Saskatchewan general election, 1952

Saskatchewan general election, 1952

June 11, 1952

53 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 27 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party   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 election 31 19 Seats won 42 11 Seat change +11 –8 Popular vote 291,705 211,882 Percentage 54.1% 39.3% Swing +6.5pp +8.7pp

Premier before election Tommy Douglas Co-operative Commonwealth Premier-designate Tommy Douglas Co-operative Commonwealth

The Saskatchewan general election of 1952 was the twelfth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It 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
				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

• List of political parties in Saskatchewan
• List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts