Canadian federal election
Elections and parties in
Canada
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1953 Election results
National
| Party
| Party Leader
| # of candidates
| Seats
| Popular Vote
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| Before
| After
| % Change
| #
| %
| Change
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| Liberal+
| | 263
|
| 169
|
| 2,743,013
| 48.62%
| -0.53%
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| Progressive Conservative
| <center> George Drew
| 248
|
| 50
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| 1,749,579
| 31.01%
| +1.39%
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| Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
| <center> M.J. Coldwell
| 170
|
| 23
|
| 636,310
| 11.28%
| -2.14%
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| Social Credit
| <center> Solon Low
| 72
|
| 15
|
| 305,551
| 5.42%
| +3.11%
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| Independent
| <center>
| 14
|
| 3
|
| 58,458
| 1.04%
| -1.05%
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| Independent Liberal
| <center>
| 20
|
| 2
|
| 68,506
| 1.21%
| +0.69%
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| Liberal-Progressive
| <center>
| 1
|
| 1
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| 8,958
| 0.16%
| x
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| Labour Progressive
| <center> Tim Buck
| 100
|
| 0
|
| 59,622
| 1.06%
| +0.50%
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| Nationalist
| <center> Adrien Arcand
| 1
|
| 0
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| 7,496
| 0.13%
| n.a.
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| Independent PC
| <center>
| 3
|
| 0
|
| 1,636
| 0.03%
| -0.11%
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| Christian Liberal
| <center>
| 1
|
| 0
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| 1,505
| 0.03%
| n.a.
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| Independent SC
| <center>
| 1
|
| 0
|
| 422
| 0.01%
| x
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| Locataire (candidat)
| <center>
| 1
|
| 0
|
| 417
| 0.01%
| n.a.
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| Anti-Communist
| <center>
| 1
|
| 0
|
| 333
| 0.01%
| n.a.
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| Socialist Labour
| <center>
| 1
|
| 0
|
| 130
| x
| x
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| Total
| <center>
| <center> 897
| <center>
| <center> 263
| <center>
| <center> 5,641,936
| <center> 100.00%
| <center>
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| Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867 (http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E)
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n.a. = not applicable - the party was not recognized in the previous election
x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote
+ includes one Liberal-Labour
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