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breakthroughs by the Liberals and NDP), forcing the Liberals to rely on Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic Provinces to garner a majority. That pattern would continue until the Tories' demise as a party of government three decades later. The Tories remained in power with the tacit support of the Socreds, as the two parties held enough seats between them to command a parliamentary majority. However, Diefenbaker declined to negotiate a more formal alliance between the two parties, which would ultimately prove costly and helped lead to the fall of his government the following year.
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In the end, despite their large losses the Tories' major saving grace was that the Liberals were all but invisible in the west, winning only seven seats west of Ontario. This election thereby began a pattern of the Tories dominating the provinces west of Ontario by large margins (with only occasional
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The Liberals campaigned under the slogan, "Take a stand for tomorrow," and attempted to portray the Diefenbaker government as "feeble," with a divided cabinet. The Liberals criticized the PCs for their "reckless mismanagement of finances," the slowdown in the Canadian economy, a lack of confidence in
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led the party's Quebec wing to victory in 26 ridings. Indeed, their win of 30 seats overall represented the party's greatest federal showing ever. They would never again equal, let alone surpass, that number—though the party gained its highest share of the vote in the 1963 election (1962 being its
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badly hurt the Liberal brand in rural Quebec. Nevertheless, while the Liberals actually lost significant vote share in Quebec (they scored more than six percentage points less compared to 1958), the split in the centre-right vote meant they still managed a plurality there both in popular vote and
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The Socreds' success in Quebec was the result of several factors. Diefenbaker's poor French impaired the Tories' ability to communicate their message to francophone voters. In 1958, the PCs had successfully compensated for that handicap by using the powerful electoral machine of the
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This election reduced the PCs to a tenuous minority government as a result of economic difficulties such as high unemployment and a slumping Canadian dollar, as well as unpopular decisions such as the cancellation of the
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government policies, job losses, and a lower standard of living than in 1956. The Liberals also argued that the steep devaluation in the Canadian dollar was increasing the cost of living for Canadians.
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For the first time ever, the entire landmass of Canada was covered by federal electoral districts (the former Mackenzie River riding was expanded to cover the entire
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and three other Socreds were elected in the party's traditional base in western Canada, the party's real success came in
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Results include the general election held June 18, 1962, as well as results from the election in the riding of
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had governed for four years with the largest majority until then in the House of Commons in Canadian history.
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and a resulting strike by the province's doctors. Douglas was forced to enter the House of Commons through a
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During its term of office, the Diefenbaker government had introduced reforms to social programs, a
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seats. The Liberals actually gained ten seats in the province, despite the decline in vote share.
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had the right to vote after the passage on March 31, 1960 of a repeal of certain sections of the
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returned to the House of Commons after being shut out in the 1958 election. While leader
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LeDuc, Lawrence; Pammett, Jon H.; McKenzie, Judith L.; Turcotte, André (2010).
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as its first leader. The new party recovered ground lost by the CCF in the
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Dynasties and Interludes: Past and Present in Canadian Electoral Politics
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second-highest by a very close margin), it had a net loss of six seats.
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on July 16, 1962, delayed due to the death of the Liberal candidate.
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This was also the first general election contested by the
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John Diefenbaker
Lester B. Pearson
Progressive Conservative
Liberal
December 14, 1956
January 16, 1958
Prince Albert
Algoma East
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Robert N. Thompson
Tommy Douglas
Social Credit
New Democratic
July 7, 1961
August 3, 1961
Red Deer
Regina City
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