Evening star., 1945-06-12
Kings Liberal Party
Wins Slim Majority
AfCanadianP Polls
BY the As,ociatsd prexs.

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, June 12.-Prime Min
lister w. l.. Mackenzie Kings gov
ernment was back in Office today for
another term, late returns from yes
terday's general elections giving 1t
a slim majority in the new House
Of Commons with the aid Of As
straight Liberals and eight support
ing Independent Liberals from the
French-speaking province of Que
bee.
The results were based entirely on
civilian votes and may be affected
by the ballots of servicemen and
women at home and abroad which
are not to be counted for another
10 days. There are approximately
75o, 900 eligible in the armed serv-
ices, of whom about 100000 were
expected to vote.
Mr.. King and his party, who have
governed Canada continuously since
1885 and for Is of the years since
1921, won easily over their nearest
rivals, the Progressive Conserva-
tives, but had their previous over
whelming majority cut sharply.
The Conservatives vigorously had
attacked the King government for
failure to adopt total conscription
early in the war In Europe.
The Liberals won 1l8 of the new
Parliament's 245 seats and were
leading in two others. With eight
Quebec Observation-Disclosures elect
ed, this gave the government at least
1875 seats. The Progressive Conserv-
atives won 81 seats and were leading
in three.
The Socialistic CCF (Co-operative
Commonwealth Federation) elected
26 members, the third largest group
in the new Parliament, increasing
its strength as expected from the
west but electing only one candidate
from the east.
In the last Parliament, dissolved
at the end of it's fve-year term in
April, the Liberals had 100 seats,
the Conservatives 40 and the CCF
10. Minor parties and independents
made up the remainder.
Close races in many constituencies
may be affected by the service note,
with Prime Minister King himself q
possible casualty in his Northern
Saskatchewan riding of Prince Al
bert. His CCF opponent there, e.
L. Bowerman, a Mormon preacher
farmer. was pressing him closely,
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cial election the CCF led In the serv-
ice voting despite it's poor showing
among civilians. With 1913 Of 1872
Prince Albert polls counted. King
had 6,287, Bowerman 6,007.
Would Take Safe Seat.
If he should be defeated in Prince
Albert, King would Immediately
arrange by-election in a constitu-
ency considered safe for him.
John Bracken, leader of the Pro-
yressive Conservatives since 1912,
was elected to Parliament for the
first time from Neepawa. Manitoba,
and CCF Leader M. j. Coldweu won
in Rosetown- -Biggar, Sas-
There were a total of "a Beats
listed as doubtful and liable to be
affected by the service vote, with
the apparent winners now having
less than per cent margin.
OF these 80 were Liberal, 18 Pro-
gressive Conservative and 8 CCF.
Two of Mr.. Kings cabinet minis
terS were defeated Gen A q T,
again failed to get
into Parliament following his ap-
pointment last fall. He was de-
feated in by-election at Grey
North, Ontario, in February.
The second cabinet minister to
all was the newly-appointed minis
er Of national revenue, D. L. Mac
.aren, who bowed to the Conserva-
i've incumbent in st. John, New
Montreal's colorful mayor, French
peaking Camillien Houde, was de-
eated in his first bid for Parlia-
nent. Reelected mayor by a large
majority last fall on his release
rom four years of internment for
having advised French Canadians
not to register for the draft, Mr..
Houde ran as co-leader of the
h-Nationalistic Bloc Populaire.
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