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1930 Canadian federal election
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July 28, 1930
1935 →
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245 seats in the House of Commons 123 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
73.5%[1] (5.8pp)
First party
Second party
Leader
R. B. Bennett
W. L. Mackenzie King
Party
Conservative
Liberal
Leader since
1927
1919
Leader's seat
Calgary West
Prince Albert
Last election
91
116
Seats won
137
89
Seat change
46
27
Popular vote
1,863,115
1,716,798
Percentage
47.79%
44.03%
Swing
3.08pp
1.13pp
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
John E. Brownlee
None
Party
United Farmers of Alberta
Progressive
Leader's seat
Did not run[2]
None
Last election
11
11
Seats won
9
3
Seat change
2
8
Popular vote
56,968
70,822
Percentage
1.46%
1.82%
Swing
0.55pp
2.41pp
The Canadian parliament after the 1930 election
Prime Minister before election
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Liberal
Prime Minister after election
R. B. Bennett
Conservative
The 1930 Canadian federal election was held on July 28, 1930, to elect members of the House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Canada. Richard Bedford Bennett's Conservative Party won a majority government, defeating the Liberal Party led by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King.[3]
3,922,481 votes were cast in this election.[1]
^"Voter Turnout at Federal Elections and Referendums". Elections Canada. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
^The United Farmers of Alberta, which at the time formed the government in that province, did not have a separate party leader at the federal level. At the time of this election, party leader John E. Brownlee was the Premier of Alberta and the MLA for Ponoka in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.
^Soward, Frederic H. (1930). "The Canadian Elections of 1930". American Political Science Review. 24 (4): 995–1000. doi:10.2307/1946756. ISSN 0003-0554.
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