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Canadian federal election, 1963

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

Results

National

Party	Party Leader	# of candidates	Seats			Popular Vote
			Before	After	% Change	#	%	Change
Liberal	Lester Pearson	265		128		3,293,789	41.74%	+4.57%
Progressive Conservative	<center> John Diefenbaker	265		93		2,582,322	32.72%	-4.49%
Social Credit	<center> R.N. Thompson	224		24		940,703	11.92%	+0.32%
New Democratic	<center> Tommy Douglas	232		17		1,044,701	13.24%	-0.33%
Independent Liberal		6		0		14,658	0.19%	+0.05%
Independent		9		0		5,236	0.07%	-0.04%
Communist	<center> Tim Buck	12		0		4,234	0.05%	-0.03%
Independent PC		2		0		1,965	0.02%	-0.01%
Independent Conservative		2		0		1,159	0.01%	n.a.
Ouvrier independant		1		0		1,064	0.01%	n.a.
Independent SC		2		0		717	0.01%	x
Nationalist		1		0		540	0.01%	n.a.
Candidat libéral des electeurs		1		0		496	0.01%	n.a.
Socialist Labour		1		0		43	x	x
Total	<center>	<center>1,023	<center>	<center> 262	<center>	<center> 7,891,627	<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