Saskatchewan general election, 1956

Saskatchewan general election, 1956

June 20, 1956 (1956-06-20)

53 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 27 seats needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   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 election 42 11 0 Seats won 36 14 3 Seat change –6 +3 +3 Popular vote 249,634 167,427 118,491 Percentage 45.3% 30.3% 21.5% Swing –8.8pp –8.9pp +17.6pp

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

The Saskatchewan general election of 1956 was the thirteenth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 20, 1956, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

The campaign

The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government of Tommy Douglas lost a significant share of the popular vote, and 6 of the seats it had won in the 1952 election; but retained its majority in the legislature, winning 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 of Saskatchewan rebounded from its poor results in previous elections to win over 21% of the popular vote. Because this was spread out across the province, however, the party won only 3 seats in the legislature under the British parliamentary first-past-the-post system.

Results

See also

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

Elections in Saskatchewan General elections 1905 1908 1912 1917 1921 1925 1929 1934 1938 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1967 1971 1975 1978 1982 1986 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 next By-elections List of Saskatchewan by-elections