John George Diefenbaker

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Statistics

Races

Race Wins

Total Votes

191,143

Affiliated Parties

Progressive Conservative Party

National Government

Conservative Party of Canada (1867-1942)

Parliamentary Roles

Leader of the Official Opposition	1956/12/14 — 1957/06/20
Prime Minister	1957/06/21 — 1963/04/21
Leader of the Official Opposition	1963/04/22 — 1967/09/08

Electoral Record

Prince Albert

— Saskatchewan

1979 General Election

John George Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative Party	16,438

Stanley John Hovdebo	New Democratic Party	11,979

Peter Abrametz	Liberal Party of Canada	5,158

Prince Albert

— Saskatchewan

1974 General Election

John George Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative Party	17,787

Thora E. Wiggens	New Democratic Party	6,496

Philip Edward West	Liberal Party of Canada	5,426

Joseph Gerrard Cools	Social Credit Party of Canada	366

Prince Albert

— Saskatchewan

1972 General Election

John George Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative Party	19,410

W.J. Berezowsky	New Democratic Party	9,115

Leo F. Pinel	Liberal Party of Canada	3,613

Claude Campagna	Social Credit Party of Canada	421
Bill Fair	Independent	61

Prince Albert

— Saskatchewan

1968 General Election

John George Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative Party	17,850

Al Hartley	New Democratic Party	8,979

Philip Edward West	Liberal Party of Canada	5,025

Prince Albert

— Saskatchewan

1965 General Election

John George Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative Party	15,635

Peter Kachur	New Democratic Party	4,227

Lenore Ramsland Andrews	Liberal Party of Canada	3,453

John Dashchuk	Social Credit Party of Canada	718

Prince Albert

— Saskatchewan

1963 General Election

John George Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative Party	17,824

Henry Merrifield Apps	New Democratic Party	3,373

Harold John Fraser	Liberal Party of Canada	3,206

Kenneth Solheim	Social Credit Party of Canada	565

Prince Albert

— Saskatchewan

1962 General Election

John George Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative Party	18,276

Roger C. Carter	New Democratic Party	4,173

George William Newell	Liberal Party of Canada	2,745

Ken Solheim	Social Credit Party of Canada	627

Prince Albert

— Saskatchewan

1958 General Election

John George Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative Party	16,583

Thora Elizabeth Wiggens	Co-op. Commonwealth Federation	3,870

Ernie Unruh	Liberal Party of Canada	2,538

Prince Albert

— Saskatchewan

1957 General Election

John George Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative Party	12,349

Robert Nathaniel Gooding	Co-op. Commonwealth Federation	5,795

Russell Ernest Partridge	Liberal Party of Canada	5,119

Prince Albert

— Saskatchewan

1953 General Election

John George Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative Party	10,038

David Frederick Corney	Co-op. Commonwealth Federation	7,037

Floyd Robert Glass	Liberal Party of Canada	5,409

Phyllis Clarke	Labor-Progressive Party	295

Lake Centre

— Saskatchewan

1949 General Election

John George Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative Party	8,845

Delmar Storey Valleau	Co-op. Commonwealth Federation	5,413

Donald Arthur Macrae	Liberal Party of Canada	3,061

Joshua Norman Haldeman	Social Credit Party of Canada	856

Lake Centre

— Saskatchewan

1945 General Election

John George Diefenbaker	Progressive Conservative Party	6,884

Leslie John Bright	Co-op. Commonwealth Federation	5,875

Frank Campbell Latta	Liberal Party of Canada	3,812

Lake Centre

— Saskatchewan

1940 General Election

John George Diefenbaker	National Government	5,974

John Frederick Johnston	Liberal Party of Canada	5,694

William Russell Fansher	Co-op. Commonwealth Federation	4,793

Prince Albert

— Saskatchewan

1926 General Election

William Lyon Mackenzie King	Liberal Party of Canada	8,933

John George Diefenbaker	Conservative Party of Canada (1867-1942)	4,838

Prince Albert

— Saskatchewan

1925 General Election

Charles McDonald	Liberal Party of Canada	5,301

Andrew Knox	Progressive	2,638

John George Diefenbaker	Conservative Party of Canada (1867-1942)	2,412

Occupation History

Lawyer

1979

Barrister-at-law

1974

Barrister

1972

Barrister

1968

Barrister

1965

Barrister

1963

Barrister

1962

Barrister

1958

Lawyer

1957

Barrister-at-law

1953

Barrister

1949

Barrister

1945

Barrister

1940

Lawyer

1926

Barrister-at-law

1925

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