The Saskatchewan general election of 1956 was the thirteenth provincial election held in the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 province of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

. It was held on June 20, 1956, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

The 25th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan was in power from 2003 until November 20, 2007. It was controlled by the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party under premier Lorne Calvert.-Members:-By-elections:...

.

The campaign

The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government of Tommy Douglas

Tommy Douglas

Thomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas, was a Scottish-born Baptist minister who became a prominent Canadian social democratic politician...

 lost a significant share of the popular vote, and 6 of the seats it had won in the 1952 election

Saskatchewan general election, 1952

The Saskatchewan general election of 1952 was the twelfth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 11, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....

; 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

Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan

The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....

 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

Westminster System

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 first-past-the-post system.

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1952 Saskatchewan general election, 1952 The Saskatchewan general election of 1952 was the twelfth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 11, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan....	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	Co-operative Commonwealth	Tommy Douglas	53	42	36	-14.3%	249,634	45.25%	-8.81%	Liberal	Alexander McDonald	52	11	14	+27.3%	167,427	30.34%	-8.93%	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....		53	–	3		118,491	21.48%	+17.58%	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....	Alvin Hamilton	9	–	–	–	10,921	1.98%	+0.01%	Independent		2	–	–	–	4,714	0.85%	+0.57%	Labour Progressive Communist Party of Canada (Saskatchewan) The Communist Party of Canada was a communist political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was the Saskatchewan section of the Communist Party of Canada...		2	–	–	–	536	0.10%	-0.11%
Total			171	53	53	–	551,723	100%

Source: Elections Saskatchewan

See also

• List of Saskatchewan political parties