Canadian General Election 1925

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 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
46.13
39.74
8.45
0.26
2.75
2.67
Independent
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1921
 % p
 18th
 16
 14th
 12
 10
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
-12
-14
+16.18
-1.41
-12.64
-0.58
-0.90
-0.65
Independent
Otherwise.
22nd
2
100
4th
115
2
22nd 2 100 4th 115 2 
A total of 245 seats
  • Prog : 22
  • UF : 2
  • Lib : 100
  • Independent: 4
  • Cons : 115
  • Otherwise: 2

The 15th Canadian General Election ( English 15th Canadian General Election , French 15e élection fédérale canadienne ) took place on 29 October 1925th 245 deputies were elected the Canadian House of Commons (Engl. House of Commons , fr. Chambre des Communes ). Although the Liberal Party of William Lyon Mackenzie King suffered defeat, it formed a minority government with the consent of the Progressive Party . A little later, the King Byng affair rocked the country, which led to a new election the following year.

The vote

The Liberals of Prime Minister King won fewer seats than that of Arthur Meighen cited Conservative Party , however missed the latter an absolute majority. King decided to stay in power with the support of the Progressive Party . The progressives, who differed little from the liberals in ideological terms, sided with King, who was able to form a minority government.

This was problematic in that King was defeated in his own constituency and should not have been allowed to govern without a House of Commons mandate. Meighen was outraged by King's actions and demanded his resignation as Prime Minister. King, on the other hand, asked Prince Albert's Liberal MP in Saskatchewan to step down, thereby triggering a by-election . Prince Albert was one of the safest constituencies for Liberals in Canada, and King easily won against his conservative rival, John Diefenbaker (later Prime Minister).

A little later, a scandal rocked the cabinet when it became known that one of the cabinet members had accepted bribes. King feared defeat in the House of Commons and therefore asked Governor General Julian Byng to dissolve parliament and to schedule a new election. Byng refused, thereby sparking the King Byng affair . Just three months after King's resignation, Arthur Meighen's new Conservative government lost a vote of no confidence. As a result, new elections took place in September 1926, which ended with a victory for the Liberals.

The turnout was 66.4%.

Results

Overall result

Overview of the provinces and territories
Arthur Meighen
Mackenzie King
Political party Chairman candidates
data 		Seats in
1921 		Seats in
1925 		+/- be right Share of
voters 		+/-
  Conservative Party Arthur Meighen 232 049 115 + 66 1,454,253 46.13% + 16.18%
  Liberal Party William Lyon Mackenzie King 216 118 100 - 18th 1,252,684 39.74% - 1.41%
  Progressive party Robert Forke 068 058 022nd - 36 266,319 8.45% - 12.64%
  Labor Party James Shaver Woodsworth 020th 003 002 - 01 56,987 1.81% - 0.92%
  Independent 008th 002 002 16,212 0.51% - 2.53%
  United Farmers of Alberta 002 002 002 8,053 0.26% - 0.45%
  Independent liberals 010 001 + 01 31,140 0.99% + 0.90%
  Independent Conservatives 006th 001 001 16,759 0.53% + 0.13%
  not known 005 20,583 0.65% + 0.16%
  Liberal protectionists 002 6,915 0.22% + 0.22%
  Independent liberal progressives 001 4,958 0.16% + 0.16%
  Labor farmer 002 4,774 0.15% + 0.15%
  Liberal-Progressive 001 3,319 0.10% + 0.10%
  Independent Labor 001 2,901 0.09% + 0.09%
  Socialist party 001 1,888 0.06% - 0.04%
  Independent progressives 001 001 - 01 1,768 0.05% - 0.07%
  farmer 001 1,130 0.04% + 0.04%
  Progressive Conservatives 001 1,120 0.04% + 0.04%
  Farmer Labor 001 762 0.02% + 0.02%
  United Farmers of Ontario 001 - 01
total 579 235 245 + 10 3,152,525 100.0%

Result by provinces and territories

Political party BC FROM SK MB ON QC NB NS PE YK total
Conservative Party Seats 10 3 7th 67 4th 10 11 2 1 115
Percentage ownership % 49.3 31.8 25.4 41.3 56.3 34.2 59.7 56.4 33.1 59.4 46.1
Liberal Party Seats 3 4th 15th 1 12 59 1 3 2 100
Percentage ownership % 34.7 27.6 41.9 20.3 30.9 59.6 37.0 41.9 52.0 40.6 39.7
Progressive party Seats 7th 6th 7th 2 22nd
Percentage ownership % 6.1 26.5 31.8 25.1 8.8 8.5
Labor Party Seats 2 2
Percentage ownership % 6.3 6.1 9.6 1.2 0.2 1.6 1.8
Independent Seats 1 1 2
Percentage ownership % 2.6 0.6 1.4 0.8 0.5
United Farmers of Alberta Seats 2 2
Percentage ownership % 5.0 0.3
Independent liberals Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 3.8 0.1
Independent Conservatives Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 1.4 0.5
not known Percentage ownership % 0.1 0.9 0.2 15.0 0.7
Liberal protectionists Percentage ownership % 0.9 0.2
Independent liberal progressives Percentage ownership % 3.3 0.2
Labor farmer Percentage ownership % 3.0 0.2
Liberal-Progressive Percentage ownership % 1.9 0.1
Independent Labor Percentage ownership % 1.7 0.1
Socialist party Percentage ownership % 1.0 0.1
Independent progressives Percentage ownership % 0.9 0.1
farmer Percentage ownership % 0.1 0.1
farmer Percentage ownership % 0.1 <0.1
Progressive Conservatives Percentage ownership % 0.1 <0.1
Farmer Labor Percentage ownership % 0.1 <0.1
Totally sit 14th 16 21st 17th 82 65 11 14th 4th 1 245

Web links

Individual evidence

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

See also