The 1938 Saskatchewan general election was held on June 8, 1938, to elect members of the

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. The

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was returned to power under its new leader,

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, but it lost twelve of the seats it had held in the previous legislature. The Liberals faced several new forces in this election. The

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, a

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party led by

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, became the

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winning over 18% of the vote and ten seats in its first election. The party previously had five seats after the

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became the Saskatchewan CCF following the previous election. The

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, which promoted the

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theories of

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, rode a wave of popularity from the 1935 electoral success of its Alberta counterpart and collected almost 16% of the votes, but won only two seats. Six "

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" candidates also ran in an attempt to create a popular front of the

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, CCF supporters and various populists. Although two were elected, they received only a very small fraction of the overall vote. The Conservative Party – under its new leader,

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– continued its decline as their share of the popular vote fell from 25% to under 12%. The party won no seats. Diefenbaker later had considerably more success in the federal Conservative Party, eventually becoming leader and sweeping the party to power in the 1958 election with a huge majority.

Results

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1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

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Elections Saskatchewan
, - Note: * 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

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Northeastern Saskatchewan

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West Central Saskatchewan

East Central Saskatchewan

Southwest Saskatchewan

Southeast Saskatchewan

Urban constituencies

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, Reginald M. Balfour , align="right", 5,809 , align="right", 28.21% , align="right", – ,

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–

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References

*Brown, Lorne A. "The Early CCF in Saskatchewan." In ''The Prairie Agrarian Movement Revisited'', edited by Murray Knuttila and Bob Stirling, 169–185. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, 2007.
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