Canadian federal election, 1949
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| Canadian federal election, 1949 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 262 seats in the 21st Canadian Parliament | ||||
| June 27, 1949 | ||||
| First party | Second party | |||
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| Leader | Louis St. Laurent | George A. Drew | ||
| Party | Liberal | PC | ||
| Leader since | 1948 | 1948 | ||
| Leader's seat | Quebec East | Carleton | ||
| Last election | 117 | 65 | ||
| Seats won | 191 | 41 | ||
| Seat change | +74 | -24 | ||
| Popular vote | 2,874,813 | 1,734,261 | ||
| Percentage | 49.15% | 29.65% | ||
| Swing | +9.37% | +2.03% | ||
| Third party | Fourth party | |||
| Leader | Major James Coldwell | Solon Earl Low | ||
| Party | CCF | Social Credit | ||
| Leader since | 1942 | 1944 | ||
| Leader's seat | Rosetown—Biggar | Peace River | ||
| Last election | 28 | 13 | ||
| Seats won | 13 | 10 | ||
| Seat change | -15 | -3 | ||
| Popular vote | 784,770 | 135,217 | ||
| Percentage | 13.42% | 2.31% | ||
| Swing | -2.13% | -1.74% | ||
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Incumbent Prime Minister Prime Minister-designate | ||||
The Canadian federal election of 1949 was held on June 27 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 21st Parliament of Canada. It was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had retired in 1948, and was replaced as Liberal leader and Prime Minister by Louis St. Laurent. It was also the first federal election with Newfoundland and Labrador voting, having joined Canada in March of that year. The Liberal Party was re-elected with its fourth consecutive majority government, winning just under 50% of the vote.
The Progressive Conservative Party, led by former Premier of Ontario George Drew, gained little ground in this election.
Smaller parties, such as the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and Social Credit, a party that advocated monetary reform, lost support to the Liberals, and to a lesser extent, the Conservatives.
Voter turn-out: 73.8%
National results
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates | Seats | Popular vote | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Elected | % Change | # | % | % Change | ||||
| Liberal | Louis St. Laurent | 258 | 117 | 191 | +63.2% | 2,874,813 | 49.15% | +9.37% | |
| Progressive Conservative | George Drew | 249 | 65 | 41 | -21.5% | 1,734,261 | 29.65% | +2.03% | |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | M.J. Coldwell | 180 | 28 | 13 | -53.6% | 784,770 | 13.42% | -2.13% | |
| Social Credit | Solon Low | 28 | 13 | 10 | -23.1% | 135,217 | 2.31% | -1.74% | |
| Independent | 28 | 6 | 4 | -33.3% | 119,827 | 2.05% | -2.84% | ||
| Independent Liberal | 15 | 8 | 1 | -87.5% | 30,407 | 0.52% | -1.27% | ||
| Liberal-Labour | 2 | - | 1 | 11,730 | 0.20% | +0.19% | |||
| Liberal-Progressive | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 9,192 | 0.16% | +0.04% | ||
| Union of Electors | Réal Caouette | 56 | - | - | - | 86,087 | 1.47% | +1.46% | |
| Labour Progressive | Tim Buck | 17 | 1 | - | -100% | 32,623 | 0.56% | -1.58% | |
| Independent PC | 6 | 1 | - | -100% | 8,195 | 0.14% | -0.14% | ||
| Farmer-Labour | 1 | - | - | - | 6,161 | 0.11% | -0.07% | ||
| National Unity | Adrien Arcand | 1 | * | - | * | 5,590 | 0.10% | * | |
| Nationalist | 1 | * | - | * | 4,994 | 0.09% | * | ||
| Independent Social Credit | 2 | * | - | * | 4,598 | 0.08% | * | ||
| Labour | 2 | - | - | - | 415 | 0.01% | x | ||
| Socialist Labour | 1 | * | - | * | 271 | x | * | ||
| Total | 851 | 243 | 262 | +7.8% | 5,849,151 | 100% | |||
| Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 | |||||||||
Notes:
* The party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.
x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote
Results by province
| Party name | BC | AB | SK | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | NL | Terr | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Seats: | 11 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 55 | 68 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 191 | |
| Popular Vote: | 36.7 | 33.8 | 43.4 | 45.1 | 45.1 | 60.4 | 53.8 | 52.7 | 49.2 | 71.9 | 49.0 | 49.1 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Seats: | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 41 | |
| Vote: | 27.9 | 16.8 | 14.4 | 22.0 | 37.4 | 24.5 | 39.4 | 37.5 | 48.4 | 27.9 | 29.7 | |||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Seats: | 3 | - | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 13 | |
| Vote: | 31.5 | 10.0 | 40.9 | 25.9 | 15.2 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 9.9 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 17.0 | 13.4 | ||
| Social Credit | Seats: | - | 10 | - | - | 10 | ||||||||
| Vote: | 0.5 | 37.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 2.3 | |||||||||
| Independent | Seats: | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 4 | |||||||
| Vote: | 2.6 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 6.1 | 0.2 | 34.0 | 2.1 | |||||||
| Independent Liberal | Seats: | 1 | - | - | 1 | |||||||||
| Vote: | 0.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | ||||||||||
| Liberal-Labour | Seats: | 1 | - | 1 | ||||||||||
| Vote: | 0.6 | xx | 0.2 | |||||||||||
| Liberal-Progressive | Seats: | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Vote: | 2.9 | 0.2 | ||||||||||||
| Total Seats | 18 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 83 | 73 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 262 | ||
| Parties that won no seats: | ||||||||||||||
| Union of Electors | Vote: | 0.1 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 1.5 | |||||||||
| Labour Progressive | Vote: | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Independent PC | Vote: | xx | 0.5 | 0.1 | ||||||||||
| Farmer-Labour | Vote: | 0.3 | 0.1 | |||||||||||
| National Unity | Vote: | 0.4 | 0.1 | |||||||||||
| Nationalist | Vote: | 0.3 | 0.1 | |||||||||||
| Independent Social Credit | Vote: | 1.4 | 0.1 | |||||||||||
| Labour | Vote: | xx | xx | xx | ||||||||||
| Socialist Labour | Vote: | xx | xx | |||||||||||
- xx - less than 0.05% of the popular vote
See also
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