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
Liberal
Louis St. Laurent · -22 seats · 48.4%
169
seats
Progressive Conservative
George A. Drew · +10 seats · 31.0%
51
seats
CCF
Major James Coldwell · +10 seats · 11.3%
23
seats
Social Credit
Solon Earl Low · +5 seats · 5.4%
15
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.
Liberal
BC 8 (30.9%)AB 4 (35.1%)SK 5 (37.3%)MB 7 (37.0%)ON 50 (46.0%)QC 66 (61.0%)NB 7 (52.7%)NS 10 (53.0%)PE 3 (51.1%)NL 7 (67.2%)NT 1 (49.4%)YT 1 (78.7%)
169
seats
Progressive Conservative
BC 3 (14.1%)AB 2 (14.5%)SK 1 (11.7%)MB 3 (27.0%)ON 33 (40.3%)QC 4 (29.4%)NB 3 (41.9%)NS 1 (40.1%)PE 1 (48.0%)NL 0 (28.1%)NT 0 (38.5%)YT 0 (21.3%)
51
seats
Co-operative Commonwealth
BC 7 (26.6%)AB 0 (6.9%)SK 11 (44.2%)MB 3 (23.6%)ON 1 (11.1%)QC 0 (1.5%)NB 0 (3.0%)NS 1 (6.7%)PE 0 (0.8%)NL 0 (0.6%)
23
seats
Social Credit
BC 4 (26.1%)AB 11 (40.7%)SK 0 (5.3%)MB 0 (6.3%)ON 0 (0.3%)NB 0 (0.4%)
15
seats
Independent
AB 0 (0.1%)MB 0 (0.2%)ON 0 (0.3%)QC 3 (3.0%)NL 0 (4.0%)NT 0 (12.4%)
3
seats
Independent Liberal
MB 0 (4.0%)ON 0 (0.3%)QC 2 (3.7%)NB 0 (1.9%)
2
seats
Liberal–Labour
ON 1 (0.6%)
1
seats
Liberal-Progressive
MB 1 (3.3%)
1
seats
Total seats
265