Saskatchewan general election, 1964

Saskatchewan general election, 1964

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59 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 30 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   LIB PC Leader Ross Thatcher Woodrow Lloyd Martin Pederson Party Liberal Co-operative Commonwealth Progressive Conservative Leader since September 24, 1959 November 3, 1961 October 28, 1958 Leader's seat Morse Biggar Arm River Last election 17 37 0 Seats won 32 26 1 Seat change 15 11 1 Popular vote 269,402 268,742 126,028 Percentage 40.40% 40.30% 18.90% Swing 7.3pp 0.46pp 4.95pp
Premier before election Woodrow Lloyd Co-operative Commonwealth Premier-designate Ross Thatcher Liberal

Woodrow Lloyd
Co-operative Commonwealth

Ross Thatcher
Liberal

The Saskatchewan general election of 1964 was the fifteenth provincial election held in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on April 22, 1964, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.

The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) government of Premier Woodrow Lloyd was defeated by the Liberal Party, led by Ross Thatcher. The CCF had governed Saskatchewan since the 1944 election under the leadership (until December 1961) of Tommy Douglas.

By 1964 the provincial Social Credit Party had collapsed, nominating only two candidates. In another morale hit, the federal Social Credit Party endorsed the Liberals during the election. While the CCF held on to nearly all of their vote from the previous election and only trailed the Liberals by 0.1%, most of the shift in Social Credit support went to the Liberals and proved decisive in helping to push Thatcher to a majority government.

The Progressive Conservative Party also picked up some support at the expense of Social Credit but won only one seat in the legislature, that of leader Martin Pederson.

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