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Canadian federal election, 1958

Elections and parties in Canada

List of election results Politics of Canada Political parties Canadian federal elections Canadian election results: 1867 - 1872 - 1874 - 1878 - 1882 1887 - 1891 - 1896 - 1900 - 1904 1908 - 1911 - 1917 - 1921 - 1925 1926 - 1930 - 1935 - 1940 - 1945 1949 - 1953 - 1957 - 1958 - 1962 1963 - 1965 - 1968 - 1972 - 1974 1979 - 1980 - 1984 - 1988 - 1993 1997 - 2000 - 2004 - Summaries

National results

National

Party	Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
			Before	After	% Change	#	%	Change
Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	265		206		3,908,633	53.56%	+14.75%
Liberal	<center> Lester B. Pearson	265		49		2,444,909	33.50%	-7.41%
Cooperative Commonwealth	<center> M.J. Coldwell	169		8		692,668	9.49%	-1.22%
Socialist	<center>	2		1		14,065	0.19%	n.a.
Social Credit	<center> Solon Low	82		0		188,356	2.58%	-3.99%
Independent	<center>	9		0		14,211	0.19%	-0.87%
Independent Liberal	<center>	10		0		12,054	0.17%	-1.25%
Labour Progressive	<center> Tim Buck	18		0		9,769	0.13%	+0.02%
Candidats des électeurs	<center> Réal Caouette	1		0		8,276	0.11%	-0.01%
Independent PC	<center>	5		0		2,097	0.03%	-0.19%
Capital familial	<center> H-G Grenier	1		0		968	0.01%	x
Radical chrétien	<center>	1		0		687	0.01%	n.a.
Independent SC	<center>	1		0		361	x	x
Parti ouvrier canadien	<center>	1		0		243	x	n.a.
Independent Conservative	<center>	1		0		122	x	x
Total	<center>	<center> 831	<center>	<center> 264	<center>	<center> 7,297,419	<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