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1 Number of Seats Won

Party	1940	1945	1949	1953	1957	1958
Liberal	180	117	190	169	105	49
Conservative/Progressive Conservative+	1	65	41	50	109	206
National Government+	37
Cooperative Commonwealth	8	28	13	23	25	8
Social Credit++	3	13	10	15	19
New Democracy++	3
Independent	1	6	4	3	2
Independent Liberal	2	8	1	2	2
Bloc populaire		2
Union Nationale	2
Labour Progressive		1
Independent PC		1			1
Independent Conservative	1
Independent CCF		1
Liberal-ProgressiveLiberal-Progressive was a label used by a number of candidates in Canadian elections between 1926 and 1953. In federal and Ontario politics, there was no formal Liberal-Progressive party it was an alliance between two separate parties. In Manitoba, a part	2	1	1	1
Liberal-LabourThe Liberal-Labour banner has also been used several times by candidates in Canadian elections: Malcolm Lang who was elected as a Labour Party of Canada Member of Parliament in the 1926 federal election, was re-elected as "Liberal-Labour" in the north-eas		1
Socialist						1
Total		243	263	263	263	264

Party

1940

1945

1949

1953

1957

1958

Liberal

180

117

190

169

105

Conservative/Progressive Conservative+

109

206

National Government+

Cooperative Commonwealth

Social Credit++

New Democracy++

Independent

Independent Liberal

Bloc populaire

Union Nationale

Labour Progressive

Independent PC

Independent Conservative

Independent CCF

Liberal-ProgressiveLiberal-Progressive was a label used by a number of candidates in Canadian elections between 1926 and 1953. In federal and Ontario politics, there was no formal Liberal-Progressive party it was an alliance between two separate parties. In Manitoba, a part

Liberal-LabourThe Liberal-Labour banner has also been used several times by candidates in Canadian elections: Malcolm Lang who was elected as a Labour Party of Canada Member of Parliament in the 1926 federal election, was re-elected as "Liberal-Labour" in the north-eas

Socialist

Total

243

263

264

(++) In 1940, Social Credit ran in coalition with New Democracy under that party's name. A few candidates insisted on running under the traditional name however.

Party	1940	1945	1949	1953	1957	1958
Liberal	51.32%	39.78%	49.15%	48.62%	40.91%	33.50%
Conservative/Progressive Conservative+	1.17%	27.62%	29.62%	31.01%	38.81%	53.56%
National Government+	29.24%	0.09%
Cooperative Commonwealth	8.42%	15.55%	13.42%	11.28%	10.71%	9.49%
Social Credit++	1.00%	4.05%	2.31%	5.42%	6.57%	2.58%
New Democracy++	1.59%
Bloc populaire		3.29%
Union Nationale
Labour Progressive/Communist	0.19%	2.13%	0.56%	1.06%	0.12%	0.13%
Independent	1.24%	4.89%	2.09%	1.04%	1.06%	0.19%
Independent Liberal	3.19%	1.79%	0.52%	1.21%	1.41%	0.17%
Independent PC		0.28%	0.14%	0.03%	0.22%	0.03%
Independent Conservative	0.23%	0.05%				x
Independent CCF		0.12%
Independent SC			0.08%	0.01%	0.04%	0.00%
Liberal-Progressive	0.06%	0.12%	0.16%	0.16%
United Reform Movement	0.30%
Unity	0.27%
Independent National Government	0.28%
New Democratic Party	0.15%
UFO-Labour	0.10%
United Progressive	0.06%
National Liberal Progressive	0.05%
National Labour	0.05%
Anti-Conscriptionist	0.01%
United Reform	0.01%
Social Credit- National Unity	0.01%
Canadian Labour	0.01%
Trades Union		0.09%
Democrat		0.05%
Union of Electors		0.01%	1.47%
Socialist Labour		0.01%	x	x
Labour		0.01%	0.01%
Liberal-Labour		0.01%	0.20%
Independent Labour		x
Farmer-Labour		0.07%	0.11%
National Unity			0.10%
Nationalist			0.09%	0.13%
Christian Liberal				0.03%
Locataire				0.01%
Anti-Communist				0.01%
Candidats des électeurs					0.12%	0.11%
Canadian Democrat					0.01%
Liberal Conservative Coalition					x
H-G Grenier (various)					x	0.01%
National Credit Control					x
Socialist						0.19%
Radical chrétien						0.01%
Parti ouvrier canadien						x

(+) In 1940, the Conservative Party ran under the name National Government. A few candidates insisted on running under the traditional name, however. In 1943, the Conservative Party became the Progressive Conservative Party. (++) In 1940, Social Credit ran in coalition with New Democracy under that party's name. A few candidates insisted on running under the traditional name however.

See also:

By-elections of the 20th Canadian Parliament
By-elections of the 21st Canadian Parliament
By-elections of the 22nd Canadian Parliament
By-elections of the 23rd Canadian Parliament
By-elections of the 24th Canadian Parliament

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