1957 Canadian Federal Election
June 10, 1957 · Diefenbaker & Pearson · 265 seats, 133 for a majority
John Diefenbaker's Progressive Conservatives ended 22 consecutive years of Liberal government with a minority upset over St. Laurent, whose party had won the popular vote. Within a year Diefenbaker would convert it into the biggest landslide in Canadian history.
Prime Minister before
Louis St. Laurent
Liberal
Prime Minister after
John Diefenbaker
Progressive Conservative
Government formed
Progressive Conservative
minority government
Turnout
74.1%
The result
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | John Diefenbaker | 112 | +61 | 2,572,926 | 38.5% | +7.5 | |
| Liberal | Louis St. Laurent | 105 | -64 | 2,702,573 | 40.5% | -8.0 | |
| CCF | Major James Coldwell | 25 | +2 | 707,659 | 10.6% | -0.7 | |
| Social Credit | Solon Earl Low | 19 | +4 | 437,049 | 6.5% | +1.1 |
4 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.
| Progressive Conservative | 732.5% | 327.4% | 323.0% | 835.5% | 6148.1% | 930.7% | 548.1% | 1050.1% | 452.0% | 237.4% | 031.0% | 048.2% | 11238.5% |
| Liberal | 220.4% | 127.6% | 430.2% | 125.8% | 2136.6% | 6256.8% | 547.5% | 245.9% | 046.4% | 561.3% | 166.4% | 149.5% | 10540.5% |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | 722.6% | 06.3% | 1035.8% | 523.4% | 311.9% | 01.8% | 00.8% | 04.3% | 01.0% | 00.4% | 2510.6% | ||
| Social Credit | 623.6% | 1337.5% | 010.4% | 013.0% | 01.6% | 00.2% | 01.0% | 00.1% | 196.5% | ||||
| Other | 00.4% | 00.3% | 00.1% | 00.7% | 00.5% | 45.5% | 01.3% | 42.8% | |||||
| Total seats | 22 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 85 | 75 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 265 |