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Canada 1957 federal election

What was the result of the 1957 federal election in Canada?

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada won 112 of 265 seats with 39.0% of the vote. 75.0% 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 112 of 265 seats with 39.0% of the vote; 75.0% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 7.2 points on 1953.

  • Liberal Party of Canada 105 −66 seats 42.3% −7.7 points
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 112 +61 seats 39.0% +8.0 points
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 25 +2 seats 10.7% −0.6 points
  • Social Credit Party of Canada 19 +4 seats 6.6% +1.2 points
  • Union of Electors 0 0.1%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Canada 1953 federal election, party by party.

133 of 265 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 39.0%

    Share of the vote won by Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

    Progressive Conservative Party of Canada won 112 of 265 seats. A majority needs 133.

  2. +61 seats

    Seats gained by Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

    The largest gain in seats compared with 1953. Liberal Party of Canada lost 66 seats.

  3. 75.0%

    Voter turnout

    Up 7.2 points on 1953.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Liberal Party of Canada105−6642.3−7.72,796,039
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada112+6139.0+8.02,578,045
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party25+210.7−0.6707,659
Social Credit Party of Canada19+46.6+1.2437,049
Union of Electors00.18,129
Independents40

± is the change against the Canada 1953 federal election, party by party.

Votes by party
  • Liberal Party of Canada 2,796,039
  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada 2,578,045
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party 707,659
  • Social Credit Party of Canada 437,049
  • Union of Electors 8,129
  • 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?

75.0% of the 8,902,125 registered voters cast a ballot (6,680,690 ballots), up 7.2 points on 1953. 6,605,980 of them were valid votes. The highest turnout since 1945 in our data.

How do the votes compare with the seats?

  • Progressive Conservative Party of Canada39.0% of votes42.3% of seats
  • Liberal Party of Canada42.3% of votes39.6% of seats
  • Co-operative Commonwealth Federation / New Democratic Party10.7% of votes9.4% of seats
  • Social Credit Party of Canada6.6% of votes7.2% of seats
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.3 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 2.9 by votes and 2.9 by seats; Liberal Party of Canada led Progressive Conservative Party of Canada by 3.3 points of the vote.

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