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Canada 1945 federal election

What was the result of the 1945 federal election in Canada?

Liberal Party of Canada won 125 of 245 seats with 41.4% of the vote. 76.3% 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 125 of 245 seats with 41.4% of the vote; 76.3% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Liberal Party of Canada 125 41.4%
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 67 27.7%
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 28 15.7%
  • Social Credit Party of Canada 13 4.1%
  • Bloc populaire 2 3.6%
  • Communist Party of Canada 1 2.1%
  • Liberal-Progressive 1 0.1%
  • Seats won
  • Share of the vote
123 of 245 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 41.4%

    Share of the vote won by Liberal Party of Canada

    Liberal Party of Canada won 125 of 245 seats. A majority needs 123.

  2. 76.3%

    Voter turnout

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats%Votes
Liberal Party of Canada12541.42,170,625
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada6727.71,455,453
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party2815.7822,661
Social Credit Party of Canada134.1214,998
Bloc populaire23.6172,765
Communist Party of Canada12.1111,892
Liberal-Progressive10.16,147
Largest party without seats00.14,872
Independents8
Votes by party
  • Liberal Party of Canada 2,170,625
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 1,455,453
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 822,661
  • Social Credit Party of Canada 214,998
  • Bloc populaire 172,765
  • Communist Party of Canada 111,892
  • Liberal-Progressive 6,147
  • Largest party without seats 4,872
  • Independents

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.

How many people voted?

76.3% of the 6,952,445 registered voters cast a ballot (5,305,193 ballots). 5,246,130 of them were valid votes.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Liberal Party of Canada41.4% of votes51.0% of seats
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada27.7% of votes27.3% of seats
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party15.7% of votes11.4% of seats
  • Social Credit Party of Canada4.1% of votes5.3% of seats
  • Bloc populaire3.6% of votes0.8% of seats
  • Communist Party of Canada2.1% of votes0.4% of seats
  • Liberal-Progressive0.1% of votes0.4% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 8.2 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 3.6 by votes and 2.8 by seats; Liberal Party of Canada led Progressive Conservative Party of Canada by 13.6 points of the vote.

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