1925 Canadian federal election

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1925 Canadian federal election

← 1921 October 29, 1925 1926 →
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245 seats in the House of Commons 123 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	66.4%[1] (1.3pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Arthur Meighen W. L. Mackenzie King Robert Forke Party Conservative Liberal Progressive Leader since 1920 1919 1922 Leader's seat Grenville candidate in Portage la Prairie York North (lost re-election) Brandon Last election 49 118 58 Seats won 115 100 22 Seat change 66 18 36 Popular vote 1,454,253 1,252,684 266,319 Percentage 46.13% 39.74% 8.45% Swing 16.18pp 1.41pp 12.65pp   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader J. S. Woodsworth Herbert Greenfield Party Independent Labour United Farmers of Alberta Leader since 1921 1921 Leader's seat Winnipeg North Centre Did not run[a] Last election 3 2 Seats won 2 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 56,987 8,053 Percentage 1.81% 0.26% Swing 0.93pp 0.46pp
The Canadian parliament after the 1925 election
Prime Minister before election William Lyon Mackenzie King Liberal Prime Minister after election William Lyon Mackenzie King Liberal

The 1925 Canadian federal election was held on October 29, 1925 to elect members of the House of Commons of Canada of the 15th Parliament of Canada.^[2] The Conservative party took the most seats in the House of Commons, although not a majority. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's Liberal Party was invited to form a minority government. Unlike the Conservative party, King's Liberals had the conditional support of the many Farmer/Progressive MPs.

The government fell the following year. Governor General Baron Byng of Vimy offered the Conservatives under Meighen a chance to form government. This too fell in short order. Byng's action precipitated the "King–Byng Affair", which became the main issue of the 1926 election.

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