1926 Canadian Federal Election
King–Byng electionSeptember 14, 1926 · War & fragmentation · 245 seats, 123 for a majority
The King–Byng election: after Governor General Byng refused King a dissolution and Meighen's three-day government fell, King campaigned against imperial interference and returned with 116 seats and effective control, an episode still cited in every constitutional crisis since.
Prime Minister before
Arthur Meighen
Conservative
Prime Minister after
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Liberal
Government formed
Liberal
minority government
Turnout
67.7%
The result
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | W. L. Mackenzie King | 116 | +16 | 1,397,031 | 42.9% | +3.1 | |
| Conservative | Arthur Meighen | 91 | -24 | 1,476,834 | 45.4% | -0.8 | |
| Progressive | none | 11 | -11 | 128,060 | 3.9% | -4.5 | |
| United Farmers of Alberta | John E. Brownlee | 11 | +9 | 60,740 | 1.9% | +1.6 |
16 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 | 137.0% | 324.5% | 1651.3% | 418.4% | 2435.3% | 5961.3% | 446.1% | 243.5% | 352.7% | 044.1% | 11642.8% |
| Conservative | 1254.2% | 131.5% | 027.5% | 039.7% | 5354.9% | 434.0% | 753.9% | 1253.7% | 147.3% | 155.9% | 9145.4% |
| Progressive | 417.9% | 411.2% | 35.1% | 113.9% | |||||||
| United Farmers of Alberta | 1138.7% | 111.9% | |||||||||
| Liberal-Progressive | 13.2% | 719.5% | 01.4% | 81.9% | |||||||
| Labour | 06.4% | 14.3% | 28.7% | 11.1% | 02.8% | 41.7% | |||||
| Independent | 12.3% | 00.1% | 00.5% | 11.9% | 20.8% | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | 12.3% | 10.6% | |||||||||
| United Farmers of Ontario | 10.6% | 10.2% | |||||||||
| Total seats | 14 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 82 | 65 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 245 |