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Canadian federal election, 1953
National results
| Party | Party Leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular Vote | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Previous | After | % Change | # | % | Change | |||
| Liberal+ | 262 | 191 | 169 | -11.5% | 2,731,633 | 48.43% | -0.72% | |
| Progressive Conservative | 248 | 41 | 51 | +24.4% | 1,749,579 | 31.02% | +1.37% | |
| Cooperative Commonwealth | 170 | 13 | 23 | +76.9% | 636,310 | 11.28% | -2.14% | |
| Social Credit | 71 | 10 | 15 | +50% | 304,553 | 5.40% | +3.09% | |
| Independent | | 14 | 4 | 3 | -25.0% | 58,458 | 1.04% | -1.01% |
| Independent Liberal | | 19 | 1 | 2 | +100% | 68,506 | 1.21% | +0.69% |
| Liberal-Labour(1) | | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 11,380 | 0.20% | - |
| Liberal-Progressive | | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 8,958 | 0.16% | - |
| Labour Progressive | 100 | - | - | - | 59,622 | 1.06% | +0.50% | |
| Nationalist | 1 | n.a. | - | n.a. | 7,496 | 0.13% | n.a. | |
| Independent PC | | 3 | - | - | - | 1,636 | 0.03% | -0.11% |
| Christian Liberal | | 1 | n.a. | - | n.a. | 1,505 | 0.03% | n.a. |
| Independent SC | | 1 | - | - | - | 422 | 0.01% | -0.07% |
| Locataire (candidat) | | 1 | n.a. | - | n.a. | 417 | 0.01% | n.a. |
| Anti-Communist | | 1 | n.a. | - | n.a. | 333 | 0.01% | n.a. |
| Socialist Labour | | 1 | - | - | - | 130 | x | x |
| Total | | 897
| 262
| 265
| +1.1%
| 5,640,938
| 100.00%
| |
| Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867 | ||||||||
Notes:
(1) The Liberal-Labour MP sat with the Liberal caucus.
"Previous" refers to to standings at previous election, not to standings in the House of Commons at dissolution.
n.a. = not applicable - the party was not recognized in the previous election
x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote
Results by province
| Party Name | BC | AB | SK | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | NL | NW | YK | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Seats: | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 50 | 66 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 191 |
| Popular Vote: | 30.9 | 35.1 | 37.3 | 37.0 | 46.0 | 61.0 | 52.7 | 53.0 | 51.1 | 67.2 | 49.4 | 78.7 | 48.4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | Seats: | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 51 |
| Vote: | 14.1 | 14.5 | 11.7 | 27.0 | 40.3 | 29.4 | 41.9 | 40.1 | 48.0 | 28.1 | 38.5 | 21.3 | 31.0 | |
| Cooperative Commonwealth | Seats: | 7 | - | 11 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 23 | ||
| Vote: | 26.6 | 6.9 | 44.2 | 23.6 | 11.1 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 6.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 11.3 | |||
| Social Credit | Seats: | 4 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 15 | ||||||
| Vote: | 26.1 | 40.7 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 5.4 | |||||||
| Independent | Seats: | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | ||||||
| Vote: | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 12.4 | 1.0 | |||||||
| Independent Liberal | Seats: | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | ||||||||
| Vote: | 4.0 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | |||||||||
| Liberal-Labour | Seats: | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Vote: | 0.6 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||
| Liberal-Progressive | Seats: | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Vote: | 3.3 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||
| Total Seats | 22 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 85 | 75 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 265 | |
| Parties that won no seats: | ||||||||||||||
| Labour Progressive | Vote: | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.1 | |||||
| Nationalist | Vote: | 0.5 | 0.1 | |||||||||||
| Independent PC | Vote: | 0.1 | xx | |||||||||||
| Christian Liberal | Vote: | 0.1 | xx | |||||||||||
| Independent Social Credit | Vote: | 0.1 | xx | |||||||||||
| Locataire (candidat) | Vote: | xx | xx | |||||||||||
| Anti-Communist | Vote: | xx | xx | |||||||||||
| Socialist Labour | Vote: | xx | xx | |||||||||||
xx - less than 0.05% of the popular vote
Last updated: 06-01-2005 21:30:29
10-26-2009 08:16:03
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