CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION, 1949

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. 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%

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National results

Results by province

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		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