1930 Canadian Federal Election
July 28, 1930 · War & fragmentation · 245 seats, 123 for a majority
R.B. Bennett's Conservatives won a majority as the Depression began, promising to 'blast a way' into world markets with tariffs. Five years of catastrophe followed, and King inherited the recovery.
Prime Minister before
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Liberal
Prime Minister after
R. B. Bennett
Conservative
Government formed
Conservative
majority government
Turnout
73.5%
The result
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | R. B. Bennett | 137 | +46 | 1,863,115 | 47.8% | +3.1 | |
| Liberal | W. L. Mackenzie King | 89 | -27 | 1,716,798 | 44.0% | +1.1 | |
| United Farmers of Alberta | John E. Brownlee | 9 | -2 | 56,968 | 1.5% | -0.6 | |
| Progressive | None | 3 | -8 | 70,822 | 1.8% | -2.4 |
7 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.
| Conservative | 749.3% | 435.0% | 733.6% | 1044.1% | 5953.9% | 2443.7% | 1059.3% | 1052.5% | 350.0% | 160.3% | 13547.8% |
| Liberal | 540.9% | 330.0% | 1248.4% | 119.6% | 2242.4% | 4053.2% | 140.7% | 447.5% | 150.0% | 039.7% | 8944.0% |
| UF Alberta | 928.4% | 91.5% | |||||||||
| Progressive | 01.9% | 28.1% | 06.4% | 11.8% | 31.8% | ||||||
| Liberal-Progressive | 02.1% | 316.2% | 31.2% | ||||||||
| Labour | 03.0% | 28.4% | 00.1% | 20.7% | |||||||
| Independent | 12.6% | 03.5% | 00.1% | 10.3% | 20.6% | ||||||
| Progressive-Conservative | 12.7% | 01.0% | 10.4% | ||||||||
| Independent Labour | 16.5% | 00.1% | 10.4% | ||||||||
| Total seats | 14 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 82 | 65 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 245 |