General Election
16th Parliament – September 14, 1926
Wikipedia: The 1926 Canadian federal election was held on September 14, 1926, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 16th Parliament of Canada. The election was called after an event known as the King–Byng affair.
Results
Seats by party
Liberal Party of Canada | 116 | |
Conservative Party of Canada (1867-1942) | 91 | |
United Farmers of Alberta | 11 | |
Progressive | 11 | |
Liberal Progressive | 8 | |
Labour | 4 | |
Independent | 2 | |
United Farmers of Ontario | 1 | |
Independent Liberal | 1 | |
| 245 | ||
Montréal
Southern Québec
Toronto
Golden Horseshoe
Ottawa
Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
St. John's
P.E.I.
Moncton
Halifax
Québec
London
Trois-Rivières
Regina
Winnipeg
Essex
Saskatoon
Victoria
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Statistics
Valid ballots
3,255,067
Candidates
529
Ridings
241
Popular Vote
Conservative Party of Canada (1867-1942) | 1,483,922 | |
Liberal Party of Canada | 1,393,653 | |
Progressive | 124,966 | |
United Farmers of Alberta | 60,740 | |
Liberal Progressive | 60,154 | |
Labour | 55,661 | |
Independent | 25,821 | |
Independent Liberal | 18,627 | |
Independent Conservative | 10,164 | |
United Farmers of Ontario | 6,909 | |
Liberal Labour Progressive | 4,187 | |
Unknown | 3,378 | |
Social Credit Party of Canada | 3,094 | |
Liberal Labour Party | 2,990 | |
Socialist | 672 | |
Protectionist | 129 | |
| 3,255,067 | ||
Candidates by Party
Conservative Party of Canada (1867-1942) | 234 | |
Liberal Party of Canada | 202 | |
Progressive | 27 | |
Labour | 18 | |
United Farmers of Alberta | 12 | |
Liberal Progressive | 11 | |
Independent | 10 | |
Independent Liberal | 5 | |
Independent Conservative | 3 | |
Unknown | 1 | |
United Farmers of Ontario | 1 | |
Liberal Labour Progressive | 1 | |
Liberal Labour Party | 1 | |
Socialist | 1 | |
Protectionist | 1 | |
Social Credit Party of Canada | 1 | |
| 529 | ||
Popular Vote Swings from 1925
Liberal Party of Canada | 140,969 | |
Liberal Progressive | 56,835 | |
United Farmers of Alberta | 52,687 | |
Conservative Party of Canada (1867-1942) | 28,549 | |
Progressive | -137,685 | |
Closest Race
Norfolk–Elgin, Ontario
Biggest Blowout
Labelle, Quebec
Candidates by Gender
Male | 527 | |
Female | 2 | |
Other | 0 | |
Unknown | 0 | |
Seats by Gender
Male | 244 | |
Female | 1 | |
Other | 0 | |
Unknown | 0 | |