The Saskatchewan general election of 1952 was the twelfth provincial election held in the Canadian

Canada

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 province of Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

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. It was held on June 11, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan

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.

The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government of Premier

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 Tommy Douglas was re-elected for a third term with an increased majority.

The Liberal Party of Walter Tucker

Walter Tucker (Canadian politician)

Walter Adam Tucker was a Canadian politician.Born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Tucker earned his BA from the University of Manitoba and a law degree from the University of Saskatchewan....

 increased its share of the popular vote to almost 40%, but lost 9 of the seats it had held in the previous legislature.

The Social Credit

Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan

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 and Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan

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 parties continued to lose support.

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1948 Saskatchewan general election, 1948 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....	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	Co-operative Commonwealth	Tommy Douglas	53	31	42	+35.5%	291,705	54.06%	+6.50%	Liberal	Walter Tucker Walter Tucker (Canadian politician) Walter Adam Tucker was a Canadian politician.Born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Tucker earned his BA from the University of Manitoba and a law degree from the University of Saskatchewan....	53	20	11	-42.1%	211,882	39.27%	+8.67%	Social Credit Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan was a political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that promoted social credit economic theories from the mid-1930s to the mid-1970s....		24	–	–	–	21,045	3.90%	-4.19%	Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan The Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan is a right-of-centre political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Prior to 1942, it was known as the Conservative Party of Saskatchewan. Members are commonly known as Tories....	Alvin Hamilton	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 Communist Party of Canada (Saskatchewan) The Communist Party of Canada was a communist political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was the Saskatchewan section of the Communist Party of Canada...		2	–	–	–	1,151	0.21%	-0.05%	Independent Liberal		1	–	–	–	103	0.02%	-0.64%
Total			145	52	53	+1.9%	539,593	100%

Note:
* Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Source: Elections Saskatchewan

See also

• List of Saskatchewan political parties