1917 Canadian federal election

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The 1917 Canadian federal election was a wartime vote dominated by the conscription crisis, reshaping the political landscape as the government sought a mandate to continue Canada’s intensive military participation in World War I.

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1917 Canadian federal election canonical 7

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instanceOf Canadian federal election ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Khaki election ⓘ
linked to: Khaki Election
campaignTheme national unity versus sectionalism ⓘ
winning the war ⓘ
coalitionFeature pro-conscription Liberals joined Borden’s Unionist coalition ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
date 1917-12-17 ⓘ
disenfranchisedGroup many recent immigrants from enemy countries ⓘ
electedBody House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
expandedFranchiseTo female relatives of soldiers (under Wartime Elections Act) ⓘ
governingCoalitionLeader Robert Laird Borden ⓘ
governmentFormedBy Unionist Party (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Unionist Party
governorGeneralAtTime Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire ⓘ
historicalSignificance deepened linguistic and regional divisions in Canada ⓘ
first federal election in which some Canadian women could vote ⓘ
keyIssue Canada’s military contribution to the Allied war effort ⓘ
mandatory military service overseas ⓘ
leaderOfGovernmentParty Robert Laird Borden ⓘ
leaderOfOppositionParty Wilfrid Laurier ⓘ
leadingPartyAfterElection Unionist Party (Canada) ⓘ
linked to: Unionist Party
leadingPartyBeforeElection Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) ⓘ
LiberalPopularVoteShare 39.0% ⓘ
LiberalSeatsWon 82 ⓘ
locatedInTime First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
mainIssue conscription crisis ⓘ
majorityThreshold 118 ⓘ
majorLegislationAffectingElectorate Military Voters Act ⓘ
Wartime Elections Act ⓘ
monarchAtTime George V ⓘ
nextElection 1921 Canadian federal election ⓘ
oppositionPartyAfterElection Liberal Party of Canada ⓘ
parliamentNumber 13th Canadian Parliament ⓘ
partOf World War I ⓘ
politicalRealignment split of Liberal Party over conscription ⓘ
previousElection 1911 Canadian federal election ⓘ
primeMinisterAfterElection Robert Laird Borden ⓘ
primeMinisterBeforeElection Robert Laird Borden ⓘ
regionalDivision strong opposition to conscription in Quebec ⓘ
strong support for Unionists in English Canada ⓘ
result landslide victory for the Unionist government ⓘ
totalSeatsContested 235 ⓘ
UnionistPopularVoteShare 57.0% ⓘ
UnionistSeatsWon 153 ⓘ
voterTurnout 67.7% ⓘ
voterTurnoutComparedToPrevious higher ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
year 1917 ⓘ

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Military Service Act → linkedTo → 1917 Canadian federal election ⓘ
Military Voters Act → politicalContext → 1917 Canadian federal election ⓘ
Albert Edward Kemp → electedIn → 1917 Canadian federal election ⓘ
subject linked to: Sir Albert Edward Kemp
Borden government → significantEvent → 1917 Canadian federal election ⓘ
Unionist government of Robert Borden → significantEvent → 1917 Canadian federal election ⓘ
Unionist government of Canada → election → 1917 Canadian federal election ⓘ
Khaki Election → hasName → 1917 Canadian federal election ⓘ