Arthur Meighen's Conservatives won the most seats, 115 to 100, but Mackenzie King refused to resign, governing with Progressive support despite having lost his own seat. The arrangement collapsed within a year into the King–Byng affair.
Prime Minister before
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Liberal
Prime Minister (continued)
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Liberal
Government formed
Liberal
minority government
Turnout
66.4%
Note: the Conservative party won the most seats, but William Lyon Mackenzie King formed the government — under Westminster convention the incumbent Prime Minister may meet the House and govern with its confidence, whatever the seat count.
The result
Conservative
Arthur Meighen · +66 seats · 46.1%
115
seats
Liberal
W. L. Mackenzie King · -18 seats · 39.7%
100
seats
Progressive
Robert Forke · -36 seats · 8.4%
22
seats
Independent Labour
J. S. Woodsworth · -1 seats · 1.8%
2
seats
United Farmers of Alberta
Herbert Greenfield · 0 seats · 0.3%
2
seats
Share of House
Conservative
Arthur Meighen
115
+66
1,454,253
46.1%
+16.2
Liberal
W. L. Mackenzie King
100
-18
1,252,684
39.7%
-1.4
Progressive
Robert Forke
22
-36
266,319
8.4%
-12.7
Independent Labour
J. S. Woodsworth
2
-1
56,987
1.8%
-0.9
United Farmers of Alberta
Herbert Greenfield
2
0
8,053
0.3%
-0.5
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.