Results of the 1962 Canadian federal election

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1962 Canadian federal election

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June 18, 1962

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Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
	Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker	37.22	116	−92
	Liberal	Lester B. Pearson	36.97	99	+51
	Social Credit	Robert N. Thompson	11.62	30	+30
	New Democratic	Tommy Douglas	13.57	19	+11
	Liberal–Labour	no leader	0.20	1	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before		Prime Minister after
	John Diefenbaker Progressive Conservative	John Diefenbaker Progressive Conservative

Alberta

Results in Alberta^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	15	2	0	0	0	0	214,699	42.77
	Social Credit	2	12	3	0	0	0	146,662	29.22
	Liberals	0	3	13	1	0	0	97,322	19.39
	NDP	0	0	1	16	0	0	42,305	8.43
	Independent	0	0	0	0	1	0	497	0.1
	Independent Liberal	0	0	0	0	1	0	311	0.06
	All Canadian Party	0	0	0	0	0	1	189	0.04
Total		17						501,985	100.0

British Columbia

Results in British Columbia^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Votes	%	+/-
	NDP	10	4	6	2	0	212,035	30.9
	Liberals	4	12	2	3	0	187,438	27.32
	Progressive Conservative	6	6	10	0	0	187,389	27.31
	Social Credit	2	0	4	16	0	97,396	14.19
	Communist	0	0	0	0	3	1,707	0.25
	Independent	0	0	0	0	1	224	0.03
Total		22					686,189	100.0

Manitoba

Results in Manitoba^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	11	2	1	0	0	161,824	41.56
	Liberals	1	12	1	0	0	121,041	31.09
	NDP	2	0	8	4	0	76,514	19.65
	Social Credit	0	0	4	9	0	26,662	6.85
	Communist	0	0	0	0	2	2,153	0.55
	Independent	0	0	0	0	1	1,144	0.29
Total		14					389,338	100.0

New Brunswick

Results in New Brunswick^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	4	6	0	0	115,973	46.48
	Liberals	6	4	0	0	110,850	44.43
	NDP	0	0	5	2	13,220	5.3
	Social Credit	0	0	4	4	9,016	3.61
	Independent Liberal	0	0	0	1	441	0.18
Total		10				249,500	100.0

Newfoundland and Labrador

Results in Newfoundland and Labrador^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	6	1	0	0	90,896	59.01
	Progressive Conservative	1	6	0	0	55,396	35.96
	NDP	0	0	4	0	7,590	4.93
	Social Credit	0	0	0	1	158	0.1
Total		7				154,040	100.0

Northwest Territories

Results in Northwest Territories^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	1	0	0	3,842	46.24
	Progressive Conservative	0	1	0	3,519	42.35
	Independent	0	0	1	948	11.41
Total		1			8,309	100.0

Nova Scotia

Results in Nova Scotia^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	9	3	0	0	0	0	198,902	47.26
	Liberals	2	8	2	0	0	0	178,520	42.42
	NDP	1	0	8	2	1	0	39,689	9.43
	Social Credit	0	0	1	4	0	1	3,353	0.8
	Unknown	0	0	0	1	0	0	411	0.1
Total		12						420,875	100.0

Ontario

Results in Ontario^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	43	37	4	0	0	0	1,106,977	41.04
	Progressive Conservative	35	44	6	0	0	0	1,056,055	39.15
	NDP	6	4	65	5	0	0	464,360	17.22
	Social Credit	0	0	9	56	3	1	49,450	1.83
	Liberal-Labour	1	0	0	0	0	0	15,412	0.57
	Independent	0	0	1	1	2	0	2,777	0.1
	Communist	0	0	0	4	1	0	1,836	0.07
	Unknown	0	0	0	1	0	0	284	0.01
	Cooperative Builders of Canada	0	0	0	0	1	0	261	0.01
Total		85						2,697,412	100.0

Prince Edward Island

Results in Prince Edward Island^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	4	0	0	0	0	37,388	51.25
	Liberals	0	3	1	0	0	31,603	43.32
	NDP	0	0	2	1	1	3,802	5.21
	Social Credit	0	0	0	1	0	153	0.21
Total		4					72,946	100.0

Quebec

Results in Quebec^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Votes	%	+/-
	Liberals	35	35	5	0	0	0	818,760	39.18
	Progressive Conservative	14	35	26	0	0	0	617,762	29.56
	Social Credit	26	5	25	17	2	0	542,433	25.95
	NDP	0	0	18	20	2	0	91,795	4.39
	Independent Liberal	0	0	0	3	1	1	9,654	0.46
	Independent	0	0	0	2	2	0	3,442	0.16
	Independent Progressive Conservative	0	0	0	0	2	2	2,713	0.13
	Candidat libéral des électeurs	0	0	1	0	0	0	1,836	0.09
	Unknown	0	0	0	0	1	0	636	0.03
	Capital Familial	0	0	0	0	1	0	393	0.02
	Communist	0	0	0	0	1	0	347	0.02
	Ouvrier indépendant	0	0	0	0	1	0	152	0.01
Total		75						2,089,923	100.0

Saskatchewan

Results in Saskatchewan^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	16	1	0	0	0	213,385	50.39
	Liberals	1	8	8	0	0	96,676	22.83
	NDP	0	8	9	0	0	93,444	22.07
	Social Credit	0	0	0	15	0	19,648	4.64
	Communist	0	0	0	0	1	317	0.07
Total		17					423,470	100.0

Yukon

Results in Yukon^[1]
Party		Seats	Second	Votes	%	+/-
	Progressive Conservative	1	0	3,250	54.95
	Liberals	0	1	2,664	45.05
Total		1		5,914	100.0

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