1956 Saskatchewan general election
Canadian provincial election
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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.
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June 20, 1956
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Summary
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.[1]
The Social Credit Party rebounded from its poor results in previous elections, surging to win over 21% of the popular vote.[1] 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.
Results
| Party | Party Leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular Vote | ||||||
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| 1952 | 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 | 53 | â | 3 | 118,491 | 21.48% | +17.58% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alvin Hamilton | 9 | â | â | â | 10,921 | 1.98% | +0.01% | ||
| Independent | 2 | â | â | â | 4,714 | 0.85% | +0.57% | |||
| Labor-Progressive | 2 | â | â | â | 536 | 0.10% | -0.11% | |||
| Total | 171 | 53 | 53 | â | 551,723 | 100% | ||||
| Source: Elections Saskatchewan | ||||||||||