The 24th general election was held just nine months after the 23rd and transformed Prime Minister John Diefenbaker's minority into the largest ever majority government in Canadian history.
Diefenbaker had called a snap election to capitalize on two factors:
- nationally: the Liberals had just chosen a new leader, Lester Pearson, who, though well known around the world because of his work for the United Nations, was not well known by Canadians.
National results
Party |
Party Leader |
# of candidates |
Seats |
Popular Vote |
Previous |
After |
% Change |
# |
% |
Change |
Progressive Conservative
|
John Diefenbaker
|
265 |
111 |
208 |
+87.4% |
3,908,633 |
53.66% |
+14.85% |
Liberal
|
Lester B. Pearson
|
264 |
104 |
49 |
-53.8% |
2,432,953 |
33.40% |
-7.35% |
Cooperative Commonwealth
|
M.J. Coldwell
|
169 |
25 |
8 |
-68.0% |
692,668 |
9.51% |
-1.20% |
Liberal-Labour
|
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
- |
11,956 |
0.16% |
- |
Social Credit
|
Solon Low
|
82 |
19 |
- |
|
188,356 |
2.59% |
-3.99% |
Independent |
|
9 |
2 |
- |
|
14,211 |
0.20% |
-0.87% |
Independent Liberal |
|
10 |
2 |
- |
|
12,054 |
0.17% |
-1.25% |
Labour Progressive
|
Tim Buck
|
18 |
- |
- |
|
9,769 |
0.13% |
+0.02% |
Candidats des électeurs
|
Réal Caouette
|
1 |
- |
- |
|
8,276 |
0.11% |
-0.01% |
Independent PC |
|
5 |
1 |
- |
|
2,097 |
0.03% |
-0.19% |
Socialist
|
|
2 |
- |
- |
|
1,113 |
0.02% |
n.a. |
Capital familial
|
H-G Grenier
|
1 |
- |
- |
|
968 |
0.01% |
n.a. |
Radical chrétien
|
|
1 |
- |
- |
|
687 |
0.01% |
n.a. |
Independent SC |
|
1 |
- |
- |
|
361 |
x |
-0.04% |
Ouvrier canadien
|
|
1 |
- |
- |
|
243 |
x |
n.a. |
Independent Conservative |
|
1 |
- |
- |
|
122 |
x |
n.a. |
Total |
|
831 |
265 |
265 |
- |
7,284,467 |
100.00% |
|
Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867
|
Notes:
"Previous" refers to to standings at previous election, not to standings in the House of Commons at dissolution.
n.a. = not applicable - the party was not recognized in the previous election
x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote
Results by province
xx - less than 0.05% of the popular vote
Last updated: 05-13-2005 17:39:49
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