Canadian federal election results (1940-1959)
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For detailed results for an election, including results for each province, see:
- Canadian federal election, 1940 - 19th General Election
- Canadian federal election, 1945 - 20th General Election
- Canadian federal election, 1949 - 21st General Election
- Canadian federal election, 1953 - 22nd General Election
- Canadian federal election, 1957 - 23rd General Election
- Canadian federal election, 1958 - 24th General Election
[edit] Number of seats won
| Party | 1940 | 1945 | 1949 | 1953 | 1957 | 1958 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 179 | 118 | 191 | 169 | 104 | 48 | |
| Conservative/Progressive Conservative1 | 3 | 66 | 41 | 51 | 111 | 208 | |
| National Government1 | 36 | ||||||
| Cooperative Commonwealth | 8 | 28 | 13 | 23 | 25 | 8 | |
| Social Credit12 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 19 | ||
| New Democracy2 | 3 | ||||||
| Independent | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Independent Liberal | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bloc populaire | 2 | ||||||
| Unity | 1 | ||||||
| Labour Progressive | 1 | ||||||
| Independent PC | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Independent Conservative | 1 | ||||||
| Independent CCF | 1 | ||||||
| Liberal-Progressive | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Liberal-Labour | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| United Reform Movement | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 245 | 245 | 262 | 265 | 265 | 265 | |
Notes:
1 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.
2 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.
[edit] Popular vote
| Party | 1940 | 1945 | 1949 | 1953 | 1957 | 1958 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | 51.32% | 39.78% | 49.15% | 48.62% | 40.91% | 33.50% | |
| Conservative/Progressive Conservative1 | 1.17% | 27.62% | 29.62% | 31.01% | 38.81% | 53.56% | |
| National Government1 | 29.24% | 0.09% | |||||
| Cooperative Commonwealth | 8.42% | 15.55% | 13.42% | 11.28% | 10.71% | 9.49% | |
| Social Credit2 | 1.00% | 4.05% | 2.31% | 5.42% | 6.57% | 2.58% | |
| New Democracy2 | 1.59% | ||||||
| Bloc populaire | 3.29% | ||||||
| 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% | ||||||
| NDP | 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:
1 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.
2 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
