1949 Canadian federal election



Canadian federal election, 1949





← 1945
June 27, 1949
1953 →
← outgoing members


262 seats in the 21st Canadian Parliament
132 seats needed for a majority









































































 
First party
Second party
 

Louisstlaurent.jpg

GeorgeDrew.jpg
Leader

Louis St. Laurent

George A. Drew
Party

Liberal

Progressive Conservative
Leader since

August 7, 1948

October 2, 1948
Leader's seat

Quebec East

Carleton
Last election
117
65
Seats won
191
41
Seat change

Increase74

Decrease24
Popular vote
2,874,813
1,734,261
Percentage
49.15%
29.65%
Swing

Increase9.37pp

Increase2.03pp

 
Third party
Fourth party
 

M.J. Coldwell in 1944.jpg

Solon Earl Low
Leader

Major James Coldwell

Solon Earl Low
Party

Co-operative Commonwealth

Social Credit
Leader since

March 22, 1942

April 6, 1944
Leader's seat

Rosetown—Biggar

Peace River
Last election
28
13
Seats won
13
10
Seat change

Decrease15

Decrease3
Popular vote
784,770
135,217
Percentage
13.42%
2.31%
Swing

Decrease2.13pp

Decrease1.74%pp


Canada 1949 Federal Election.svg





Prime Minister before election

Louis St. Laurent
Liberal



Prime Minister-designate

Louis St. Laurent
Liberal


The Canadian federal election of 1949 was held on June 27 to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 21st Parliament of Canada. It was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had retired in 1948, and was replaced as Liberal leader and Prime Minister by Louis St. Laurent. It was also the first federal election with Newfoundland voting, having joined Canada in March of that year, and the first election since 1904 in which the parts of the Northwest Territories were granted representation. The Liberal Party was re-elected with its fourth consecutive government, winning just under 50% of the vote. This victory was the largest majority in Canadian history to that point and remains, by any measure, the largest-ever majority won by the Liberal Party. As of 2017, it remains the third largest majority government in Canadian history.


The Progressive Conservative Party, led by former Premier of Ontario George Drew, gained little ground in this election.


Smaller parties, such as the social democratic Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and Social Credit, a party that advocated monetary reform, lost support to the Liberals, and to a lesser extent, the Conservatives.


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The Canadian parliament after the 1949 election


Voter turn-out: 73.8%




Contents





  • 1 National results


  • 2 Vote and seat summaries


  • 3 Results by province


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References




National results














191

41

13

10

7

Liberal

PC

CCF

SC

O

























































































































































































Party
Party leader
# of
candidates
Seats
Popular vote

1945

Elected
% Change
#
%
Change
 

Liberal

Louis St. Laurent
258
117
191
+63.2%
2,874,813
49.15%
+9.37pp
 

Progressive Conservative

George Drew
249
65
41
-21.5%
1,734,261
29.65%
+2.03pp
    

Co-operative Commonwealth

M.J. Coldwell
180
28
13
-53.6%
784,770
13.42%
-2.13pp


Social Credit

Solon Low
28
13
10
-23.1%
135,217
2.31%
-1.74pp
 
Independent
28
6
4
-33.3%
119,827
2.05%
-2.84pp
 
Independent Liberal
15
8
1
-87.5%
30,407
0.52%
-1.27pp
 

Liberal-Labour
 
2
-
1
 
11,730
0.20%
+0.19pp


Liberal–Progressive
 
1
1
1
-
9,192
0.16%
+0.04pp
    

Union of Electors

Réal Caouette
56
-
-
-
86,087
1.47%
+1.46pp


Labor–Progressive

Tim Buck
17
1
-
-100%
32,623
0.56%
-1.58pp
 
Independent PC
6
1
-
-100%
8,195
0.14%
-0.14pp
 

Farmer-Labour
 
1
-
-
-
6,161
0.11%
-0.07pp
 

National Unity

Adrien Arcand
1
*
-
*
5,590
0.10%
*
 
Nationalist
 
1
*
-
*
4,994
0.09%
*
 
Independent Social Credit
2
*
-
*
4,598
0.08%
*


Labour
 
2
-
-
-
415
0.01%
x
 

Socialist Labour
 
1
*
-
*
271
x
*
Total
851
245
262
+7.8%
5,849,151
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



Vote and seat summaries
























Popular vote
Liberal
49.15%
PC
29.65%
CCF
13.42%
Social Credit
2.31%
Others
5.47%























Seat totals
Liberal
72.90%
PC
15.65%
CCF
4.96%
Social Credit
3.82%
Others
2.67%


Results by province











































































































































































































































































































































































































Party name

BC

AB

SK

MB

ON

QC

NB

NS

PE

NL

Terr
Total
 

Liberal
Seats:
11
5
14
11
55
68
8
10
3
5
1
191
 
Popular Vote:
36.7
33.8
43.4
45.1
45.1
60.4
53.8
52.7
49.2
71.9
49.0
49.1
 

Progressive Conservative
Seats:
3
2
1
1
25
2
2
2
1
2
-
41
 
Vote:
27.9
16.8
14.4
22.0
37.4
24.5
39.4
37.5
48.4
27.9
 
29.7
    

Co-operative Commonwealth
Seats:
3
-
5
3
1
-
-
1
-
-
-
13
    
Vote:
31.5
10.0
40.9
25.9
15.2
1.1
4.2
9.9
2.4
0.2
17.0
13.4
 

Social Credit
Seats:
-
10
-
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
10
 
Vote:
0.5
37.4
0.9
 
0.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
2.3
 
Independent
Seats:
1
 
 
-
-
3
-
 
 
 
 
4
 
Vote:
2.6
 
 
2.1
0.1
6.1
0.2
 
 
 
34.0
2.1
 
Independent Liberal
Seats:
 
 
 
 
1
-
-
 
 
 
 
1
 
Vote:
 
 
 
 
0.3
1.3
1.4
 
 
 
 
0.5
 

Liberal-Labour
Seats:
 
 
 
 
1
-
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
Vote:
 
 
 
 
0.6
xx
 
 
 
 
 
0.2
 

Liberal-Progressive
Seats:
 
 
 
1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1
 
Vote:
 
 
 
2.9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.2

Total Seats

18

17

20

16

83

73

10

13

4

7

1

262

Parties that won no seats:
    

Union of Electors
Vote:
 
 
 
 
0.1
5.1
1.0
 
 
 
 
1.5


Labor–Progressive
Vote:
0.8
0.7
0.4
2.0
0.7
0.3
 
 
 
 
 
0.6
 
Independent PC
Vote:
 
 
 
 
xx
0.5
 
 
 
 
 
0.1
 
Farmer-Labour
Vote:
 
 
 
 
0.3
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.1
 

National Unity
Vote:
 
 
 
 
 
0.4
 
 
 
 
 
0.1
 
Nationalist
Vote:
 
 
 
 
 
0.3
 
 
 
 
 
0.1
 
Independent Social Credit
Vote:
 
1.4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0.1


Labour
Vote:
 
 
 
 
xx
xx
 
 
 
 
 
xx
 

Socialist Labour
Vote:
 
 
 
 
xx
 
 
 
 
 
 
xx
  • xx - less than 0.05% of the popular vote


See also



  • List of Canadian federal general elections

  • List of political parties in Canada

  • 21st Canadian Parliament


References











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