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1952 Saskatchewan general election

Canadian provincial election

Field	Value
election_name	1952 Saskatchewan general election
country	Saskatchewan
flag_year	1921
type	parliamentary
party_colour	no
party_name	no
previous_election	1948 Saskatchewan general election
previous_year	1948
outgoing_members	11th Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
election_date
elected_mps	[members](12th-legislative-assembly-of-saskatchewan)
next_election	1956 Saskatchewan general election
next_year	1956
seats_for_election	53 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
majority_seats	27
turnout
image1	Premier Tommy Douglas (F1257 s1057 it2743).jpg
colour1
leader1	Tommy Douglas
party1
leader_since1	July 17, 1942
leaders_seat1	Weyburn
last_election1	31
seats1	42
seat_change1	11
popular_vote1	291,705
percentage1	54.1%
swing1	6.5pp
<!-- Liberal -->	image2	Walter Tucker.jpg
colour2
leader2	Walter Tucker
party2
leader_since2	August 6, 1946
leaders_seat2	Rosthern
last_election2	19
seats2	11
seat_change2	8
popular_vote2	211,882
percentage2	39.3%
swing2	8.7pp
map_caption
title	Premier
before_election	Tommy Douglas
before_party
posttitle	Premier after election
after_election	Tommy Douglas
after_party

The 1952 Saskatchewan general election, the twelfth in the history of the province, was held on June 11, 1952, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation government of Premier Tommy Douglas was re-elected for a third term with a majority government.

Summary

Tommy Douglas' Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was re-elected with an increased majority and their highest share of the popular vote, an outright majority of 54.1%. This was the highest share of the vote won by any government since Thomas Walter Scott's Liberals took 57% of the vote in the 1912 election. After the 1952 election, the CCF held 42 of 53 seats in the Assembly.

The Liberal Party of Walter Tucker 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 and Progressive Conservative parties continued to lose support, securing less than 6% of the vote between them.

This election was held using a mixture of single-member districts and multi-member districts. Regina elected three members, while Saskatoon and Moose Jaw City elected two each. Every voter in those districts could cast as many votes as there were seats to fill in the district (Block Voting). Each multi-member district elected a one-party sweep of the district's seats. There was no proportionality.

Results

Party	Party Leader	# of
candidates	Seats	Popular Vote	[1948](1948-saskatchewan-general-election)	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
Tommy Douglas	53	31	42	+35.5%	291,705	54.06%	+6.50%	Walter Tucker	53	20
Total	145	52	53	+1.9%	539,593	100%
Source: [Elections Saskatchewan](https://web.archive.org/web/20140407165609/http://www.elections.sk.ca/previous-elections/historical---provincial-general-election-summaries/)

Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.{{Bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars=

References

(2001). "Saskatchewan Politics: Into the Twenty-First Century". Canadian Plains Research Centre.

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