Results of the 1940 Canadian federal election

1940 Canadian federal election

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Results by Province and Territory

Alberta

Results in Alberta [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	7	10				102,060	37.89
	New Democracy	3	4	2			48,591	18.04
	Social Credit	7	1				44,432	16.5
	National Government		2	5	3		35,116	13.04
	CCF			8	7		35,082	13.03
	United Progressive			1			2,727	1.01
	Communist					1	847	0.31
	Independent				1		488	0.18
Total		17					269,343	100.0

British Columbia

Results in British Columbia [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	10	2	3			135,920	37.43
	National Government	4	5	5			104,644	28.82
	CCF	1	9	6			103,181	28.41
	Independent	1			1	1	10,967	3.02
	New Democracy			1	1		6,481	1.78
	Communist				1		1,398	0.38
	Independent Nationalist					1	408	0.11
	Independent Liberal				1		145	0.04
Total		16					363,144	100.0

Manitoba

Results in Manitoba [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	13	2					136,725	43.15
	National Government	1	10	4	2			82,240	25.95
	CCF	1	3	7	1		1	61,448	19.39
	Liberal-Progressive	2						14,755	4.66
	Independent		2	1		1		10,569	3.34
	Communist			1				5,315	1.68
	New Democracy			1	1	1		3,992	1.26
	Social Credit			1				1,839	0.58
Total		17						316,883	100.0

New Brunswick

Results in New Brunswick [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	5	5		94,383	54.62
	National Government	5	5		74,970	43.39
	Independent Liberal			1	2,679	1.55
	CCF			1	761	0.44
Total		10			172,793	100.0

Nova Scotia

Results in Nova Scotia [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	10	2				142,514	50.42
	National Government	1	9	2			113,206	40.05
	CCF	1		3		1	17,100	6.05
	Independent Liberal				1		9,217	3.26
	Independent			1			615	0.22
Total		12					282,652	100.0

Ontario

Results in Ontario [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	56	25				810,000	50.33
	National Government	22	52	3			647,524	40.23
	CCF			23	1		61,166	3.8
	Conservative	3	1				35,386	2.2
	Independent Liberal		2	1			15,902	0.99
	Liberal-Progressive	1	1				13,060	0.81
	Farmer-Labour			2			8,126	0.5
	Independent		1	1			6,144	0.38
	United Farmers of Ontario-Labour			1			4,761	0.3
	Communist			1	1		3,617	0.22
	National Liberal Progressive			1			2,434	0.15
	New Democratic Party			1			786	0.05
	Canadian Labour				1		398	0.02
	Unknown					1	110	0.01
Total		82					1,609,414	100.0

Prince Edward Island

Results in Prince Edward Island [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	4			34,664	55.29
	National Government		3	1	28,028	44.71
Total		4			62,692	100.0

Quebec

Results in Quebec [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Eighth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	62	4							749,390	63.97
	National Government		41	7	2					209,391	17.87
	Independent Liberal	2	10	7	7					119,273	10.18
	Independent		4	2		1	1		1	24,689	2.11
	Conservative		3							12,496	1.07
	Independent Nationalist		1							12,302	1.05
	New Democracy		1	1						10,781	0.92
	Independent Conservative	1		2	1			1		10,431	0.89
	CCF			3	1					7,610	0.65
	Labour Farmer			1						3,916	0.33
	National Labour		1							2,354	0.2
	Communist			1						728	0.06
	Anti-Conscriptionist				1					642	0.05
Total		65								1,171,497	100.0

Saskatchewan

Results in Saskatchewan [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	12	9			159,530	43.02
	CCF	5	8	3		106,267	28.66
	National Government	2	2	5		52,226	14.08
	United Reform Movement	1				13,868	3.74
	Unity	1		1		12,337	3.33
	New Democracy		1	3		12,106	3.26
	National Unity		1			7,534	2.03
	Independent			1		3,775	1.02
	Communist			1	2	2,109	0.57
	Conservative				1	602	0.16
	United Reform			1		269	0.07
	Social Credit-National Unity			1		241	0.06
Total		21				370,864	100.0

Yukon

Results in Yukon [1]
Party		Seats	Second	Votes	%	+/-
	National Government	1		915	53.57
	Liberals		1	793	46.43
Total		1		1,708	100.0

References

1. "General Election (1940-03-26)". Library of Parliament. Retrieved January 25, 2024.