1935 Canadian Federal Election

King or Chaos

October 14, 1935 · The King–St. Laurent ascendancy · 245 seats, 123 for a majority

'King or Chaos': the Liberals crushed R.B. Bennett's Depression-battered Conservatives with 173 seats on just 44.7% of the vote, as the new CCF and Social Credit parties and Bennett's renegade Reconstruction Party splintered the opposition.

Prime Minister before

R. B. Bennett

Conservative

Prime Minister after

William Lyon Mackenzie King

Liberal

Government formed

Liberal

majority government

Turnout

74.2%

The result


Liberal	W. L. Mackenzie King	173	+84	1,967,839	44.7%	+0.7
Conservative	R. B. Bennett	39	-98	1,290,671	29.8%	-18.5
Social Credit	William Aberhart (unofficial)	17	+17	180,679	4.1%	—
CCF	J. S. Woodsworth	7	+7	410,125	9.3%	—
Reconstruction	H. H. Stevens	1	+1	384,462	8.7%	—

8 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	631.8%	121.6%	1640.8%	1031.7%	5642.2%	5956.0%	957.2%	1252.7%	458.3%	044.4%	17344.7%
Conservative	524.9%	117.6%	118.0%	127.9%	2535.8%	527.5%	131.9%	034.5%	038.4%		3929.8%
Co-operative Commonwealth	332.7%	012.0%	221.3%	219.4%	08.0%	00.6%					78.8%
Social Credit	00.6%	1546.6%	217.8%	02.0%							174.1%
Liberal-Progressive				410.5%							40.7%
Reconstruction	17.3%	00.7%	01.3%	05.9%	011.4%	09.3%	09.7%	012.7%	03.4%		18.7%
Independent Liberal				00.2%	00.6%	13.8%	00.4%	03.0%			11.2%
Independent	11.8%			00.1%	00.2%	00.7%	00.8%				10.4%
UFO-Labour					10.5%						10.2%
Independent Conservative						0<0.1%				155.6%	10.0%
Total seats	16	17	21	17	82	65	10	12	4	1	245