1936 Cascadian parliamentary election

The 1936 Cascadian parliamentary election was held on the 1st of May 1936 to elect all 245 members of the Cascadian Parliament. The writs were issued for the election on the 3rd of April 1936 by the Speaker of the House, dissolving the Tenth and making way for the Eleventh Parliament.

The election saw a second landslide achieved by the governing Cascadian Social Democrat Party, securing 192 seats in the 245 seats of the Cascadian Parliament and 59.7% of the popular vote. The newly founded United Party secured a distant second with 49 seats and 34.1% of the popular vote, forming the Official Opposition.

Electoral system
The 245 members of the Cascadian parliament are elected in single member constituencies by First-past-the-post voting

Background and Campaign
Upon entering office amidst severe economic conditions in 1931, the Social Democrats began to embark on an extensive government relief program, implementing wide ranging welfare and social security policies. Guaranteed work schemes were run through the new Ministry of Works as the government looked to dampen unemployment. The Energy, Banking and Rail industries were nationalised under sweeping 1933 Acts of Parliament and a progressive income tax scheme was introduced, with the new government vastly expanding the size and role of the state in Cascadian peoples lives.

Prime Minister Nelson Rhodes went in to the election widely popular amongst the public on the backdrop of improving economic circumstances, with the new opposition still distrusted amongst large swathes of the electorate for the handling of the economic downturn by their precursor parties.