Canadian federal election of 1945

The Canadian federal election of 1945 is held the June 11th 1945 in order to elect the Député S of the 20th legislature with the House of Commons of Canada. It is about the 20th general election since the Canadian Confédération of 1867. The liberal government of William Lyon Mackenzie King is re-elected for a third majority mandate consecutive.

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This federal election is the first since the electoral victory of the Co-operative the Commonwealth Federation at the time of the provincial election in Saskatchewan, and several predict a major opening for the CCF at the federal level. Some expect that the party gains from 70 to 100 seats, and even possibly which it succeeds in forming a Minority government. In spite of these raised waitings, the party gains only 28 seats.

The election of 1945 is also the first time that the Parti progressist-conservative is presented under his new name. The Conservative party had changed its name into 1942 when old the Prime Minister of the Manitoba and member of the Parti progressist, John Bracken, was elected chief. The party makes profits compared to the preceding election, where it had used the name of national Gouvernement for the countryside, but does not succeed in all the same breaking liberal hegemony.

An important issue of this election is the election of a stable government. The liberal exhort the Canadians to renew with the capacity the government of Mackenzie King, and affirm that only the Liberal party has “ a preponderance of members in the nine provinces ”. Mackenzie King threat to start a new election if it does not receive a majority mandate: “ We would be with the catches with confusion at one time when the world is in a very disturbed state. The war in Europe is finished, but the disorders in the east are not finies. ”

The progressist-conservatives try to benefit from the massive electoral victory, in full federal electoral campaign, of the Parti progressist-conservative Ontario at the time of the Ontarian general election of 1945. Electoral publicities of the party exhort the voters to be adopted the party: “ Ontario proves it! Seul Bracken can carry it! ”. They affirm that it will be impossible to form a majority government without a majority of seats in Ontario, that only the tories can gain. At the end, the liberals are with some seats of a real majority government, even by gaining 34 seats in Ontario (the progressist-conservatives have 48 of them); however, King can hope on eight independent liberals to support the government.

The social programs are also an important issue of the electoral campaign. Another liberal slogan encourages the Canadians with “ to found a new order social ” by supporting the platforme Liberal party, which envisages:

750 million $ for grounds, uses and subsidies of company to the war veterans;
400 million $ of public expenditure to build logemenst;
250 million $ for family benefits;
the establishment of a Bank of develop industrial;
of the loans for the farmers as well as bottom prices for the products of agriculture;
of the tax cuts.

Making countryside with the slogan “ Work, safety, and freedom for all — with CCF ”, CCF promises to keep the taxes of time of war for the people with high income and the profits excessive in order to finance the social services, and to abolish the Sénat of Canada. The CCF fights to prevent that the support of the labor movement is granted to the working Parti progressist (i.e., the Communist party of Canada).

The Party member of the Labor Party-progressist, as for him, makes the point that the refusal of the CCF to conclude an electoral pact with them removed 100.000 votes with the CCF at the time of the Ontarian election, and had led to the victory of the progressist-conservatives in Ontario. It exhorts the voters to make labor movement a “ a partner with the gouvernement ”.

The Parti the social Credit of Canada tries, with a modest success, to benefit from the positive perception of the government creditist Alberta in William Aberhart by using the slogan “ A good government in Alberta — why not in Ottawa? ”. In reference to the monetary theories of the social credit, he encourages the voters with “ to vote for the dividend national ”.

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