CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION, 1953

The 'Canadian federal election of 1953' was held on August 10 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 22nd Parliament of Canada. 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.

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National results

Results by province

National results

Party		Party leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular vote
				1949	'Elected'	% Change	#	%	% 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%	-	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

'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	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	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	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:
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

★ xx - less than 0.05% of the popular vote