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1948 Saskatchewan general election Saskatchewan 1921 parliamentary no no 1944 Saskatchewan general election 1944 10th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 1948 06 24 members 1952 Saskatchewan general election 1952 52 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 47 31 16 236,900 47.56% 5.57pp Walter Tucker.jpg SK Liberal nohash Walter Tucker SK Liberal name August 6, 1946 Rosthern 5 19 14 152,400 30.60% 4.82pp 3x4.svg SK Social Credit nohash Joshua Haldeman SK Social Credit name 1946 Ran in Yorkton (lost) 0 0 ±0 40,268 8.09% 8.03pp 3x4.svg SK PC nohash Rupert Ramsay SK PC name February 15, 1944 Ran in Saskatoon City (lost) 0 0 ±0 37,986 7.63% 3.06pp Premier Tommy Douglas SK CCF name Premier after election Tommy Douglas SK CCF name
The 1948 Saskatchewan general election, the eleventh in the history of the province, was held on June 24, 1948, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government of Premier Tommy Douglas, first elected in 1944, was re-elected with a majority in the legislature.
Summary
Tommy Douglas' Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was re-elected with a reduced majority. While the CCF had won an outright majority of the popular vote in the 1944 election, the party won a large plurality in 1948, while seeing their seat share fall to 31 out of 51 in the Assembly.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 408 en-CA registration
Although the share of the popular vote won by Walter Tucker's Liberal Party fell by almost five percentage points, the party increased its representation in the legislature from 5 seats to 19.
The Social Credit Party, 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, led by Rupert Ramsay, continued to decline, and was also shut out of the legislature.
In some ridings, the Progressive Conservatives and Liberals ran joint candidates in failed attempts to defeat the CCF. These candidates ran as Liberal-PC or Conservative Liberal candidates. The lone successful such candidate—Alex "Hammy" McDonald—immediately joined the Liberal caucus upon being sworn in as an MLA.
Results
PartyParty Leader# ofcandidatesSeatsPopular Vote1944Elected% Change#%% Change
SK CCF row-nameTommy Douglas 5247 31-34.0%236,90047.56%-5.57%
SK Liberal row-nameWalter Tucker 415 19+280%152,40030.60%-4.82%
SK Social Credit row-nameJoshua Haldeman 36– ––40,2688.09%+8.03%
SK Independent rowIndependent 5– 1+1000%11,0882.23%+2.05%
SK Conservative Liberal rowConservative Liberal (Alexander H. McDonald) 1* 1*5,2511.05%*
SK PC row-nameRupert Ramsay 9– ––37,9867.63%-3.06%
SK Liberal-PC rowLiberal-PC 3* –*9,5741.92%*
SK Independent Liberal rowIndependent Liberal 1* –*3,2990.66*
SK Communist row Labor-Progressive 1– ––1,3010.26%-0.26% Total 14952 52–498,067100% Source: Elections Saskatchewan
Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.
Percentages
Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px CCF SK CCF 47.56
Liberal SK Liberal 30.60
Social Credit SK Social Credit 8.09
PC SK PC 7.63
Others SK Independent 6.12
Seats summary #ddd 600px 410px CCF SK CCF 59.62
Liberal SK Liberal 36.54
Others SK Independent 3.85
Ranking
Party SeatsSecondThirdFourthSK CCF row-name
312010
SK Liberal row-name191930
SK Independent rowIndependent/Other parties2630
SK Social Credit row-name02313
SK PC row-name0342
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
SK CCF Liberal Social Credit Other
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Athabasca
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|Axel Olsen341
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|
|
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|SK Independent background|
|Louis M. Marion (Ind.) 628Joseph D. Le Chasseur (Ind.) 225
|SK Liberal background|
|Louis Marcien Marion
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cut Knife
|SK CCF background|
|Isidore Nollet3,027
|
|William Bradley1,531
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|Fred F. Wilson1,642
|
|
|SK CCF background|
|Isidore Charles Nollet
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Meadow Lake
|
|Herschel Howell2,635
|SK Liberal background|
|William Lofts3,307
|
|John W. Evanishen1,081
|
|
|SK CCF background|
|Herschel Lee Howell
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Redberry
|
|Dmytro Lazorko2,357
|SK Liberal background|
|Bernard Korchinski2,571
|
|
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|Robert C. Glen (PC) 643
|SK CCF background|
|Dmytro Matthew Lazorko
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Rosthern
|
|Wilbert S. Henschel959
|SK Liberal background|
|Walter Tucker2,964
|
|George W. Beilhartz1,736
|
|
|SK Liberal background|
|Peter J. Hooge**
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shellbrook
|SK CCF background|
|Louis Larsen2,981
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|W.R. Vincent2,806
|
|George J. Klein959
|
|
|SK CCF background|
|Guy Franklin Van Eaton**
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|The Battlefords
|
|Alex Connon3,554
|SK Liberal background|
|Paul Prince3,990
|
|
|
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|SK CCF background|
|Alexander Duff Connon
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Turtleford
|
|Bob Wooff2,280
|SK Liberal background|
|Leo Trippe2,462
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|Matthew Slager1,357
|
|
|SK CCF background|
|Robert Hanson Wooff
February 4, 1950 By-Election: The Battlefords
SK Liberal row
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Hugh Maher
|align="right"|3,296
|align="right"|48.22%
|align="right"|-4.67
SK CCF row
|CCF
|Alex Connon
|align="right"|3,158
|align="right"|46.20%
|align="right"|-0.91
SK PC row
|Prog. Conservative
|David J. Thiessen
|align="right"|381
|align="right"|5.58%
|align="right"|–
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|6,835
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
Northeastern Saskatchewan
SK CCF Liberal Social Credit Other
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland
|
|Joseph Johnson425
|SK Liberal background|
|Lorne Blanchard656
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|
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|Joseph Maxim Buote (Ind.) 40
|SK CCF background|
|Les Walter Lee**
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humboldt
|
|Ben Putnam2,657
|SK Liberal background|
|Arnold Loehr2,689
|
|Joseph A. Thauberger2,515
|
|
|SK CCF background|
|Ben Putnam
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kelvington
|SK CCF background|
|Peter Howe2,991
|
|Gladstone Mansfield Ferrie2,639
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|Frederick A. Patrick1,225
|
|
|SK CCF background|
|Peter Anton Howe
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kinistino
|
|William J. Boyle2,991
|SK Liberal background|
|William C. Woods3,086
|
|
|
|
|SK CCF background|
|William James Boyle
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Melfort
|
|Oakland Valleau4,035
|SK Liberal background|
|John Egnatoff4,065
|
|
|
|
|SK CCF background|
|Oakland Woods Valleau
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Prince Albert
|SK CCF background|
|Larry McIntosh6,944
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|Charles McIntosh6,052
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|Ralph Ernst579
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|
|SK CCF background|
|Lachlan Fraser McIntosh
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Tisdale
|SK CCF background|
|John Hewgill Brockelbank5,242
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|Donald L.W. Hood3,980
|
|
|
|William Lucas Hayes (PC) 1,171
|SK CCF background|
|John Hewgill Brockelbank
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Torch River
|SK CCF background|
|John Denike2,260
|
|Harold Guloien1,779
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|Leo Nile Nicholson1,448
|
|
|SK CCF background|
|John Bruce Harris**
West Central Saskatchewan
SK CCF Liberal Social Credit Other
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Arm River
|
|E.L. Heinrich2,263
|SK Liberal background|
|Gustaf Herman Danielson3,400
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|Gabriel J. Giesinger689
|
|
|SK Liberal background|
|Gustaf Herman Danielson
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Biggar
|SK CCF background|
|Woodrow Lloyd3,695
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|Andrew S. Shaw2,987
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|
|
|
|SK CCF background|
|Woodrow Stanley Lloyd
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hanley
|SK CCF background|
|Robert A. Walker2,417
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|Clayton L. Pascoe2,366
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|Frederick E. Roluf512
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|Emmett M. Hall (PC) 1,025
|SK CCF background|
|James Smith Aitken**
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kerrobert-Kindersley
|SK CCF background|
|John Wellbelove3,333
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|Fred Larson3,155
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|Norman Wildman1,063
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|
|SK CCF background|
|John Wellbelove
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Rosetown
|SK CCF background|
|John T. Douglas3,647
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|
|
|
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|Alvin Hamilton (PC) 3,218
|SK CCF background|
|John Taylor Douglas
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Watrous
|SK CCF background|
|James A. Darling2,968
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|Andrew William Michayluk2,829
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|Martin Kelln1,092
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|
|SK CCF background|
|James Andrew Darling
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Wilkie
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|Hans O. Hansen2,566
|SK Liberal background|
|John W. Horsman3,143
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|George K. Nicholson1,110
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|O. Allen Bently (PC) 329
|SK CCF background|
|Hans Ove Hansen
East Central Saskatchewan
SK CCF Liberal Social Credit Other
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Canora
|SK CCF background|
|Alex Kuziak3,104
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|Stephen T. Shabbits2,453
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|Stanley W. Gorchynski1,801
|
|
|SK CCF background|
|Myron Henry Feeley**
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Last Mountain
|SK CCF background|
|Jacob Benson3,755
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|James Wilfrid Gardiner3,001
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|Godfrey Kelln1,219
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|
|SK CCF background|
|Jacob Benson
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Melville
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|George T. Webster4,690
|SK Liberal background|
|Patrick Deshaye5,302
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|John W. Hauser1,014
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|
|SK CCF background|
|Bill Arthurs**
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pelly
|
|Dan Daniels2,476
|SK Liberal background|
|John G. Banks2,646
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|John W. Kowalyshen1,020
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|William M. Berezowski(Labour Prog.) 1,301
|SK CCF background|
|Daniel Zederayko Daniels
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saltcoats
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|Joseph L. Phelps3,620
|SK Liberal background|
|Asmundur Loptson3,945
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|George A. Dulmage807
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|
|SK CCF background|
|Joseph Lee Phelps
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Touchwood
|SK CCF background|
|Tom Johnston2,627
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|John Joseph Collins2,459
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|Harold Fletcher1,097
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|
|SK CCF background|
|Tom Johnston
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Wadena
|SK CCF background|
|Frederick Dewhurst4,218
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|Halldor K. Halldorson2,930
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|Denis Dunlop729
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|SK CCF background|
|Frederick Arthur Dewhurst
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yorkton
|SK CCF background|
|Arthur Swallow3,795
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|Andrew M. Kindred3,256
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|Joshua N. Haldeman1,792
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|
|SK CCF background|
|Arthur Percy Swallow
Southwest Saskatchewan
SK CCF Liberal Social Credit Other
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Elrose
|SK CCF background|
|Maurice J. Willis4,153
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|
|
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|Harry N. McKenzie (Ind. Liberal) 3,299
|SK CCF background|
|Maurice John Willis
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gravelbourg
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|Henry Houze2,525
|SK Liberal background|
|Edward Culliton2,935
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|Milton A. Wilson404
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|
|SK CCF background|
|Henry Edmund Houze
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gull Lake
|SK CCF background|
|Alvin C. Murray4,251
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|
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|William E. Cowie936
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|Jonas A. Johnson (Liberal-PC) 2,983
|SK CCF background|
|Alvin Cecil Murray
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Maple Creek
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|Beatrice J. Trew2,590
|SK Liberal background|
|Alexander C. Cameron2,920
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|A.J. Miller2,491
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|SK CCF background|
|Beatrice Janet Trew
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Morse
|SK CCF background|
|James W. Gibson3,069
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|Ronald D. Miller2,465
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|Fred Erhardt694
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|John K. Rosa (PC) 481
|SK CCF background|
|James William Gibson
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Notukeu-Willow Bunch
|SK CCF background|
|Niles Leonard Buchanan4,048
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|Hans Loken3,483
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|SK CCF background|
|Niles Leonard Buchanan
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Swift Current
|SK CCF background|
|Harry Gibbs5,273
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|Clarence J. Orton5,091
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|
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|SK CCF background|
|Harry Gibbs
November 10, 1949 By-Election: Gull Lake
|-
SK CCF row
|style="width: 130px"|CCF
|Thomas Bentley
|align="right"|3,627
|align="right"|51.36%
|align="right"|-0.67
SK Liberal row
|Liberal
|Harold M. Haney
|align="right"|2,792
|align="right"|39.54%
|align="right"|–
SK PC row
|Prog. Conservative
|Charles H. Howlett
|align="right"|643
|align="right"|9.10%
|align="right"|–
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,062
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
July 10, 1951 By-Election: Gravelbourg
|-
SK CCF row
| style="width: 130px" |CCF
|Edward H. Walker
|align="right"|2,571
|align="right"|50.76%
|align="right"|+7.70
SK Liberal row
|Liberal
|Ronald A. MacLean
|align="right"|2,494
|align="right"|49.24%
|align="right"|-0.81
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|5,065
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
Southeast Saskatchewan
SK CCF Liberal Social Credit Other
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bengough
|SK CCF background|
|Allan L.S. Brown3,599
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|Archie V. Wightman2,627
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|Arnold L. Meginbir705
|
|
|SK CCF background|
|Allan L. Samuel Brown
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cannington
|
|Ralph Hjertaas3,422
|SK Liberal background|
|William Patterson4,687
|
|Peter Franchuk500
|
|
|SK Liberal background|
|William John Patterson
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lumsden
|SK CCF background|
|William S. Thair2,876
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|Henry P. Mang2,220
|
|Gustav D. Pelzer744
|
|Arthur M. Pearson (PC) 1,003
|SK CCF background|
|William Sancho Thair
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Milestone
|SK CCF background|
|Jacob Erb2,803
|
|
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|George M. Howell1,020
|
|Lionel Aston (Liberal-PC) 2,363
|SK CCF background|
|Frank Keem Malcolm**
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Moosomin
|
|Ivan Burden3,442
|
|
|
|
|SK Conservative-Liberal background|
|Alex "Hammy" McDonald (Conservative-Liberal) 5,251
|SK Liberal background|
|Arthur Thomas Procter**
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Qu'Appelle-Wolseley
|
|Warden Burgess3,903
|SK Liberal background|
|Frederick M. Dundas4,470
|
|Evert F. Josephson1,253
|
|
|SK CCF background|
|Warden Burgess
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Souris-Estevan
|
|Charles Cuming4,741
|SK Liberal background|
|John E. McCormack4,924
|
|John K. Strachan417
|
|
|SK CCF background|
|Charles David Cuming
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Weyburn
|SK CCF background|
|Tommy Douglas6,273
|
|
|
|Isabel Paxman638
|
|F. Charles Eaglesham (Liberal-PC) 4,228
|SK CCF background|
|Tommy Douglas
November 10, 1949 By-Election: Cannington
SK Liberal row
|style="width: 130px"|Liberal
|Rosscoe A. McCarthy
|align="right"|4,200
|align="right"|54.06%
|align="right"|-0.38
SK CCF row
|CCF
|Edward G. McCullough
|align="right"|3,569
|align="right"|45.94%
|align="right"|+6.19
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|7,769
!align="right"|100.00%
!align="right"|
Urban constituencies
SK CCF Liberal Social Credit Other
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Moose Jaw City
|SK CCF background|
|John Wesley Corman7,534
D. Henry R. Heming7,331
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|H. Gordon Young (Ind.) 5,240
J. Fraser McClellan (Ind.) 4,955
|SK CCF background|
|John Wesley Corman
Dempster Henry R. Heming
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saskatoon City
|SK CCF background|
|John Henry Sturdy14,970
Arthur T. Stone14,295
|
|L. Charles Sherman11,551
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|Malcolm J. Haver1,959
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|Rupert D. Ramsay (PC) 13,376
|SK CCF background|
|John Henry Sturdy
Arthur T. Stone
|-
|bgcolor=whitesmoke|Regina City
|SK CCF background|
|Charlie Williams20,475
Clarence Fines20,474
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|Wilfred G. Brown16,578
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|Walter E. Stowe1,049
Anthony E. Kovatch971
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|Allan W. Embury (PC) 16,740
|SK CCF background|
|Charles Cromwell Williams
Clarence Melvin Fines
See also
List of Saskatchewan general elections
List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts
List of political parties in Saskatchewan
References
Saskatchewan Archives Board - Election Results By Electoral Division
1948
Category:1948 elections in Canada
Category:June 1948 in North America
General election