1949 Canadian Federal Election
June 27, 1949 · The King–St. Laurent ascendancy · 262 seats, 132 for a majority
St. Laurent's first election as leader delivered 191 seats, then the largest caucus in Canadian history, with Newfoundland voting federally for the first time after joining Confederation that spring.
Prime Minister before
Louis St. Laurent
Liberal
Prime Minister (continued)
Louis St. Laurent
Liberal
Government formed
Liberal
majority government
Turnout
73.8%
The result
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Louis St. Laurent | 191 | +73 | 2,874,813 | 49.1% | +9.4 | |
| Progressive Conservative | George A. Drew | 41 | -25 | 1,734,261 | 29.6% | +2.0 | |
| CCF | Major James Coldwell | 13 | -15 | 784,770 | 13.4% | -2.1 | |
| Social Credit | Solon Earl Low | 10 | -3 | 135,217 | 2.3% | -1.7 |
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.
| Liberal | 1136.7% | 533.8% | 1443.4% | 1145.1% | 5545.1% | 6860.4% | 853.8% | 1052.7% | 349.2% | 571.9% | 149.0% | 19149.1% |
| Progressive Conservative | 327.9% | 216.8% | 114.4% | 122.0% | 2537.4% | 224.5% | 239.4% | 237.5% | 148.4% | 227.9% | 0 | 4129.7% |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | 331.5% | 010.0% | 540.9% | 325.9% | 115.2% | 01.1% | 04.2% | 19.9% | 02.4% | 00.2% | 017.0% | 1313.4% |
| Social Credit | 00.5% | 1037.4% | 00.9% | 00.2% | 102.3% | |||||||
| Independent | 12.6% | 02.1% | 00.1% | 36.1% | 00.2% | 034.0% | 42.1% | |||||
| Independent Liberal | 10.3% | 01.3% | 01.4% | 10.5% | ||||||||
| Liberal-Labour | 10.6% | 0<0.1% | 10.2% | |||||||||
| Liberal-Progressive | 12.9% | 10.2% | ||||||||||
| Total seats | 18 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 83 | 73 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 262 |