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

Conservative
R. B. Bennett · +46 seats · 47.8%
137
seats
Liberal
W. L. Mackenzie King · -27 seats · 44.0%
89
seats
United Farmers of Alberta
John E. Brownlee · -2 seats · 1.5%
9
seats
Progressive
None · -8 seats · 1.8%
3
seats

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
BC 7 (49.3%)AB 4 (35.0%)SK 7 (33.6%)MB 10 (44.1%)ON 59 (53.9%)QC 24 (43.7%)NB 10 (59.3%)NS 10 (52.5%)PE 3 (50.0%)YT 1 (60.3%)
135
seats
Liberal
BC 5 (40.9%)AB 3 (30.0%)SK 12 (48.4%)MB 1 (19.6%)ON 22 (42.4%)QC 40 (53.2%)NB 1 (40.7%)NS 4 (47.5%)PE 1 (50.0%)YT 0 (39.7%)
89
seats
UF Alberta
AB 9 (28.4%)
9
seats
Progressive
AB 0 (1.9%)SK 2 (8.1%)MB 0 (6.4%)ON 1 (1.8%)
3
seats
Liberal-Progressive
SK 0 (2.1%)MB 3 (16.2%)
3
seats
Labour
AB 0 (3.0%)MB 2 (8.4%)ON 0 (0.1%)
2
seats
Independent
BC 1 (2.6%)SK 0 (3.5%)ON 0 (0.1%)QC 1 (0.3%)
2
seats
Progressive-Conservative
MB 1 (2.7%)QC 0 (1.0%)
1
seats
Independent Labour
BC 1 (6.5%)MB 0 (0.1%)
1
seats
Total seats
245