1945 Canadian Federal Election
June 11, 1945 · The King–St. Laurent ascendancy · 245 seats, 123 for a majority
Mackenzie King narrowly survived the war he had managed, winning 118 seats days after V-E Day despite losing his own riding, while the CCF's 28 seats marked the socialist high-water mark that had panicked both old parties into embracing the welfare state.
Prime Minister before
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Liberal
Prime Minister (continued)
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Liberal
Government formed
Liberal
minority government
Turnout
75.3%
The result
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | W. L. Mackenzie King | 118 | -61 | 2,086,545 | 39.8% | -11.5 | |
| Progressive Conservative | John Bracken | 66 | +27 | 1,448,744 | 27.6% | -2.8 | |
| CCF | M. J. Coldwell | 28 | +20 | 815,720 | 15.6% | +7.3 | |
| Social Credit | Solon Earl Low | 13 | +3 | 212,220 | 4.0% | +1.5 | |
| Bloc populaire | Maxime Raymond | 2 | +2 | 172,765 | 3.3% | — | |
| Labor–Progressive | Tim Buck | 1 | +1 | 111,892 | 2.1% | +1.9 |
17 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 | 527.5% | 221.8% | 233.0% | 932.7% | 3440.8% | 4746.5% | 750.0% | 945.7% | 348.4% | 11839.8% | |
| Progressive Conservative | 530.0% | 218.7% | 118.8% | 224.9% | 4841.4% | 19.7% | 338.3% | 236.8% | 147.4% | 140.0% | 6627.6% |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | 429.4% | 018.4% | 1844.4% | 531.6% | 014.3% | 02.4% | 07.4% | 116.7% | 04.2% | 027.5% | 2815.6% |
| Social Credit | 02.3% | 1336.6% | 03.0% | 03.2% | 00.2% | 04.4% | 134.0% | ||||
| Independent Liberal | 11.7% | 75.9% | 01.1% | 81.8% | |||||||
| Independent | 00.8% | 00.4% | 616.9% | 03.2% | 00.2% | 64.9% | |||||
| Bloc populaire | 00.3% | 211.9% | 23.3% | ||||||||
| Labor–Progressive | 05.9% | 04.5% | 00.8% | 05.0% | 02.0% | 11.0% | 00.6% | 032.4% | 12.1% | ||
| Independent PC | 0<0.1% | 11.0% | 10.3% | ||||||||
| Independent CCF | 11.4% | 0<0.1% | 10.1% | ||||||||
| Liberal-Progressive | 11.9% | 10.1% | |||||||||
| Total seats | 16 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 82 | 65 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 245 |