Canadian general election 1930

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 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

47.79

44.03

1.82

1.46

1.22

3.67

Cons

Lib

Prog

UF

Independent

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1926

 % p

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

+2.44

+1.13

-2.11

-0.62

-0.45

-0.40

Cons

Lib

Prog

UF

Independent

Otherwise.

3

9

90

2

134

7th

3 9 90 2 134 7th 

A total of 245 seats

• Prog : 3
• UF : 9
• Lib : 90
• Independent: 2
• Cons : 134
• Otherwise: 7

The 17th Canadian General Election ( English 17th Canadian General Election , French 17e élection fédérale canadienne ) took place on 28 July 1930th 245 deputies were elected the Canadian House of Commons (Engl. House of Commons , fr. Chambre des Communes ). The Conservative Party of Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett became the strongest party and won an absolute majority of the seats, while the Liberal Party, led by William Lyon Mackenzie King , had to return to the opposition after four years in office.

The vote

The first effects of the global economic crisis were already clearly noticeable. Bennett promised decisive action during the election campaign and described the liberal economic policy of the 1920s as one of the causes of the economic misery. King apparently seemed oblivious to rising unemployment and insisted that Canada's prosperity was based on his government's economic policies. Calls for relief efforts were labeled as part of a "conservative conspiracy theory" and rejected.

Various other factors also played a role in King's defeat. The election campaign leadership of the Liberals was inefficient and repeatedly caused negative headlines. Bennett, on the other hand, presented himself as a “doer” and invested part of his own fortune in the election campaign. It was the first election campaign in which radio played an important role. Bennett made a far more lively and aggressive impression on the audience than the more deliberate King.

The turnout was 73.5%.

Results

Overall result

Overview of the provinces and territories

Richard Bedford Bennett (left) and William Lyon Mackenzie King (right)

Political party		Chairman	candidates data	Seats in 1926	Seats 1930	+/-	be right	Share of voters	+/-
	Conservative Party	Richard Bedford Bennett	229	091	134	+ 43	1,863,115	47.79%	+ 2.44%
	Liberal Party	William Lyon Mackenzie King	226	116	090	- 26th	1,716,798	44.03%	+ 1.13%
	United Farmers of Alberta		010	011	009	- 02nd	56,968	1.46%	- 0.41%
	Progressive party		005	011	003	- 08	70,822	1.82%	- 2.11%
	Liberal-Progressive	Robert Forke	008th	008th	003	- 05th	44,822	1.15%	- 0.79%
	Labor Party	James Shaver Woodsworth	008th	004th	002	- 02nd	26,548	0.68%	- 1.03%
	Independent		011	002	002		21,608	0.55%	- 0.24%
	Progressive Conservatives		002		001	+ 01	15,996	0.41%	+ 0.19%
	Independent Labor		002		001	+ 01	15,988	0.41%	+ 0.41%
	Independent liberals		008th	001		- 01	14,426	0.37%	- 0.20%
	farmer		005				11,999	0.31%	+ 0.31%
	Independent Conservatives		006th			- 01	10,360	0.27%	- 0.04%
	not known		002				7,441	0.19%	+ 0.19%
	Liberal Labor		001				7.195	0.18%	+ 0.05%
	Communist Party	Tim Buck	006th				4,557	0.12%	+ 0.12%
	Labor farmer		002				3,276	0.08%	+ 0.04%
	Liberal protectionists		001				2,723	0.07%	+ 0.07%
	Farmer Labor		001				2,091	0.05%	+ 0.05%
	Independent progressives		001				1,294	0.03%	+ 0.03%
	Franc Lib		001				429	0.01%	+ 0.01%
	Prohibitionists		001				266	0.01%	+ 0.01%
	United Farmers of Ontario		001	001		- 01
total			546	245	245		3,898,722	100.0%

Result by provinces and territories

Political party			BC	FROM	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	YK	total
	Conservative Party	Seats	7th	4th	6th	10	59	24	10	10	3	1	134
		Percentage ownership %	49.3	35.0	33.6	44.1	53.9	43.7	59.3	52.5	50.0	60.3	47.8
	Liberal Party	Seats	5	3	13	1	22nd	40	1	4th	1		90
		Percentage ownership %	40.9	30.0	48.4	19.6	42.4	53.2	40.7	47.5	50.0	39.7	45.5
	United Farmers of Alberta	Seats		9									9
		Percentage ownership %		28.4									1.5
	Progressive party	Seats			2		1						3
		Percentage ownership %		1.9	8.1	6.4	1.8						1.8
	Liberal-Progressive	Seats				3							3
		Percentage ownership %			2.1	16.2							1.2%
	Labor Party	Seats				2							2
		Percentage ownership %		3.0		8.4	0.1						0.7
	Independent	Seats	1					1					2
		Percentage ownership %	2.6		3.5		0.1	0.3					0.6
	Progressive Conservatives	Seats				1							1
		Percentage ownership %				2.7		1.0					0.4
	Independent Labor	Seats	1										1
		Percentage ownership %	6.5			0.1							0.4
	Independent liberals	Percentage ownership %				0.4		1.3					0.4
	farmer	Percentage ownership %			3.6								0.3
	Independent Conservatives	Percentage ownership %				1.2	0.5	0.1					0.3
	not known	Percentage ownership %					0.5						0.2
	Communist Party	Percentage ownership %	0.4			0.9	0.1						0.1
	Labor farmer	Percentage ownership %		0.6									0.1
	Liberal protectionists	Percentage ownership %						0.3					0.1
	Farmer Labor	Percentage ownership %			0.6								0.1
	Independent progressives	Percentage ownership %						0.1					<0.1
	Franc Lib	Percentage ownership %	0.2										<0.1
	Prohibitionists	Percentage ownership %	0.1										<0.1
Totally sit			14th	16	21st	17th	82	65	11	14th	4th	1	245

Web links

• Elections Canada (Electoral Authority)

Individual evidence

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

See also

• Elections in Canada