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2087:
2084:
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2078:
2075:
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2069:
2066:
2063:
2060:
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2041:
2038:
2035:
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2026:
2023:
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966:
962:
961:
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784:
783:
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769:
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689:Lauris Norstad
664:Lester Pearson
651:Donald Fleming
619:Bomarc missile
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579:Prime Minister
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1854:Social Credit
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1497:
1494:
1489:
1484:
1483:
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1460:
1451:
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1421:
1412:
1408:
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1395:
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1389:
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1120:
1092:
1091:
1067:
1066:Leslie Morris
1064:
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1028:
1027:
999:
998:
983:
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967:
964:
963:
948:
937:
936:Tommy Douglas
934:
932:
931:New Democrats
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910:
899:
898:R.N. Thompson
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893:Social Credit
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782:Popular vote
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742:RĂ©al Caouette
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722:1962 election
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54: →
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47:April 8, 1963
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3229:By-elections
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2821:February 23,
2819:. Retrieved
2814:
2809:Pomfret, R.
2804:
2634:
2584:Nationalist
2480:
2279:Independent
2219:
2212:
2207:
2202:
2197:
2192:
2187:
2182:
2177:
2172:
2167:
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2157:
2152:
2148:Total seats:
2147:
1397:Popular vote
1379:
1376:
1372:
1371:
1358:
1348:
1343:
1338:
1333:
1328:
1323:
1318:
1251:
1219:Nationalist
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1032:Independent
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908:
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693:
686:
674:Soviet Union
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641:
603:
592:). For the
555:
553:
536:
532:
521:
517:
367:July 7, 1961
311:Third party
124:First party
46:
15:
3462:Referendums
3387:31st (1979)
3307:15th (1926)
2980:referendums
1584:Party name
1491:Seat totals
776:candidates
604:During the
447:Percentage
265:Percentage
200:Algoma East
3518:Categories
2796:References
954:1,044,701
879:2,591,613
841:3,276,996
627:opposition
442:1,044,701
260:2,591,613
257:3,276,996
2982:in Canada
2976:elections
2329:Communist
1344:7,900,919
1061:Communist
797:% Change
672:with the
2974:Federal
2744:See also
1359:Sources:
916:940,703
646:appoint
600:Overview
572:minority
439:940,703
382:Red Deer
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2077:
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1894:
1888:
1885:
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1803:
1759:Seats:
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1704:
1660:Seats:
1656:Liberal
1652:
1560:
1547:
1534:
1521:
1508:
1504:Liberal
1466:
1453:
1440:
1427:
1414:
1410:Liberal
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1292:
1284:
1258:
1248:
1222:
1216:
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1122:
1093:
1029:
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989:16,794
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957:13.22%
951:-10.5%
927:
919:11.91%
913:-20.0%
882:32.80%
876:-18.1%
852:
844:41.48%
838:+29.3%
818:Liberal
814:
809:Change
793:Elected
730:Ontario
682:Socreds
610:Cabinet
606:Tories'
562:of the
542:Liberal
453:13.22%
450:11.91%
333:Leader
319:
308:
271:32.80%
268:41.48%
170:Liberal
151:Leader
132:
121:
102:79.2% (
99:Turnout
2921:
2898:
2693:Vote:
2641:Vote:
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2537:Vote:
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2282:Vote:
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2103:Vote:
2004:Vote:
1905:Vote:
1806:Vote:
1647:Total
1556:Others
1525:35.84%
1512:48.30%
1462:Others
1457:11.91%
1444:13.22%
1431:32.80%
1418:41.48%
1373:Notes:
1279:-0.02
1276:0.01%
1240:0.01%
1208:0.01%
1182:+0.01
1179:0.01%
1176:1,064
1143:0.01%
1140:1,159
1117:-0.01
1114:0.02%
1111:1,965
1088:-0.03
1085:0.05%
1082:4,234
1053:-0.04
1050:0.07%
1047:5,236
1024:+0.05
1021:0.19%
995:+0.01
992:0.21%
960:-0.35
922:+0.30
885:-4.42
847:+4.51
779:Seats
768:Party
737:Quebec
623:Soviet
568:Canada
458:Swing
348:Party
276:Swing
166:Party
2043:13.2
2019:16.2
2016:16.7
2013:18.2
2007:30.3
1944:11.9
1923:27.3
1911:25.8
1908:13.3
1845:32.8
1842:56.8
1839:49.6
1836:30.1
1833:52.0
1830:46.9
1827:40.4
1824:19.5
1821:35.0
1818:42.3
1815:53.7
1812:45.3
1809:23.4
1746:41.5
1743:43.2
1740:41.0
1737:64.5
1734:46.4
1731:46.7
1728:47.3
1725:45.6
1722:45.8
1719:33.8
1716:24.1
1713:22.1
1710:32.3
1564:0.37%
1551:6.41%
1538:9.05%
1470:0.59%
1324:1,023
1319:Total
617:(see
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3475:1942
3470:1898
3218:Next
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3207:2019
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3197:2011
3192:2008
3187:2006
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3172:1997
3167:1993
3162:1988
3157:1984
3152:1980
3147:1979
3142:1974
3137:1972
3132:1968
3127:1965
3122:1963
3117:1962
3112:1958
3107:1957
3102:1953
3097:1949
3092:1945
3087:1940
3082:1935
3077:1930
3072:1926
3067:1925
3062:1921
3057:1917
3052:1911
3047:1908
3042:1904
3037:1900
3032:1896
3027:1891
3022:1887
3017:1882
3012:1878
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2034:4.2
2031:1.6
2028:6.4
2025:3.7
2022:7.1
2010:6.5
1938:9.4
1929:0.1
1926:8.6
1920:2.0
1917:7.0
1914:3.9
1699:128
1349:100%
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1237:540
1205:717
940:232
902:224
868:116
865:265
827:265
788:1962
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586:1979
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