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1948 Saskatchewan general election

The 1948 Saskatchewan general election, the eleventh in the history of the province, 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, first elected in 1944, was re-elected with a majority in the legislature.

Summary

Tommy Douglas' Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was re-elected with a reduced majority. While the CCF had won an outright majority of the popular vote in the 1944 election, the party won a large plurality in 1948, while seeing their seat share fall to 31 out of 51 in the Assembly.

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

The Social Credit Party, 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, led by Rupert Ramsay, continued to decline, and was also shut out of the legislature.

In some ridings, the Progressive Conservatives and Liberals ran joint candidates in failed attempts to defeat the CCF. These candidates ran as Liberal-PC or Conservative Liberal candidates. The lone successful such candidate—Alex "Hammy" McDonald—immediately joined the Liberal caucus upon being sworn in as an MLA.

Results

Note: <nowiki>*</nowiki> Party did not nominate candidates in previous election.

Percentages

Ranking

Riding results

Names in bold represent cabinet ministers and the Speaker. Party leaders are italicized. The symbol " ** " indicates MLAs who are not running again.

Northwestern Saskatchewan

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Athabasca | |Axel Olsen<br />341 | | | | ||&nbsp; |Louis M. Marion (Ind.) 628<br />Joseph D. Le Chasseur (Ind.) 225 ||&nbsp; |Louis Marcien Marion |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cut Knife ||&nbsp; |Isidore Nollet<br />3,027 | |William Bradley<br />1,531 | |Fred F. Wilson<br />1,642 | | ||&nbsp; |Isidore Charles Nollet |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Meadow Lake | |Herschel Howell<br />2,635 ||&nbsp; |William Lofts<br />3,307 | |John W. Evanishen<br />1,081 | | ||&nbsp; |Herschel Lee Howell |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Redberry | |Dmytro Lazorko<br />2,357 ||&nbsp; |Bernard Korchinski<br />2,571 | | | |Robert C. Glen (PC) 643 ||&nbsp; |Dmytro Matthew Lazorko |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Rosthern | |Wilbert S. Henschel<br />959 ||&nbsp; |Walter Tucker<br />2,964 | |George W. Beilhartz<br />1,736 | | ||&nbsp; |Peter J. Hooge** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Shellbrook ||&nbsp; |Louis Larsen<br />2,981 | |W.R. Vincent<br />2,806 | |George J. Klein<br />959 | | ||&nbsp; |Guy Franklin Van Eaton** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|The Battlefords | |Alex Connon<br />3,554 ||&nbsp; |Paul Prince<br />3,990 | | | | ||&nbsp; |Alexander Duff Connon |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Turtleford | |Bob Wooff<br />2,280 ||&nbsp; |Leo Trippe<br />2,462 | |Matthew Slager<br />1,357 | | ||&nbsp; |Robert Hanson Wooff

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal |Hugh Maher |align="right"|3,296 |align="right"|48.22% |align="right"|-4.67

|CCF |Alex Connon |align="right"|3,158 |align="right"|46.20% |align="right"|-0.91

|Prog. Conservative |David J. Thiessen |align="right"|381 |align="right"|5.58% |align="right"|– |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|6,835 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

Northeastern Saskatchewan

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cumberland | |Joseph Johnson<br />425 ||&nbsp; |Lorne Blanchard<br />656 | | | |Joseph Maxim Buote (Ind.) 40 ||&nbsp; |Les Walter Lee** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Humboldt | |Ben Putnam<br />2,657 ||&nbsp; |Arnold Loehr<br />2,689 | |Joseph A. Thauberger<br />2,515 | | ||&nbsp; |Ben Putnam |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kelvington ||&nbsp; |Peter Howe<br />2,991 | |Gladstone Mansfield Ferrie<br />2,639 | |Frederick A. Patrick<br />1,225 | | ||&nbsp; |Peter Anton Howe |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kinistino | |William J. Boyle<br />2,991 ||&nbsp; |William C. Woods<br />3,086 | | | | ||&nbsp; |William James Boyle |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Melfort | |Oakland Valleau<br />4,035 ||&nbsp; |John Egnatoff<br />4,065 | | | | ||&nbsp; |Oakland Woods Valleau |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Prince Albert ||&nbsp; |Larry McIntosh<br />6,944 | |Charles McIntosh<br />6,052 | |Ralph Ernst<br />579 | | ||&nbsp; |Lachlan Fraser McIntosh |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Tisdale ||&nbsp; |John Hewgill Brockelbank<br />5,242 | |Donald L.W. Hood<br />3,980 | | | |William Lucas Hayes (PC) 1,171 ||&nbsp; |John Hewgill Brockelbank |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Torch River ||&nbsp; |John Denike<br />2,260 | |Harold Guloien<br />1,779 | |Leo Nile Nicholson<br />1,448 | | ||&nbsp; |John Bruce Harris**

West Central Saskatchewan

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Arm River | |E.L. Heinrich<br />2,263 ||&nbsp; |Gustaf Herman Danielson<br />3,400 | |Gabriel J. Giesinger<br />689 | | ||&nbsp; |Gustaf Herman Danielson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Biggar ||&nbsp; |Woodrow Lloyd<br />3,695 | |Andrew S. Shaw<br />2,987 | | | | ||&nbsp; |Woodrow Stanley Lloyd |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Hanley ||&nbsp; |Robert A. Walker<br />2,417 | |Clayton L. Pascoe<br />2,366 | |Frederick E. Roluf<br />512 | |Emmett M. Hall (PC) 1,025 ||&nbsp; |James Smith Aitken** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Kerrobert-Kindersley ||&nbsp; |John Wellbelove<br />3,333 | |Fred Larson<br />3,155 | |Norman Wildman<br />1,063 | | ||&nbsp; |John Wellbelove |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Rosetown ||&nbsp; |John T. Douglas<br />3,647 | | | | | |Alvin Hamilton (PC) 3,218 ||&nbsp; |John Taylor Douglas |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Watrous ||&nbsp; |James A. Darling<br />2,968 | |Andrew William Michayluk<br />2,829 | |Martin Kelln<br />1,092 | | ||&nbsp; |James Andrew Darling |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Wilkie | |Hans O. Hansen<br />2,566 ||&nbsp; |John W. Horsman<br />3,143 | |George K. Nicholson<br />1,110 | |O. Allen Bently (PC) 329 ||&nbsp; |Hans Ove Hansen

East Central Saskatchewan

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Canora ||&nbsp; |Alex Kuziak<br />3,104 | |Stephen T. Shabbits<br />2,453 | |Stanley W. Gorchynski<br />1,801 | | ||&nbsp; |Myron Henry Feeley** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Last Mountain ||&nbsp; |Jacob Benson<br />3,755 | |James Wilfrid Gardiner<br />3,001 | |Godfrey Kelln<br />1,219 | | ||&nbsp; |Jacob Benson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Melville | |George T. Webster<br />4,690 ||&nbsp; |Patrick Deshaye<br />5,302 | |John W. Hauser<br />1,014 | | ||&nbsp; |Bill Arthurs** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Pelly | |Dan Daniels<br />2,476 ||&nbsp; |John G. Banks<br />2,646 | |John W. Kowalyshen<br />1,020 | |William M. Berezowski<br />(Labour Prog.) 1,301 ||&nbsp; |Daniel Zederayko Daniels |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saltcoats | |Joseph L. Phelps<br />3,620 ||&nbsp; |Asmundur Loptson<br />3,945 | |George A. Dulmage<br />807 | | ||&nbsp; |Joseph Lee Phelps |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Touchwood ||&nbsp; |Tom Johnston<br />2,627 | |John Joseph Collins<br />2,459 | |Harold Fletcher<br />1,097 | | ||&nbsp; |Tom Johnston |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Wadena ||&nbsp; |Frederick Dewhurst<br />4,218 | |Halldor K. Halldorson<br />2,930 | |Denis Dunlop<br />729 | | ||&nbsp; |Frederick Arthur Dewhurst |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Yorkton ||&nbsp; |Arthur Swallow<br />3,795 | |Andrew M. Kindred<br />3,256 | |Joshua N. Haldeman<br />1,792 | | ||&nbsp; |Arthur Percy Swallow

Southwest Saskatchewan

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Elrose ||&nbsp; |Maurice J. Willis<br />4,153 | | | | | |Harry N. McKenzie (Ind. Liberal) 3,299 ||&nbsp; |Maurice John Willis |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gravelbourg | |Henry Houze<br />2,525 ||&nbsp; |Edward Culliton<br />2,935 | |Milton A. Wilson<br />404 | | ||&nbsp; |Henry Edmund Houze |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Gull Lake ||&nbsp; |Alvin C. Murray<br />4,251 | | | |William E. Cowie<br />936 | |Jonas A. Johnson (Liberal-PC) 2,983 ||&nbsp; |Alvin Cecil Murray |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Maple Creek | |Beatrice J. Trew<br />2,590 ||&nbsp; |Alexander C. Cameron<br />2,920 | |A.J. Miller<br />2,491 | | ||&nbsp; |Beatrice Janet Trew |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Morse ||&nbsp; |James W. Gibson<br />3,069 | |Ronald D. Miller<br />2,465 | |Fred Erhardt<br />694 | |John K. Rosa (PC) 481 ||&nbsp; |James William Gibson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Notukeu-Willow Bunch ||&nbsp; |Niles Leonard Buchanan<br />4,048 | |Hans Loken<br />3,483 | | | | ||&nbsp; |Niles Leonard Buchanan |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Swift Current ||&nbsp; |Harry Gibbs<br />5,273 | |Clarence J. Orton<br />5,091 | | | | ||&nbsp; |Harry Gibbs

|-

|style="width: 130px"|CCF |Thomas Bentley |align="right"|3,627 |align="right"|51.36% |align="right"|-0.67

|Liberal |Harold M. Haney |align="right"|2,792 |align="right"|39.54% |align="right"|–

|Prog. Conservative |Charles H. Howlett |align="right"|643 |align="right"|9.10% |align="right"|– |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,062 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

|-

| style="width: 130px" |CCF |Edward H. Walker |align="right"|2,571 |align="right"|50.76% |align="right"|+7.70

|Liberal |Ronald A. MacLean |align="right"|2,494 |align="right"|49.24% |align="right"|-0.81 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|5,065 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

Southeast Saskatchewan

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Bengough ||&nbsp; |Allan L.S. Brown<br />3,599 | |Archie V. Wightman<br />2,627 | |Arnold L. Meginbir<br />705 | | ||&nbsp; |Allan L. Samuel Brown |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Cannington | |Ralph Hjertaas<br />3,422 ||&nbsp; |William Patterson<br />4,687 | |Peter Franchuk<br />500 | | ||&nbsp; |William John Patterson |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Lumsden ||&nbsp; |William S. Thair<br />2,876 | |Henry P. Mang<br />2,220 | |Gustav D. Pelzer<br />744 | |Arthur M. Pearson (PC) 1,003 ||&nbsp; |William Sancho Thair |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Milestone ||&nbsp; |Jacob Erb<br />2,803 | | | |George M. Howell<br />1,020 | |Lionel Aston (Liberal-PC) 2,363 ||&nbsp; |Frank Keem Malcolm** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Moosomin | |Ivan Burden<br />3,442 | | | | ||&nbsp; |Alex "Hammy" McDonald (Conservative-Liberal) 5,251 ||&nbsp; |Arthur Thomas Procter** |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Qu'Appelle-Wolseley | |Warden Burgess<br />3,903 ||&nbsp; |Frederick M. Dundas<br />4,470 | |Evert F. Josephson<br />1,253 | | ||&nbsp; |Warden Burgess |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Souris-Estevan | |Charles Cuming<br />4,741 ||&nbsp; |John E. McCormack<br />4,924 | |John K. Strachan<br />417 | | ||&nbsp; |Charles David Cuming |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Weyburn ||&nbsp; |Tommy Douglas<br />6,273 | | | |Isabel Paxman<br />638 | |F. Charles Eaglesham (Liberal-PC) 4,228 ||&nbsp; |Tommy Douglas

|style="width: 130px"|Liberal |Rosscoe A. McCarthy |align="right"|4,200 |align="right"|54.06% |align="right"|-0.38

|CCF |Edward G. McCullough |align="right"|3,569 |align="right"|45.94% |align="right"|+6.19 |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|7,769 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|

Urban constituencies

|- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Moose Jaw City ||&nbsp; |John Wesley Corman<br />7,534 D. Henry R. Heming<br />7,331 | | | | | |H. Gordon Young (Ind.) 5,240 J. Fraser McClellan (Ind.) 4,955 ||&nbsp; |John Wesley Corman Dempster Henry R. Heming |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Saskatoon City ||&nbsp; |John Henry Sturdy<br />14,970 Arthur T. Stone<br />14,295 | |L. Charles Sherman<br />11,551 | |Malcolm J. Haver<br />1,959 | |Rupert D. Ramsay (PC) 13,376 ||&nbsp; |John Henry Sturdy Arthur T. Stone |- |bgcolor=whitesmoke|Regina City ||&nbsp; |Charlie Williams<br />20,475 Clarence Fines<br />20,474 | |Wilfred G. Brown<br />16,578 | |Walter E. Stowe<br />1,049 Anthony E. Kovatch<br />971 | |Allan W. Embury (PC) 16,740 ||&nbsp; |Charles Cromwell Williams Clarence Melvin Fines

See also

References