Saskatchewan general election, 1938

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June 8, 1938 (1938-06-08)

1944 →

52 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
27 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party
			SC
Leader	William John Patterson	George Hara Williams	Joseph Needham
Party	Liberal	Co-operative Commonwealth	Social Credit
Leader since	1935	July 17, 1936	1935
Leader's seat	Cannington	Wadena	Did not run
Last election	50	5	pre-creation
Seats won	38	10	2
Seat change	12	5	2
Popular vote	200,334	82,529	70,084
Percentage	45.45%	18.73%	15.90%
Swing	2.55pp	5.26pp	15.90pp

	Fourth party	Fifth party
	Unity
Leader	—	John Diefenbaker
Party	Unity	Conservative
Leader since	—	October 28, 1936
Leader's seat	—	Ran in Arm River (lost)
Last election	0	0
Seats won	2	0
Seat change	2	±0
Popular vote	9,848	52,315
Percentage	2.24%	11.87%
Swing	2.00pp	14.88pp

Premier before election

William John Patterson
Liberal

Premier-designate

William John Patterson
Liberal

The Saskatchewan general election of 1938 was the ninth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 8, 1938, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

The Liberal Party was returned to power under its new leader, William John Patterson, but it lost twelve of the seats it had held in the previous legislature. The Liberals faced several new forces in this election.

The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, a democratic socialist party led by George Hara Williams, became the official opposition, winning over 18% of the vote and ten seats in its first election. The party previously had five seats after the Farmer-Labour Group became the Saskatchewan CCF, following the previous election.

The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan, which promoted the social credit theories of monetary reform, rode a wave of popularity from the 1935 electoral success of its Alberta counterpart and collected almost 16% of the votes but won only two seats.

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