Although the share of the popular vote won by the Liberal Party of Walter Tucker fell by almost five percentage points, the party increased its representation in the legislature from 5 seats to 19.
The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan, 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.
In some ridings, the Liberals and Progressive Conservatives appear to have run joint candidates in failed attempts to defeat the CCF. These candidates ran as Liberal-PC or Conservative Liberal candidates.
Saskatchewan is a long, narrow swath of territory that stretches 1,225 km (761 mi) from the 49th parallel of north latitude, the United States boundary, to the 60th parallel.
Saskatchewan is represented in the Canadian Parliament by 14 elected representatives in the House of Commons and by six senators who are appointed by the federal government.
Saskatchewan farmers organized under the national Progressive Party, and in 1921 the party won 15 of the province’s 16 seats in the federal House of Commons.
The Saskatchewangeneralelection 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.
The Social Credit Party of Saskatchewan, 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.
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