1953_Canadian_federal_election

1953 Canadian federal election
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265 seats in the House of Commons; 133 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	67.5% (6.3pp)
	The Canadian parliament after the 1953 election
Prime Minister before election; Louis St. Laurent; Liberal	Prime Minister after election ; Louis St. Laurent; Liberal

1953 Canadian federal election

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The 1953 Canadian federal election was held on August 10, 1953, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 22nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent led his Liberal Party of Canada to its second consecutive majority government, although the party lost seats to the other parties.

Quick Facts 265 seats in the House of Commons 133 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

The Progressive Conservative Party, led by former Premier of Ontario, George Drew, formed the official opposition, however for the last time until 1993, the party was unable to win the popular vote in any of Canada's provinces or territories.

This was the last election until 1988 in which any party won back-to-back majorities, and the last until 1997 in which the Liberals would accomplish this feat. This election is the last time that the Liberals would win more seats in Alberta than the largest right-of-centre party in Canada, and the last time they would win more seats than the Tories in Alberta until 1993.

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Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
Party		Party leader	# of candidates	1949	Elected	% Change	#	%	pp Change
	Liberal	Louis St. Laurent	262	191	169	-11.5%	2,731,633	48.43%	-0.72
	Progressive Conservative	George Drew	248	41	51	+24.4%	1,749,579	31.02%	+1.37
	Co-operative Commonwealth	M.J. Coldwell	170	13	23	+76.9%	636,310	11.28%	-2.14
	Social Credit	Solon Low	71	10	15	+50%	304,553	5.40%	+3.09
	Independent		14	4	3	-25.0%	58,458	1.04%	-1.01
	Independent Liberal		19	1	2	+100%	68,506	1.21%	+0.69
	Liberal-Labour¹		1	1	1	-	11,380	0.20%	-
	Liberal–Progressive		1	1	1	-	8,958	0.16%	-
	Labor–Progressive	Tim Buck	100	-	-	-	59,622	1.06%	+0.50
	Nationalist	Adrien Arcand	1	*	-	*	7,496	0.13%	*
	Independent Progressive Conservative		3	-	-	-	1,636	0.03%	-0.11
	Christian Liberal		1	*	-	*	1,505	0.03%	*
	Independent Social Credit		1	-	-	-	422	0.01%	-0.07
	Locataire (candidat)		1	*	-	*	417	0.01%	*
	Anti-Communist		1	*	-	*	333	0.01%	*
	Socialist Labour		1	-	-	-	130	x	x
Total			897	262	265	+1.1%	5,640,938	100%
Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867 Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine

Party name			BC	AB	SK	MB	ON	QC	NB	NS	PE	NL	NW	YK	Total
	Liberal	Seats:	8	4	5	7	50	66	7	10	3	7	1	1	169
	Liberal	Vote (%):	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	Seats:	3	2	1	3	33	4	3	1	1	0	-	-	51
	Progressive Conservative	Vote (%):	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
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Seats:	7	-	11	3	1	-	-	1	-	-			23
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Vote (%):	26.6	6.9	44.2	23.6	11.1	1.5	3.0	6.7	0.8	0.6			11.3
	Social Credit	Seats:	4	11	-	-	-		-						15
	Social Credit	Vote (%):	26.1	40.7	5.3	6.3	0.3		0.4						5.4
	Independent	Seats:		-		-	-	3				-	-		3
	Independent	Vote (%):		0.1		0.2	0.3	3.0				4.0	12.4		1.0
	Independent Liberal	Seats:				-	-	2	-						2
	Independent Liberal	Vote (%):				4.0	0.3	3.7	1.9						1.2
	Liberal–Labour	Seats:					1								1
	Liberal–Labour	Vote (%):					0.6								0.2
	Liberal-Progressive	Seats:				1									1
	Liberal-Progressive	Vote (%):				3.3									0.2
Total Seats			22	17	17	14	85	75	10	12	4	7	1	1	265
Parties that won no seats:
	Labor–Progressive	Vote (%):	2.2	2.7	1.1	2.3	1.0	0.7		0.2					1.1
	Nationalist	Vote (%):						0.5							0.1
	Independent PC	Vote (%):						0.1							xx
	Christian Liberal	Vote (%):					0.1								xx
	Independent Social Credit	Vote (%):		0.1											xx
	Locataire (candidat)	Vote (%):						xx							xx
	Anti-Communist	Vote (%):						xx							xx
	Socialist Labour	Vote (%):					xx								xx

1953_Canadian_federal_election

1953 Canadian federal election

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Results by province

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