1956 Saskatchewan general election

Canadian provincial election December 2024 December 2024 1956 Saskatchewan general election Saskatchewan 1921 parliamentary no no 1952 Saskatchewan general election 1952 12th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 1956 06 20 members 1960 Saskatchewan general election 1960 53 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 27 Premier Tommy Douglas (F1257 s1057 it2743).jpg SK CCF nohash Tommy Douglas SK CCF name July 17, 1942 Weyburn 42 36 6 249,634 45.3% 8.8pp LIB SK Liberal nohash Alexander McDonald SK Liberal name November 26, 1954 Moosomin 11 14 3 167,427 30.3% 8.9pp SC SK Social Credit nohash — SK Social Credit name — — 0 3 3 118,491 21.5% 17.6pp Premier Tommy Douglas SK CCF name Premier after election Tommy Douglas SK CCF name 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. 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.https://archive.org/details/saskatchewanpoli0000unse/ Saskatchewan Politics: Into the Twenty-First Century Canadian Plains Research Centre 2001 0-88977-131-6 Leeson Howard A. Regina 409 en-CA registration 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. The Social Credit Party rebounded from its poor results in previous elections, surging to win over 21% of the popular vote. However, because this vote was widely distributed across the province, the party won only 3 seats in the legislature under the first-past-the-post system. Results PartyParty Leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular Vote1952Elected% Change#%% Change SK CCF row-nameTommy Douglas 5342 36-14.3%249,63445.25%-8.81% SK Liberal row-nameAlexander McDonald 5211 14+27.3%167,42730.34%-8.93% SK Social Credit row-name 53– 3 118,49121.48%+17.58% SK PC row-nameAlvin Hamilton 9– ––10,9211.98%+0.01% SK Independent rowIndependent 2– ––4,7140.85%+0.57% SK Labor-Progressive row-name 2– ––5360.10%-0.11% Total 17153 53–551,723100% Source: Elections Saskatchewan Percentages Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px CCF SK CCF 45.25 Liberal SK Liberal 30.34 Social Credit SK Social Credit 21.48 PC SK PC 1.98 Others SK Independent 0.95 Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px CCF SK CCF 67.92 Liberal SK Liberal 26.42 Social Credit SK Social Credit 5.66 See also List of political parties in Saskatchewan List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts References 1956 Category:1956 elections in Canada Category:June 1956 in Canada General election