1925 Canadian federal election

none June 2019 September 2023 1925 Canadian federal election Canada 1921 parliamentary no no no 1921 Canadian federal election 1921 1926 Canadian federal election 1926 245 seats in the House of Commons 123 66.4%Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=turn&document=index&lang=e 10 March 2019 ( 1.3 pp) October 29, 1925 15th Canadian Parliament 14th Canadian Parliament Former PM Arthur Meighen (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 CA Conservative (historical) nohash Arthur Meighen July 10, 1920 CA Conservative (historical) name Grenvillecandidate in Portage la Prairie 49 seats, 29.95% 115 66 1,454,253 46.13% 16.18 pp King1919HeadShot (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 CA Liberal nohash W. L. Mackenzie King August 7, 1919 CA Liberal name York North (lost re-election) 118 seats, 41.15% 100The Liberals did not win the most seats, but formed government with the support of Farmer/Progressive MPs. 18 1,252,684 39.74% 1.41 pp Robert Forke.jpg 120 120 160 0 0 CA Progressive nohash Robert Forke November 11, 1922 CA Progressive name Brandon 58 seats, 21.09% 22 36 266,319 8.45% 12.65 pp Ac.woodsworth.jpg 125 120 160 0 0 CA Independent Labour nohash J. S. Woodsworth December 6, 1921 Independent Labour Winnipeg North Centre 3 seats, 2.73% 2 1 56,987 1.81% 0.93 pp Herbert Greenfield - circa 1921-25 (cropped).jpg 120 120 160 0 0 CA United Farmers of Alberta nohash Herbert Greenfield August 13, 1921 CA United Farmers of Alberta name Did not runThe United Farmers of Alberta, which at the time formed the government in that province, did not have a separate party leader at the federal level. At the time of this election, party leader Herbert Greenfield was the Premier of Alberta and the MLA for Peace River in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. 2 seats, 0.71% 2 8,053 0.26% 0.46 pp Canada 1925 Federal Election.svg 350px Prime Minister Prime Minister after election William Lyon Mackenzie King CA Liberal name William Lyon Mackenzie King CA Liberal name Chambre des Communes 1925.png 350px The Canadian parliament after the 1925 election The 1925 Canadian federal election was held on October 29, 1925, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 15th Parliament of Canada.Sharp Walter R. 1926 The Canadian Election of 1925 https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0003055400110056/type/journal_article American Political Science Review en 20 1 107–117 10.2307/1945102 0003-0554 subscription The Conservative party took the most seats in the House of Commons, although not a majority. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party was invited to form a minority government. Unlike the Conservative party, King's Liberals had the conditional support of the many Farmer/Progressive MPs. As a result, this is the only election in which the party that won the most seats did not get to form a government afterward. The government fell the following year. Governor General Baron Byng of Vimy offered the Conservatives under Meighen a chance to form government. This too fell in short order. Byng's action in refusing King's request became the main issue of the 1926 election under the name "King–Byng Affair". Background The previous federal election in 1921 had seen Mackenzie King's Liberals fall narrowly short of winning a parliamentary majority, with Arthur Meighen's Conservatives falling to being the third-largest party, and the new Progressive Party, which had nominated candidates for the first time that year, held the balance of power. King was able to rule with the tacit support of the Progressives, and was not facing a statutory federal election until December 1926; however, a budget proposed in September 1925 by finance minister William Stevens Fielding was unexpectedly voted down in parliament, obligating Mackenzie King to resign as Prime Minister and recommend to the Governor General, Baron Byng of Vimy to hold a new election (theoretically King could have recommended that Byng allow either Meighen or Progressive leader Robert Forke to form a government, but the Conservatives were far short of the number of MPs required to form a stable government, and Forke had no interest in being Prime Minister). Aftermath and the King–Byng Affair The Liberals won fewer seats than the Conservatives, who were left eight seats short of a majority. The Progressives lost almost two thirds of their seats from the previous election, but they still held enough seats to control the balance of power. King decided to hold on to power with the help of the Progressives. The Progressives were closely aligned with the Liberals and enabled King to form a minority government. That plan was complicated by the fact that his party won fewer seats than the Conservatives and that King himself had lost his seat in the House of Commons. Meighen was outraged by King's move and demanded for King to resign from the Prime Minister's office. Byng privately agreed that the Conservatives should be allowed to form the next government and felt that the Liberal-Progressive pact was a corrupt bargain, but he found that there were no valid legal grounds for refusing to allow King to continue in office. King asked a Liberal Member of Parliament from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, to resign so that he could run in the resulting by-election. Prince Albert was one of the safest seats in Canada for the Liberals, and King won easily. With King back in Parliament, a huge scandal rocked the King cabinet when one of his appointees was discovered to be accepting bribes from a male lover.December 2019 Anticipating a vote of censure by the Commons, King asked Byng to call an election. The Governor General refused, and King resigned on June 28, 1926. Meighen was then invited to form a government. King claimed that was interference in Canadian politics by an official appointed by a foreign power. King showed rare fire and rallied the Progressives back into his camp. He defeated Meighen on a vote of confidence after only three days, which made the Meighen government of 1926 the shortest-lasting government in Canadian history. This time, Byng called an election. National results center|300px PartyParty leader# of candidatesSeatsPopular vote1921Elected% Change#%pp Change CA PC row Conservative Arthur Meighen 23249 115+132.7% 1,454,253 46.13%+16.18 CA Liberal row Liberal W. L. Mackenzie King 217118 100-15.3% 1,259,279 39.94%-1.21 CA Progressive row-name Robert Forke 6858 22-62.1% 266,319 8.45%-12.65 CA Labour row-name J.S. Woodsworth 203 2-33.3% 56,987 1.81%-0.93 CA Independent rowIndependent 82 2- 16,212 0.51%-2.52 CA AB United Farmers row-name  2 2 2- 8,053 0.26%-0.46 CA Independent Liberal rowIndependent Liberal 10- 1  31,140 0.99%+0.90 CA Independent Conservative rowIndependent Conservative 61 1- 16,759 0.53%+0.14 CA unknown row Unknown 4- -- 13, 998 0.65%+0.16 CA Liberal-Protectionist row-name   2* - * 6,915 0.22%* CA Independent Liberal-Progressive row Independent Liberal-Progressive 1* -* 4,958 0.16%* CA Labour-Farmer row-name  2* - * 4,774 0.15%* CA Liberal-Progressive row-name  1* -* 3,319 0.11%* CA Independent Labour row-name 1* -* 2,901 0.09%* CA Socialist row-name  1- -- 1,888 0.06%-0.04 CA Independent Progressive rowIndependent Progressive 1 1 --100% 1,768 0.06%-0.05 CA Farmer row-name  1* -* 1,130 0.04%* CA Progressive-Conservative row Progressive-Conservative  1* -* 1,120 0.04%* CA Farmer-Labour row-name  1* - * 762 0.02%*Total579235245+3.8%3,152,525 100%  Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 Notes: * not applicable - the party was not recognized in the previous election Vote and seat summaries Ternary plots - shift of electoral support (1921-1925) 350 200 yes center Electoral districts identified by colours of winning parties File:Ternary CA1921.svg 1921 Ternary plot of 1921 results File:Ternary CA1925.svg 1925 Ternary plot of 1925 results Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Conservative #6495ED 46.13 Liberal #F08080 39.74 Progressive CA Progressive 8.45 Others #DCDCDC 5.68 Seat totals #ddd 600px 410px Conservative #6495ED 46.94 Liberal #F08080 40.82 Progressive CA Progressive 8.98 Others #DCDCDC 3.27 Results by province Party nameBCABSKMBONQCNBNSPEYKTotal CA PC rowConservative Seats: 10 3 - 7 67 4 10 11 2 1115 CA PC row Popular Vote (%): 49.3 31.8 25.4 41.3 56.3 34.2 59.7 56.4 33.1 59.4 46.1 CA Liberal rowLiberal Seats: 3 4 15 1 12 59 1 3 2 - 100 CA Liberal row Vote (%): 34.7 27.6 41.9 20.3 30.9 59.6 37.0 41.9 52.0 40.6 39.7 CA Progressive rowProgressive Seats: - 7 6 7 2          22 CA Progressive row Vote (%): 6.1 26.5 31.8 25.1 8.8          8.5 CA Labour rowLabour Seats: - -   2 - -   -     2 CA Labour row Vote:6.3 6.1   9.6 1.2 0.2   1.6    1.8 CA Independent rowIndependent Seats:1       - 1 -       2 CA Independent row Vote (%): 2.6       0.6 1.4 0.8      0.5 CA AB United Farmers rowUnited Farmers of Alberta Seats:  2               2 CA AB United Farmers row Vote (%):   5.0              0.3 CA Independent Liberal rowIndependent Liberal Seats:         1         1 CA Independent Liberal row Vote (%):           3.8         1.0 CA Independent Conservative rowIndependent Conservative Seats:        1           1 CA Independent Conservative row Vote (%):         1.4           0.5 Total seats14 16 21 17 8265 11 14 4 1 245Parties that won no seats: CA unknown row Unknown Vote (%):     0.1   0.9 0.2     15.0  0.7 CA Liberal-Protectionist row-name Vote (%):           0.9        0.2 CA Independent Liberal-Progressive row Independent Liberal-Progressive Vote (%):             3.3      0.2 CA Labour-Farmer row-name Vote (%):  3.0                0.2 CA Liberal-Progressive row-name Vote (%):       1.9            0.1 CA Independent Labour row-name Vote (%):       1.7           0.1 CA Socialist rowSocialist Vote (%): 1.0                  0.1 CA Independent Progressive row Independent Progressive Vote (%):     0.9               0.1 CA Farmer row-name Vote (%):          0.1        xx CA Progressive-Conservative row Progressive-Conservative Vote (%):          0.1        xx CA Farmer-Labour row-name Vote (%):        0.1          xx See also Canada Politics List of Canadian federal general elections List of political parties in Canada 15th Canadian Parliament References Notes Further reading Canada, Chief Electoral Officer Fifteenth General Election, 1925: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer 1925 Queen's Printer Ottawa 2027/mdp.39015024873310 free External links Principles vs Puffiness, by J.L. 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