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The Canadian parliament after the 1935 election

The Canadian federal election of 1935 was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. The Liberal Party of William Lyon Mackenzie King won a majority government, defeating R.B. Bennett's Conservative Party. Image File history File links Cdn1935. ... Image File history File links Cdn1935. ... The House of Commons (French: Chambre des communes) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libÃ©ral du Canada) is Canadas current governing political party. ... The Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC , LL.B , Ph. ... In the Westminster System, a majority government is one in which the government enjoys an absolute majority of seats in the legislature or Parliament. ... For the British composer named Richard Bennett, see Richard Rodney Bennett. ... The name which emphasised a revitalised National Policy and links to Britain. ...

The central issue was the economy, which was still in the depths of the Great Depression. Bennett, in office since the 1930 election, had done little to stimulate the economy during his first few years, believing the free market would correct itself. In the last months of his time in office, he reversed his position, however, copying the popular New Deal of Franklin Roosevelt in the United States. Upset about high unemployment and inaction by the federal government, voters were unwilling to allow the Conservatives to continue to govern, despite their change of policy. Canada is sometimes considered to be the country hardest hit by the Great Depression. ... The Canadian parliament after the 1930 election The Canadian federal election of 1930 was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... A free market is an idealized market, where all economic decisions and actions by individuals regarding transfer of money, goods, and services are voluntary, and are therefore devoid of coercion and theft (some definitions of coercion are inclusive of theft). Colloquially and loosely, a free market economy is an economy... The New Deal was President Franklin D. Roosevelts legislative agenda for rescuing the United States from the Great Depression. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ...

The Conservatives were also suffering severe internal divisions. During his first years in office, Bennett had alienated those in his party who supported intervention in the economy. His last minute conversion to interventionism alienated the rest of the party. Former cabinet minister H.H. Stevens left to form the Reconstruction Party. Senior minister Sir Joseph Flavelle announced he would be supporting the Liberals. Henry Herbert Stevens (December 8, 1878-June 14, 1973) was a Canadian politician and businessman. ... The Reconstruction Party was a Canadian political party founded by Henry Herbert Stevens, a long-time Conservative MP who served as Minister of Trade in the Arthur Meighen governement of 1921, and as Minister of Trade and Commerce from 1930 to 1934 in the Depression-era government of R. B...

Voters opted for Mackenzie King's promise of mild reforms to restore economic health. The Liberals crushed the Tories, winning 171 seats to the Conservatives' 39, the worst ever performance by the Tories. The Liberal Party would continue to hold power until 1957. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The 1935 election was also important in it saw the final demise of the Progressive Party and the United Farmers of Alberta. Two new movements rose out of the west, however. The new Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, a social democratic party, first competed in this election and won seven seats, promising social reform. The Social Credit Party of Canada was even more successful, capturing seventeen seats on its platform of monetary reform. The Progressive Party of Canada was a political party in Canada in the 1920s and 1930s. ... The United Farmers of Alberta was founded in 1909 as a lobby organization representing the interests of farmers. ... The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups as well as the League for Social Reconstruction. ... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative - populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform. ...

National results

Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
Party		Party Leader	# of candidates	1930	Elected	% Change	#	%	% Change
	Liberal	Mackenzie King	245	90	173	+92.2%	1,967,839	44.68%	+0.65%
	Conservative	R.B. Bennett	228	134	39	-70.9%	1,290,671	29.84%	-18.48%
	Social Credit	J.H. Blackmore	46	*	17	*	180,679	4.10%	*
	Cooperative Commonwealth	J.S. Woodsworth	121	*	7	*	410,125	9.31%	*
	Liberal-Progressive		5	3	4	+33.3%	29,569	0.67%	-0.48%
	Reconstruction	H.H. Stevens	172	*	1	*	384,462	8.73%	*
	Independent Liberal		24	-	1		54,239	1.23%	+0.86%
	Independent		13	2	1	-50.0%	17,207	0.39%	-0.16%
	United Farmers of Ontario-Labour		1	-	1		7,210	0.39%	+0.16%
	Independent Conservative		4	-	1		1,078	0.02%	-0.24%
	Communist	Tim Buck	12	-	-	-	20,140	0.46%	+0.34%
	Labour		5	2	-	-100%	14,423	0.33%	-0.35%
	Progressive-Conservative		2	1	-	-100%	12,220	0.28%	-0.13%
	Verdun		1	*	-	*	4,214	0.10%	*
	Anti-Communist		1	*	-	*	3,961	0.09%	*
	Unknown		3	-	-	-	3,407	0.08%	-0.11%
	Independent Reconstructionist		1	*	0	*	865	0.02%	*
	Technocrat		1	*	0	*	733	0.02%	*
	Liberal-Labour		3	-	-	-	708	0.02%	-0.17%
	Socialist		1	*	-	*	251	0.01%	*
	Independent Labour		1	-	-	-	221	0.01%	-0.41%
	Veteran		1	*	-	*	79	x	*
Total			891	245	245	-	4,404,301	100%
Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Notes: The Canadian parliament after the 1930 election The Canadian federal election of 1930 was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libÃ©ral du Canada) is Canadas current governing political party. ... The Right Honourable William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC , LL.B , Ph. ... The name which emphasised a revitalised National Policy and links to Britain. ... For the British composer named Richard Bennett, see Richard Rodney Bennett. ... The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative - populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform. ... Categories: People stubs | 1890 births | 1971 deaths | Members of the Canadian House of Commons | Social Credit Party of Canada Leaders ... The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was a Canadian political party founded in 1932 in Calgary, Alberta, by a number of socialist, farm, co-operative and labour groups as well as the League for Social Reconstruction. ... J.S. Woodsworth James Shaver Woodsworth (July 29, 1874 – March 21, 1942) was a pioneer in the Canadian social democratic movement. ... Liberal-Progressive was a label used by a number of candidates in Canadian elections between 1926 and 1953. ... The Reconstruction Party was a Canadian political party founded by Henry Herbert Stevens, a long-time Conservative MP who served as Minister of Trade in the Arthur Meighen governement of 1921, and as Minister of Trade and Commerce from 1930 to 1934 in the Depression-era government of R. B... Henry Herbert Stevens (December 8, 1878-June 14, 1973) was a Canadian politician and businessman. ... The United Farmers of Ontario (UFO) were the Ontario section of the nation-wide United Farmers movement that arose in Canada in the early part of the 20th century. ... There have been various groups in Canada who have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s. ... The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. ... Timothy (Tim) Buck (January 6, 1891-March 11, 1973) was a long-time leader of the Communist Party of Canada (known from the 1940s until the late 1950s as the Labour Progressive Party). ... There have been various groups in Canada who have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s. ... The label Progressive-Conservative was used by some candidates for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1925 , 1926 , 1930 and 1935 federal elections. ... In the 14 October 1935 federal Canadian election, Hervé Ferland, who listed his profession as ‘merchant’, unsuccessfully sought election in Verdun riding in Quebec as the Verdun candidate. ... The Reconstruction Party was a Canadian political party founded by Henry Herbert Stevens, a long-time Conservative MP who served as Minister of Trade in the Arthur Meighen governement of 1921, and as Minister of Trade and Commerce from 1930 to 1934 in the Depression-era government of R. B... Technocrat can refer to: A member of the technocratic movement, a future-oriented movement that supports the control of technology for the benefit of humanity. ... The Liberal-Labour banner has also been used several times by candidates in Canadian elections: Malcolm Lang, who was elected as a Labour Party of Canada Member of Parliament in the 1926 federal election, was re-elected as Liberal-Labour in the north-eastern Ontario riding of Timiskaming South in... The Socialist Party of Canada (SPC) was formed in 1904 when the Socialist Party of British Columbia merged with the Canadian Socialist League. ... There have been various groups in Canada who have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s. ...

* 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	YK	Total
	Liberal	Seats won by party:	6	1	16	10	56	59	9	12	4	-	173
	Liberal	Popular Vote (%):	31.8	21.6	40.8	31.7	42.2	56.0	57.2	52.7	58.3	44.4	44.7
	Conservative	Seats:	5	1	1	1	25	5	1	-	-		39
	Conservative	Vote:	24.9	17.6	18.0	27.9	35.8	27.5	31.9	34.5	38.4		29.8
	Cooperative Commonwealth	Seats:	3	-	2	2	-	-					7
	Cooperative Commonwealth	Vote:	32.7	12.0	21.3	19.4	8.0	0.6					8.8
	Social Credit	Seats:	-	15	2	-							17
	Social Credit	Vote:	0.6	46.6	17.8	2.0							4.1
	Liberal-Progressive	Seats:				4							3
	Liberal-Progressive	Vote:				10.5							0.7
	Reconstruction	Seats:	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		1
	Reconstruction	Vote:	7.3	0.7	1.3	5.9	11.4	9.3	9.7	12.7	3.4		8.7
	Independent Liberal	Seats:				-	-	1	-	-			1
	Independent Liberal	Vote:				0.2	0.6	3.8	0.4	3			1.2
	Independent	Seats:	1			-	-	-	-				1
	Independent	Vote:	1.8			0.1	0.2	0.7	0.8				0.4
	UFO-Labour	Seats:					1						1
	UFO-Labour	Vote:					0.5						0.2
	Independent Conservative	Seats:						-				1	1
	Independent Conservative	Vote:						xx				55.6	xx
Total Seats			16	17	21	17	82	65	10	12	4	1	245
Parties that won no seats:
	Communist	Vote:	0.5	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.3					0.5
	Farmer-Labour	Vote:	0.3				0.5	0.5					0.3
	Progressive-Conservative	Vote:				0.5		0.7					0.1
	Verdun	Vote:						0.4					0.1
	Anti-Communist	Vote:					0.2						0.1
	Unknown	Vote:					0.x	0.x					0.1
	Independent Reconstruction	Vote:						0.1					xx
	Technocrat	Vote:		0.3									xx
	Liberal-Labour	Vote:						0.1					xx
	Socialist	Vote:	0.1										xx
	Independent Labour	Vote:						0.x					xx
	Veteran	Vote:						0.x					xx

xx - less than 0.05% of the popular vote

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Liberal-Progressive was a label used by a number of candidates in Canadian elections between 1926 and 1953. ... The Reconstruction Party was a Canadian political party founded by Henry Herbert Stevens, a long-time Conservative MP who served as Minister of Trade in the Arthur Meighen governement of 1921, and as Minister of Trade and Commerce from 1930 to 1934 in the Depression-era government of R. B... The United Farmers of Ontario (UFO) were the Ontario section of the nation-wide United Farmers movement that arose in Canada in the early part of the 20th century. ... The Communist Party of Canada is a communist political party in Canada. ... There have been various groups in Canada who have nominated candidates under the label Labour Party or Independent Labour Party or other variations from the 1870s until the 1960s. ... The label Progressive-Conservative was used by some candidates for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1925 , 1926 , 1930 and 1935 federal elections. ... In the 14 October 1935 federal Canadian election, Hervé Ferland, who listed his profession as ‘merchant’, unsuccessfully sought election in Verdun riding in Quebec as the Verdun candidate. ... The Reconstruction Party was a Canadian political party founded by Henry Herbert Stevens, a long-time Conservative MP who served as Minister of Trade in the Arthur Meighen governement of 1921, and as Minister of Trade and Commerce from 1930 to 1934 in the Depression-era government of R. B... Technocrat can refer to: A member of the technocratic movement, a future-oriented movement that supports the control of technology for the benefit of humanity. ... The Liberal-Labour banner has also been used several times by candidates in Canadian elections: Malcolm Lang, who was elected as a Labour Party of Canada Member of Parliament in the 1926 federal election, was re-elected as Liberal-Labour in the north-eastern Ontario riding of Timiskaming South in... The Socialist Party of Canada (SPC) was formed in 1904 when the Socialist Party of British Columbia merged with the Canadian Socialist League. ...

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