1935 Canadian federal election

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The 1935 Canadian federal election was a nationwide vote that resulted in a landslide victory for William Lyon Mackenzie King’s Liberal Party, ending R. B. Bennett’s Conservative government during the Great Depression.

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instanceOf Canadian federal election
campaignTheme criticism of Bennett’s New Deal-style policies
relief and recovery from the Depression
ConservativePopularVoteShare about 30.1%
ConservativeSeatsWon 40
context Great Depression in Canada
linked to: Great Depression
CooperativeCommonwealthFederationPopularVoteShare about 8.9%
CooperativeCommonwealthFederationSeatsWon 7
country Canada
date October 14, 1935
effect ended R. B. Bennett’s Conservative government
returned William Lyon Mackenzie King as prime minister
electedBody House of Commons of Canada
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
governingPartyAfterElection Liberal Party of Canada
governingPartyBeforeElection Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
governorGeneralAtTime Lord Bessborough
languageContext English and French
leaderOfLosingParty R. B. Bennett
leaderOfWinningParty William Lyon Mackenzie King
legislativeTermEnd 1940
legislativeTermStart 1935
LiberalPopularVoteShare about 44.5%
LiberalSeatsWon 173
loser Conservative Party of Canada (historical)
majorIssue Great Depression
economic policy
unemployment
monarchAtTime King George V
linked to: George V
nextElection 1940 Canadian federal election
notableNewParty Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
Social Credit Party of Canada
numberOfSeatsContested 245
parliamentNumberFormed 18th Canadian Parliament
previousElection 1930 Canadian federal election
primeMinisterAfterElection William Lyon Mackenzie King
primeMinisterBeforeElection R. B. Bennett
region federal (all provinces and territories existing at the time)
result Liberal majority government
SocialCreditPopularVoteShare about 11.4%
SocialCreditSeatsWon 17
totalVotesCast approximately 4.7 million
turnout approximately 74.2%
typeOfMajority landslide majority
votingEligibility Canadian citizens meeting property and residency requirements of the time
winner Liberal Party of Canada
year 1935

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