Canadian general election 1957
The 23 Canadian general election ( english 23rd Canadian General Election , French 23e élection fédérale canadienne ) was held on 10 June 1957th 265 deputies were elected the Canadian House of Commons (Engl. House of Commons , fr. Chambre des Communes ). An unexpected victory by John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservative Party ended the Liberal Party's 22-year reign and led to the formation of a minority government.
The vote
The Liberal Party had won five elections in a row, but was increasingly seen by the public as arrogant and worn out. A cabinet had ruled under Prime Minister Louis Saint-Laurent since November 1948 . Many Western Canadians felt excluded from the government and believed that the interests of the two largest provinces, Ontario and Québec , were too weighty. In 1956 the Progressive Conservative Party elected John Diefenbaker as its new leader.
Diefenbaker's election campaign highlighted Canadian nationalism and promised more money for social programs. With an ambitious investment program, the north of the country should also be better developed. This election campaign was the first to feature television. On television programs, Diefenbaker made a far more charismatic impression than incumbent Prime Minister Saint-Laurent.
The Liberals won slightly more votes, but the Progressive Conservatives won more seats. However, 21 seats were missing for the absolute majority. Diefenbaker formed a minority government and occasionally sought the support of smaller parties. Several liberal ministers were voted out.
The turnout was 74.1%.
Results
Overall result
| Political party | Chairman | candidates data |
Seats 1953 |
Seats 1957 |
+/- | be right | Share of voters |
+/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive-Conservative Party | John Diefenbaker | 256 | 51 | 111 | + 60 | 2,564,732 | 38.81% | + 7.79% | |
| Liberal Party | Louis Saint-Laurent | 264 | 169 | 104 | - 65 | 2,692,986 | 40.75% | - 7.67% | |
| Commonwealth Co-operative Federation | Major James Coldwell | 162 | 23 | 25th | + 2 | 707.828 | 10.71% | - 0.57% | |
| Social Credit Party | Solon Earl Low | 114 | 15th | 19th | + 4 | 434,312 | 6.57% | + 1.17% | |
| Independent liberals | 27 | 2 | 2 | 93,466 | 1.41% | + 0.20% | |||
| Independent | 16 | 3 | 2 | - 1 | 70.060 | 1.06% | + 0.02% | ||
| Independent progressive conservatives | 6th | 1 | + 1 | 14,525 | 0.22% | + 0.22% | |||
| Liberal Labor 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10,701 | 0.16% | - 0.04% | |||
| Candidate des électeurs | 1 | 8,129 | 0.12% | + 0.12% | |||||
| Labor Progressive Party | Tim Buck | 10 | 7,760 | 0.12% | - 0.94% | ||||
| Independent Social Credit | 2 | 2,737 | 0.04% | + 0.03% | |||||
| Canadian Democrat | 1 | 628 | 0.01% | + 0.01% | |||||
| Anti-communists | 1 | 333 | 0.01% | + 0.01% | |||||
| Liberal-Conservative Coalition | 1 | 252 | <0.01% | + <0.01% | |||||
| Capital familial | 1 | 237 | <0.01% | + <0.01% | |||||
| National Credit Control | 1 | 122 | <0.01% | + <0.01% | |||||
| Liberal-Progressive | 1 | - 1 | |||||||
| total | 862 | 265 | 265 | 6,608,475 | 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive-Conservative Party | Seats | 7th | 3 | 3 | 8th | 61 | 8th | 5 | 10 | 4th | 2 | 111 | |||
| Percentage ownership % | 32.6 | 27.6 | 23.2 | 35.6 | 48.8 | 30.6 | 48.7 | 50.4 | 52.3 | 37.8 | 49.3 | 31.8 | 38.8 | ||
| Liberal Party | Seats | 2 | 1 | 4th | 1 | 20th | 62 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 104 | ||
| Percentage ownership % | 20.5 | 27.9 | 30.3 | 26.1 | 36.6 | 57.6 | 48.1 | 45.1 | 46.6 | 61.9 | 50.7 | 68.2 | 40.8 | ||
| Commonwealth Co-operative Federation | Seats | 7th | 10 | 5 | 3 | 25th | |||||||||
| Percentage ownership % | 22.3 | 6.3 | 36.0 | 23.7 | 12.1 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 10.7 | ||||
| Social Credit Party | Seats | 6th | 13 | 19th | |||||||||||
| Percentage ownership % | 24.2 | 37.8 | 10.5 | 13.2 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 6.6 | ||||||
| Independent liberals | Seats | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Percentage ownership % | 0.7 | 0.2 | 4.8 | 1.4 | |||||||||||
| Independent | Seats | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Percentage ownership % | <0.1 | <0.1 | 0.1 | <0.1 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | ||||||||
| Independent progressive conservatives | Seats | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Percentage ownership % | <0.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||
| Liberal Labor | Seats | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Percentage ownership % | 0.5 | 0.2 | |||||||||||||
| Candidate des électeurs | Percentage ownership % | 0.5 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||
| Labor Progressive Party | Percentage ownership % | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |||||||
| Independent Social Credit | Percentage ownership % | 0.1 | <0.1 | ||||||||||||
| Canadian Democrat | Percentage ownership % | 0.1 | <0.1 | ||||||||||||
| Liberal-Conservative Coalition | Percentage ownership % | 0.1 | <0.1 | ||||||||||||
| Capitale familiale | Percentage ownership % | 0.1 | <0.1 | ||||||||||||
| National Credit Control | Percentage ownership % | <0.1 | <0.1 | ||||||||||||
| Totally sit | 22nd | 17th | 17th | 14th | 85 | 75 | 10 | 12 | 4th | 7th | 1 | 1 | 265 | ||
Web links
- Elections Canada (Electoral Authority)
- PE Bryden: Elections of 1957 and 1958 ( English, French ) In: The Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved June 23, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ^ Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums. Elections Canada, February 18, 2013, accessed July 4, 2015 .
