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1957 Canadian federal election
Canada
← 1953 June 10, 1957 1958 →
Turnout74.1%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
Progressive Conservative John Diefenbaker 38.50% 112 +61
Liberal Louis St. Laurent 40.45% 105 −64
Co-operative Commonwealth Major James Coldwell 10.59% 25 +2
Social Credit Solon Earl Low 6.54% 19 +4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Louis St. Laurent
Liberal		 John Diefenbaker
Progressive Conservative

Results by Province

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Alberta

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Results in Alberta[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Votes % +/-
  Social Credit 13 2 2 161,697 37.81
  Liberals 1 11 5 119,190 27.87
  Progressive Conservative 3 4 9 1 118,225 27.65
  CCF 1 14 27,127 6.34
  Labor-Progressive 1 815 0.19
  Independent Social Credit 1 386 0.09
  Independent 1 212 0.05
Total 17 427,652 100.0

British Columbia

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Results in British Columbia[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 7 7 7 1 192,988 32.62
  Social Credit 6 6 8 1 143,145 24.2
  CCF 7 2 4 9 131,873 22.29
  Liberals 2 7 3 10 121,301 20.51
  Labor-Progressive 2 1,345 0.23
  Canadian Democrat 1 628 0.11
  Independent 1 259 0.04
Total 22 591,539 100.0

Manitoba

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Results in Manitoba[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 8 2 3 1 124,867 35.87
  Liberals 1 10 3 90,880 26.11
  CCF 5 1 2 6 82,398 23.67
  Social Credit 1 6 7 45,803 13.16
  Independent Liberal 2 2,378 0.68
  Labor-Progressive 1 1,579 0.45
  Independent 1 205 0.06
Total 14 348,110 100.0

New Brunswick

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Results in New Brunswick[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 5 5 114,060 48.71
  Liberals 5 5 112,518 48.05
  Independent 1 3,159 1.35
  Social Credit 2 2,420 1.03
  CCF 1 1 2,001 0.85
Total 10 234,158 100.0

Newfoundland and Labrador

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Results in Newfoundland and Labrador[1]
Party Seats Second Third Votes % +/-
  Liberals 4 2 1 56,993 61.88
  Progressive Conservative 2 4 34,795 37.78
  CCF 1 321 0.35
Total 6 92,109 100.0

Northwest Territories

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Results in Northwest Territories[1]
Party Seats Second Votes % +/-
  Liberals 1 2,686 68.19
  Progressive Conservative 1 1,253 31.81
Total 1 3,939 100.0

Nova Scotia

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Results in Nova Scotia[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 9 3 197,676 50.41
  Liberals 2 8 1 1 176,891 45.11
  CCF 3 1 1 1 17,117 4.36
  Social Credit 1 473 0.12
Total 11 392,157 100.0

Ontario

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Results in Ontario[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 61 21 3 1,105,236 48.75
  Liberals 20 61 3 830,307 36.62
  CCF 3 3 51 3 274,238 12.1
  Social Credit 13 24 2 36,067 1.59
  Liberal Labour Party 1 10,701 0.47
  Independent Liberal 1 5,414 0.24
  Independent Social Credit 1 2,351 0.1
  Labor-Progressive 2 1,432 0.06
  Independent 1 726 0.03
  Independent Progressive Conservative 1 342 0.02
  Liberal Conservative Coalition 1 252 0.01
Total 85 2,267,066 100.0

Prince Edward Island

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Results in Prince Edward Island[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Votes % +/-
  Progressive Conservative 3 1 34,965 52.34
  Liberals 2 1 1 31,162 46.64
  CCF 2 1 680 1.02
Total 3 66,807 100.0

Quebec

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Results in Quebec[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Votes % +/-
  Liberals 62 13 1,030,354 57.56
  Progressive Conservative 8 51 9 547,950 30.61
  Independent Liberal 2 4 12 5 1 85,674 4.79
  Independent 2 5 1 2 65,499 3.66
  CCF 14 6 2 31,780 1.78
  Independent Progressive Conservative 1 1 1 2 14,183 0.79
  Candidate of the Electors 1 8,129 0.45
  Social Credit 2 2 3,877 0.22
  Labor-Progressive 1 2 2,377 0.13
  Capital Familial 1 237 0.01
Total 75 1,790,060 100.0

Saskatchewan

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Results in Saskatchewan[1]
Party Seats Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Votes % +/-
  CCF 10 5 2 140,293 35.96
  Liberals 4 9 4 118,282 30.32
  Progressive Conservative 3 2 10 1 90,359 23.16
  Social Credit 1 1 14 40,830 10.47
  Labor-Progressive 1 212 0.05
  National Credit Control 1 122 0.03
Total 17 390,098 100.0

Yukon

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Results in Yukon[1]
Party Seats Second Votes % +/-
  Liberals 1 2,422 50.67
  Progressive Conservative 1 2,358 49.33
Total 1 4,780 100.0

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "General Election (1957-06-10)". Library of Parliament. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
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