Canadian General Election 1949

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 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

49.15

29.65

13.42

2.31

2.71

2.79

Lib

Pc

CCF

SoCred

Independent

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1945

 % p

 10

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

+9.37

+2.03

-2.13

-1.73

-4.42

-3.14

Lib

Pc

CCF

SoCred

Independent

Otherwise.

13

191

5

41

10

2

13 191 5 41 10 2 

A total of 262 seats

• CCF : 13
• Lib : 191
• Independent: 5
• PC : 41
• SoCred : 10
• Otherwise: 2

The 21st Canadian general election ( English 21st Canadian General Election , French 21e élection fédérale canadienne ) was held on 27 June 1949th 262 deputies were elected the Canadian House of Commons (Engl. House of Commons , fr. Chambre des Communes ).

The vote

It was the first election in Canada in nearly thirty years without the Liberal Party being led by William Lyon Mackenzie King . King had resigned the previous year and was replaced by Louis Saint-Laurent as prime minister and party chairman. Saint-Laurent led his party to a fourth consecutive election victory; the Liberals won nearly 50% of the vote and secured an overwhelming majority of the seats.

The Progressive Conservative Party took office with George Alexander Drew , former Prime Minister of the Province of Ontario , as its new chair. But she did not succeed in achieving notable success outside her stronghold of Ontario and even suffered losses. The remaining parties, including the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Social Credit Party , also performed worse.

For the first time, residents of Newfoundland and Labrador took part in a nationwide election. This province had joined the Canadian Confederation just under four months earlier .

The turnout was 73.8%.

Results

Overall result

Overview of the provinces and territories

Louis Saint-Laurent

George Alexander Drew

Major James Coldwell

Solon Earl Low

Political party		Chairman	candidates data	Seats 1945	Seats 1949	+/-	be right	proportion of	+/-
	Liberal Party	Louis Saint-Laurent	258	118	191	+ 73	2,874,813	49.15%	+ 9.37%
	Progressive-Conservative Party	George Alexander Drew	249	066	041	- 25	1,734,261	29.65%	+ 2.03%
	Commonwealth Co-operative Federation	Major James Coldwell	180	028	013	- 15	784.770	13.42%	- 2.13%
	Social Credit Party	Solon Earl Low	028	013	010	- 03	135.217	2.31%	- 1.73%
	Independent		028	006th	004th	- 02nd	119,827	2.05%	- 2.84%
	Independent liberals		015th	008th	001	- 07th	30,407	0.52%	- 1.27%
	Liberal Labor		002		001	+ 01	11,730	0.20%	+ 0.19%
	Liberal-Progressive		001	001	001		9,192	0.16%	+ 0.04%
	Union des électeurs		056				86,087	1.47%	+ 1.46%
	Labor Progressive Party	Tim Buck	017th	001		- 01	32,623	0.56%	- 1.58%
	Independent progressive conservatives		006th	001		- 01	8,195	0.14%	- 0.14%
	Farmer Labor		001				6.161	0.11%	+ 0.04%
	Parti national social chrétien	Adrien Arcand	001				5,590	0.10%	+ 0.10%
	Nationalists		001				4,994	0.09%	+ 0.09%
	Independent Social Credit		002				4,598	0.08%	+ 0.08%
	Labor Party		002				415	0.01%
	Socialist Labor Party		001				271	0.01%	+ 0.01%
	Bloc populaire canadien			002		- 02nd
	Independent CCF candidate			001		- 01
total			851	245	262	+ 17	5,849,151	100.0%

Result by provinces and territories

Political party			BC	FROM	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	NL	NW / YK	total
	Liberal Party	Seats	11	5	14th	11	55	68	8th	10	3	5	1	191
		Percentage ownership %	36.7	33.8	43.4	45.1	45.1	60.4	53.8	52.7	49.2	71.9	49.0	49.1
	Progressive-Conservative Party	Seats	3	2	1	1	25th	2	2	2	1	2		41
		Percentage ownership %	27.9	16.8	14.4	22.0	37.4	24.5	39.4	37.5	48.4	27.9		29.7
	Commonwealth Co-operative Federation	Seats	3		5	3	1			1				13
		Percentage ownership %	31.5	10.0	40.9	25.9	15.2	1.1	4.2	9.9	2.4	0.2	17.0	13.4
	Social Credit Party	Seats		10										10
		Percentage ownership %	0.5	37.4	0.9		0.2							2.3
	Independent	Seats	1					3						4th
		Percentage ownership %	2.6			2.1	0.1	6.1	0.2				34.0	2.1
	Independent liberals	Seats					1							1
		Percentage ownership %	1.1				0.3	1.3	1.4					0.5
	Liberal Labor	Seats					1							1
		Percentage ownership %	1.1				0.6	<0.1						0.2
	Liberal-Progressive	Seats				1								1
		Percentage ownership %				2.9								0.2
	Union des électeurs	Percentage ownership %					0.1	5.1	1.0					1.5
	Labor Progressive Party	Percentage ownership %	0.8	0.7	0.4	2.0	0.7	0.3						0.6
	Independent progressive conservatives	Percentage ownership %					<0.1	0.5						0.1
	Farmer Labor	Percentage ownership %					0.3							0.1
	Parti national social chrétien	Percentage ownership %						0.4						0.1
	Nationalists	Percentage ownership %						0.3						0.1
	Independent Social Credit	Percentage ownership %		1.4										0.1
	Labor Party	Percentage ownership %					<0.1	<0.1						<0.1
	Socialist Labor Party	Percentage ownership %					<0.1							<0.1
Totally sit			18th	17th	20th	16	83	73	10	13	4th	7th	1	262

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