1962 Canadian Federal Election
June 18, 1962 · Diefenbaker & Pearson · 265 seats, 133 for a majority
Diefenbaker's 208-seat colossus shrank to a minority of 116 as Social Credit's créditiste wing took 26 seats in Quebec under Réal Caouette and the economy soured with the devalued 'Diefenbuck'.
Prime Minister before
John Diefenbaker
Progressive Conservative
Prime Minister (continued)
John Diefenbaker
Progressive Conservative
Government formed
Progressive Conservative
minority government
Turnout
79.0%
The result
| Share of House | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | John Diefenbaker | 116 | -89 | 2,865,542 | 37.2% | -16.4 | |
| Liberal | Lester B. Pearson | 99 | +49 | 2,846,589 | 37.0% | +3.6 | |
| Social Credit | Robert N. Thompson | 30 | +30 | 894,931 | 11.6% | +9.0 | |
| New Democratic | Tommy Douglas | 19 | +10 | 1,044,754 | 13.6% | +4.1 |
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 | 627.3% | 1542.8% | 1650.4% | 1141.6% | 3539.2% | 1429.6% | 446.5% | 947.3% | 451.3% | 136.0% | 042.3% | 154.9% | 11637.2% |
| Liberal | 427.3% | 019.4% | 122.8% | 131.3% | 4341.0% | 3539.2% | 644.4% | 242.4% | 043.3% | 659.0% | 145.0% | 046.2% | 9937.0% |
| Social Credit | 214.2% | 229.2% | 04.6% | 06.8% | 01.8% | 2626.0% | 03.6% | 00.8% | 00.2% | 00.1% | 3011.6% | ||
| New Democratic | 1030.9% | 08.4% | 022.1% | 219.7% | 617.2% | 04.4% | 05.3% | 19.4% | 05.2% | 04.9% | 1913.6% | ||
| Liberal-Labour | 10.6% | 10.2% | |||||||||||
| Total seats | 22 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 85 | 75 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 265 |