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leaked a document detailing the proposed missile defences (which ironically may have been done in an effort to help Pearson's campaign), allowing Diefenbaker to accuse the United States of wanting to use Canada as a decoy to lessen the potential damage to its cities in the event of a nuclear exchange
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were ahead of the Tories when the election was called, and it looked inevitable that they would form a majority government. Their campaign began to falter however, firstly when Pearson was struck down with a bout of ill-health which precluded him from actively campaigning, and more importantly when
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attempted to remove him from the leadership of the party, and therefore from the Prime Minister's office. In addition to concern within the party about Diefenbaker's mercurial style of leadership, there had been a serious split in party ranks over the issue of stationing American
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as acting Prime Minister pending a new Progressive Conservative leadership convention. Diefenbaker's allies persuaded him not to go through with the resignation, however the furore caused by the cabinet split and Diefenbaker's rejecting a proposed deal with the
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seats despite gaining a slightly better share of the vote compared to 1962. Indeed, 1963 represented the highest share the party would ever get. The continuing lopsided result led to a split in the party when Thompson refused to step aside so that
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Party, whose support the Progressive Conservatives had been relying on to remain in power since the previous election, resulted in Diefenbaker's government losing two non-confidence motions the next day and consequently falling.
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When it turned out that nearly half of his cabinet was also prepared to resign over the issue, Diefenbaker announced that he himself would resign with immediate effect and recommend that the
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Kennedy strongly favoured Pearson and made an effort to help his election campaign. Kennedy sent his consultant, Lou Harris, to work on the Pearson campaign and General
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publicly criticised the Conservatives for not meeting their NATO contributions. Harris later said "One of the highlights of my life was helping Pearson".
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also proved damaging, contributing to their losing ground in British Columbia, where they slipped to third place behind the Liberals and NDP.
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Party, despite getting their highest ever share of the vote, the party lost 6 seats compared to its high-water mark in 1962.
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The Social Credit Party was unable to increase its representation in western Canada, and lost four of its
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resigned from Cabinet on February 4, 1963, because of Diefenbaker's opposition to accepting the missiles.
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could become party leader. Caouette and his followers left the Social Credit Party to sit as the
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attack. Diefenbaker and his allies opposed this proposal, while many other Conservatives and the
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Despite winning 41% of the vote, which is usually sufficient for ensuring the election of a
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LeDuc, Lawrence; Pammett, Jon H.; McKenzie, Judith L.; Turcotte, André (2010).
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The social-democratic NDP had been formed in 1961 by a socialist party, the
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Dynasties and Interludes: Past and Present in Canadian Electoral Politics
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to produce an electoral breakthrough, particularly in the province of
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had limited effectiveness. The Tories' refusal to work with the
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3403: 3400: 3398: 3395: 3393: 3390: 3388: 3385: 3383: 3380: 3375: 3373: 3370: 3368: 3365: 3363: 3360: 3358: 3355: 3353: 3350: 3348: 3345: 3343: 3340: 3338: 3335: 3333: 3330: 3328: 3325: 3323: 3320: 3318: 3315: 3313: 3310: 3308: 3305: 3303: 3300: 3298: 3295: 3293: 3290: 3288: 3285: 3283: 3280: 3278: 3275: 3273: 3270: 3268: 3265: 3263: 3260: 3258: 3255: 3253: 3250: 3248: 3245: 3243: 3240: 3238: 3235: 3234: 3232: 3230: 3226: 3220: 3219: 3215: 3213: 3210: 3208: 3205: 3203: 3200: 3198: 3195: 3193: 3190: 3188: 3185: 3183: 3180: 3178: 3175: 3173: 3170: 3168: 3165: 3163: 3160: 3158: 3155: 3153: 3150: 3148: 3145: 3143: 3140: 3138: 3135: 3133: 3130: 3128: 3125: 3123: 3120: 3118: 3115: 3113: 3110: 3108: 3105: 3103: 3100: 3098: 3095: 3093: 3090: 3088: 3085: 3083: 3080: 3078: 3075: 3073: 3070: 3068: 3065: 3063: 3060: 3058: 3055: 3053: 3050: 3048: 3045: 3043: 3040: 3038: 3035: 3033: 3030: 3028: 3025: 3023: 3020: 3018: 3015: 3013: 3010: 3008: 3005: 3003: 3000: 2998: 2995: 2994: 2992: 2990: 2986: 2981: 2977: 2969: 2964: 2962: 2957: 2955: 2950: 2949: 2946: 2940: 2937: 2936: 2926: 2920: 2915: 2914: 2907: 2903: 2897: 2892: 2891: 2884: 2879: 2878: 2872: 2868: 2867: 2854: 2847: 2839: 2832: 2816: 2812: 2805: 2801: 2791: 2788: 2786: 2783: 2781: 2778: 2777: 2773: 2767: 2762: 2759: 2758:Canada portal 2748: 2738: 2737: 2692: 2690: 2687: 2684: 2683: 2640: 2638: 2637: 2633: 2630: 2629: 2586: 2583: 2580: 2579: 2536: 2533: 2530: 2529: 2486: 2484: 2483: 2479: 2476: 2475: 2432: 2429: 2426: 2425: 2382: 2379: 2376: 2375: 2332: 2330: 2327: 2325: 2324: 2281: 2278: 2275: 2274: 2231: 2228: 2225: 2224: 2221: 2217: 2214: 2209: 2204: 2199: 2194: 2189: 2184: 2179: 2174: 2169: 2164: 2159: 2154: 2149: 2145: 2102: 2099: 2098: 2055: 2053: 2047: 2046: 2003: 2000: 1999: 1956: 1954: 1953:New Democrats 1948: 1947: 1904: 1901: 1900: 1857: 1855: 1854:Social Credit 1849: 1848: 1805: 1802: 1801: 1758: 1756: 1750: 1749: 1706: 1703: 1702: 1659: 1657: 1651: 1650: 1644: 1639: 1634: 1629: 1624: 1619: 1614: 1609: 1604: 1599: 1594: 1589: 1582: 1558: 1554: 1545: 1541: 1532: 1530:Social Credit 1528: 1519: 1515: 1506: 1502: 1497: 1494: 1489: 1484: 1483: 1464: 1460: 1451: 1449:Social Credit 1447: 1438: 1434: 1425: 1421: 1412: 1408: 1403: 1400: 1395: 1390: 1389: 1381: 1378: 1375: 1374: 1366: 1363: 1360: 1356: 1350: 1345: 1340: 1335: 1330: 1325: 1320: 1316: 1289: 1286: 1283: 1282: 1255: 1254: 1250: 1247: 1246: 1218: 1215: 1214: 1186: 1185: 1158: 1157: 1153: 1150: 1149: 1121: 1120: 1092: 1091: 1067: 1066:Leslie Morris 1064: 1062: 1059: 1057: 1056: 1028: 1027: 999: 998: 983: 970: 967: 964: 963: 948: 937: 936:Tommy Douglas 934: 932: 931:New Democrats 929: 926: 925: 910: 899: 898:R.N. Thompson 896: 894: 893:Social Credit 891: 889: 888: 873: 862: 859: 857: 854: 851: 850: 835: 824: 821: 819: 816: 813: 812: 808: 794: 789: 782:Popular vote 771:Party leader 760: 751: 749: 748: 743: 742:RĂ©al Caouette 738: 733: 731: 727: 723: 722:1962 election 719: 716:, and by the 715: 710: 708: 705: 701: 697: 692: 690: 685: 683: 679: 675: 670: 665: 660: 657: 656:Social Credit 652: 649: 645: 640: 638: 635: 631: 630:Liberal Party 628: 624: 620: 616: 611: 607: 597: 595: 594:Social Credit 591: 587: 583: 580: 576: 573: 569: 565: 561: 557: 544: 543: 539: 534: 531: 529: 528: 524: 519: 516: 515: 510: 503: 497: 493: 487: 480: 471: 469: 460: 457: 456: 452: 449: 446: 445: 441: 438: 435: 434: 425: 417: 414: 413: 409: 406: 403: 402: 398: 395: 392: 391: 388: 385: 383: 380: 377: 376: 373: 370: 368: 365: 362: 361: 358: 355: 353: 352:Social Credit 350: 347: 346: 343: 342:Tommy Douglas 340: 338: 335: 332: 331: 327: 323: 321: 318: 317: 314:Fourth party 313: 310: 307: 306: 301: 298: 289: 287: 278: 275: 274: 270: 267: 264: 263: 259: 256: 253: 252: 243: 235: 232: 231: 227: 224: 221: 220: 216: 213: 210: 209: 206: 205:Prince Albert 203: 201: 198: 195: 194: 191: 188: 186: 183: 180: 179: 176: 173: 171: 168: 165: 164: 161: 158: 156: 153: 150: 149: 145: 141: 138: 134: 131: 130: 127:Second party 126: 123: 120: 119: 115: 111: 101: 97: 94: 90: 85: 79: 74: → 73: 68: 65:←  61: 54: → 53: 50: 48: 47:April 8, 1963 45: 43: 40:←  39: 38: 34: 22: 16: 3229:By-elections 3217: 3121: 2912: 2889: 2876: 2852: 2846: 2837: 2831: 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: 2162: 2157: 2152: 2148:Total seats: 2147: 1397:Popular vote 1379: 1376: 1372: 1371: 1358: 1348: 1343: 1338: 1333: 1328: 1323: 1318: 1251: 1219:Nationalist 1154: 1032:Independent 981: 946: 908: 871: 833: 792: 745: 734: 711: 693: 686: 674:Soviet Union 661: 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 2729:  2726:  2723:  2720:  2717:  2714:  2708:  2705:  2702:  2699:  2696:  2685:  2677:  2674:  2671:  2668:  2665:  2662:  2656:  2653:  2650:  2647:  2644:  2631:  2623:  2620:  2617:  2614:  2611:  2608:  2602:  2599:  2596:  2593:  2590:  2581:  2573:  2570:  2567:  2564:  2561:  2558:  2552:  2549:  2546:  2543:  2540:  2531:  2523:  2520:  2517:  2514:  2511:  2508:  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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: 2587:Vote: 2537:Vote: 2487:Vote: 2433:Vote: 2383:Vote: 2333:Vote: 2282:Vote: 2232:Vote: 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 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Index

1962
1965
outgoing members
elected members
House of Commons
Opinion polls
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Lester B. Pearson
John Diefenbaker
Liberal
Progressive Conservative
January 16, 1958
December 14, 1956
Algoma East
Prince Albert
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Robert N. Thompson
Tommy Douglas
Social Credit
New Democratic
July 7, 1961
August 3, 1961
Red Deer
Burnaby—Coquitlam
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