1956 Saskatchewan general election

Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox election The 1956 Saskatchewan general election, the thirteenth in the province's history, was held on June 20, 1956, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government of Premier Tommy Douglas was re-elected to a fourth consecutive majority government.

Summary

Tommy Douglas' Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) secured a majority government, despite its share of the popular vote decreasing close to 10%. The party won 6 fewer seats than it had in the 1952 election.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> The election victory secured a fourth term in office.

The Liberal Party of Alexander H. McDonald also lost votes, but picked up an additional three seats.<ref name=":0" />

The Social Credit Party rebounded from its poor results in previous elections, surging to win over 21% of the popular vote.<ref name=":0" /> However, because this vote was widely distributed across the province, the party won only 3 seats in the legislature under the British parliamentary first-past-the-post system.

Results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
				1952	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change	Tommy Douglas	53	42	36	-14.3%	249,634	45.25%	-8.81%	Alexander McDonald	52	11	14	+27.3%	167,427	30.34%	-8.93%		53	–	3		118,491	21.48%	+17.58%	Alvin Hamilton	9	–	–	–	10,921	1.98%	+0.01%	Independent		2	–	–	–	4,714	0.85%	+0.57%		2	–	–	–	536	0.10%	-0.11%
Total			171	53	53	–	551,723	100%
Source: Elections Saskatchewan

See also

• List of political parties in Saskatchewan
• List of Saskatchewan provincial electoral districts