1921 Canadian Federal Election
December 6, 1921 · War & fragmentation · 235 seats, 118 for a majority
The party system shattered: Agnes Macphail became the first woman MP as the farmers' Progressive movement took 58 seats, more than the Conservatives, and Mackenzie King began his 27-year dominance with the first minority Parliament in Canadian history.
Prime Minister before
Arthur Meighen
Conservative
Prime Minister after
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Liberal
Government formed
Liberal
majority government
Turnout
67.7%
The result
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | W. L. Mackenzie King | 118 | +36 | 1,285,998 | 41.1% | +2.3 | |
| Progressive | Thomas Crerar | 58 | +58 | 658,976 | 21.1% | — | |
| Conservative | Arthur Meighen | 49 | -104 | 935,651 | 29.9% | -27.0 | |
| Independent Labour | J. S. Woodsworth | 3 | +3 | 85,388 | 2.7% | +0.9 | |
| United Farmers of Alberta | Herbert Greenfield | 2 | +2 | 22,251 | 0.7% | — | |
| United Farmers of Ontario | Ernest C. Drury | 1 | +1 | 3,919 | 0.1% | — |
4 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.
The result by province & territory
Seats won and vote share in each province and territory. Blank cells mean the party did not contest the province; the results table splits allied labels (Liberal-Conservatives, farmers' candidates, independents) that the headline figures group together.
| Liberal | 329.8% | 015.8% | 118.7% | 318.9% | 2130.1% | 6570.2% | 550.2% | 1652.4% | 445.7% | 047.6% | 11841.2% |
| Progressive | 311.7% | 0<0.1% | 1561.7% | 1141.9% | 2025.6% | 03.1% | 18.7% | 010.2% | 012.3% | 5019.7% | |
| Conservative | 747.9% | 020.3% | 016.3% | 024.4% | 3638.8% | 018.5% | 539.4% | 032.3% | 037.2% | 151.1% | 4930.0% |
| Labour | 06.8% | 211.1% | 00.8% | 15.7% | 02.3% | 00.7% | 03.5% | 04.8% | 32.7% | ||
| Independent | 03.5% | 07.4% | 21.9% | 06.6% | 01.7% | 01.3% | 23.0% | ||||
| United Farmers of Alberta | 1052.5% | 102.1% | |||||||||
| Independent Conservative | 10.9% | 00.3% | 10.4% | ||||||||
| United Farmers of Ontario | 10.3% | 10.1% | |||||||||
| Independent Progressive | 10.3% | 10.1% | |||||||||
| Total seats | 13 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 82 | 65 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 235 |