1953 Canadian General Election

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 %
50
40
30th
20th
10
0
48.43
31.02
11.28
5.40
2.28
1.62
Independent
Otherwise.
Gains and losses
compared to 1949
 % p
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
-0.72
+1.37
-2.14
+3.09
-0.43
-1.17
Independent
Otherwise.
23
169
5
51
15th
2
23 169 5 51 15th 2 
A total of 265 seats
  • CCF : 23
  • Lib : 169
  • Independent: 5
  • PC : 51
  • SoCred : 15
  • Otherwise: 2

The 22 Canadian general election ( english 22nd Canadian General Election , French 22e élection fédérale canadienne ) took place on August 10 1953rd 265 deputies were elected the Canadian House of Commons (Engl. House of Commons , fr. Chambre des Communes ).

The vote

Prime Minister Louis Saint-Laurent led the Liberal Party to an election victory for the second time, despite the fact that it gained a slightly smaller share of the vote and lost 22 seats to other parties. For the fifth time in a row the Liberals were able to form the government. The Progressive Conservative Party with George Alexander Drew , former Prime Minister of Ontario , at the top it was not possible as early as 1949, to significantly improve and remained in opposition.

The Inuit were eligible to vote for the first time . The turnout was 67.5%.

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
1949 		Seats
1953 		+/- be right Share of
voters 		+/-
  Liberal Party Louis Saint-Laurent 262 191 169 - 22 2,731,633 48.43% - 0.72%
  Progressive-Conservative Party George Alexander Drew 248 041 051 + 10 1,749,579 31.02% + 1.37%
  Commonwealth Co-operative Federation Major James Coldwell 170 013 023 + 10 636.310 11.28% - 2.14%
  Social Credit Party Solon Earl Low 071 010 015th + 05 304,553 5.40% + 3.09%
  Independent 014th 004th 003 - 01 58,458 1.04% - 1.01%
  Independent liberals 019th 001 002 + 01 68.506 1.21% + 0.69%
  Liberal Labor 1 001 001 001 11,380 0.20%
  Liberal-Progressive 001 001 001 8,958 0.16%
  Labor Progressive Party Tim Buck 100 59,622 1.06% + 0.50%
  Nationalists Adrien Arcand 001 7,496 0.13% - 0.01%
  Independent progressive conservatives 003 1,636 0.03% - 0.11%
  Christian Liberal 001 1,505 0.03% + 0.03%
  Independent Social Credit 001 422 0.01% - 0.07%
  Locataire (candidat) 001 417 0.01% + 0.07%
  Anti-communists 001 333 0.01% + 0.01%
  Socialist Labor Party 001 130 0.01% + 0.01%
total 897 262 265 + 03 5,640,938 100.0%

1 the Liberal Labor MP joined the Liberal Group

Result by provinces and territories

Political party BC FROM SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NL NW YK total
Liberal Party Seats 8th 4th 5 7th 50 66 7th 10 3 7th 1 1 169
Percentage ownership % 30.9 35.1 37.3 37.0 46.0 61.0 52.7 53.0 51.1 67.2 49.4 78.7 48.4
Progressive-Conservative Party Seats 3 2 1 3 33 4th 3 1 1 51
Percentage ownership % 14.1 14.5 11.7 27.0 40.3 29.4 41.9 40.1 48.0 28.1 38.5 21.3 31.0
Commonwealth Co-operative Federation Seats 7th 11 3 1 1 23
Percentage ownership % 26.6 6.9 44.2 23.6 11.1 1.5 3.0 6.7 0.8 0.6 11.3
Social Credit Party Seats 4th 11 15th
Percentage ownership % 26.1 40.7 5.3 6.3 0.3 0.3 5.4
Independent Seats 3 3
Percentage ownership % 0.1 0.2 0.3 3.0 4.0 12.4 1.0
Independent liberals Seats 2 2
Percentage ownership % 4.0 0.3 3.7 1.9 1.2
Liberal Labor Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 1.1 0.6 0.2
Liberal-Progressive Seats 1 1
Percentage ownership % 3.3 0.2
Labor Progressive Party Percentage ownership % 2.2 2.7 1.1 2.3 1.0 0.7 0.2 1.1
Nationalists Percentage ownership % 0.5 0.1
Independent progressive conservatives Percentage ownership % 0.1 <0.1
Christian Liberal Percentage ownership % 0.3 <0.1
Independent Social Credit Percentage ownership % 0.1 <0.1
Locataire (candidat) Percentage ownership % 0.1 <0.1
Anti-communists Percentage ownership % <0.1 <0.1
Socialist Labor Party Percentage ownership % <0.1 <0.1
Totally sit 22nd 17th 17th 14th 85 75 10 12 4th 7th 1 1 265

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The evolution of the federal franchise
  2. ^ Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums. Elections Canada, February 18, 2013, accessed July 4, 2015 .

See also