Canadian general election 1921

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 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
41.15
29.95
21.09
0.84
3.65
3.32
Independent
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1917
 % p
 25th
 20th
 15th
 10
   5
   0
  -5
-10
-15
-20
-25
-30
+2.35
−26.98
+21.09
+0.84
+2.60
+0.10
Independent
Otherwise.
58
3
118
4th
49
3
58 3 118 4th 49 3 
A total of 235 seats
  • Prog : 58
  • UF : 3
  • Lib : 118
  • Independent: 4
  • Cons : 49
  • Otherwise: 3

The 14th Canadian General Election ( English 14th Canadian General Election , French 14e élection fédérale canadienne ) took place on 6 December 1921st 235 deputies were elected the Canadian House of Commons (Engl. House of Commons , fr. Chambre des Communes ). The unionist coalition that had ruled Canada towards the end of the First World War had collapsed. It was replaced by the Liberal Party , led by William Lyon Mackenzie King , the dominant politician of the following quarter of a century. The newly createdThe Progressive Party became the second largest force, leaving the Conservative Party behind.

The vote

Since the general election in 1911 , the country had been ruled by the Conservatives, led by Robert Borden and Arthur Meighen . During World War I, the Conservatives joined forces with conscription liberals to form the Unionist Party . Numerous Liberal MPs, most of them from Québec , remained loyal to Wilfrid Laurier . After Laurier's death, William Lyon Mackenzie King became the new leader of the Liberals.

A number of western Canadian unionists (former liberals) left the unionist coalition in protest against high tariffs on agricultural products. This group, led by Thomas Crerar , then formed the Progressive Party . Representatives of the labor movement also took part in this election, above all James Shaver Woodsworth , who formed a political movement after the Winnipeg general strike of 1919. Arthur Meighen had played a key role in cracking down on the strike and incurred the anger of the unions.

Meighen tried to turn the Unionist Party into a permanent alliance of Tories and Liberals by renaming it the National Liberal and Conservative Party . But the name change failed and most unionist liberals either returned to their old party or joined the new Progressive Party. In addition to the workers' unrest and agricultural tariffs in the prairie provinces, the conscription crisis of 1917 also had a negative impact on the Conservative Party, as it had become practically ineligible in Québec.

The election result was divided into three parts. The Liberals won 118 seats, one seat above the absolute majority. They were particularly successful in Québec, the maritime provinces and part of Ontario . The Progressive Party dominated the west and about a third of Ontario, but won only one seat in the provinces further east. The Conservatives lost two thirds of their seats; they were successful almost exclusively in Ontario and British Columbia .

After the female relatives of soldiers stationed in Europe had already been eligible to vote in the 1917 general election, the right to vote at the federal level was now extended to all women (different regulations applied in the provinces). Four women ran, and Agnes Macphail of the Progressive Party became Canada's first female MP.

The turnout was 67.7%.

results

Overall result

Overview of the provinces and territories
Mackenzie King
Thomas Crerar
Arthur Meighen
Political party Chairman candidates
data 		Seats in
1917 		Seats in
1921 		+/- voices Share of
voters 		+/-
  Liberal Party William Lyon Mackenzie King 204 082 118 + 036 1,285,998 41.15% + 2.35%
  Progressive party Thomas Crerar 137 058 + 058 658.976 21.09% + 21.09%
  Conservative Party Arthur Meighen 204 153 049 - 104 935.651 29.95% - 26.98%
  Labor Party James Shaver Woodsworth 028 003 + 003 85,388 2.73% + 0.90%
  Independent 045 002 + 002 94.901 3.04% + 2.40%
  United Farmers of Alberta 002 002 + 002 22,251 0.71% + 0.71%
  Independent Conservatives 002 001 + 001 12,359 0.40% + 0.40%
  United Farmers of Ontario 001 001 + 001 3,919 0.13% + 0.13%
  Independent progressives 001 001 + 001 3,309 0.12% + 0.12%
  not known 009 15,293 0.49% + 0.29%
  Socialist party 001 3,094 0.10% + 0.10%
  Independent liberals 001 2,764 0.09% - 0.32%
total 635 235 235 3,132,903 100.0%

Result by provinces and territories

Political party BC AWAY SK MB ON QC NB NS PE YK total
Liberal Party Seats 3 1 3 21 65 5 16 4th 118
Percentage ownership % 29.9 15.8 18.7 18.9 30.1 70.2 50.2 52.4 45.7 47.6 41.2
Progressive party Seats 3 8th 15th 11th 20th 1 58
Percentage ownership % 11.7 39.6 61.7 41.9 25.6 3.1 8.7 10.2 12.3 21.1
Conservative Party Seats 7th 36 5 1 48
Percentage ownership % 47.9 20.3 16.3 24.4 38.8 18.5 39.4 32.3 37.2 51.1 30.0
Labor Party Seats 2 1 3
Percentage ownership % 6.8 11.1 0.8 5.7 2.3 0.7 3.5 4.8 2.7
Independent Seats 2 2
Percentage ownership % 3.5 7.4 1.9 6.6 1.7 1.3 3.0
United Farmers of Alberta Seats 2 2
Percentage ownership % 12.9 0.7
Independent Conservatives Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 0.9 0.3 0.4
United Farmers of Ontario Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 0.3 0.1
Independent progressives Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 0.3 0.1
not known Percentage ownership % 0.4 0.2 2.4 0.6 1.6 5.2 1.0
Socialist party Percentage ownership % 1.8 0.1
Independent liberals Percentage ownership % 0.2 0.1
Totally sit 13th 12th 16 15th 82 65 11th 16 4th 1 235

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums. Elections Canada, February 18, 2013, accessed July 4, 2015 .

See also