| Election Name: | 1956 Saskatchewan general election |
| Country: | Saskatchewan |
| Flag Year: | 1921 |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Party Colour: | no |
| Party Name: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1952 Saskatchewan general election |
| Previous Year: | 1952 |
| Previous Mps: | 12th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan |
| Elected Mps: | members |
| Next Election: | 1960 Saskatchewan general election |
| Next Year: | 1960 |
| Next Mps: | 14th 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: | 42 |
| Seats1: | 36 |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 249,634 |
| Percentage1: | 45.3% |
| Swing1: | 8.8pp |
| Leader2: | Alexander McDonald |
| Leader Since2: | November 26, 1954 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Moosomin |
| Last Election2: | 11 |
| Seats2: | 14 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 167,427 |
| Percentage2: | 30.3% |
| Swing2: | 8.9pp |
| Image3: | SC |
| Leader3: | — |
| Leader Since3: | — |
| Leaders Seat3: | — |
| Last Election3: | 0 |
| Seats3: | 3 |
| Seat Change3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 118,491 |
| Percentage3: | 21.5% |
| Swing3: | 17.6pp |
| Premier | |
| Before Election: | Tommy Douglas |
| Posttitle: | Premier after election |
| After Election: | Tommy Douglas |
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.
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.[1] 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 British parliamentary first-past-the-post system.
| Party | Party Leader |
| Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Elected | % Change | % | % Change | Tommy Douglas | 53 | 42 | 36 | align="right" | -14.3% | 249,634 | 45.25% | align="right" | -8.81% | Alexander McDonald | 52 | 11 | 14 | +27.3% | 167,427 | 30.34% | align="right" | -8.93% | 53 | – | 3 | 118,491 | 21.48% | +17.58% | Alvin Hamilton | 9 | – | – | – | 10,921 | 1.98% | +0.01% | Independent | 2 | – | – | – | 4,714 | 0.85% | +0.57% | 2 | – | – | – | 536 | 0.10% | align="right" | -0.11% | |||||
| Total | 171 | 53 | 53 | – | 551,723 | 100% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||