Results of the 1962 Canadian federal election

1962 Canadian federal election
Canada
June 18, 1962
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Progressive Conservative John Diefenbaker 37.22 116 −92
Liberal Lester B. Pearson 36.97 99 +51
Social Credit Robert N. Thompson 11.62 30 +30
New Democratic Tommy Douglas 13.57 19 +11
Liberal–Labour no leader 0.20 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
John Diefenbaker
Progressive Conservative		 John Diefenbaker
Progressive Conservative

Results by Province and Territory

Alberta

Results in Alberta[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 15 2 0 0 0 0 214,699 42.77
  Social Credit 2 12 3 0 0 0 146,662 29.22
  Liberals 0 3 13 1 0 0 97,322 19.39
  NDP 0 0 1 16 0 0 42,305 8.43
  Independent 0 0 0 0 1 0 497 0.1
  Independent Liberal 0 0 0 0 1 0 311 0.06
  All Canadian Party 0 0 0 0 0 1 189 0.04
Total 17 501,985 100.0

British Columbia

Results in British Columbia[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Votes % +/-
  NDP 10 4 6 2 0 212,035 30.9
  Liberals 4 12 2 3 0 187,438 27.32
  Progressive Conservative 6 6 10 0 0 187,389 27.31
  Social Credit 2 0 4 16 0 97,396 14.19
  Communist 0 0 0 0 3 1,707 0.25
  Independent 0 0 0 0 1 224 0.03
Total 22 686,189 100.0

Manitoba

Results in Manitoba[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 11 2 1 0 0 161,824 41.56
  Liberals 1 12 1 0 0 121,041 31.09
  NDP 2 0 8 4 0 76,514 19.65
  Social Credit 0 0 4 9 0 26,662 6.85
  Communist 0 0 0 0 2 2,153 0.55
  Independent 0 0 0 0 1 1,144 0.29
Total 14 389,338 100.0

New Brunswick

Results in New Brunswick[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 4 6 0 0 115,973 46.48
  Liberals 6 4 0 0 110,850 44.43
  NDP 0 0 5 2 13,220 5.3
  Social Credit 0 0 4 4 9,016 3.61
  Independent Liberal 0 0 0 1 441 0.18
Total 10 249,500 100.0

Newfoundland and Labrador

Results in Newfoundland and Labrador[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Votes % +/-
  Liberals 6 1 0 0 90,896 59.01
  Progressive Conservative 1 6 0 0 55,396 35.96
  NDP 0 0 4 0 7,590 4.93
  Social Credit 0 0 0 1 158 0.1
Total 7 154,040 100.0

Northwest Territories

Results in Northwest Territories[1]
Party Seats Second Third Votes % +/-
  Liberals 1 0 0 3,842 46.24
  Progressive Conservative 0 1 0 3,519 42.35
  Independent 0 0 1 948 11.41
Total 1 8,309 100.0

Nova Scotia

Results in Nova Scotia[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 9 3 0 0 0 0 198,902 47.26
  Liberals 2 8 2 0 0 0 178,520 42.42
  NDP 1 0 8 2 1 0 39,689 9.43
  Social Credit 0 0 1 4 0 1 3,353 0.8
  Unknown 0 0 0 1 0 0 411 0.1
Total 12 420,875 100.0

Ontario

Results in Ontario[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Votes % +/-
  Liberals 43 37 4 0 0 0 1,106,977 41.04
  Progressive Conservative 35 44 6 0 0 0 1,056,055 39.15
  NDP 6 4 65 5 0 0 464,360 17.22
  Social Credit 0 0 9 56 3 1 49,450 1.83
  Liberal-Labour 1 0 0 0 0 0 15,412 0.57
  Independent 0 0 1 1 2 0 2,777 0.1
  Communist 0 0 0 4 1 0 1,836 0.07
  Unknown 0 0 0 1 0 0 284 0.01
  Cooperative Builders of Canada 0 0 0 0 1 0 261 0.01
Total 85 2,697,412 100.0

Prince Edward Island

Results in Prince Edward Island[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 4 0 0 0 0 37,388 51.25
  Liberals 0 3 1 0 0 31,603 43.32
  NDP 0 0 2 1 1 3,802 5.21
  Social Credit 0 0 0 1 0 153 0.21
Total 4 72,946 100.0

Quebec

Results in Quebec[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Votes % +/-
  Liberals 35 35 5 0 0 0 818,760 39.18
  Progressive Conservative 14 35 26 0 0 0 617,762 29.56
  Social Credit 26 5 25 17 2 0 542,433 25.95
  NDP 0 0 18 20 2 0 91,795 4.39
  Independent Liberal 0 0 0 3 1 1 9,654 0.46
  Independent 0 0 0 2 2 0 3,442 0.16
  Independent Progressive Conservative 0 0 0 0 2 2 2,713 0.13
  Candidat libéral des électeurs 0 0 1 0 0 0 1,836 0.09
  Unknown 0 0 0 0 1 0 636 0.03
  Capital Familial 0 0 0 0 1 0 393 0.02
  Communist 0 0 0 0 1 0 347 0.02
  Ouvrier indépendent 0 0 0 0 1 0 152 0.01
Total 75 2,089,923 100.0

Saskatchewan

Results in Saskatchewan[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 16 1 0 0 0 213,385 50.39
  Liberals 1 8 8 0 0 96,676 22.83
  NDP 0 8 9 0 0 93,444 22.07
  Social Credit 0 0 0 15 0 19,648 4.64
  Communist 0 0 0 0 1 317 0.07
Total 17 423,470 100.0

Yukon

Results in Yukon[1]
Party Seats Second Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 1 0 3,250 54.95
  Liberals 0 1 2,664 45.05
Total 1 5,914 100.0

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "General Election (1962-06-18)". Library of Parliament. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
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