Canadian general election 1945

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 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
39.78
27.62
15.55
4.04
7.13
5.93
Independent
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1940
 % p
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
-12
-11.54
-2.79
+7.13
+1.46
+2.47
+1.74
Independent
Otherwise.
28
118
16
66
13
4th
28 118 16 66 13 4th 
A total of 245 seats
  • CCF : 28
  • Lib : 118
  • Independent: 16
  • PC : 66
  • SoCred : 13
  • Otherwise: 4

The 20th Canadian General Election ( English 20th Canadian General Election , French 20e élection fédérale canadienne ) was held on 11 June 1945th 245 deputies were elected the Canadian House of Commons (Engl. House of Commons , fr. Chambre des Communes ). The Liberal Party of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King won for the third time in a row, despite significant seat losses.

The vote

The Liberal Party , which had been in government for ten years and led Canada through World War II , stressed in its election campaign that the country still needed a stable government. In addition, the Liberals are the only party that is represented in sufficient numbers in all the provinces and can therefore meet the needs of all regions. Although they lost more than eleven percent of the vote and more than a third of their seats, due to the weakness of the opposition parties they remained the strongest force and only narrowly missed the absolute majority of seats.

After severe election defeats in 1935 and 1940, the conservatives moved more towards the middle of the political spectrum. For this purpose, the Conservative Party merged with the provincial offshoots of the Federal Progressive Party , which had since been dissolved , from which the new Progressive-Conservative Party emerged. The party led by John Bracken , the former Prime Minister of Manitoba , however, failed to achieve any notable success outside of Ontario . The success of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Social Credit Party remained largely limited to their strongholds, the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta , respectively .

The turnout was 75.3%.

Results

Overall result

Overview of the provinces and territories
WLM King
John Bracken
Major James Coldwell
Solon Earl Low
Political party Chairman candidates
data 		Seats
1940 		Seats
1945 		+/- be right Share of
voters 		+/-
  Liberal Party William Lyon Mackenzie King 236 179 118 - 61 2,086,545 39.78% - 11.54%
  Progressive-Conservative Party John Bracken 203 039 066 + 27 1,448,744 27.62% - 2.79% 1
  Commonwealth Co-operative Federation Major James Coldwell 205 008th 028 + 20 815.720 15.55% + 7.13%
  Social Credit Party Solon Earl Low 093 010 013 + 03 212.220 4.04% + 1.46% 2
  Independent liberals 020th 002 008th + 06 93,791 1.79% - 1.40%
  Independent 064 001 006th + 05 256.381 4.89% + 3.65%
  Bloc populaire canadien Maxim Raymond 035 002 + 02 172.765 3.29% + 3.29%
  Labor Progressive Party Tim Buck 068 001 + 01 111,892 2.13% + 1.94% 3
  Independent progressive conservatives 008th 001 + 01 14,541 0.28% + 0.28%
  Independent CCF candidates 002 001 + 01 6,402 0.12% + 0.12%
  Liberal-Progressive 001 003 001 - 02nd 6.147 0.12% - 0.48%
  National Government 4 001 4,872 0.09% + 0.09%
  Unions 001 4,679 0.09% + 0.09%
  Farmer Labor 002 3,620 0.07% - 0.11%
  Independent Conservatives 001 001 - 01 2,653 0.05% - 0.18%
  Democratic Party WRN Smith 005 2,603 0.05% + 0.05%
  Union des électeurs 001 596 0.01% + 0.01%
  Socialist Labor Party 002 459 0.01% + 0.01%
  Labor Party 001 423 0.01% - 0.07%
  Liberal Labor 001 345 0.01% + 0.01%
  Independent Labor 001 241 0.01% + 0.01%
  not known 001 70 <0.01% - 0.09%
  Unity 001 - 01
  United Reform Movement 001 - 01
total 952 245 245 5,245,709 100.0%

1 Compared to the results of the Conservative Party and National Government in the 1940 election
2 Compared to the results of the Social Credit Party and New Democracy in the 1940 election
3 Compared to the Communist Party result in the 1940 election
4 a progressive one - Conservative candidate ran under the designation "National Government", which had been used in 1940 by the Conservatives

Result by provinces and territories

Political party BC FROM SK MB ON QC NB NS PE YK total
Liberal Party Seats 5 2 2 9 34 47 7th 9 3 118
Percentage ownership % 27.5 21.8 33.0 32.7 40.8 46.5 50.0 45.7 48.4 39.8
Progressive-Conservative Party Seats 5 2 1 2 48 1 3 2 1 1 66
Percentage ownership % 30.0 18.7 18.8 24.9 41.4 9.7 38.3 36.8 47.4 40.0 27.6
Commonwealth Co-operative Federation Seats 4th 18th 5 1 28
Percentage ownership % 29.4 18.4 44.4 31.6 14.3 2.4 7.4 16.7 4.2 27.5 15.6
Social Credit Party Seats 13 13
Percentage ownership % 2.3 36.6 3.0 3.2 0.2 4.4 4.0
Independent liberals Seats 1 7th 8th
Percentage ownership % 1.1 1.0 10.2 1.6 3.3 3.3
Independent Seats 6th 6th
Percentage ownership % 0.8 0.4 16.9 3.2 0.2 4.9
Bloc populaire canadien Seats 2 2
Percentage ownership % 0.3 11.9 3.3
Labor Progressive Party Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 5.9 4.5 0.8 5.0 2.0 1.0 0.6 32.4 2.1
Independent progressive conservatives Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % <0.1 1.0 0.3
Independent CCF candidates Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 1.4 <0.1 0.1
Liberal-Progressive Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 1.9 0.1
National Government Percentage ownership % 0.3 0.1
Unions Percentage ownership % 1.1 0.1
Farmer Labor Percentage ownership % 0.2 0.1
Independent Conservatives Percentage ownership % 0.2 0.1
Democratic Party Percentage ownership % 0.6 <0.1
Union des électeurs Percentage ownership % <0.1 <0.1
Socialist Labor Party Percentage ownership % 0.1 <0.1
Labor Party Percentage ownership % <0.1 <0.1
Liberal Labor Percentage ownership % <0.1 <0.1
Independent Labor Percentage ownership % <0.1 <0.1
not known Percentage ownership % <0.1 <0.1
Totally sit 16 17th 21st 17th 82 65 10 12 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