1953 Canadian Federal Election
August 10, 1953 · The King–St. Laurent ascendancy · 265 seats, 133 for a majority
Louis St. Laurent cruised to a second majority, 'Uncle Louis' presiding over postwar prosperity against George Drew's Conservatives.
Prime Minister before
Louis St. Laurent
Liberal
Prime Minister (continued)
Louis St. Laurent
Liberal
Government formed
Liberal
majority government
Turnout
67.5%
The result
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Louis St. Laurent | 169 | -22 | 2,731,633 | 48.4% | -0.7 | |
| Progressive Conservative | George A. Drew | 51 | +10 | 1,749,579 | 31.0% | +1.4 | |
| CCF | Major James Coldwell | 23 | +10 | 636,310 | 11.3% | -2.1 | |
| Social Credit | Solon Earl Low | 15 | +5 | 304,553 | 5.4% | +3.1 |
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 | 830.9% | 435.1% | 537.3% | 737.0% | 5046.0% | 6661.0% | 752.7% | 1053.0% | 351.1% | 767.2% | 149.4% | 178.7% | 16948.4% |
| Progressive Conservative | 314.1% | 214.5% | 111.7% | 327.0% | 3340.3% | 429.4% | 341.9% | 140.1% | 148.0% | 028.1% | 038.5% | 021.3% | 5131.0% |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | 726.6% | 06.9% | 1144.2% | 323.6% | 111.1% | 01.5% | 03.0% | 16.7% | 00.8% | 00.6% | 2311.3% | ||
| Social Credit | 426.1% | 1140.7% | 05.3% | 06.3% | 00.3% | 00.4% | 155.4% | ||||||
| Independent | 00.1% | 00.2% | 00.3% | 33.0% | 04.0% | 012.4% | 31.0% | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | 04.0% | 00.3% | 23.7% | 01.9% | 21.2% | ||||||||
| Liberal–Labour | 10.6% | 10.2% | |||||||||||
| Liberal-Progressive | 13.3% | 10.2% | |||||||||||
| Total seats | 22 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 85 | 75 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 265 |