gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:election
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gptkbp:campaigns
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gptkb:economy
National Unity
Social Programs
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gptkbp:championship
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4,000,000
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:Canada
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gptkbp:date
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April 8, 1962
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gptkbp:election
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First-past-the-post
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gptkbp:election_result
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Minority government
Independent 1 seat
Liberal Party 129 seats
Liberal Party popular vote 48.4%
New Democratic Party 17 seats
Progressive Conservative Party 89 seats
Social Credit Party 5 seats
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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1962 Canadian federal election
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gptkbp:leader_of_liberal_party
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gptkb:Lester_B._Pearson
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gptkbp:leader_of_progressive_conservative_party
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gptkb:John_Diefenbaker
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gptkbp:notable_nominees
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gptkb:Robert_Stanfield
gptkb:Pierre_Trudeau
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gptkbp:political_party
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gptkb:Liberal_Party_of_Canada
gptkb:Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada
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gptkbp:preceded_by
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gptkb:1958_Canadian_federal_election
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gptkbp:result
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Liberal Party of Canada won
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gptkbp:seating_capacity
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265
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gptkbp:significance
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First election after the introduction of the new electoral boundaries.
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gptkbp:succeeded_by
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gptkb:1963_Canadian_federal_election
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gptkbp:type
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gptkb:election
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gptkbp:voter_turnout
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79.4%
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Liberal_Party_of_Canada
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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