1952 Saskatchewan general election explained

Election Name:1952 Saskatchewan general election
Country:Saskatchewan
Flag Year:1921
Type:parliamentary
Party Colour:no
Party Name:no
Previous Election:1948 Saskatchewan general election
Previous Year:1948
Previous Mps:11th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Elected Mps:members
Next Election:1956 Saskatchewan general election
Next Year:1956
Next Mps:13th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Seats For Election:53 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
Majority Seats:27
Leader1:Tommy Douglas
Leader Since1:July 17, 1942
Leaders Seat1:Weyburn
Last Election1:31
Seats1:42
Seat Change1:11
Popular Vote1:291,705
Percentage1:54.1%
Swing1:6.5pp
Leader2:Walter Tucker
Leader Since2:August 6, 1946
Leaders Seat2:Rosthern
Last Election2:19
Seats2:11
Seat Change2:8
Popular Vote2:211,882
Percentage2:39.3%
Swing2:8.7pp
Premier
Before Election:Tommy Douglas
Posttitle:Premier after election
After Election:Tommy Douglas

The 1952 Saskatchewan general election 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.

This election was held using a mixture of single-member districts and multi-member districts. Regina elected three members. Saskatoon and Moose Jaw City elected two. Each voter could cast as many votes as there were seats to fill in the district (Block Voting). Each multi-member district elected a one-party sweep of the district's seats. There was no proportionality.

Results

PartyParty Leader
  1. of
    candidates
SeatsPopular Vote
1948Elected% Change%% ChangeTommy Douglas533142+35.5%291,70554.06%+6.50%Walter Tucker532011align="right"-42.1%211,88239.27%+8.67%2421,0453.90%align="right"-4.19%Alvin Hamilton810,6481.97%align="right"-5.66%Independent-Prog. Conservative11,5420.29%Independent31align="right"-100%1,5170.28%align="right"-1.95%21,1510.21%align="right"-0.05%11030.02%align="right"-0.64%
Total1455253+1.9%539,593100% 
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

See also