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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