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Canadian general election, 1953

Canadian federal election, 1953
Canada
← 1949 August 10, 1953 1957 →

265 seats in the 22nd Canadian Parliament
133 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 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
  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 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

Canada 1953 Federal Election.svg

Prime Minister before election

Louis St. Laurent
Liberal

Prime Minister-designate

Louis St. Laurent
Liberal


Louis St. Laurent
Liberal

Louis St. Laurent
Liberal

The Canadian federal election of 1953 was held on August 10 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 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.

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.


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