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Canadian federal election results (1940-1959)
For detailed results for an election, including results for each province, see:
- 19th General Election, 1940
- 20th General Election, 1945
- 21st General Election, 1949
- 22nd General Election, 1953
- 23rd General Election, 1957
- 24th General Election, 1958
Number of seats won
| Party | 1940 | 1945 | 1949 | 1953 | 1957 | 1958 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 180 | 117 | 190 | 169 | 105 | 49 |
| Conservative/Progressive Conservative+ | 1 | 65 | 41 | 50 | 109 | 206 |
| National Government+ | 37 | |||||
| Cooperative Commonwealth | 8 | 28 | 13 | 23 | 25 | 8 |
| Social Credit++ | 3 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 19 | |
| New Democracy++ | 3 | |||||
| Independent | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Independent Liberal | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Bloc populaire | 2 | |||||
| Union Nationale | 2 | |||||
| Labour Progressive | 1 | |||||
| Independent PC | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Independent Conservative | 1 | |||||
| Independent CCF | 1 | |||||
| Liberal-Progressive | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Liberal-Labour | 1 | |||||
| Socialist | 1 | |||||
| Total | 243 | 263 | 263 | 263 | 264 |
Notes:
(+) In 1940, the Conservative Party ran under the name National Government. A few candidates insisted on running under the traditional name, however. In 1943, the Conservative Party became the Progressive Conservative Party.
(++) In 1940, Social Credit ran in coalition with New Democracy under that party's name. A few candidates insisted on running under the traditional name however.
Popular vote
| Party | 1940 | 1945 | 1949 | 1953 | 1957 | 1958 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 51.32% | 39.78% | 49.15% | 48.62% | 40.91% | 33.50% |
| Conservative/Progressive Conservative+ | 1.17% | 27.62% | 29.62% | 31.01% | 38.81% | 53.56% |
| National Government+ | 29.24% | 0.09% | ||||
| Cooperative Commonwealth | 8.42% | 15.55% | 13.42% | 11.28% | 10.71% | 9.49% |
| Social Credit++ | 1.00% | 4.05% | 2.31% | 5.42% | 6.57% | 2.58% |
| New Democracy++ | 1.59% | |||||
| Bloc populaire | 3.29% | |||||
| Union Nationale | ||||||
| Labour Progressive/Communist | 0.19% | 2.13% | 0.56% | 1.06% | 0.12% | 0.13% |
| Independent | 1.24% | 4.89% | 2.09% | 1.04% | 1.06% | 0.19% |
| Independent Liberal | 3.19% | 1.79% | 0.52% | 1.21% | 1.41% | 0.17% |
| Independent PC | 0.28% | 0.14% | 0.03% | 0.22% | 0.03% | |
| Independent Conservative | 0.23% | 0.05% | x | |||
| Independent CCF | 0.12% | |||||
| Independent SC | 0.08% | 0.01% | 0.04% | 0.00% | ||
| Liberal-Progressive | 0.06% | 0.12% | 0.16% | 0.16% | ||
| United Reform Movement | 0.30% | |||||
| Unity | 0.27% | |||||
| Independent National Government | 0.28% | |||||
| New Democratic Party | 0.15% | |||||
| UFO-Labour | 0.10% | |||||
| United Progressive | 0.06% | |||||
| National Liberal Progressive | 0.05% | |||||
| National Labour | 0.05% | |||||
| Anti-Conscriptionist | 0.01% | |||||
| United Reform | 0.01% | |||||
| Social Credit-National Unity | 0.01% | |||||
| Canadian Labour | 0.01% | |||||
| Trades Union | 0.09% | |||||
| Democrat | 0.05% | |||||
| Union of Electors | 0.01% | 1.47% | ||||
| Socialist Labour | 0.01% | x | x | |||
| Labour | 0.01% | 0.01% | ||||
| Liberal-Labour | 0.01% | 0.20% | ||||
| Independent Labour | x | |||||
| Farmer-Labour | 0.07% | 0.11% | ||||
| National Unity | 0.10% | |||||
| Nationalist | 0.09% | 0.13% | ||||
| Christian Liberal | 0.03% | |||||
| Locataire | 0.01% | |||||
| Anti-Communist | 0.01% | |||||
| Candidats des électeurs | 0.12% | 0.11% | ||||
| Canadian Democrat | 0.01% | |||||
| Liberal Conservative Coalition | x | |||||
| H-G Grenier (various) | x | 0.01% | ||||
| National Credit Control | x | |||||
| Socialist | 0.19% | |||||
| Radical chrétien | 0.01% | |||||
| Parti ouvrier canadien | x |
Notes:
(+) In 1940, the Conservative Party ran under the name National Government. A few candidates insisted on running under the traditional name, however. In 1943, the Conservative Party became the Progressive Conservative Party.
(++) In 1940, Social Credit ran in coalition with New Democracy under that party's name. A few candidates insisted on running under the traditional name however.
x - party won less than 0.005% of the popular vote
See also
- By-elections of the 20th Canadian Parliament
- By-elections of the 21st Canadian Parliament
- By-elections of the 22nd Canadian Parliament
- By-elections of the 23rd Canadian Parliament
- By-elections of the 24th Canadian Parliament
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