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Saskatchewan general election, 1944
The Saskatchewan general election of 1944 was the tenth provincial election in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It was held on June 15, 1944, to elect m,embers of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan.
It marked the first time a socialist government was elected anywhere in North America. CCF leader Tommy Douglas became the premier of the province.
The CCF won 47 of the 52 seats in the legislature, and over half of the popular vote, despite a very negative campaign by the governing Liberal Party. the Liberals, led by William John Patterson, accused Douglas of being a communist.
The Liberal popular vote fell by 10 percentage points, and they won only 5 seats.
The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan, which had won 16% of the vote and 2 seats in the 1938 election collapsed, nominating only one candidate, who won only 249 votes.
The Communist Party-led Unity movement reverted to the name Labour Progressive Party, and lost both of the seats it had won in 1938.
The Conservative Party, renamed the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan and led by H.E. Keown , won over 10% of the vote, but no seats.
Results
| Party | Party Leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Previous | After | % Change | # | % | % Change | Co-operative Commonwealth | 52 | 10 | 47 | +370% | 211,364 | 53.13% | +34.4% | Liberal | 52 | 38 | 5 | -13.2% | 140,901 | 35.42% | -10.03% | Progressive Conservative | H.E. Keown
| 39 | – | – | – | 42,511 | 10.69% | -1.18% | Labour Progressive | | 3 | – | – | – | 2,067 | 0.52% | -1.41% | Independent | 5 | – | – | – | 705 | 0.18% | -0.73% | Social Credit | | 1 | – | – | – | 249 | 0.06% | -15.84% | |||
| Independent Liberal | 1 | – | 5 | 0.00% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 153 | 52 | 52 | – | 397,802 | 100% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: Elections Saskatchewan
See also
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