1962 Canadian election
Elections and parties in
Canada
|
|
Results
National
| Party
| Party Leader
| # of candidates
| Seats
| Popular Vote
|
| Before
| After
| % Change
| #
| %
| Change
|
| Progressive Conservative
| | 265
|
| 114
|
| 2,865,542
| 37.22%
| -16.35%
|
| Liberal
| <center> Lester B. Pearson
| 264
|
| 100
|
| 2,862,001
| 37.17%
| +3.67%
|
| Social Credit
| <center> R.N. Thompson
| 226
|
| 30
|
| 893,479
| 11.60%
| +9.02%
|
| New Democratic
| <center> Tommy Douglas
| 217
|
| 19
|
| 1,044,754
| 13.57%
| +4.08%
|
| Independent
| <center>
| 16
|
| -
|
| 11,815
| 0.15%
| -0.09%
|
| Independent Liberal
| <center>
| 7
|
| -
|
| 10,406
| 0.14%
| -0.03%
|
| Communist
| <center> Tim Buck
| 12
|
| -
|
| 6,360
| 0.08%
| -0.05%
|
| Independent PC
| <center>
| 4
|
| -
|
| 2,713
| 0.04%
| +0.01%
|
| Candidat libéral des electeurs
| <center>
| 1
|
| -
|
| 1,836
| 0.02%
| n.a.
|
| Capital familial
| <center> H-G Grenier
| 1
|
| -
|
| 393
| 0.01%
| -0.01%
|
| Co-operative Builders
| <center>
| 1
|
| -
|
| 261
| x
| n.a.
|
| All Canadian
| <center>
| 1
|
| -
|
| 189
| x
| n.a.
|
| Ouvrier Independant
| <center>
| 1
|
| -
|
| 152
| x
| n.a.
|
| Total
| <center>
| <center> 1,016
| <center>
| <center> 263
| <center>
| <center> 7,699,901
| <center> 100.00%
| <center>
|
| Sources: http://www.elections.ca
|
n.a. = not applicable - the party was not recognized in the previous election
x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote
