Canadian general election, 1921

Canadian federal election, 1921

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235 seats in the 14th Canadian Parliament 118 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader W. L. Mackenzie King Thomas Crerar Arthur Meighen Party Liberal Progressive Conservative Leader since 1919 1920 1920 Leader's seat Prince candidate in York North Marquette Portage la Prairie (lost re-election) Last election 82 pre-creation 153 Seats won 118 58 49 Seat change 36 58 104 Popular vote 1,285,998 658,976 935,651 Percentage 41.15% 21.09% 29.95% Swing 2.34% 21.09% 26.98%
Prime Minister before election Arthur Meighen Conservative Prime Minister-designate William Lyon Mackenzie King Liberal

Arthur Meighen
Conservative

William Lyon Mackenzie King
Liberal

The Canadian federal election of 1921 was held on December 6, 1921, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 14th Parliament of Canada. The Union government that had governed Canada through the First World War was defeated, and replaced by a Liberal government under the young leader William Lyon Mackenzie King. A new third party, the Progressive Party, won the second most seats in the election.

Since the 1911 election, the country had been governed by the Conservatives, first under the leadership of Prime Minister Robert Borden and then under Prime Minister Arthur Meighen. During the war, the Conservatives had united with the pro-conscription Liberal-Unionists and formed a Union government. A number of Members of Parliament (MPs), mostly Quebecers, stayed loyal to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, however, and they maintained their independence. When Laurier died, he was replaced as leader by the Ontarian Mackenzie King. After the 1919 federal budget, a number of western unionist MPs, who were former Liberals, left the Union government in protest against high tariffs on farm products imposed by the budget. Led by Thomas Alexander Crerar, the group became known as the Progressive Party. Also running were a number of Labour advocates, foremost amongst them J. S. Woodsworth of Winnipeg, who had organized their political movement after the Winnipeg general strike of 1919. Meighen had played a key role in violently suppressing the strikers and this earned him the animosity of organized labour.

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