The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held on June 10, 1957, to select the 265 members of the House of Commons The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament (MPs). Members are elected by simple plurality ('first-past-the-post' system) in of Canada The land occupied by Canada was inhabited for millennia by various groups of Aboriginal peoples. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French expeditions explored, and later settled, along the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three. The Liberal Party The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party lies between the centre, and the centre-left.. The Liberal Party has dominated federal politics for much of Canada's history, holding power for almost 69 years in the 20th century, had won five consecutive elections since 1935. Under Prime Ministers The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution. Not outlined in any constitutional document, the office exists only as per long- William Lyon Mackenzie King William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was a Canadian lawyer, economist, university professor, consultant, civil servant, journalist, teacher, and politician. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921, to June 28, 1926; September 25, 1926, to August 6, 1930; and October 23, 1935, to November 15, 1948. With an and Louis St. Laurent Louis Stephen St. Laurent, PC, CC, QC , (February 1, 1882 – July 25, 1973) was the 12th Prime Minister of Canada from November 15, 1948, to June 21, 1957, the government gradually built a welfare state The United Kingdom, as a welfare state, was prefigured in the William Beveridge Report in 1942, which identified five "Giant Evils" in society: squalor, ignorance, want, idleness and disease. During the Liberals' fifth term in office, the opposition parties depicted them as arrogant and unresponsive to Canadians' needs. Controversial events, such as the 1956 "Pipeline Debate" over the construction of the Trans-Canada Pipeline, had hurt the government. The Progressive Conservative Party The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) (1942–2003) was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and a centrist stance on social issues ran a campaign centered on their new leader, John Diefenbaker John George Diefenbaker, PC, CH, QC led Canada as its 13th Prime Minister, serving from June 21, 1957, to April 22, 1963. He was the only Progressive Conservative (PC, or Tory) party leader between 1930 and 1979 to lead the party to an election victory, doing so three times, although only once with a majority of the seats in the Canadian House of, who attracted large crowds to rallies and made a strong impression on television. The Liberals ran a lackluster campaign, and St. Laurent made few television appearances. Abandoning their usual strategy of trying to make inroads in Liberal-dominated Quebec Quebec is the second most populous province, after Ontario. Most inhabitants live in urban areas near the Saint Lawrence River between Montreal and Quebec City, the capital. English-speaking communities and English-language institutions are concentrated in the west of the island of Montreal but are also significantly present in the Outaouais, the, the Conservatives focused on other provinces The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country by area. There are ten provinces and three territories in all. The major difference between a Canadian province and a territory is that provinces are jurisdictions that receive their power and authority directly from the Constitution Act, 1867, whereas. They were successful; though they gained few seats in Quebec, they won 112 seats overall to the Liberals' 105, with the remaining seats won by other parties In contrast with the political party systems of many nations, Canadian parties at the federal level are often only loosely connected with parties at the provincial level, despite having similar names. One exception is the New Democratic Party, which is organizationally integrated with most of its provincial counterparts including a shared. In one of the great upsets in Canadian political history, the Conservatives' plurality In voting, a plurality is the largest number of votes to be received by any candidate or referendum. It is contrasted with a majority, which is more than half of the votes. For example, in a plurality election, the candidate with the most votes wins, while in a majority election, a candidate can only win if they also receive over half of the votes in the House of Commons made Diefenbaker Prime Minister and ended 22 years of Liberal rule in Canada. (more...)
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