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Canada 1935 federal election

What was the result of the 1935 federal election in Canada?

Liberal Party of Canada won 173 of 245 seats with 44.8% of the vote. 75.2% 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 173 of 245 seats with 44.8% of the vote; 75.2% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Liberal Party of Canada 173 44.8%
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 40 29.6%
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 7 8.8%
  • Reconstruction Party of Canada 1 8.7%
  • Social Credit Party of Canada 17 4.1%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
123 of 245 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 44.8%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Party of Canada

    Liberal Party of Canada won 173 of 245 seats. A majority needs 123.

  2. 75.2%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Liberal Party of Canada17344.81,975,841
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada4029.61,305,565
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party78.8387,056
Reconstruction Party of Canada18.7384,095
Social Credit Party of Canada174.1180,301
Other parties (seats only)7
Votes by party
  • Liberal Party of Canada 1,975,841
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 1,305,565
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 387,056
  • Reconstruction Party of Canada 384,095
  • Social Credit Party of Canada 180,301
  • 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?

75.2% of the 5,918,207 registered voters cast a ballot (4,452,675 ballots). 4,406,854 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Party of Canada44.8% of votes70.6% of seats
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada29.6% of votes16.3% of seats
  • Social Credit Party of Canada4.1% of votes6.9% of seats
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party8.8% of votes2.9% of seats
  • Reconstruction Party of Canada8.7% of votes0.4% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 21.9 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.3 by votes and 1.9 by seats; Liberal Party of Canada led Progressive Conservative Party of Canada by 15.2 points of the vote.

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