1926 Canadian federal election

none September 2023 1926 Canadian federal election Canada 1921 parliamentary no no no 1925 Canadian federal election 1925 1930 Canadian federal election 1930 245 seats in the House of Commons 123 67.7%Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&dir=turn&document=index&lang=e Elections Canada 10 March 2019 ( 1.3 pp) x175px September 14, 1926 16th Canadian Parliament 15th Canadian Parliament Rt. Hon. W.L. MacKenzie-King, 7-13-22 cropped.jpg CA Liberal nohash W. L. Mackenzie King August 7, 1919 CA Liberal nameThe Liberals formed a minority government with the help of Liberal-Progressive MPs. Prince Albert 100 seats, 39.74% 116 16 1,397,031 42.90% 3.06 pp Arthur Meighen at the CNE (cropped).jpg CA Conservative (historical) nohash Arthur Meighen July 10, 1920 CA Conservative (historical) name Portage la Prairie (lost re-election) 115 seats, 46.13% 91 24 1,476,834 45.35% 0.78 pp CA Progressive nohash none N/A CA Progressive name N/A 22 seats, 8.45% 11 11 128,060 3.93% 4.52 pp JohnEBrownlee (cropped).jpg CA AB United Farmers nohash John E. Brownlee November 23, 1925 CA AB United Farmers name Did not stand 2 seats, 0.26% 11 9 60,740 1.87% 1.61 pp Canada 1926 Federal Election.svg 350px Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Arthur Meighen CA Conservative (historical) name William Lyon Mackenzie King CA Liberal name Chambre des Communes 1926.png 350px The Canadian parliament after the 1926 election The 1926 Canadian federal election was held on September 14, 1926, to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 16th Parliament of Canada.Sharp Walter R. 1927 The Canadian Election of 1926 https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0003055400023686/type/journal_article American Political Science Review en 21 1 101–113 10.2307/1945541 0003-0554 subscriptionRay Argyle, . Turning Points : The Campaigns that Changed Canada: 2004 and before (2004) online pp.181-208. The election was called after an event known as the King–Byng affair. In the 1925 federal election, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party of Canada had won fewer seats in the House of Commons of Canada than the Conservatives of Arthur Meighen. King, however, was determined to continue to govern with the support of the Progressive Party. The combined Liberal and Progressive caucuses gave Mackenzie King a plurality of seats in the House of Commons, and the ability to form a minority government. The agreement collapsed, however, after a scandal, and King approached the governor general of Canada, Baron Byng of Vimy, to seek dissolution of the Parliament. Byng refused on the basis that the Conservatives had won the most seats in the prior election and so he called upon Meighen to form a government. Prime Minister Meighen's government was soon defeated in a vote of non-confidence, and Byng agreed to Meighen's request to dissolve Parliament and call new elections. King effectively campaigned against Byng, instead of against Meighen, in the election. King's Liberals won the most seats in the House of Commons although they received fewer votes than the Conservatives. However, this may have been largely because the Liberals did not run candidates in all ridings - they had an informal electoral pact with the Progressives and Liberal-Progressives. Robert Forke had resigned as Progressive house leader on June 30, 1926. The Progressives fractured and Forke ran for re-election as a Liberal-Progressive. Of 12 Liberal-Progressive candidates, 8 were elected. The Conservatives suffered from disproportional transition from votes to seats. In particular, in Manitoba Meighen's party captured almost 40 per cent of the vote, twice the vote share of any other party, but no seats. King's Liberals did not take a majority of seats but were able to govern with the support of Liberal-Progressive Members of Parliament. The Progressive Party's Albertan legislators left the party and instead sought re-election under the United Farmers of Alberta banner. At the time, the UFA formed the government in Alberta. They won eleven seats in Alberta, an increase of nine from the previous year and the same number the Progressives won elsewhere. The Progressives' seat count was halved compared to 1925, although when viewed in its totality the election result can also be regarded as a combined net decrease of two seats for the Progressives and UFA. Byng returned to Britain at the end of the year and was raised to the rank of viscount as an expression of confidence in him. After his party's defeat and the loss of his seat, Meighen resigned as Conservative leader. National results center|300px PartyParty leader# of candidatesSeatsPopular vote1925Elected% Change#%pp Change CA Liberal row Liberal W. L. Mackenzie King 203100116+16.0% 1,397,031 42.90%+3.06 CA PC row Conservative Arthur Meighen 232115 91-20.2% 1,476,834 45.35%-0.78 CA Progressive row-name 2822 11-50.0% 128,060 3.93%-4.52 CA AB United Farmers row-name 12 211+450% 60,740 1.87%+1.61 CA Liberal-Progressive row-name Robert Forke12-8  63,144 1.94%+1.83 CA Labour row-name  182 4+100%55,661 1.71%-0.10 CA Independent rowIndependent 1022- 25,821 0.79%+0.28 CA Independent row Independent Liberal51 1-18,627 0.57%-0.42 CA ON United Farmers row-name  1*1* 6,909 0.21%* CA Independent rowIndependent Conservative3 1--100%10,1640.31%-0.23 CA Independent row Progressive-Conservative 2- -- 7,088 0.22%+0.18 CA Independent row Liberal-Labour  1* -* 4,1870.13%* CA Independent rowLabour-Farmer 1-- -1,4410.04%-0.11 CA Socialist row-name 1- --6720.02%-0.04 CA Independent row Protectionist 1*-* 129x*Total 530245 245- 3,256,508 100%  Sources: http://www.elections.ca -- History of Federal Ridings since 1867 https://web.archive.org/web/20081204121507/http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/process/house/hfer/hfer.asp?Language=E 2008-12-04 Notes: * not applicable - the party was not recognized in the previous election x - less than 0.005% of the popular vote Vote and seat summaries Ternary plots - shift of electoral support (1925-1926) 350 200 yes center Electoral districts identified by colours of winning parties File:Ternary CA1925.svg 1925 Ternary plot of 1925 results File:Ternary CA1926.svg 1926 Ternary plot of 1926 results Popular vote #ddd 600px 410px Conservative #6495ED 45.35 Liberal #F08080 42.90 Progressive CA Progressive 3.93 United Farmers CA United Farmers of Alberta 1.87 Others #DCDCDC 5.95 Seat totals #ddd 600px 410px Liberal #F08080 47.35 Conservative #6495ED 37.14 Progressive CA Progressive 4.49 United Farmers CA United Farmers of Alberta 4.49 Others #DCDCDC 6.53 Results by province Party nameBCABSKMBONQCNBNSPEYKTotal CA Liberal rowLiberal Seats: 1 3 16 4 24 59 4 2 3 - 116 CA Liberal row Popular Vote (%): 37.0 24.5 51.3 18.4 35.3 61.3 46.1 43.5 52.7 44.1 42.8 CA PC rowConservative Seats: 12 1 - - 53 4 7 12 1 1 91 CA PC row Vote: 54.2 31.5 27.5 39.7 54.9 34.0 53.9 53.7 47.3 55.9 45.4 CA Progressive rowProgressive Seats:    4 4 3          11 CA Progressive row Vote:     17.9 11.2 5.1          3.9 CA AB United Farmers rowUnited Farmers of Alberta Seats:  11               11 CA AB United Farmers row Vote:   38.7              1.9 CA Liberal-Progressive rowLiberal-Progressive Seats:    17 -           8 CA Liberal-Progressive row Vote:     3.2 19.5 1.4          1.9 CA Labour rowLabour Seats: - 1   2 1    -     4 CA Labour row Vote:6.4 4.3   8.7 1.1     2.8    1.7 CA Independent rowIndependent Seats:1 -     - 1         2 CA Independent row Vote: 2.3 0.1     0.5 1.9        0.8 CA Independent rowIndependent Liberal Seats:         1         1 CA Independent row Vote:           2.3         0.6 CA ON United Farmers rowUnited Farmers of Ontario Seats:        1          1 CA ON United Farmers row Vote:         0.6         0.2Total seats14 16 21 17 8265 11 14 4 1 245Parties that won no seats: CA Independent row Independent Conservative Vote:         0.80.1        0.3 CA Independent row Progressive-Conservative Vote:      2.5   0.3        0.2 CA Independent row Liberal-Labour Vote:        0.3          0.1 CA Independent row Labour-Farmer Vote:  0.9                xx CA Socialist rowSocialist Vote:          0.1        xx CA Independent row Protectionist Vote:          xx        xx xx - less than 0.05% of the popular vote See also Canada Politics List of Canadian federal general elections List of political parties in Canada 16th Canadian Parliament References Notes Further reading Argyle Ray Turning Points: The Campaigns that Changed Canada: 2004 and before 2004 White Knight Publications Toronto 978-0-97341-866-8 181-208 https://archive.org/details/turningpointscam0000argy registration Duffy John Fights of Our Lives: Elections, Leadership and the Making of Canada 2002 HarperCollins Publishers Toronto 978-0-00200-089-5 107-158 https://archive.org/details/fightsofourlives0000duff registration Hopkins J. Castell The Canadian Annual Review of Public Affairs, 1925–26 1926 The Annual Review Company Toronto https://archive.org/details/canadianannualre0000unse_t3l1 Canada, Chief Electoral Officer Sixteenth General Election, 1926: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer 1926 Queen's Printer Ottawa 2027/mdp.39015024873443 free External links Principles vs Puffiness, by J.L. Granatstein Federal 1926 Category:September 1926 in Canada