Canada 1917 federal election
What was the result of the 1917 federal election in Canada?
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada won 153 of 235 seats with 57.0% of the vote. 90.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.
Canada- Held:
- Final result
- ParlGov, read 5 October 2026
Which party won the most seats?
Final results from ParlGov, read : Progressive Conservative Party of Canada won 153 of 235 seats with 57.0% of the vote; 90.4% of registered voters cast a ballot.
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 153 57.0%
- Liberal Party of Canada 82 39.9%
- Seats won
- Share of the vote
Key numbers
57.0%
Share of the vote won by Progressive Conservative Party of Canada
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada won 153 of 235 seats. A majority needs 118.
90.4%
Voter turnout
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | % | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative Party of Canada | 153 | 57.0 | 1,074,701 |
| Liberal Party of Canada | 82 | 39.9 | 751,493 |
| Independents | 0 | 0.8 | 14,453 |
Votes by party
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 1,074,701
- Liberal Party of Canada 751,493
- Independents 14,453
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes.
ParlGov marks results before 1945 as experimental: they may need revision, so we compare them with no other election.
How many people voted?
90.4% of the 2,093,799 registered voters cast a ballot (1,892,741 ballots). 1,885,329 of them were valid votes.
How do the votes compare with the seats?
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada57.0% of votes65.1% of seats
- Liberal Party of Canada39.9% of votes34.9% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 6.7 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.1 by votes and 1.8 by seats; Progressive Conservative Party of Canada led Liberal Party of Canada by 17.1 points of the vote.
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