In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944_Saskatchewan_general_election" id="mwASA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1944 Saskatchewan general election">Saskatchewan general election</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-operative_Commonwealth_Federation" id="mwASE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Co-operative Commonwealth Federation">CCF</a>, led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Douglas" id="mwASI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tommy Douglas">Tommy Douglas</a>, is elected and forms the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism" id="mwASM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Socialism">socialist</a> government in North America.