1953 Canadian federal election
August 10, 1953
265 seats in the House of Commons
133 seats needed for a majority
Turnout67.5%[1] (Decrease6.3pp)
  First party Second party
 
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 191 41
Seats won 169 51
Seat change Decrease22 Increase10
Popular vote 2,731,633 1,749,579
Percentage 48.43% 31.02%
Swing Decrease0.72pp Increase1.37pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
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 13 10
Seats won 23 15
Seat change Increase10 Increase5
Popular vote 636,310 304,553
Percentage 11.28% 5.40%
Swing Decrease2.14pp Increase3.09pp
The Canadian parliament after the 1953 election
Prime Minister before election

Louis St. Laurent
Liberal

 Prime Minister after election

Louis St. Laurent
Liberal

The 1953 Canadian federal election was held on August 10, 1953, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 22nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent led his Liberal Party of Canada to its second 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, however for the last time until 1993, the party was unable to win the popular vote in any of Canada's provinces or territories.

This was the last election until 1988 in which any party won back-to-back majorities, and the last until 1997 in which the Liberals would accomplish this feat. This election is the last time that the Liberals would win more seats in Alberta than the largest right-of-centre party in Canada, and the last time they would win more seats than the Tories in Alberta until 1993.

National results

Party Party leader # of
candidates		 Seats Popular vote
1949 Elected % Change # % pp 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% -
Labor–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 Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine

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.

Vote and seat summaries

Popular vote
Liberal
 
 48.43%
PC
 
 31.02%
CCF
 
 11.28%
Social Credit
 
 5.40%
Others
 
 3.87%
Seat totals
Liberal
 
 64.15%
PC
 
 19.24%
CCF
 
 8.67%
Social Credit
 
 5.66%
Others
 
 2.26%

Results by province

Party name BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NL NW YK Total
  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:
Labor–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
  • xx - less than 0.05% of the popular vote

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums". Elections Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2019.

Further reading

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