1963 Canadian General Election

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 %

50

40

30th

20th

10

0

41.48

32.80

13.22

11.91

0.61

Lib

Pc

NDP

SoCred

Otherwise.

Gains and losses

compared to 1962

 % p

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

+4.51

-4.42

-0.35

+0.30

-0.04

Lib

Pc

NDP

SoCred

Otherwise.

17th

128

95

24

1

17th 128 95 24 1 

A total of 265 seats

• NDP : 17
• Lib : 128
• PC : 95
• SoCred : 24
• Otherwise: 1

The 26th Canadian General Election ( English 26th Canadian General Election , French 26e élection fédérale canadienne ) was held on April 8 1,963th 265 deputies were elected the Canadian House of Commons (Engl. House of Commons , fr. Chambre des Communes ). Election winner was the Liberal Party of Lester Pearson had to make, but the absolute majority narrowly missed and therefore a minority government.

The vote

Since the 1962 election, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's progressive-conservative government has had a minority. In addition, the government split into two camps. Diefenbaker and his allies spoke out against the stationing of American Bomarc nuclear missiles on Canadian soil, while numerous conservatives and the liberal opposition were in favor. Defense Secretary Douglas Harkness resigned on February 4, 1963 because of Diefenbaker's refusal. The following day the government lost a vote of no confidence , which resulted in an early election .

The Liberals were able to increase their share of the vote, but they were missing seven seats for an absolute majority. For their part, they formed a minority government that was dependent on the support of the New Democratic Party (NDP). The NDP suffered minor losses. The Social Credit Party also lost seats and, six months later, after internal power struggles, split into an English-speaking and a French-speaking party, the Ralliement créditiste .

The turnout was 79.2%, the highest in the country's history.

Results

Overall result

Overview of the provinces and territories

John Diefenbaker

Tommy Douglas

Political party		Chairman	candidates data	Seats 1962	Seats 1963	+/-	be right	Share of voters	+/-
	Liberal Party	Lester Pearson	265	099	128	+ 29	3,276,996	41.48%	+ 4.51%
	Progressive-Conservative Party	John Diefenbaker	265	116	095	- 21	2,591,613	32.80%	- 4.42%
	Social Credit Party	Robert N. Thompson	224	030th	024	- 06	940.703	11.91%	+ 0.30%
	New Democratic Party	Tommy Douglas	232	019th	017th	- 02nd	1,044,701	13.22%	- 0.35%
	Liberal Labor 1		001	001	001		16,794	0.21%	+ 0.01%
	Independent liberals		006th				14,658	0.19%	+ 0.05%
	Independent		009				5,236	0.07%	- 0.01%
	Communist Party	Leslie Morris	012				4.234	0.05%	- 0.03%
	Independent progressive conservatives		002				1.965	0.02%	- 0.02%
	Independent Conservatives		002				1,159	0.01%	+ 0.01%
	Ouvrier indépendant		001				1,064	0.01%	+ 0.01%
	Independent Social Credit		002				717	0.01%	+ 0.01%
	Nationalists		001				540	0.01%	+ 0.01%
	Candidat libéral des électeurs		001				496	0.01%	- 0.01%
	Socialist Labor Party		001				43	<0.01%	+ <0.01%
total			1023	265	265		7,891,627	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	7th	1		2	51	47	6th	5	2	7th			128
		Percentage ownership %	32.3	22.1	24.1	33.8	45.8	45.6	47.3	46.7	46.4	64.5	41.0	43.2	41.5
	Progressive-Conservative Party	Seats	4th	14th	17th	10	27	8th	4th	7th	2		1	1	95
		Percentage ownership %	23.4	45.3	53.7	42.3	35.0	19.5	40.4	46.9	52.0	30.1	49.6	56.8	32.7
	Social Credit Party	Seats	2	2				20th							24
		Percentage ownership %	13.3	25.8	3.9	7.0	2.0	27.3	8.6	0.1			9.4		11.9
	New Democratic Party	Seats	9			2	6th								17th
		Percentage ownership %	30.3	6.5	18.2	16.7	16.2	7.1	3.7	6.4	1.6	4.2			13.2
	Liberal Labor	Seats					1								1
		Percentage ownership %					0.6								0.2
	Independent liberals	Percentage ownership %					0.3	0.1				1.3			0.2
	Independent	Percentage ownership %	<0.1	0.1	<0.1	0.2	<0.1	0.1							0.1
	Communist Party	Percentage ownership %	0.1	0.1	0.1		0.1	<0.1							0.1
	Independent progressive conservatives	Percentage ownership %					<0.1	0.1							<0.1
	Independent Conservatives	Percentage ownership %					<0.1								<0.1
	Ouvrier indépendant	Percentage ownership %						0.1							<0.1
	Independent Social Credit	Percentage ownership %						<0.1							<0.1
	Nationalists	Percentage ownership %						<0.1							<0.1
	Candidat libéral des électeurs	Percentage ownership %						<0.1							<0.1
	Socialist Labor Party	Percentage ownership %						<0.1							<0.1
Total seats			22nd	17th	17th	14th	85	75	10	12	4th	7th	1	1	265

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