1940 Canadian federal election



Canadian federal election, 1940





← 1935
March 26, 1940
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245 seats in the 19th Canadian Parliament
123 seats needed for a majority









































































 
First party
Second party
 

Wm Lyon Mackenzie King.jpg

MP Robert Manion1.jpg
Leader

W. L. Mackenzie King

Robert Manion
Party

Liberal

National Government
Leader since
1919
1938
Leader's seat

Prince Albert

London
candidate in Fort William (lost)
Last election
173
39
Seats won
179
39
Seat change

Increase6
Steady
Popular vote
2,365,979
1,348,260
Percentage
51.32%
29.24%
Swing

Increase6.64pp

Decrease0.6pp

 
Third party
Fourth party
 

Photograph of William Duncan Herridge (d. 1961) (10613346053).jpg

Ac.woodsworth.jpg
Leader

William D. Herridge

J. S. Woodsworth
Party

New Democracy2

Co-operative Commonwealth
Leader since
1939
1932
Leader's seat

Ran in Kindersley (lost)

Winnipeg North Centre
Last election
17
7
Seats won
10
8
Seat change

Decrease7

Increase1
Popular vote
119,354
388,103
Percentage
2.59%
8.42%
Swing

Decrease1.51pp

Decrease1.07pp


Canada 1940 Federal Election.svg





Prime Minister before election

William Lyon Mackenzie King
Liberal



Prime Minister-designate

William Lyon Mackenzie King
Liberal


The Canadian federal election of 1940 was the 19th general election in Canadian history. It was held March 26, 1940, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 19th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party was re-elected to their second consecutive majority government.


The election was overshadowed by the Second World War, which caused many Canadians to rally around the government. In response to this, the Conservative Party of Robert Manion ran on a platform advocating the creation of an all-party national unity government and ran under the name "National Government" in this election. Though Manion was personally opposed to conscription, the Liberals faced intense pressure in Quebec on the question and promised not to institute the measure. This promise was to haunt the Liberals as they faced increasing pressure from the military and especially from English Canada to bring in the measure. To release him from his 1940 promise, King called a plebiscite in 1942 on the question. See also Conscription Crisis of 1944. It was the most successful election for the Liberal Party in its history, in which it captured 73% of the seats in the House of Commons.


Social Credit ran jointly with the New Democracy movement of William Duncan Herridge.


Some candidates of the Conservative and Social Credit parties insisted on running under the traditional names, however.


The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) gained its first seat east of Manitoba, with the election of Clarence Gillis from Cape Breton Island. This election was the last one for its ailing leader, J. S. Woodsworth.


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The Canadian parliament after the 1940 election


Voter turn-out: 69.9%




Contents





  • 1 National results


  • 2 Vote and seat summaries


  • 3 Results by province


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References




National results
















179

39

8

7

3

9

Liberal

NG/C

CCF

SC

ND

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Party
Party leader
# of
candidates
Seats
Popular vote

1935

Elected
% Change
#
%

pp Change
 

Liberal

W. L. Mackenzie King
242
173
179
+2.3%
2,365,979
51.32%
+6.64
 

National Government 1

Robert Manion
199
*
36
-
1,348,260
29.24%
+0.57
 

Conservative 1
8
39
3
53,799
1.17%
    

Co-operative Commonwealth

J. S. Woodsworth
93
7
8
+14.3%
388,103
8.42%
-1.07


Social Credit2

J.H. Blackmore
9
17
7
-41.17%
46,271
1.00%
-1.51
    

New Democracy2

W.D. Herridge
17
*

3
73,083
1.59%


Liberal–Progressive
 
4
4
3
-25.0%
27,815
0.60%
-0.07
 
Independent Liberal
32
1
2
+100%
147,216
3.19%
+1.96
 
Independent
19
1
1
-
57,247
1.24%
+0.85
 
Independent Conservative
5
1
1
-
10,431
0.23%
+0.21
 

Unity
 
2
*
1
*
12,337
0.27%
*
 

United Reform Movement
 
1
*
1
*
13,868
0.30%
*
 
Independent National
2
*
-
*
12,710
0.28%
*
 
Unknown
2
-
-
-
4,622
0.10%
+0.02


Communist

Tim Buck
8
-
-
-
8,699
0.19%
-0.27
 

Farmer-Labour
 
2
*
-
*
8,126
0.18%
*
 

National Unity
 
1
*
-
*
7,534
0.16%
*
 
NDP 3 
2
*
-
*
6,761
0.15%
*
 

United Farmers of Ont.-Labour
 
1
-
-
-
4,761
0.10%
-0.06


Labour
 
1
-
-
-
3,916
0.08%
-0.25
 

United Progressive
 
1
*
-
*
2,727
0.06%
*
 

National Liberal Progressive
 
1
*
-
*
2,434
0.05%
*

National Labour
 
1
*
-
*
2,354
0.05%
*
 

Anti-Conscriptionist
 
1
*
-
*
642
0.01%
*

Canadian Labour
 
1
*
-
*
398
0.01%
*
 

United Reform
 
1
*
-
*
269
0.01%
*
 

Social Credit-National Unity
 
1
*
-
*
241
0.01%
*
Total
657
245
245
-0.8%
4,610,603
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


1 "Change" and "% Change% figures compare total of "National Government" and "Conservative" to 1935 Conservative vote.


2 New Democracy and Social Credit ran jointly under the New Democracy banner under the leadership of former Conservative William Duncan Herridge who had founded New Democracy in 1939 to promote his ideas monetary and economic reform, though several candidates continued to run under the old Social Credit name. The 3 New Democracy MPs elected were all Social Credit incumbents, including Social Credit parliamentary leader John Horne Blackmore while Herridge himself failed to win his seat. The party sat in the House of Commons under the New Democracy name until 1944 when its national convention voted to revert to the Social Credit name.


3Two candidates appear to have run under the "New Democratic Party" banner. It is unlikely that this was related in any way to the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation's adoption of this name in 1960. This may be a mis-reporting of party label - these candidates may have been "New Democracy" candidates.



Vote and seat summaries
























Popular vote
Liberal
51.32%
National/Conservative
30.41%
CCF
8.42%
Social Credit
1.00%
Others
8.85%























Seat totals
Liberal
73.06%
National/Conservative
15.92%
CCF
3.27%
Social Credit
2.86%
Others
4.90%


Results by province


































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Party name

BC

AB

SK

MB

ON

QC

NB

NS

PE

YK
Total
 

Liberal
Seats:
10
7
12
13
56
62
5
10
4
-
179
 
Popular Vote:
37.4
37.9
43.0
43.5
50.3
64.4
54.6
50.4
55.3
46.4
51.3
 

National Government
Seats:
4
-
2
1
22
-
5
1
-
1
36
 
Vote:
28.8
13.0
14.1
26.2
40.2
18.0
43.4
40.1
44.7
53.6
30.0
 

Conservative
Seats:
 
 
-
-
3
-
 
 
 
 
3
 
Vote:
 
 
0.2
1.7
2.2
1.1
 
 
 
 
1.2
    

Co-operative Commonwealth
Seats:
1
-
5
1
-
-
-
1
 
 
8
    
Vote:
28.4
13.0
27.5
19.6
3.8
0.7
0.4
6.0
 
 
8.6
 

Social Credit
Seats:
 
7
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
7
 
Vote:
 
16.5
 
0.6
 
 
 
 
 
 
1.0
    

New Democracy
Seats:
-
3
-
-
 
-
 
 
 
 
3
 
Vote:
0.1
18.0
3.3
0.4
 
0.9
 
 
 
 
1.6
 

Liberal-Progressive
Seats:
 
 
 
2
1
 
 
 
 
 
3
 
Vote:
 
 
 
4.7
0.8
 
 
 
 
 
0.6
 
Independent Liberal
Seats:
-
 
 
 
-
2
-
-
 
 
2
 
Vote:
xx
 
 
 
1.0
10.2
1.6
3.3
 
 
3.3
 
Independent
Seats:
1
-
-
-
-
-
 
-
 
 
1
 
Vote:
3.0
0.2
1.0
3.4
0.4
2.1
 
0.2
 
 
1.3
 

United Reform Movement
Seats:
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
Vote:
 
 
3.7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.3
 

Unity
Seats:
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
Vote:
 
 
3.3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.3
 
Independent Conservative
Seats:
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
1
 
Vote:
 
 
 
 
 
0.9
 
 
 
 
0.2

Total Seats

16

17

21

17

82

65

10

12

4

1

245

Parties that won no seats:
 
Independent Nat. Gov.
Vote:
0.1
 
 
 
 
1.1
 
 
 
 
0.3


Communist
Vote:
0.4
0.3
0.6
xx
0.2
0.1
 
 
 
 
0.2
 
Farmer-Labour
Vote:
 
 
 
 
0.5
 
 
 
 
 
0.2
 

National Unity
Vote:
 
 
2.0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.2
 
NDP (?)
Vote:
1.6
 
 
 
xx
 
 
 
 
 
0.2
 

UFO-Labour
Vote:
 
 
 
 
0.3
 
 
 
 
 
0.1
 
Unknown
Vote:
 
 
1.2
 
xx
 
 
 
 
 
0.1


Labour
Vote:
 
 
 
 
 
0.3
 

 
 
0.1
 

United Progressive
Vote:
 
 
1.0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.1
 

National Liberal Progressive
Vote:
 
 
 
 
0.2
 
 
 
 
 
0.1

National Labour
Vote:
 
 
 
 
 
0.2
 
 
 
 
0.1
 

Anti-Conscriptionist
Vote:
 
 
 
 
 
0.1
 
 
 
 
xx

Canadian Labour
Vote:
 
 
 
 
xx
 
 
 
 
 
xx
 

United Reform
Vote:
 
 
0.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
xx
  • xx - less than 0.05% of the popular vote


See also



  • List of Canadian federal general elections

  • List of political parties in Canada

  • 19th Canadian Parliament


References











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