Canadian general election, 1953

Canadian federal election, 1953

← 1949 August 10, 1953 1957 →
← outgoing members
265 seats in the 22nd Canadian Parliament 133 seats needed for a majority
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 22 10 Popular vote 2,731,633 1,749,579 Percentage 48.43% 31.02% Swing 0.72pp 1.37pp   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 10 5 Popular vote 636,310 304,553 Percentage 11.28% 5.40% Swing 2.14pp 3.09pp
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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