Canadian federal election, 1953
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The Canadian federal election of 1953 was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent led his Liberal Party of Canada to another majority government, although the party lost seats to the other parties.
The Progressive Conservative Party, led by former Premier of Ontario, George Drew, formed the official opposition.
National results
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| 1949 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | Liberal | Louis St. Laurent | 262 | 191 | 169 | -11.5% | 2,731,633 | 48.43% | -0.72%
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row | Progressive Conservative | George Drew | 248 | 41 | 51 | +24.4% | 1,749,579 | 31.02% | +1.37% | Cooperative 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% | -
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal-Progressive/row | Liberal-Progressive | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 8,958 | 0.16% | - | Labour 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 (http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes:
* - not applicable - the party was not recognized in the previous election
x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote
1 The Liberal-Labour MP sat with the Liberal caucus.
Results by province
| 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 | 191 | 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 | 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 | Cooperative Commonwealth | Seats: | 7 | - | 11 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 23 | 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 | 10 | - | - | - | - | 15 | Vote (%): | 26.1 | 40.7 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 5.4 | Independent | Seats: | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | Vote (%): | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 12.4 | 1.0 | Independent Liberal | Seats: | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | Vote (%): | 4.0 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 1.9 | 1.2 | Liberal-Labour | Seats: | 1 | 1 | Vote (%): | 0.6 | 0.2
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal-Progressive/row | Liberal-Progressive | Seats: | 1 | 1
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal-Progressive/row | Vote (%): | 3.3 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total Seats | 22 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 85 | 75 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 265 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Labour 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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