1953 Canadian federal election

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Canadian federal election, 1953





← 1949
August 10, 1953
1957 →
← outgoing members


265 seats in the House of Commons
133 seats needed for a majority









































































 
First party
Second party
 

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GeorgeDrew.jpg
Leader

Louis St. Laurent

George A. Drew
Party

Liberal

Progressive Conservative
Leader since

August 7, 1948

October 2, 1948
Leader's seat

Quebec East

Carleton
Last election
191
41
Seats won
169
51
Seat change

Decrease22

Increase10
Popular vote
2,731,633
1,749,579
Percentage
48.43%
31.02%
Swing

Decrease0.72pp

Increase1.37pp

 
Third party
Fourth party
 

M.J. Coldwell in 1944.jpg

Solon Earl Low
Leader

Major James Coldwell

Solon Earl Low
Party

Co-operative Commonwealth

Social Credit
Leader since

March 22, 1942

April 6, 1944
Leader's seat

Rosetown—Biggar

Peace River
Last election
13
10
Seats won
23
15
Seat change

Increase10

Increase5
Popular vote
636,310
304,553
Percentage
11.28%
5.40%
Swing

Decrease2.14pp

Increase3.09pp


Canada 1953 Federal Election.svg





Prime Minister before election

Louis St. Laurent
Liberal



Prime Minister-designate

Louis St. Laurent
Liberal


The Canadian federal election of 1953 was held on August 10 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 fifth consecutive 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.


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The Canadian parliament after the 1953 election




Contents





  • 1 National results


  • 2 Vote and seat summaries


  • 3 Results by province


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References




National results














169

51

23

15

7

Liberal

PC

CCF

SC

O















































































































































































Party
Party leader
# of
candidates
Seats
Popular vote

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

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.



Vote and seat summaries
























Popular vote
Liberal
48.43%
PC
31.02%
CCF
11.28%
Social Credit
5.40%
Others
3.87%























Seat totals
Liberal
63.77%
PC
19.25%
CCF
8.68%
Social Credit
5.66%
Others
2.64%


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
169
 
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
    

Co-operative 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
11
-
-
-
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
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
 

Liberal-Progressive
Seats:
 
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
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
  • xx - less than 0.05% of the popular vote


See also



  • List of Canadian federal general elections

  • List of political parties in Canada

  • 22nd Canadian Parliament


References










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