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1917 Election Results
The Unionists were successful in ensuring that Liberal conscriptionists
and Union candidates did not run against each other, and they
won a majority government. Huge Liberal victories in Quebec were
not enough to put Laurier into power. The western provinces saw
overwhelming victories for the Unionists, thanks to the Liberals
who had taken their governments over to the Union government.
The Liberals won only 2 out of 57 seats in the west.
Population of Canada (1917): 7,591,971
Number of electors on list: 2,093,799
Total ballots cast: 1,892,741
Voter turnout: 75.0%
National Election Results
|
Seats won |
% of popular vote |
# of candidates |
# of valid votes cast |
Liberal |
82 |
39.9 |
220 |
751,493 |
Union |
153 |
57.0 |
210 |
1,074,701 |
Other |
0 |
3.1 |
47 |
59,135 |
Total |
235 |
100 |
477 |
1,885,329 |
Provincial Breakdown
|
Liberal |
Union |
|
# of seats |
% of vote |
# of seats |
% of vote |
NS |
4 |
45.5 |
12 |
48.4 |
NB |
4 |
40.6 |
7 |
59.4 |
PEI |
2 |
50.2 |
2 |
49.8 |
PQ |
62 |
72.7 |
3 |
24.7 |
ON |
8 |
33.7 |
74 |
62.7 |
MB |
1 |
20.3 |
14 |
79.7 |
SK |
0 |
25.9 |
16 |
72 |
AB |
1 |
35.5 |
11 |
61 |
BC |
0 |
25.6 |
13 |
68.4 |
YK |
0 |
45.7 |
1 |
54.3 |
Canada |
82 |
39.9 |
153 |
57 |
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