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Saskatchewan general election, 1948

Saskatchewan general election, 1948
Saskatchewan
← 1944 June 24, 1948 (1948-06-24) 1952 →

52 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
27 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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LIB
Leader Tommy Douglas Walter Tucker
Party Co-operative Commonwealth Liberal
Leader since July 17, 1942 August 6, 1946
Leader's seat Weyburn Rosthern
Last election 47 5
Seats won 31 19
Seat change Decrease16 Increase14
Popular vote 236,900 152,400
Percentage 47.56% 30.60%
Swing Decrease5.57pp Decrease4.82pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Rupert Ramsay
Party Social Credit Progressive Conservative
Leader since February 15, 1944
Leader's seat Ran in Saskatoon City (lost)
Last election 0 0
Seats won 0 0
Seat change ±0 ±0
Popular vote 40,268 37,986
Percentage 8.09% 7.63%
Swing Increase8.03pp Decrease3.06pp

Premier before election

Tommy Douglas
Co-operative Commonwealth

Premier-designate

Tommy Douglas
Co-operative Commonwealth


Tommy Douglas
Co-operative Commonwealth

Tommy Douglas
Co-operative Commonwealth

The Saskatchewan general election of 1948 was the eleventh provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 24, 1948, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government of Premier Tommy Douglas was re-elected with a reduced majority in the legislature.

Although the share of the popular vote won by the Liberal Party of Walter Tucker fell by almost five percentage points, the party increased its representation in the legislature from 5 seats to 19.

The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan, which had won 2 seats and 16% of the popular vote in the 1938 election – only to disappear in the 1944 election – returned to win over 8% of the vote, but no seats.

The Progressive Conservative Party – now led by Rupert Ramsay – continued to decline, and was also shut out of the legislature.

In some ridings, the Progressive Conservatives appear to have run joint candidates with the Liberals in failed attempts to defeat the CCF. These candidates ran as Liberal-PC candidates. The successful Conservative Liberal candidate – Alex "Hammy" McDonald – immediately joined the Liberal caucus upon being sworn in as an MLA.


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