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After gaining government in Saskatchewan for the first time in 1944, there were speculations the Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation could become the second largest party in Canada or even form a minority government, a late 1943 poll having already seen them in first place.
But ultimately whilst they doubled their voteshare from 1940, Coldwell would only 28 seats - barely twice as many as Solon Low's Social Credit, despite getting almost four times as many votes, and well of the 118 for King's Liberals or 67 for Bracken's PCs (a major increase despite them actually slightly losing voteshare).
While government was probably always utterly unrealistic, could the CCF have done well enough to overtake the Tories? There seems to be some suggestion that Bracken's Tories got a major fillip from their landslide win in Ontario the week before - maybe if Drew goes for a snap election later, there's still a feeling that only the Liberals can win, so the CCF are better able to gain some votes as a better opposition and end up the bigger opposition party? Or does this require King to move left less, or changes in government even further back (perhaps meaning it's the Grits the CCF end up overtaking)?
And of course, what would the knock-on effects of a CCF Leader of the Opposition in the 1940s be?
But ultimately whilst they doubled their voteshare from 1940, Coldwell would only 28 seats - barely twice as many as Solon Low's Social Credit, despite getting almost four times as many votes, and well of the 118 for King's Liberals or 67 for Bracken's PCs (a major increase despite them actually slightly losing voteshare).
While government was probably always utterly unrealistic, could the CCF have done well enough to overtake the Tories? There seems to be some suggestion that Bracken's Tories got a major fillip from their landslide win in Ontario the week before - maybe if Drew goes for a snap election later, there's still a feeling that only the Liberals can win, so the CCF are better able to gain some votes as a better opposition and end up the bigger opposition party? Or does this require King to move left less, or changes in government even further back (perhaps meaning it's the Grits the CCF end up overtaking)?
And of course, what would the knock-on effects of a CCF Leader of the Opposition in the 1940s be?