1956 Saskatchewan general election

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1956 Saskatchewan general election
Canadian Red Ensign 1921-1957.svg
  1952 June 20, 1956 (1956-06-20) 1960  

53 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
27 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
  Premier Tommy Douglas (F1257 s1057 it2743).jpg
LIB
SC
Leader Tommy Douglas Alexander McDonald
Party Co-operative Commonwealth Liberal Social Credit
Leader since July 17, 1942 November 26, 1954
Leader's seat Weyburn Moosomin
Last election42110
Seats won36143
Seat changeDecrease2.svg6Increase2.svg3Increase2.svg3
Popular vote249,634167,427118,491
Percentage45.3%30.3%21.5%
SwingDecrease2.svg8.8pp Decrease2.svg8.9ppIncrease2.svg17.6pp

Premier before election

Tommy Douglas
Co-operative Commonwealth

Premier after election

Tommy Douglas
Co-operative Commonwealth

The 1956 Saskatchewan general election, the thirteenth in the province's history, was held on June 20, 1956, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government of Premier Tommy Douglas was re-elected to a fourth consecutive majority government.

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Summary

Tommy Douglas' Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) secured a majority government, despite its share of the popular vote decreasing close to 10%. The party won 6 fewer seats than it had in the 1952 election. [1] The election victory secured a fourth term in office.

The Liberal Party of Alexander H. McDonald also lost votes, but picked up an additional three seats. [1]

The Social Credit Party rebounded from its poor results in previous elections, surging to win over 21% of the popular vote. [1] However, because this vote was widely distributed across the province, the party won only 3 seats in the legislature under the British parliamentary first-past-the-post system.

Results

PartyParty Leader# of
candidates
SeatsPopular Vote
1952 Elected% Change#%% Change
Co-operative Commonwealth Tommy Douglas 534236-14.3%249,63445.25%-8.81%
Liberal Alexander McDonald 521114+27.3%167,42730.34%-8.93%
Social Credit 533 118,49121.48%+17.58%
Progressive Conservative Alvin Hamilton 910,9211.98%+0.01%
 Independent24,7140.85%+0.57%
Labor–Progressive 25360.10%-0.11%
Total1715353551,723100% 
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Percentages

Popular vote
CCF
45.25%
Liberal
30.34%
Social Credit
21.48%
PC
1.98%
Others
0.95%
Seats summary
CCF
67.92%
Liberal
26.42%
Social Credit
5.66%

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Leeson, Howard A., ed. (2001). Saskatchewan Politics: Into the Twenty-First Century . Regina: Canadian Plains Research Centre. p. 409. ISBN   0-88977-131-6.