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Canada 1921 federal election

What was the result of the 1921 federal election in Canada?

Liberal Party of Canada won 116 of 235 seats with 40.7% of the vote. 70.8% 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 : Liberal Party of Canada won 116 of 235 seats with 40.7% of the vote; 70.8% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Liberal Party of Canada 116 40.7%
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 50 30.3%
  • Progressive Party of Canada 64 22.9%
  • Labour Party 2 2.3%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
118 of 235 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 40.7%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Party of Canada

    Liberal Party of Canada won 116 of 235 seats. A majority needs 118.

  2. 70.8%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Liberal Party of Canada11640.71,272,660
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada5030.3945,681
Progressive Party of Canada6422.9714,620
Independents22.990,532
Labour Party22.371,321
Other parties (seats only)1
Votes by party
  • Liberal Party of Canada 1,272,660
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 945,681
  • Progressive Party of Canada 714,620
  • Independents 90,532
  • Labour Party 71,321
  • Other parties (seats only)

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?

70.8% of the 4,435,310 registered voters cast a ballot (3,139,306 ballots). 3,123,903 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Party of Canada40.7% of votes49.4% of seats
  • Progressive Party of Canada22.9% of votes27.2% of seats
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada30.3% of votes21.3% of seats
  • Labour Party2.3% of votes0.9% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 9.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.2 by votes and 2.8 by seats; Liberal Party of Canada led Progressive Conservative Party of Canada by 10.5 points of the vote.

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