LEEDS — Canadian Federal Election Results

LEEDS was won by Progressive Conservative at the 1974 general election, with a margin of 6,899 votes over Liberal. This page covers every general election in LEEDS from 1904 to 1974.

Full Election History, 1904–1974

Election Winner Party Votes Vote Share Runner-up Margin
1904 Conservative Conservative 2,175 59.1% Liberal (1,506) 669 (18.2 pts)
1908 Conservative Conservative 2,356 62.2% Liberal (1,432) 924 (24.4 pts)
1911 Conservative Conservative 2,392 62.2% Liberal (1,452) 940 (24.5 pts)
1917 Unionist Unionist 7,236 64.0% Opposition (4,069) 3,167 (28.0 pts)
1921 Conservative Conservative 7,868 45.6% Liberal (5,830) 2,038 (11.8 pts)
1925 Conservative Conservative 8,931 57.2% Liberal (6,689) 2,242 (14.4 pts)
1926 Conservative Conservative 9,092 56.0% Liberal (7,148) 1,944 (12.0 pts)
1930 Conservative Conservative 9,401 60.0% Liberal (6,256) 3,145 (20.1 pts)
1935 Conservative Conservative 9,487 49.6% Liberal (8,737) 750 (3.9 pts)
1940 Liberal Liberal 10,322 55.6% National Government (8,227) 2,095 (11.3 pts)
1945 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 9,714 51.4% Liberal (8,263) 1,451 (7.7 pts)
1949 Liberal Liberal 10,080 50.2% Progressive Conservative (9,302) 778 (3.9 pts)
1953 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 10,097 50.9% Liberal (9,736) 361 (1.8 pts)
1957 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 11,065 51.3% Liberal (10,125) 940 (4.4 pts)
1958 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 12,675 58.1% Liberal (9,145) 3,530 (16.2 pts)
1962 Liberal Liberal 12,071 52.9% Progressive Conservative (10,325) 1,746 (7.7 pts)
1963 Liberal Liberal 12,113 55.0% Progressive Conservative (9,899) 2,214 (10.1 pts)
1965 Liberal Liberal 10,365 48.5% Progressive Conservative (10,066) 299 (1.4 pts)
1968 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 13,536 46.6% Liberal (13,532) 4 (0.0 pts)
1972 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 18,130 53.9% Liberal (10,650) 7,480 (22.2 pts)
1974 Progressive Conservative Progressive Conservative 17,744 53.4% Liberal (10,845) 6,899 (20.8 pts)

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1904

PartyVotesShare
Conservative2,17559.1%
Liberal1,50640.9%

1908

PartyVotesShare
Conservative2,35662.2%
Liberal1,43237.8%

1911

PartyVotesShare
Conservative2,39262.2%
Liberal1,45237.8%

1917

PartyVotesShare
Unionist7,23664.0%
Opposition4,06936.0%

1921

PartyVotesShare
Conservative7,86845.6%
Liberal5,83033.8%
Progressive3,56420.6%

1925

PartyVotesShare
Conservative8,93157.2%
Liberal6,68942.8%

1926

PartyVotesShare
Conservative9,09256.0%
Liberal7,14844.0%

1930

PartyVotesShare
Conservative9,40160.0%
Liberal6,25640.0%

1935

PartyVotesShare
Conservative9,48749.6%
Liberal8,73745.7%
Reconstruction8924.7%

1940

PartyVotesShare
Liberal10,32255.6%
National Government8,22744.4%

1945

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative9,71451.4%
Liberal8,26343.8%
CCF9074.8%

1949

PartyVotesShare
Liberal10,08050.2%
Progressive Conservative9,30246.3%
CCF6993.5%

1953

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative10,09750.9%
Liberal9,73649.1%

1957

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative11,06551.3%
Liberal10,12546.9%
Social Credit3951.8%

1958

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative12,67558.1%
Liberal9,14541.9%

1962

PartyVotesShare
Liberal12,07152.9%
Progressive Conservative10,32545.2%
Social Credit4241.9%

1963

PartyVotesShare
Liberal12,11355.0%
Progressive Conservative9,89945.0%

1965

PartyVotesShare
Liberal10,36548.5%
Progressive Conservative10,06647.1%
NDP9464.4%

1968

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative13,53646.6%
Liberal13,53246.5%
NDP2,0056.9%

1972

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative18,13053.9%
Liberal10,65031.7%
NDP4,85014.4%

1974

PartyVotesShare
Progressive Conservative17,74453.4%
Liberal10,84532.6%
NDP4,65914.0%

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each contested election, coloured by the winning party. Acclaimed elections (no opposing candidate) aren't plotted since there's no margin to measure.

1904: Conservative margin 18.2 pts 1908: Conservative margin 24.4 pts 1911: Conservative margin 24.5 pts 1917: Unionist margin 28.0 pts 1921: Conservative margin 11.8 pts 1925: Conservative margin 14.4 pts 1926: Conservative margin 12.0 pts 1930: Conservative margin 20.1 pts 1935: Conservative margin 3.9 pts 1940: Liberal margin 11.3 pts 1945: Progressive Conservative margin 7.7 pts 1949: Liberal margin 3.9 pts 1953: Progressive Conservative margin 1.8 pts 1957: Progressive Conservative margin 4.4 pts 1958: Progressive Conservative margin 16.2 pts 1962: Liberal margin 7.7 pts 1963: Liberal margin 10.1 pts 1965: Liberal margin 1.4 pts 1968: Progressive Conservative margin 0.0 pts 1972: Progressive Conservative margin 22.2 pts 1974: Progressive Conservative margin 20.8 pts 1904 1908 1911 1917 1921 1925 1926 1930 1935 1940 1945 1949 1953 1957 1958 1962 1963 1965 1968 1972 1974

Trend

LEEDS has been contested at 21 general elections on record since 1904. Winning parties over that span: Conservative, Unionist, Liberal, Progressive Conservative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won LEEDS in the 1974 general election?

Progressive Conservative won LEEDS in 1974 with 17,744 votes (53.4%), a margin of 6,899 votes over Liberal in second place.

Which parties have won LEEDS since 1904?

Since 1904, LEEDS has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Progressive Conservative, Unionist.

What was the closest result in LEEDS?

The closest contested result on record for LEEDS was 1968, when Progressive Conservative beat Liberal by 4 votes (0.0 percentage points).

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