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24th general election was held just nine months after the 23rd and transformed Prime Minister John Diefenbaker 's minority into the largest ever majority government in Canadian history .
snap election to capitalize on two factors:
nationally: the Liberals had just chosen a new leader, Lester Pearson , who, though well known around the world because of his work for the United Nations , was not well known by Canadians.
National results
Party Party Leader # of candidates Seats Popular Vote Previous After % Change # % Change Progressive Conservative John Diefenbaker 265 111 208 +87.4% 3,908,633 53.66% +14.85% Liberal Lester B. Pearson 264 104 49 -53.8% 2,432,953 33.40% -7.35% Cooperative Commonwealth M.J. Coldwell 169 25 8 -68.0% 692,668 9.51% -1.20% Liberal -Labour 1 1 1 - 11,956 0.16% - Social Credit Solon Low 82 19 - 188,356 2.59% -3.99% Independent 9 2 - 14,211 0.20% -0.87% Independent Liberal 10 2 - 12,054 0.17% -1.25% Labour Progressive Tim Buck 18 - - 9,769 0.13% +0.02% Candidats des électeurs Réal Caouette 1 - - 8,276 0.11% -0.01% Independent PC 5 1 - 2,097 0.03% -0.19% Socialist 2 - - 1,113 0.02% n.a. Capital familial H-G Grenier 1 - - 968 0.01% n.a. Radical chrétien 1 - - 687 0.01% n.a. Independent SC
1 - - 361 x -0.04% Ouvrier canadien 1 - - 243 x n.a. Independent Conservative 1 - - 122 x n.a. Total 831 265 265 - 7,284,467 100.00% Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867 (http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E )
Notes:
Results by province
Party Name BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NL NW YK Total Progressive Conservative Seats: 18 17 16 14 67 50 7 12 4 2 1 _ 208 Popular Vote: 49.4 59.9 51.4 56.7 56.4 49.6 54.1 57.0 62.2 45.2 54.5 42.8 53.7 Liberal Seats: - - - - 14 25 3 - - 5 1 - 48 Vote: 16.1 13.7 19.6 21.6 32.1 45.6 43.4 38.4 37.5 54.4 43.3 57.2 33.4 Cooperative Commonwealth Seats: 4 - 1 - 3 - - - - - 8 Vote: 24.5 4.4 28.4 19.6 10.5 2.3 1.8 4.5 0.3 0.2 9.5 Liberal-Labour Seats: 1 1 Vote: 0.5 0.2 Total Seats 22 17 17 14 85 75 10 12 4 7 1 1 265 Parties that won no seats: Social Credit Vote: 9.6 21.6 0.4 1.8 0.3 0.6 0.7 2.6 Independent Vote: xx xx 0.1 0.6 0.2 Independent Liberal Vote: 0.6 0.2 0.2 Labour Progressive Vote: 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 C. des électeurs Vote: 0.4 0.1 Independent PC Vote: 0.1 0.1 xx Socialist Vote: xx xx xx Capitale familiale Vote: xx xx Radical chrétien Vote: xx xx Independent SC Vote: 0.1 xx Ouvrier canadien Vote: xx xx Ind. Conservative Vote: 2.3 xx
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