Canadian General Elections 1935 onwards

[Harry Hayfield]

These postings will be a summary of every general election held in Canada since 1935. I have chosen that date because true democracy was established at that election, which I define as women having the vote and each riding electing a single MP.

General Election 1935 Result
Liberal Party 1,967,839 votes (47%) winning 171 seats
Conservative Party 1,290,671 votes (30%) winning 39 seats
Social Credit Party 180,679 votes (4%) winning 17 seats
Co-operative Commonwealth Party 410,125 votes (9%) winning 7 seats
Liberal Progressive Party 29,569 votes (1%) winning 4 seats
Reconstruction Party 384,462 votes (9%) winning 1 seat
Independents 72,524 votes (2%) winning 3 seats
United Farmers of Ontario 7,210 votes (0%) winning 1 seat
Other Parties 61,222 votes (1%) winning 0 seats
Liberal Party lead of 677,168 votes (17%) with an overall majority of 97 seats

[Harry Hayfield]

General Election 1940
Liberal Party 2,365,979 votes (51% +4%) winning 179 seats (+8)
National Government / Conservative coalition 1,402,059 votes (30%, unchanged on Conservatives 1935) winning 39 seats (unchanged on Conservatives 1935)
Co-Operative Commonwealth Party 388,103 votes (8% -1%) winning 8 seats (+1)
Social Credit Party and New Democracy coalition 119,354 votes (3% -1% on Social Credit 1935) winning 10 seats (-7 on Social Credit 1935)
Liberal Progressive Party 27,815 votes (1% unchanged) winning 3 seats (-1)
Independents 214,894 votes (5% +3%) winning 4 seats (+1)
Other Parties with MP's elected 26,205 votes (1%) winning 2 seats (+2)
Other Parties without MP's elected 66,194 votes (1%) unchanged winning 0 seats (unchanged)
Liberal lead of 963,920 votes (21%) on a swing of 2% from Conservative to Liberal and with an overall majority of 113

[Harry Hayfield]

General Election 1945
Liberal Party 2,086,545 votes (40% -11%) winning 118 seats (-61)
Progressive Conservatives 1,448,744 votes (28% -3%) winning 66 seats (+27)
Co-Operative Commonwealth 815,720 votes (16% +7%) winning 28 seats (+20)
Independent Candidates 256,381 votes (5% +4%) winning 6 seats (+5)
Social Credit 212,220 votes (4% +1%) winning 13 seats (+3)
Other Parties with elected MP's 405,538 votes (8%) winning 14 seats
Other Parties without elected MP's 20,561 votes (0%) winning 0 seats
Liberal lead of 637,801 votes (12%) on a swing of 4% from Lib to Con
Hung Parliament, Liberals short by 8 of an overall majority

[Harry Hayfield]

General Election 1949 (Boundary Changes)
Liberal Party 2,874,813 votes (49% +9%) winning 191 seats
Progressive Conservatives 1,734,261 votes (30% +2%) winning 41 seats
Co-Operative Commonwealth 784,770 votes (13% -2%) winning 13 seats
Social Credit 135,217 votes (2% -2%) winning 10 seats
Independents 150,234 votes (3% -4%) winning 5 seats
Other Parties 169,856 votes (3% -4%) winning 2 seats
Liberal lead of 1,140,552 votes (19%) on a swing of 3.5% from Con to Lib and an overall majority of 120