Distribution of Seats At The Beginning of The 27th Parliament
Party | Party Leader | Seats | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1963 | Dissolution | Elected | % Change | |||||||
Liberal | Lester Pearson | 128 | 128 | 131 | +2.3% | |||||
Progressive Conservative | John Diefenbaker | 93 | 95 | 97 | +4.3% | |||||
New Democratic | Tommy Douglas | 24 | 17 | 21 | -12.5% | |||||
Ralliement créditiste | Réal Caouette | 9 | ||||||||
Social Credit | R.N. Thompson | 17 | 24 | 5 | -70.6% | |||||
Independent | - | 1 | ||||||||
Total | 265 | 265 | 265 | |||||||
Sources: http://www.elections.ca History of Federal Ridings since 1867 |
Notes:
"% change" refers to change from previous election 1 "Previous" refers to the results of the previous election, not the party standings in the House of Commons prior to dissolution.
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