trippe
2,462
Matthew Slager
1,357
 Robert Hanson Wooff
February 4, 1950 By-Election: The Battlefords
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Hugh Maher 3,29648.22%-4.67
  CCF Alex Connon 3,15846.20%-0.91
  Prog. Conservative David J. Thiessen3815.58%
Total6,835100.00%

Northeastern Saskatchewan

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
CCFLiberalSocial CreditOther
Cumberland Joseph Johnson
425
  Lorne Blanchard
656
Joseph Maxim Buote (Ind.) 40  Les Walter Lee**
Humboldt Ben Putnam
2,657
  Arnold Loehr
2,689
Joseph A. Thauberger
2,515
 Ben Putnam
Kelvington   Peter Howe
2,991
Gladstone Mansfield Ferrie
2,639
Frederick A. Patrick
1,225
 Peter Anton Howe
Kinistino William J. Boyle
2,991
  William C. Woods
3,086
 William James Boyle
Melfort Oakland Valleau
4,035
  John Egnatoff
4,065
 Oakland Woods Valleau
Prince Albert   Larry McIntosh
6,944
Charles McIntosh
6,052
Ralph Ernst
579
 Lachlan Fraser McIntosh
Tisdale   John Hewgill Brockelbank
5,242
Donald L.W. Hood
3,980
William Lucas Hayes (PC) 1,171 John Hewgill Brockelbank
Torch River   John Denike
2,260
Harold Guloien
1,779
Leo Nile Nicholson
1,448
  John Bruce Harris**

West Central Saskatchewan

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
CCFLiberalSocial CreditOther
Arm River E.L. Heinrich
2,263
  Gustaf Herman Danielson
3,400
Gabriel J. Giesinger
689
 Gustaf Herman Danielson
Biggar   Woodrow Lloyd
3,695
Andrew S. Shaw
2,987
  Woodrow Stanley Lloyd
Hanley   Robert A. Walker
2,417
Clayton L. Pascoe
2,366
Frederick E. Roluf
512
Emmett M. Hall (PC) 1,025  James Smith Aitken**
Kerrobert-Kindersley   John Wellbelove
3,333
Fred Larson
3,155
Norman Wildman
1,063
 John Wellbelove
Rosetown   John T. Douglas
3,647
Alvin Hamilton (PC) 3,218 John Taylor Douglas
Watrous   James A. Darling
2,968
Andrew William Michayluk
2,829
Martin Kelln
1,092
 James Andrew Darling
Wilkie Hans O. Hansen
2,566
  John W. Horsman
3,143
George K. Nicholson
1,110
O. Allen Bently (PC) 329 Hans Ove Hansen

East Central Saskatchewan

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
CCFLiberalSocial CreditOther
Canora   Alex Kuziak
3,104
Stephen T. Shabbits
2,453
Stanley W. Gorchynski
1,801
  Myron Henry Feeley**
Last Mountain   Jacob Benson
3,755
James Wilfrid Gardiner
3,001
Godfrey Kelln
1,219
 Jacob Benson
Melville George T. Webster
4,690
  Patrick Deshaye
5,302
John W. Hauser
1,014
  Bill Arthurs**
Pelly Dan Daniels
2,476
  John G. Banks
2,646
John W. Kowalyshen
1,020
William M. Berezowski
(Labour Prog.) 1,301
 Daniel Zederayko Daniels
Saltcoats Joseph L. Phelps
3,620
  Asmundur Loptson
3,945
George A. Dulmage
807
 Joseph Lee Phelps
Touchwood   Tom Johnston
2,627
John Joseph Collins
2,459
Harold Fletcher
1,097
  Tom Johnston
Wadena   Frederick Dewhurst
4,218
Halldor K. Halldorson
2,930
Denis Dunlop
729
  Frederick Arthur Dewhurst
Yorkton   Arthur Swallow
3,795
Andrew M. Kindred
3,256
Joshua N. Haldeman
1,792
 Arthur Percy Swallow

Southwest Saskatchewan

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
CCFLiberalSocial CreditOther
Elrose   Maurice J. Willis
4,153
Harry N. McKenzie (Ind. Liberal) 3,299 Maurice John Willis
Gravelbourg Henry Houze
2,525
  Edward Culliton
2,935
Milton A. Wilson
404
 Henry Edmund Houze
Gull Lake   Alvin C. Murray
4,251
William E. Cowie
936
Jonas A. Johnson (Liberal-PC) 2,983 Alvin Cecil Murray
Maple Creek Beatrice J. Trew
2,590
  Alexander C. Cameron
2,920
A.J. Miller
2,491
 Beatrice Janet Trew
Morse   James W. Gibson
3,069
Ronald D. Miller
2,465
Fred Erhardt
694
John K. Rosa (PC) 481 James William Gibson
Notukeu-Willow Bunch   Niles Leonard Buchanan
4,048
Hans Loken
3,483
 Niles Leonard Buchanan
Swift Current   Harry Gibbs
5,273
Clarence J. Orton
5,091
 Harry Gibbs
November 10, 1949 By-Election: Gull Lake
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Thomas Bentley 3,62751.36%-0.67
  Liberal Harold M. Haney2,79239.54%
  Prog. Conservative Charles H. Howlett6439.10%
Total7,062100.00%
July 10, 1951 By-Election: Gravelbourg
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  CCF Edward H. Walker 2,57150.76%+7.70
  Liberal Ronald A. MacLean2,49449.24%-0.81
Total5,065100.00%

Southeast Saskatchewan

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
CCFLiberalSocial CreditOther
Bengough   Allan L.S. Brown
3,599
Archie V. Wightman
2,627
Arnold L. Meginbir
705
 Allan L. Samuel Brown
Cannington Ralph Hjertaas
3,422
  William Patterson
4,687
Peter Franchuk
500
  William John Patterson
Lumsden   William S. Thair
2,876
Henry P. Mang
2,220
Gustav D. Pelzer
744
Arthur M. Pearson (PC) 1,003 William Sancho Thair
Milestone   Jacob Erb
2,803
George M. Howell
1,020
Lionel Aston (Liberal-PC) 2,363  Frank Keem Malcolm**
Moosomin Ivan Burden
3,442
  Alex "Hammy" McDonald (Conservative-Liberal) 5,251  Arthur Thomas Procter**
Qu'Appelle-Wolseley Warden Burgess
3,903
  Frederick M. Dundas
4,470
Evert F. Josephson
1,253
 Warden Burgess
Souris-Estevan Charles Cuming
4,741
  John E. McCormack
4,924
John K. Strachan
417
 Charles David Cuming
Weyburn   Tommy Douglas
6,273
Isabel Paxman
638
F. Charles Eaglesham (Liberal-PC) 4,228  Tommy Douglas
November 10, 1949 By-Election: Cannington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Rosscoe A. McCarthy 4,20054.06%-0.38
  CCF Edward G. McCullough3,56945.94%+6.19
Total7,769100.00%

Urban constituencies

Electoral districtCandidatesIncumbent
CCFLiberalSocial CreditOther
Moose Jaw City   John Wesley Corman
7,534

D. Henry R. Heming
7,331

H. Gordon Young (Ind.) 5,240

J. Fraser McClellan (Ind.) 4,955

 John Wesley Corman

Dempster Henry R. Heming

Saskatoon City   John Henry Sturdy
14,970

Arthur T. Stone
14,295

L. Charles Sherman
11,551
Malcolm J. Haver
1,959
Rupert D. Ramsay (PC) 13,376 John Henry Sturdy

Arthur T. Stone

Regina City   Charlie Williams
20,475

Clarence Fines
20,474

Wilfred G. Brown
16,578
Walter E. Stowe
1,049

Anthony E. Kovatch
971

Allan W. Embury (PC) 16,740 Charles Cromwell Williams

Clarence Melvin Fines

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