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.
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 8 of the seats it had had in the previous legislature.
The Social Credit and Progressive Conservative parties continued to lose support.
Results
| Party
| Party Leader
| # of
candidates
| Seats
| Popular Vote
|
| Previous
| After
| % Change
| #
| %
| % Change
| Co-operative Commonwealth
| | 53
| 31
| 42
| +35.5%
| 291,705
| 54.06%
| +6.50%
| Liberal
| | 53
| 19
| 11
| -42.1%
| 211,882
| 39.27%
| +8.67%
| Social Credit
|
| 24
| –
| –
| –
| 21,045
| 3.90%
| -4.19%
| Progressive Conservative
| | 8
| –
| –
| –
| 10,648
| 1.97%
| -5.66%
| Independent-PC
| 1
|
| –
|
| 1,542
| 0.29%
|
|
|
| Independent
| 3
| 1
| –
| -100%
| 1,517
| 0.28%
| -1.95%
| Labour Progressive
|
| 2
| –
| –
| –
| 1,151
| 0.21%
| -0.05%
|
|
| Independent Liberal
| 1
| –
| –
| –
| 103
| 0.02%
| -0.64%
|
| Total
| 145
| 52
| 53
| +1.9%
| 539,593
| 100%
|
|
Source: Elections Saskatchewan
See also