1953 Canadian federal election
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The 1953 Canadian federal election was held on August 10, 1953, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 22nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent led his Liberal Party of Canada to its second consecutive majority government, although the party lost seats to the other parties.
The Progressive Conservative Party, led by former Premier of Ontario, George Drew, formed the official opposition, but for the last time until 1993, the party was unable to win the popular vote in any of Canada's provinces or territories.
This was the last election until 1988 in which any party won back-to-back majorities, and the last until 1997 in which the Liberals would accomplish this feat. This election is the last time that the Liberals would win more seats in Alberta than the largest right-of-centre party in Canada, and the last time they would win more seats than the Tories in Alberta until 1993.
National results
[edit]See also Results of the 1953 Canadian federal election
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Elected | % Change | # | % | pp Change | ||||
| Liberal | Louis St. Laurent | 262 | 191 | 169 | -11.5% | 2,731,633 | 48.43% | -0.72 | |
| Progressive Conservative | George Drew | 248 | 41 | 51 | +24.4% | 1,749,579 | 31.02% | +1.37 | |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | M.J. Coldwell | 170 | 13 | 23 | +76.9% | 636,310 | 11.28% | -2.14 | |
| Social Credit | Solon Low | 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-Labour1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 11,380 | 0.20% | - | ||
| Liberal–Progressive | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 8,958 | 0.16% | - | ||
| Labor–Progressive | Tim Buck | 100 | - | - | - | 59,622 | 1.06% | +0.50 | |
| Nationalist | Adrien Arcand | 1 | * | - | * | 7,496 | 0.13% | * | |
| Independent Progressive Conservative | 3 | - | - | - | 1,636 | 0.03% | -0.11 | ||
| Christian Liberal | 1 | * | - | * | 1,505 | 0.03% | * | ||
| Independent Social Credit | 1 | - | - | - | 422 | 0.01% | -0.07 | ||
| Locataire (candidat) | 1 | * | - | * | 417 | 0.01% | * | ||
| Anti-Communist | 1 | * | - | * | 333 | 0.01% | * | ||
| Socialist Labour | 1 | - | - | - | 130 | x | x | ||
| Total | 897 | 262 | 265 | +1.1% | 5,640,938 | 100% | |||
| Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867 Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine | |||||||||
Notes:
* - not applicable - the party was not recognized in the previous election
x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote
1 The Liberal-Labour MP sat with the Liberal caucus.
Vote and seat summaries
[edit]Results by province
[edit]| 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 | 169 | |
| 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 | ||
| Co-operative 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 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 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: | |||||||||||||||
| Labor–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
See also
[edit]
- List of Canadian federal general elections
- List of political parties in Canada
- 22nd Canadian Parliament
References
[edit]- ^ "Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums". Elections Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
Further reading
[edit]- LeDuc, Lawrence; Pammett, Jon H.; McKenzie, Judith L.; Turcotte, André (2010). Dynasties and Interludes: Past and Present in Canadian Electoral Politics. Toronto: Dundurn Press. ISBN 978-1-55488-886-3.
- Beck, James Murray (1968). Pendulum of Power; Canada's Federal Elections. Scarborough: Prentice-Hall of Canada. ISBN 978-0-13-655670-1.
- Argyle, Ray (2004). Turning Points: The Campaigns that Changed Canada 2004 and Before. Toronto: White Knight Publications. ISBN 978-0-9734186-6-8.