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| Canadian federal election, 1953 | ||||||
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| 265 seats in the 22nd Canadian Parliament | ||||||
| August 10, 1953 | ||||||
| First party | Second party | |||||
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| Leader | Louis St. Laurent | George A. Drew | ||||
| Party | Liberal | PC | ||||
| Leader since | 1948 | 1948 | ||||
| Leader's seat | Quebec East | Carleton | ||||
| Last election | 191 | 41 | ||||
| Seats won | 169 | 51 | ||||
| Seat change | -22 | +10 | ||||
| Popular vote | 2,731,633 | 1,749,579 | ||||
| Percentage | 48.43% | 31.02% | ||||
| Swing | -0.72% | +1.37% | ||||
| Third party | Fourth party | |||||
| Leader | Major James Coldwell | Solon Earl Low | ||||
| Party | CCF | Social Credit | ||||
| Leader since | 1942 | 1944 | ||||
| Leader's seat | Rosetown—Biggar | Peace River | ||||
| Last election | 13 | 10 | ||||
| Seats won | 23 | 15 | ||||
| Seat change | +10 | +5 | ||||
| Popular vote | 636,310 | 304,553 | ||||
| Percentage | 11.28% | 5.40% | ||||
| Swing | -2.14% | +3.09% | ||||
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Incumbent Prime Minister Prime
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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 its fifth consecutive 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.
| Party | Party leader | # of candidates |
Seats | Popular vote | |||||
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| 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.
| Party name | BC | AB | SK | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | NL | NW | YK | Total | ||
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| 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 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 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 | ||||||||||||
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