1958 Canadian Federal Election
The Diefenbaker sweepMarch 31, 1958 · Diefenbaker & Pearson · 265 seats, 133 for a majority
The Diefenbaker sweep: 208 of 265 seats, still the largest share of the House ever won, including 50 of Quebec's 75 as Union Nationale machinery swung behind him. 'Follow John' carried every province.
Prime Minister before
John Diefenbaker
Progressive Conservative
Prime Minister (continued)
John Diefenbaker
Progressive Conservative
Government formed
Progressive Conservative
majority government
Turnout
79.4%
The result
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | John Diefenbaker | 208 | +96 | 3,910,852 | 53.7% | +14.6 | |
| Liberal | Lester B. Pearson | 48 | -57 | 2,459,700 | 33.8% | -8.6 | |
| CCF | Major James Coldwell | 8 | -17 | 692,398 | 9.5% | -1.1 | |
| Social Credit | Solon Earl Low | 0 | -19 | 188,717 | 2.6% | -4.0 |
1 further seat 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 | 1849.4% | 1759.9% | 1651.4% | 1456.7% | 6756.4% | 5049.6% | 754.1% | 1257.0% | 462.2% | 245.2% | 154.5% | 042.8% | 20853.7% |
| Liberal | 016.1% | 013.7% | 019.6% | 021.6% | 1432.1% | 2545.6% | 343.4% | 038.4% | 037.5% | 554.4% | 043.3% | 157.2% | 4833.4% |
| Co-operative Commonwealth | 424.5% | 04.4% | 128.4% | 019.6% | 310.5% | 02.3% | 01.8% | 04.5% | 00.3% | 00.2% | 89.5% | ||
| Liberal-Labour | 10.5% | 10.2% | |||||||||||
| Total seats | 22 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 85 | 75 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 265 |